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Tanjiro had just finished putting on the halo for his halloween costume. An angel, quite ironic. He was matching with Inosuke, who was going as a devil.. or demon.. or whatever you wanted to call it. A classic pair and it fit. Tanjiro was wearing white and some tinges of gold with faux white feather wings and a matching halo. They were going to the halloween party with the hashiras him, Nezuko, Zenitsu, Inosuke, Genya, and Kanao.
Uzui was hosting the party, and Tanjiro wasn’t sure if his wives were going to be there, but he assumed so. Tanjiro was satisfied with his look, observing his costume in the mirror for a few seconds before walking outside where Nezuko was waiting for him. She was going as a vampire with Kanao. Nezuko was trusted without her muzzle, and her fangs as a demon fit the vampire look, so she decided on that.
“Nezuko, you ready to go?” Tanjiro asked, smiling at Nezuko’s finished outfit. She had borrowed one of Tanjiro’s suits that he never really wore and put on some makeup, fake blood, yadda yadda. “Ready!” Nezuko replied, smiling from ear to ear. She was getting better at talking and her stuttering had ceased for simple words and basic intermediate words, like ‘vampire.’ They set off for the halloween party, it was around 6:30 pm and the party started at 7:00 pm, and it only took 10-15 minutes to walk there but they were going with Zenitsu, Inosuke and Kanao.
Tanjiro had invited Genya to walk with them but Genya had said he was walking with Muichiro. Tanjiro was happy that they were becoming friends. After some time of walking they make it to the place they were supposed to meet up with everyone. Zenitsu, Insouke, and Kanao were already there. Inosuke was wearing his normal attire, but had on red demon horns and small red demon wings which looked glued onto his shoulder blades. Tanjiro was ready to bet they’d fall off 30 minutes into the party.
Zenitsu was a zombie, originally not going to be anything but begrudgingly agreed. Kanao was painting his face green with face paint in the park and Inosuke was quiet, focused on watching the face painting. Kanao had a blank expression which fit her vampire look, matching with Nezuko. Most of their costumes were last minute and not entirely creative but they were all coordinated as ‘halloween monsters’ so it fit?
Kanao noticed Nezuko and Tanjiro walking towards the park and waved, a faint smile tugging at her lips. Nezuko waves back enthusiastically and runs over to Kanao and the others, sitting next to her and watching the face painting with Inosuke. Tanjiro also waved but was calmer. He sat next to Inosuke with a warm, sunny smile.
“You look nice.” Tanjiro murmurs to Inosuke. Inosuke turns to him with a toothy grin. “Of course I do! Y’know, you don’t look so bad yourself.” Insouke adds that last part in a quieter voice, not wanting to admit it, but also wanting to not sound entirely mean to his boyfriend. Tanjiro’s smile widens as he catches the last part, knowing he’s one of the only people Inosuke actually compliments, feeling a little special.
They wait for Kanao to finish Zenitsu’s face paint and they go. Insouke jabbed at Zenitsu verbally, picking a small fight. It was normal behavior and Zenitsu jabbed back. Everyone just let them argue the way there, knowing it would die down once they’re actually at the party. As they neared the doors the the party doors, Uzui threw open the doors. He was dressed as Hamilton, and Tanjiro guessed that his wives were the Schuyler sisters. Tanjiro had never actually watched Hamilton, but he knew a few of the characters.
“Tanjiro, Nezuko and the others! What a pleasure to have you here!” Uzui exclaimed, the liquid (wine?) in his glass splashed around in the glass as he leaned on the doorframe. Zenitsu’s eye visibly twitched at being called ‘the others.’ Inosuke didn’t seem to care though, (or he just didn’t hear) and neither did Kanao.
“It’s good to be here!” Tanjiro smiles warmly, speaking for his little group as they all walk inside. Music was blasting and Zenitsu quickly covered his ears. “Oh this is torture!” He whines, unhappy at the loud music. Inosuke had already run to the food table, stuffing his face with a huge grin on his face. Nezuko and Kanao had found the table too, though were just getting punch from the bowl. It looked fitting, the bowl decorated with painted eyeballs on the side. Tanjiro decided to say hello to some people. He sees Mitsuri and Iguro, walking over to them. Mitsuri was a witch while Iguro was a mummy. “Tanjiro! Hey! Love your costume!” Mitsuri squeals at the sight of it, a bright smile on her face. “Thanks! I’m matching with Inosuke.” Tanjiro responded, smiling as well. “Awww! Adorable! Tell him I say ‘Hi’!” Mitsuri waves as Tanjiro walks away, waving.
She goes back to talking with Iguro. He wasn’t that talkative though, and Mitsuri was the one doing most of the talking. Tanjiro walked over to Inosuke who was staring at one of the fake flowers, slightly perplexed by it. Tanjiro hopes he didn’t eat one. He taps Inosuke on the shoulder and Inosuke jumps, startled before clearing his throat.
“That was a fake reaction.” Inosuke clarified. Even though Tanjiro didn’t believe that one bit, he didn’t point it out. “How are you doing so far? Mitsuri says ‘Hi’ by the way.” “I’m doing awesome Gonpachiro!” Inosuke doesn’t acknowledge the words Mitsuri sends his way, but Tanjiro thinks that he secretly says ‘Hi’ too. Tanjiro just smiles and nods before walking towards the food table. There’s a few pastries that he can’t quite identify, since they’re halloween decorated, but he can see some marshmallow eyes, and he thinks that’s pretty cool. Tanjiro grabs some fruit punch from the bowl in a cup, sipping it as he looks over the party.
After around 15 minutes of socializing with everyone else, out of the corner of his eyes he sees Inosuke walk into a room, covering his ears with a frown. Tanjiro doesn’t think too much of it, but he decides it’s worth checking on. Tanjiro waves to a clown costumed Muichiro, whom he was talking with just now before speed walking toward the room Inosuke disappeared into. It looked like a guest bedroom and Inosuke was sitting in the corner, closing his eyes and covering his ears, grumbling.
Tanjiro closed the door behind him, and sat next to Inosuke. “Inosuke? Why are you in here?” Inosuke opens his eyes and slowly uncovers his ears, fidgeting with his fingers. “It’s too loud out there… and there’s very colourful lights.”
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“Too colourful.” Inosuke adds in a mumble. Tanjiro nodded. Inosuke was never good with very loud noises or flashing colours and Tanjiro assumes it’s overwhelming for him. Inosuke shuffled up against Tanjiro’s side, resting his head on his shoulder. Tanjiro wraps an arm around Inosuke. His little demon wings fell off before e0 minutes at the party. Tanjiro called it. They sit in silence for a little while. It’s nice.
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Inosuke then breaks the silence. “Why’d you drag me here?” Tanjiro raises an eyebrow with a slight smile, confused. “Inosuke, you begged to come with us.” “We would’ve invited you if you didn’t ask directly though.” Tanjiro adds the last bit mostly for himself, but Inosuke catches it. Inosuke just looks down, a bit embarrassed at being called out. “…I can walk home with you? Nezuko is staying over at Kanao’s tonight.” Inosuke’s eyes widened a bit, but nods. “Yeah. Can you?” Tanjiro smiled and stands up, helping Inosuke up as well. “Yeah. lets go now then?” He offers his hand and Inosuke takes it gratefully, dragging Tanjiro out of the room and to the front door, avoiding as many people as possible. Inosuke closes the front door behind them before turning to Tanjiro with a small smile. During the short walk, Inosuke speaks. “…Thanks.” Tanjiro smiles brightly at Inosuke’s words and squeezed his hand a bit.
“Anytime.”