School life (KNY Zenitsu x Tanjiro) *on going*

Chapter 6 : More than friends?

Zenitsus POV

I gently put the cardigan on my lap. He... I quickly glance at the red haired boy who's kindly smiling at me, he has such a gentle voice... it sounds so kind, and comforting...

I softly squeeze the cardigan on my lap, really, I mean it. He's so sweet and gentle, he even gave me his cardigan, even though I don't really need it... I again glance at him, he has a big bruise on his right cheek, which reminds me that.

This is actually the first time someone has tried to defend me... it makes me weirdly happy? Hah... really he's like a knight in shining armor... I pause my thinking for a few seconds, wait but, I'm not a princess! I'm a man! I gently shake my head trying to clear my thoughts. Still.. I'm glad that he saved me... I should at least properly thank him.

"Thank you." I thank him quietly, as I lift up my head to face him. He smiles back at me, his smile is so bright... even though his face is all messed up because of me.

He quickly looks at the cardigan on my lap, and then up at me.

"Do you need help with putting on the cardigan?" he asks me.

"ah," I take a quick glance at the cardigan that's folded on my lap, I then look up again to his ruby red eyes, and quietly answer "Y-yes please..."

Every part of my body aches, so lifting up my arms without any help would be a challenge. He gently puts his light green cardigan on me, trying to be carefull not to touch any of my cuts, or bruises. I mean I didn't really need this cardigan in the first place, I'm not really cold I just... Grabbed it because I got nervous. He was getting up to go and find some painkillers for me but, as soon as he I saw him turn his back at me I...

I got nervous... I wonder... why couldn't I let him go?... Why do I...,feel so at ease around this strange boy?

Tanjiro... was it? When I first met him he told me his name and I even wrote it down but, I'm still quite woozy after everything that has happened.

I think that was his name though, it has to be... right? I only remember that it rhymed with tangerine...

"Done, do you still feel like it's too cold?" He asks me, as he again sits down on the bed,

I gently shake my head as a response

" I can bring you another blanket if you want." He adds sweetly.

ahh... there it is again...

That gentle voice... There's no mistaking it, He was there to defend me, his voice was the first thing I heard when I woke up. I can't really remember what happened but I remember hearing his voice. That voice, it's so gentle, just hearing it makes all your worries fade away, as soon as I hear that sweet sound of his I feel at ease. Even the first time I met him, as soon as I heard his voice, I knew that he wasn't a deliquent, his voice is just too gentle and caring... It almost makes me want to cry.

"Tanjiro..." I call out his name, that's the name of the person who carries that sweet voice.

He looks at me a bit surprised, he then smiles, "What is it Agatsuma-san?" He kindly asks me.

I freeze.

Ah, w-wait a minute.

D-did I hear him correctly...?

Agatsuma...-san?

I slump down onto the bed. Agatsuma-san?... -San?!!! Why is he calling me as if I'm some old man? !

"Agatsuma-san?" he asks me worried.

Hearing him call me like that feels like a slap in the face,