Zennezu Week 2020

Day 2

Hello everyone!

This is my contribution for the second day of ZenNezu Week; the theme for the day is 'First kiss – pink || protea (courage, transformation, daring)'

Warning: there will be spoilers for the manga so if you're not up to date then don't read this.

Without further ado, I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own KnY.

Agatsuma Zenitsu is someone people that know him would describe as 'jumpy' he gets nervous easily and whenever something scares him he has a tendency to yell and try to get away from the object of his fear.

A strange attitude for a Demon Slayer to have for sure but, somehow, he always manages to complete his missions; that doesn't stop him from complaining to one of his friends (or anyone that would listen, really) about how scared he was and how the demon was horrible.

When he does this with Inosuke, the teen with the boar mask tends to kick him and tell him to stop complaining after the first three sentences.

With Tanjiro, the older of the Kamado siblings listens patiently and does his best to cheer him up, saying that fighting even while scared is praise-worthy; that comment usually ends with an embarrassed Zenitsu that tries to cover it up by saying that hearing that doesn't make him happy, although the way he smiles and sort of 'swoons' says otherwise.

There are other people that listen to him but those tend to just tune him out and nod along with whatever he is saying (any Kakushi that goes to clean up after his mission) or tell him that they're busy and can't listen to him anymore (mostly Aoi).

It is a different case with Nezuko.

Before she gained sun immunity, Zenitsu would usually tell her about his mission but in a more… subdued manner, he would still complain but instead of bawling his eyes out, he would simply say 'and then, this demon appeared and I was really scared but I somehow managed to beat it', while smiling and leaning against her box.

Those comments usually earn him a scratch sound that he interprets as her trying to cheer him up.

After she was able to walk under the sun and began to be able to talk a bit, things remained surprisingly similar.

He was a bit scared that she may tell him to stop complaining like others do but, much like her brother, she listened patiently and tried to encourage him, as much as her limited vocabulary allowed.

Today he was about to leave for a mission so he was talking with Nezuko before it was time to depart.

"And I'm sure the demon I'll find is going to be horrible." Zenitsu said, looking to be on the verge of tears.

"Y-yo-you ca-an d-d-do i-it, Ino-"

"Thank you, Nezuko-chan!" The blond interrupted; thanks to the pig, Nezuko was only able to say properly the names of her brother and Inosuke and if he heard her call out that guy's name when she is supposed to say his, he would feel compelled to find the Breath of the Beast user and roast him.

After the initial shock and 'cuteness induced hearth attack' from seeing her without her muzzle and her greeting him, a scenario where she tells him to get lost did pass through his head for a second but his fears were proven wrong when she went to look for him and gave her a, admittedly poorly made, flower crown before saying that 'he looked upset and wanted to cheer him up' with a stutter and some difficulty of course.

Their relationship went back to normal after that, with Zenitsu spending every possible minute available with her and talking the same way as when she was confined to her box, albeit with Nezuko actually answering this time.

"Well, I guess I should be going, see you when I get back, Nezuko-chan." The Breath of Lighting user said, getting up and walking towards the door-

He immediately turned back around and lay down in front of her.

"I don't want to! I want to stay and talk with Nezuko-chan! Why do I have to go on a mission?!" The blond complained.

"H-ha-a-ave to g-go… I… wait…" The pink eyed demon said with a smile.

"…I know." The Agatsuma sighed. "Still, a kiss from Nezuko-chan would encourage me." He muttered.

"K-ki-iss?" Clearly louder than he intended to.

"Ah! N-no! I mean! N-never mind, I just-" Zenitsu stopped talking.

Nezuko had closed the distance and kissed him on the cheek, a moment later she moved back with a wide smile.

"D-do… y-your be-est… Zenitsu." She said with a blush.

The blond blinked three times until his brain finally processed what had happened.

"Yes." He answered with a blank expression. "I'll be going for real now."

"S-safe-e… tr-trip." The Kamado said, still with a smile and a blush as she waved at Zenitsu's retreating form.

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That day was the first time that Aoi almost told Zenitsu he should stay; it's not that he looked sick and he didn't look eager to go, but the stupidly large grin that spread across his face as he kept one hand on his cheek, not to mention that she could swear she is seeing a pink aura around him, looked odd on someone that usually needs to be, literally, kicked out of the house in order to go to his missions.

And here is one!

I hope you enjoyed, until next time!