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[ It's a beautiful late afternoon in Havenwell.

The sun was setting, and the weather had been rather gracious that there isn't any freak occurrences. It's been rather peaceful. You can pretty much ease to the evening without any worry and just get comfortable for the rest of night.

Or it should be until Tanjiro's yell can be heard from the kitchen in that very beautiful late afternoon. ]

[ exCUSE ME PLEASE WARN ZENITSU BEFORE YELLING LIKE THAT

Zenitsu actually didn't have any plans and was playing his shamisen to pass time when SUDDENLY TANJIRO'S YELL is heard

You bet Zenitsu also jumped and screamed at the yell

and then immediately scramble to see what's happening because it's not every day where Tanjiro is caught off guard and this world is definitely a lot more safer. ]

Whatwhatwhat!? What happened?!

[ Zenitsu's at the kitchen doorway. He's worried, but still too scared to step into the area. ]

THE REPLI-CATOR!

[ He didn't think the day would come but who would have thought, the machine suddenly has more options than before. Even by the smell, it's miles better than any of his cooking so far-- they've been nice but he could always tell that his cooking has missed a beat once every occasion.

He walks towards Zenitsu and holds up a small plate.

Wagashi. ]

[ Zenitsu gives a good look at the plate. It takes a good moment for Zenitsu to figure out what it is, because it's been six months since they properly had something from Japan. ]

Is... is that a daifuku? How'd you get that?!

The robots replaced our repli-cator. When I tried it out, this new one has daifuku in it for some reason and the best part is that it always tastes the same.

[ Listen, he's all for trying out new, different food but he was missing some of the simpler things and he didn't have the heart to constantly ask other people for their replicators. He has a small fork on one hand, ready to slice the sweet in half. ]

Let's eat it half and half Zenitsu, it's really good.

[ Zenitsu definitely is about to agree to having some snacks. He's always got room for sweets, don't underestimate his stomach!!

But when he sees the fork in hand, Zenitsu feels his heart skip a beat. ]

Eh? Half and half?

Why can't we have whole ones? the replicators don't cost anything, right?

[ Zenitsu's not sure if sharing a snack like this is good for his heart.

Never mind that he's shared a rice ball before, that wasn't even his own food to begin with.

Also, because why share when they each can have one? ]

Huh?

[ The low reverb in Tanjiro's voice hints the disappointment he has. He could pick up excitement in the air, it couldn't just have been him. Lately, he's been noticing a strange spice laced around Zenitsu's normally sweet scent. At first, he thought it had something to do with him waking up from the coma, he isn't as sure now but it's definitely bugging him. ]

But we shared food before, what's wrong with sharing now?

[ The sound of disappointment sticks to him like a sharp knife. It hurts. But he'll put that feeling aside because there's common sense to explain. ]

Dude, we shared food because there was just one? The replicators don't cost any extra to get more out? There really isn't any reason to share at the moment?

[ Common. Sense. ]

But I made this one so we can share.

[ Zenitsu's reasoning makes sense to him, but surely he understands the intent with Tanjiro's own reasoning. He wants to share food with him! Look, he's even pushing the plate in his hand forwards to Zenitsu. ]

You've never said no to sharing before.

[ Zenitsu continues to feel that emotional knife dig deeper into his chest. Ow. Please stop guilt-tripping him like that, Tanjiro. He stays quiet for a moment before giving a heavy sigh, giving up on trying to keep his distance. ]

Alright, alright! Fine! I'd feel bad for the daifuku if we end up not eating it.

[ He finally steps into the kitchen, although he goes to quickly take a half of the snack to move away. ]

Wh--

[ Tanjiro's happiness lasts about a minute before Zenitsu snatches the snack away. Why he's still on guard? He thought the blond would be comfortable enough to eat normally. Come to think of it, he's been taking more notes of Zenitsu's behavior as of late. ]

Don't you want to eat it in the kitchen with me, Zenitsu?

W-well... Erm...

[ Zenitsu gets stuck on words as he fumbles around with the half of daifuku in his hands. He's feeling guilty now, but he also doesn't want to cause a bigger problem. ]

Not in the kitchen, at least! Why don't we eat it while sunbathing or something?

Okay, that sounds great.

[ And he's back to beaming at Zenitsu again, somewhat oblivious to the guilt he's been inflicting on the blond. He reaches out to tug the other boy's sleeve. ]

The weather should be nice today.

[ Zenitsu's still not sure why Tanjiro's being so adamant on sharing a sweets together. He thought his reasoning was valid enough. The beaming smile from his friend almost catches him off-guard and he needs to pause for a brief moment. And then the sleeve pulling.

If you're a girl, he'd have 1,000% fallen for you right then and probably blurted out a proposal. Not that it actually matters at this point.

Instead, he'll take a breath and hopefully he's not giving off an obvious smell for Tanjiro to pick up and question. Hopefully it's picking up as actually being happy...!

He'll still frown in response though. ]

Just don't make me go training right after the snacks, okay?!

[ He's definitely picking up something a little bit off. Something... sweeter? Or maybe richer? It's hard to tell definitely because it's faint and to be quite honest, his heart is doing something funny inside.

Maybe he's coming down with something? But he's feeling energized though! He'll have to be careful later in the day he thinks, as he drags the other boy outside with a bit more enthusiastic force. ]

We can train later tonight or tomorrow, we still have time in the day to eat together, Zenitsu.

[ We're gonna eat meals together, it's fun! ]

[ When Tanjiro starts to literally drag him to where they can eat outside, Zenitsu almost feels like his heart would jump out. Just as he didn't want his bitter depressing memories to be found out, he also didn't want these feelings to be found out either. It sucks!!

But once he realizes Tanjiro doesn't seem to be picking up his emotions, or at least if he did he's not reacting to it, he lets himself relax.

He'll just have to deal with it if the other ever catches on. In the meantime, he's going to try to fight against the energetic pulling. ]

Stop pulling!! It's not like I'm gonna run away?! [ NOT WHEN DAIFUKUS TO BE HAD. ]

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