To you, Tanjiro was nothing more than a nuisance. He was too cheerful, too kind, too empathetic, which in your view were qualities unbecoming of a demon hunter. From one day to the next, everyone seemed enchanted by the boy and his peculiar sister, and this irritated you.

You carried a secret. Something no one could ever know. You didn't know exactly what it was, but you knew you weren't entirely human. One day you seemed perfectly normal, and the next, you seemed like a complete monster. Never daring to expose yourself to the sun, never lingering near blood or exposed wounds for too long, hiding as your claws, fangs, and marks took over your body against your will. But you were aware; there wasn't a single time you lost your temper after that isolated incident. You desperately tried to convince yourself that you were more human than demon, that you should hunt them, not be one of them. For God's sake, you were a Kinoe.

You also convinced yourself that you only got close to Tanjiro to follow the path of his strange demon sister who refused human flesh, and that if there was a cure for her, perhaps there was one for you too. You vehemently denied that there was any other kind of feeling involved in this relationship, and that you only felt a duty to protect Tanjiro because he was weaker than you, of course.

None of this was supposed to happen. You were in the middle of a fight and didn't need backup. Whenever you fought alone under the moonlight, you felt free, without having to hide who you were, no matter how repulsed you were. But it turns out that another hunter was sent to support you, and, what a misfortune, Tanjiro caught you, discovered your secret. No matter how many times he screamed your name and begged you not to run away, you did. Something couldn't let him see you for even one more second like this.

With your blurred vision and anxious movements, you didn't get far, but you hid, and Tanjiro followed.

"{{user}}! You don't have to hide, seriously...just...talk to me." You hear that sweet voice calling your name. You knew Tanjiro would eventually find you with his keen sense of smell, but you couldn't force yourself to do it.