Looks Like Somethingã¢â‚¬â„¢s Gone Wrong Wait a Couple Seconds and Then Try Again
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You have a new chat request!
furbaby89: hello?
FoxWater: Hi? Who is this
furbaby89: um ok so
furbaby89: u forgot ur stuff at the football game last night
furbaby89: like ur jacket and ur notebook and i found ur email there
furbaby89: and i had no way of telling u IRL
furbaby89: bc u go to another school LOL
FoxWater: OOOOH. Oh dammit (shifts eyes nervously)
FoxWater: Um I knew I was forgetting something ^^"
FoxWater: Ty for letting me know! What's your name?
furbaby89: meilin! i go by mei for short. Wby?
FoxWater: That's cute! I'm Tanjiro :)
furbaby89: whooooa. ur a guy?
FoxWater: No (shifts eyes faster)
furbaby89 sent an emote: *laughing coyly*.
furbaby89: hmmmm…. believable
FoxWater: Haha you couldn't tell by the size of the jacket?
furbaby89: nah ur kinda short dude
FoxWater: >.>
furbaby89: nothing wrong with that!!! like I'm short too!!
FoxWater: I mean a lot of girls are
FoxWater: Wait. You are a girl right? Lol
FoxWater: Meilin's a feminine name right
furbaby89: no (shifts eyes)
FoxWater: Touché
FoxWater sent an emote: *pondering* .
furbaby89: see this is why i like u tanjiro
furbaby89: are u japanese?
FoxWater: Yeah I am :)
FoxWater: I'm assuming you're Chinese?
furbaby89: yup! man ur good!
FoxWater: Haha! Nah not really
furbaby89: take the compliment u stubborn man >.>
FoxWater: Fine fine ^^"
FoxWater: Wait. Man?? ;)
furbaby89: OMG don't get a big head about it
FoxWater: I'll have you know I have an appropriately sized head about it ma'am
FoxWater: I'm growing FACIAL HAIR
furbaby89:
furbaby89: wait omg really
FoxWater: I mean… not much honestly
FoxWater: But I am growing a lil mustache!
furbaby89: whooooooa
furbaby89: none of the guys i know have facial hair at all
FoxWater: Haha my sister says she's gonna have to beat the girls off me
FoxWater: Which is just like not true
furbaby89: maybe u will! if ur cute!
FoxWater: Nah /// I stand no chance
FoxWater: My friend Inosuke has a whole damn beard
furbaby89: aww dude give ur self more credit
furbaby89: if u look how u type then i bet ur really cute
FoxWater: I love you Meilin
FoxWater: That was a joke. I'm sorry. I'm totally kidding
furbaby89: see that's what i mean!
furbaby89: ur so funny. that's cute
FoxWater: OMG don't give me a big head about it
FoxWater: ;)
FoxWater: But in all seriousness ty for grabbing my stuff! My mom's calling me. I gtg make dinner
furbaby89: well bye tanjiro foxwater! It was nice to meet u!
FoxWater: Bye Mei Furbaby89
FoxWater: Btw. I like you too :)
FoxWater is away.
~~4*TOWNIES~~
DariaFan89: Omg where's Mei.
mrzmendleson89: yeah she's been MIA all night :P maybe she doesn't feel good
Abbikinz89: MAYBE SHE DIED !
DariaFan89: She didn't die Abby
DariaFan89: Omg but what if she did
DariaFan89 has pinged furbaby89.
furbaby89: sorry guys! i was talking to that guy!
DariaFan89: What guy?
mrzmendleson89: a guy?
Abbikinz89: HUH? WHAT GUY?
furbaby89: the one who left his stuff!
furbaby89: at the football game
furbaby89: maybe i can give his stuff back to him <3
Abbikinz89: OMG mei's putting hearts after a message abt a GUY!
DariaFan89: Which is very cute but how are you going to give him back his stuff
DariaFan89: Seeing that he was there at the football game
DariaFan89: Watching the away team
mrzmendleson89: from NEW YORK
furbaby89: oh…. shit
furbaby89: ok I'm beginning to see ur guys point
furbaby89: maybe i can… mail it to him?
mrzmendleson89: Omg no Mei don't give this dude your address
DariaFan89: Yeah. Prob not the smartest move
Abbikinz89: what if he's a CEREAL KILLER???
DariaFan89: serial**
mrzmendleson89: how old even is this kid?
furbaby89: um idk actually
furbaby89: old enough to have facial hair
DariaFan89: Holy shit he's like 18
Abbikinz89: ok so he's not a cereal killer
Abbikinz89: serial** -_-
Abbikinz89: but what if he's one of those pedo things???
furbaby89: idk guys he lives with his mom!
furbaby89: he could live in her basement though….
furbaby89: grrr i hate it when you guys are right. if he talks to me again I'll be sure to ask
DariaFan89: And when you do
DariaFan89: Report it back to us ;)
Abbikinz89: OMG YES WE NEED ALL THE DEETZ!! NAME ASL AND IF HE'S CUTE!!
mrzmendleson89: just be careful meimei
mrzmendleson89: priya i don't like the kid
DariaFan89: We don't even know him Miriam
DariaFan89: Why don't you like him?
mrzmendleson89: I DON'T KNOW!
DariaFan89: I mean listen I get it
DariaFan89: But Mei never talks about guys. Seems like she likes him
DariaFan89: You have to admit it's pretty cute
mrzmendleson89: yeah ig
mrzmendleson89 is away.
**Demon Slayers**
FoxWater: Ok I'm done making dinner
ZenLightning: man and where tf have u been all night!
FoxWater: Talking to a girl
FoxWater: Something you know nothing about ;)
year_of_the_boar: GROSS
ZenLightning: ok first of all fuck u ~_~
ZenLightning: SECONDLY i only have eyes for
FoxWater: Zenitsu I'll kick your ass
year_of_the_boar: why r u guys even so fixated on girls when we could be playin
ZenLightning: NEZUKOOOOO
ZenLightning sent an emote: *head over heels*.
year_of_the_boar: FOOTBALL
ZenLightning: wait did you just say you've been talking to a girl???
ZenLightning: WHO
FoxWater: A girl from the football game!
FoxWater: I uh. Left all my stuff there
ZenLightning: IN CANADA???
ZenLightning: Leave it to Tanjiro Kamado to fall in love with a foreign girl
FoxWater: I'M NOT IN LOVE JACKASS
FoxWater: We're just having normal conversation @.@
year_of_the_boar: so how do u suppose ur gonna get ur stuff back
FoxWater: .
FoxWater: So I guess I'm never seeing that jacket again huh ^^"
furbaby89: yeah that's what my friends were saying!! sorry!!
FoxWater: Aww man I really liked that jacket :(
FoxWater: It's okay though. You can have it!
furbaby89: i mean maybe i can mail it to u?
furbaby89: my friends think that's a bad idea but like
furbaby89: it's ur jacket u know?
FoxWater: You trust me enough to do that?
furbaby89: ur not a serial killer are you?
FoxWater: No
furbaby89: (shifts eyes nervously)?
FoxWater: Lmao you get it!
FoxWater: Seems like too much effort though? Besides I don't want you to get in trouble
furbaby89: oh trust me
furbaby89: I'll get in more trouble if my mom finds a boys jacket in my room
FoxWater: Don't you have to pay international shipping or something to send it back to me
furbaby89: IDK TANJIRO
FoxWater: LMAO SORRY
FoxWater: Whatever doesn't get you in trouble!
furbaby89: speaking of mothers
furbaby89: now my mom's calling me to go eat dinner
FoxWater: Ah okay TTYL!
furbaby89: ttyl <3
furbaby89 is away.
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furbaby89: so how old are u anyway!
FoxWater: Hello to you too
FoxWater sent an emote: *laughing* .
FoxWater: I'm 16! Wby?
furbaby89: omg really
furbaby89: i'm turning 15 this year!
furbaby89: are u turning 17 or
FoxWater: Ohhh no! I just turned 16. I just had a bday ^^
furbaby89: and see look my friends were so concerned that u were like 35
furbaby89: btw happy late bday!!!
FoxWater: I mean. Technically they're not wrong
FoxWater: I'm two 16 yr olds stacked on top of each other
FoxWater: Also ty! <3
furbaby89: silly man :)
furbaby89: so how am i gonna give u back ur stuff?
FoxWater: Uh? Idk
FoxWater: Your mom will flip if she finds my jacket in your room
FoxWater: MY mom will flip if I get a package in the mail from a girl in Toronto
furbaby89: ok i hear ur plea
furbaby89: why don't we just get to know each other better
furbaby89: so one day i can give it back to u in person!
FoxWater: Okay :)
FoxWater: Wanna play 20 Questions?
furbaby89: good idea ok me first
furbaby89: what's the meaning of it… foxwater i mean
FoxWater: Ohhh
FoxWater: My mentor was soooo cool. He taught me all of these water breathing exercises
FoxWater: And when he stopped mentoring me, he gave me this mask that he hand carved himself. It was a fox mask with lil red cheeks
FoxWater: And I loved it with all my heart
FoxWater: Until one of my little brothers accidentally broke it :(
furbaby89: ohhhh no!!!
furbaby89: can u fix it??
FoxWater: Maybe? I still have all the pieces to it so maybe I can glue it back together
FoxWater: But I'm scared to fuck it up
furbaby89: I'm sure u will do fine!
furbaby89: ok now ask me a question!
FoxWater: I'll throw your question back at you ;)
FoxWater: What's the meaning behind fur baby? Lmao
FoxWater: I mean 89 I get. You were born in 89 right?
furbaby89: yup!
furbaby89: but my story isn't as cool as urs
furbaby89: me and my whole fam just loves red pandas
furbaby89: so my friends call me fur baby sometimes
furbaby89: for my bday they found a shirt that said fur baby and bought it for me!
FoxWater: Cute!
FoxWater: What do you mean. That IS cool
furbaby89: man whatever :)
furbaby89: u said something about a lil sister and ONE of ur lil brothers
furbaby89: how many siblings do u have
FoxWater: Too many. I'M JOKING
FoxWater: I have three lil brothers and two lil sisters :)
FoxWater: Being an older brother is super important to me. As lame as it sounds
furbaby89: that's not lame!
furbaby89: i wish i had siblings :,(
FoxWater: It's a gift and a curse LMAO
furbaby89: are u the oldest?
FoxWater: Yeah I am!
FoxWater: Being an only child must be nice though?
furbaby89: it's a gift and a curse…..
furbaby89: i get all the attention from my parents and don't have to share
furbaby89: sometimes TOO MUCH….
FoxWater: Ohh? Are they the smothering type?
FoxWater: Do you ever get lonely?
furbaby89: my mom? DEF
furbaby89: my dad is more chill y'know?
furbaby89: lonely? not really. i've got my friends!
FoxWater: That's good at least!
furbaby89: yup!
furbaby89: so how did u and ur school come all the way here to Canada?
furbaby89: u need a passport for that right?
FoxWater: Yeahhh BUT!
FoxWater: Everybody on our sports team has one
FoxWater: and my friend Zenitsu and I both have one
FoxWater: He drove us there so we could watch Inosuke play. I thought we were gonna die ^^" Lmao
furbaby89: whoaaa ur friend has a drivers license?
FoxWater: Yeah! He's already 17
FoxWater: I'm going to try to get mine this year. So I can help my mom more
FoxWater: I have my permit!
furbaby89: good luck!!!!
FoxWater: Ohh ty :D
FoxWater: So what are your friends' names?
furbaby89: oh sweet tanjiro i don't have friends
FoxWater: What lol you were talking about them earlier!
furbaby89: alright u caught me
furbaby89: we were a part of the fab 4! it's me, miriam (mir), abby, and priya. we've been friends since 5th grade!
furbaby89: and actually were the fab 5 now. bc of our friend tyler!
FoxWater: Ohhh how cool!
FoxWater: One of my older friends calls my friend group The Three Stooges :,)
furbaby89: that's not nice!!!
FoxWater: Oh it's okay! It's kinda funny!
furbaby89: well for what it's worth
furbaby89: i don't think ur a stooge!
furbaby89: I think ur cool!
FoxWater: I think you're cool too! :)
FoxWater: Dammit well I gtg
FoxWater: I've gotta go get the babies ready for bed
furbaby89: aw damn i was having fun :(
furbaby89: well okay! gn tanjiro foxwater!
FoxWater: Gn Mei Furbaby89 <3
FoxWater is away.
~~4*TOWNIES~~
furbaby89: OMG HE SAID GN WITH A HEART!
DariaFan89: OMG!!!?
Abbikinz89: AHAHHHHAHHHGHHH!!!?L???
TyTyNBaker: omg what r u hags yelling about
TyTyNBaker: wait ok I'm caught up
TyTyNBaker: meilin lee's getting all flustered over SOME GUY?
TyTyNBaker: who even are u
furbaby89: ur right ty i need to regain my composure
furbaby89: he is quite cool though
AbbiKinz89: OKAY SO DEETZ N O W
AbbiKinz89: NAME ASL IS HE CUTE???
furbaby89: his name's tanjiro :)
furbaby89: he just turned 16
furbaby89: from New York
furbaby89: and i hope and pray to every god possible that he's cute bc he's really fun to talk to
DariaFan89: You've gotta ask him for pics
AbbiKinz89: and then SEND THEM TO US!!
DariaFan89: Bc I'm curious
TyTyNBaker: yeah me too like I'm curious to see the guy who captured the ever elusive heart of meilin lee
DariaFan89: Shut up Tyler. Lmao
furbaby89: maybe i'll ask him for pics tmrw…
furbaby89: he had to go help his mom so he's prob gone for tn
furbaby89: i'm just happy. he seems so cool
Abbikinz89: and u guys are almost the same age ¬‿¬
DariaFan89: I say go for it girl
furbaby89: really? what if i like….
furbaby89: fall for him
furbaby89: and he only sees me as a friend?
DariaFan89: Mei. He sent you a GOODNIGHT HEART
DariaFan89: That's like, a super big deal
AbbiKinz89: A HUGE DEAL
furbaby89: ok ok i'll
furbaby89: i'll talk to him some more and see
Abbikinz89: we're rooting for you!
Abbikinz89: the whole group chat's rooting for you!!!
DariaFan89: Absolutely
DariaFan89: Well keep me updated girl
DariaFan89: My dad's yelling upstairs for us to go to sleep. Ttyl
DariaFan89 is away.
TyTyNBaker: same -_- ttyl
Abbikinz89: SAME
furbaby89: gn you guys!
Abbikinz89: GN!
TyTyNBaker is away.
Abbikinz89 is away.
furbaby89
🔽 Buddies (12/108)
🔽 BFFs (4/4)
DariaFan89
TyTyNBaker
mrzmendleson89
Abbikinz89
🔽 4*TOWN Friends (2/73)
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New friend request: FoxWater
Accept Decline
Edit Away Message
Enter Label: ALL MIXED UP
Enter New Away Message:
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now i see what the big deal is <3
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furbaby89 is away.
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furbaby89 has accepted your friend request!
~~4*TOWNIES~~
DariaFan89: So what was up with your away message last night
furbaby89: whatever do u mean?
DariaFan89: Was it about green jacket guy?
furbaby89: absolutely not why would it be????
Abbikinz89: it was DEF about tangerine :DD
furbaby89: his name's TANJIRO
DariaFan89: CAUGHT YOU
furbaby89: FUCKING SHIT ABBY
Abbikinz89: AHHHDHFHGHG HOW IS IT MY FAULT!!!//??
furbaby89: SHE WOULD'VE DROPPED IT IF IT WASN'T FOR U
TyTyNBaker: WTF ARE Y'ALL YELLING ABOUT NOW
DariaFan89: DEF wouldn't have dropped it girl
TyTyNBaker: oh yeah the tanjiro guy lmao
TyTyNBaker: dude I'm still waiting on some pics i need to see if this guy's cute
furbaby89: ok even if it was "hypothetically" about him
furbaby89: he's never gonna know bc he didn't even get to see it b4 i took it down
furbaby89: and I'd like to KEEP IT THAT WAY
DariaFan89: Thought you said you were gonna go for it?
furbaby89: no trying to add him on here OR myspace
TyTyNBaker: dammit……..
Abbikinz89: DAMMIT
furbaby89: i AM going for it! i mean I'm NOT! IDK!
furbaby89: should i???
DariaFan89: YES
TyTyNBaker: yea if he's cute
Abbikinz89: YESSSSS
DariaFan89: Mir?
furbaby89: i barely know him! but……
furbaby89: yea mir what do u think??
DariaFan89 has pinged mrzmendleson89.
furbaby89 has pinged mrzmendleson89.
TyTyNBaker: lmao did she ever explain why she spelled HER OWN NAME WRONG in her username
TyTyNBaker: or why she put "mrz" like she ain't married
mrzmendleson89: mzmendelsohn89 was already taken
mrzmendleson89: surprisingly
TyTyNBaker: oh there she is
DariaFan89: Miriam!
Abbikinz89: MIRRRRR!
furbaby89: mir! where have u been all night?
mrzmendleson89: i just don't feel good tn y'all gn
DariaFan89: Uh oh
DariaFan89: Lame ass excuse dude
DariaFan89: what's wrong?
mrzmendleson89: 2 be honest wit u i don't wanna be in the gc
mrzmendleson89: while meimei's going on & on about that guy
DariaFan89: Why?
DariaFan89: Miriam seriously what's up?
mrzmendleson89: i really don't know…..
mrzmendleson89: i just know i don't wanna hear about the kid bc i hate him
DariaFan89: We don't even KNOW HIM!
DariaFan89: But I mean I get it
DariaFan89: Mei gushing about a guy is. New
mrzmendleson89: yea it's
mrzmendleson89: idk man it's just not her
mrzmendleson89: how do i get over these feelings??? i don't want it to get in btween mine & mei's friendship…. pls help me
DariaFan89: What feelings exactly? Hatred?
mrzmendleson89: yea
mrzmendleson89: and annoyance
mrzmendleson89: pls help ur like the most mature person in our friend group so thts why i'm bothering
DariaFan89: ? Mir?
mrzmendleson89: shit mei keeps on messaging me
mrzmendleson89: WHAT DO I DO
DariaFan89: Talk to her. See what she wants
DariaFan89: And come back to me l8er. I'll be here
mrzmendleson89: ok. ty priya
DariaFan89: Yw girl
furbaby89: mir are u sure ur okay? :P
furbaby89: miriam?
furbaby89: did one of us upset u?? was it me??
furbaby89: ok i'm sorry….. i'll leave u alone!
mrzmendleson89: MEI WAIT
mrzmendleson89: none of u did anything wrong
mrzmendleson89: i just rlly don't feel good i promise
furbaby89: do u swear?
mrzmendleson89: i swear. on every member in 4town
furbaby89: whoooooa ok
furbaby89: well…. i hope u feel better :) ily <3
mrzmendleson89: ily2 meimei
**Demon Slayers**
FoxWater: Ok man I'm stressing out
FoxWater: I'm still thinking about it
ZenLightning: ? abt tht girl's away message??
ZenLightning: what did it say again?
FoxWater: The label was something like "all mixed up"
FoxWater: And the message said "now I see what the big deal is <3"
FoxWater: What?? Does that even mean???
year_of_the_boar: huh
ZenLightning: hmmmm that's a hard one
ZenLightning: well good thing one of ur best friends is a chick magnet
ZenLightning: bc i can tell u rite now what that means tanjiro
FoxWater: Ohh? Please do. I rlly need help
ZenLightning: i
ZenLightning: ok don't flip out
ZenLightning: I don't actually know
FoxWater: ZEEEEEEE
FoxWater: NITSUUUUUUUU
year_of_the_boar: WHY WOULD U LIE!!???//11??
ZenLightning: I'M SORRY GUYS I TOLD U NOT TO FLIP TT~TT
ZenLightning: maybe we can get sabito to help us out??
FoxWater: Noooo he'll make fun of me T T"
year_of_the_boar: he will?
ZenLightning: NO
ZenLightning: it's obvi none of us know a thing abt girls so we should ask him! he's 19!
FoxWater: Maybe I can just ask her straight up what it means?
FoxWater: But what if it means nothing?
FoxWater: What if it isn't about me?? Then I'll look like a douche
FoxWater: AHHHHH
year_of_the_boar: when u approach her just keep on hinting at it until she's the first 1 2 bring it up
FoxWater:
FoxWater: Inosuke I love you
year_of_the_boar: <3
ZenLightning: AHHHHH WHAT!! WHY!!? I'M THE 1 WHO GAVE U ALL THE ADVICE TT-TT
FoxWater: Good evening Mei Furbaby89!
furbaby89: good evening tanjiro foxwater :)
furbaby89: did u have a good day at skool?
FoxWater: Yeah I did! I hope you did too ^^
FoxWater: I've just been stressing out all day
furbaby89: awww poor thing :( about what?
FoxWater: Something stupid
FoxWater: Something just absolutely stupid
FoxWater: That my friend posted as their away message
furbaby89: oh did they get mad at u?
FoxWater: Something about being mixed like a salad
FoxWater: Just so silly haha lol
furbaby89: tanjiro what r u talking abt
FoxWater: MEI PLS TELL ME
FoxWater: WHAT DID YOUR AWAY MESSAGE MEAN
furbaby89:
furbaby89: u. u saw that?
furbaby89: i thought i took it down b4 u got back online
FoxWater: I saw it late last night
FoxWater: My friends pinged me ^^"
furbaby89: i am very embarrassed
FoxWater: Aww. Why? :(
furbaby89: ok pls don't think I'm a freak
furbaby89: the away message was abt u I'm sorry
FoxWater: What? Really?
furbaby89: yea like
furbaby89: my friends r always talking abt boys & stuff (even tyler)
furbaby89: and i didn't understand why
furbaby89: until i started talking to u
FoxWater: Ohh? So now you see what the big deal is?
furbaby89: don't forget the heart lmao
furbaby89: I'm so sorry that's so creepy……
furbaby89: like i just met u. I don't wanna scare u off
FoxWater: No no no! It's okay!
FoxWater: I don't think it's creepy!
FoxWater: FWIW I was srsly stressing about it all day lol
furbaby89: really??
FoxWater: Like what if I ask her and it's not even about me? Lol
FoxWater: What if it's about some food she tried or something? Or even worse. Some other guy?
furbaby89: omg ur not lying to me are u???
FoxWater: Nooo!
furbaby89: omg this is crazy
furbaby89: u like me? like a guy likes me?
furbaby89: and I LIKE HIM BACK?
FoxWater: You caught me ^//^"
furbaby89: but idek how u look like!
furbaby89: & u don't know how i look like!
furbaby89: what if i look like the hunchback of notre dame???
FoxWater: Well firstly. I'm sure you're very pretty
FoxWater: Secondly. That's easy! Just add me on MySpace
FoxWater: I'm Tanjiro K!
furbaby89: oooh ok! brb
furbaby89 is idle.
furbaby89: OMG IS THIS U??????
furbaby89: with the red hair?
FoxWater: Does he have pix up of some blond and a football player?
furbaby89: YES
FoxWater: Then yup that's me!
furbaby89: i.
furbaby89: um i sent u a friend request
FoxWater: Thnx Mei
FoxWater: Your glasses are really cute!
FoxWater: Cute glasses on a cute girl ^^<3
furbaby89: o////////o
~~4*TOWNIES~~
furbaby89: u guys
furbaby89: go 2 myspace and look at my friends list
furbaby89: i just added him
TyTyNBaker: so can i
furbaby89: do NOT send him a fr
TyTyNBaker: aw dammit
Abbikinz89: I'M LOOKIN NOW
DariaFan89: Same. BRB
TyTyNBaker, Abbikinz89, and DariaFan89 are idle.
Abbikinz89: AHHGHGHGHH!!!????
DariaFan89: Whoa Mei he's CUTE
Abbikinz89: HE HOT!!!!!!
TyTyNBaker: no way! this dude's fucking hot
Abbikinz89: HIM HAS BABY FACE :3
DariaFan89: REALLY cute
TyTyNBaker: like smoking hot wtf
furbaby89: IKR??? THANK U GOD!!!!
DariaFan89: Hold on guys BRB
**Demon Slayers**
FoxWater: Sooo. The message WAS about me
FoxWater: Crazily enough!
FoxWater: She added me on MySpace
FoxWater: She's freakin ADORABLE
ZenLightning: hmmm….. i'll b the judge of that ;)
ZenLightning is idle.
ZenLightning: TANJIRO YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE
FoxWater: WHAT
ZenLightning: c……. Curvy
ZenLightning: NO FUCKIGN FAIR ( 个 _ 个 )
ZenLightning: u have a cute sister AND a cute girl tht added u on myspace
year_of_the_boar: she pretty bro `O`
ZenLightning: it's cool tho
ZenLightning: i only have eyes for nezuko <3
FoxWater: Thnx guys ^^ I'll let her know you think so!
FoxWater: Also. Hmmmm
ZenLightning: WDYM HMMM?
ZenLightning: i have to be good bf material 4 nezzie and not cheat on her <3
ZenLightning sent an emoticon: * head over heels*.
FoxWater: Zenitsu I'll kick your ass
ZenLightning: yea yea thts what u always say ~_~
furbaby89: so um
furbaby89: my friends all think ur hot
FoxWater: Aww. Really?? ^///^
furbaby89: I ALSO think ur hot
FoxWater sent an emoticon: *blushing*.
furbaby89: sorry. that was really strong
FoxWater: I. I.
furbaby89: did i break u??? LMAO
FoxWater: Nobody's ever called me hot before
FoxWater: I feel. Strange
furbaby89: awww?? did we embarrass u :(
FoxWater: Nooo! I feel strange
FoxWater: But in a good way
furbaby89: i'm not sure i understand
FoxWater: Me neither actually
FoxWater: Well y'know what time it is
FoxWater: Dinnertime! Ttyl!
furbaby89: ttyl tanjiro k <3
FoxWater:Bye Miss Lee ;)
FoxWater is away.
TyTyNBaker: bro i'm srs
TyTyNBaker: good job
TyTyNBaker: like this tanjiro dude? id fuckin date him
furbaby89: srsly!!!!
furbaby89: no way a guy this hot is into me? wtf
TyTyNBaker: well start believing it
TyTyNBaker: bc UR HOT
furbaby89: thnx bff <3
furbaby89: am i being annoying abt it in the gc?
TyTyNBaker: nah i don't think so
TyTyNBaker: i'm happy u actually have feelings
furbaby89: omg stfu
TyTyNBaker: >:) in all srs
TyTyNBaker: i think the only one who may b annoyed is mir
TyTyNBaker: u know how she gets sometimes
furbaby89: omg she IS mad ik it
furbaby89: grrr she promised me she wasn't
furbaby89: SHE SWORE ON 4 TOWN
furbaby89: u think i should let her cool off? like i messaged her already
furbaby89: i don't wanna annoy her even more
TyTyNBaker: hmmm. maybe we should ask peewee
furbaby89: but we all go 2 her!!!
furbaby89: but maybe we should
TyTyNBaker: maybe we're just lookin 2 much into it
furbaby89: hmmmm….. i hope so
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Hey! My name's Tanjiro Kamado :) I'm in band (I play clarinet), I have a SUPER hard head, and I like to dress up with my friends & play board games. (Anybody from school, ask if you can join our D&D sessions!)
I looooove my family and people think I'm a momma's boy. I'm kinda like "preppy emo". I'm super cool, huh? ^^"
Also to anybody from school: No, Zenitsu does NOT date my sister! To Zenitsu: STOP TELLING PEOPLE THAT YOU DO!
mrzmendleson89: priya
mrzmendleson89: after talking to mei
mrzmendleson89: i think ik why i hate this tanjiro kid
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DariaFan89: Omg really?
DariaFan89: Are you ever gonna tell her?
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She wasn't aware of those messages until much later—but, looking back on it now, the first couple days of messaging is where everything started. Where her heart swelled, imploded; went off like fireworks. Where the Red Sea of her feelings swept in with heavy tides and threatened to drown her.
Teenage love—and teenage angst —is a finicky thing.
But let's start from the beginning.
She hadn't lied to him. She really, really didn't understand it.
When Tyler had joined their group, it felt as if everything clicked—but what she hadn't been expecting was how quickly he acclimated into their circle.
They all had a shared interest (their taste in music), which helped—but she forgets that Tyler was seemingly a popular boy who could find a shared link with anybody.
His second shared link with their friends was talking about love . That really surprised her. It went from harmless gushing about the members of 4*Town to heated, emphatic swooning over people they actually knew . They gossiped, Tyler was honorarily One of The Girls, and that was it.
Or it was supposed to be.
Her friends asked her about love all the time and she shrugged. She thought about boys in foggy, abstract concepts. Physical qualities, and nothing else: swooping black hair over one eye lanky long legs black clothes.
And she thought about them in passing . That was enough for her.
Seriously, why wouldn't it be? All the boys she knew, other than Tyler, were gross and kinda mean and talked only of The Big Thing that she heard the other girls talk about (dare her mother hear her even mutter the word!). So they just didn't interest her.
People thought she was weird; she wasn't willing to stay in the lines (nor were her friends) or give them The Thing, so she didn't interest them . They just didn't have any substance.
He had substance. Has substance.
You always remember your first love, for better or for worse.
Everything about them.
It was a Saturday game; a typical fall Canadian night: dark and crisp, with just enough breeze to chill you through your clothes. She hadn't even wanted to go to the stupid fucking game. But Abigail had wanted to so badly because some guy she was crushing on was on their football team. And she wanted to watch him play.
The Fab Five never split up, and never will now. So off they all went.
She thought she had burned every single part of the night into her memory, and saw it crystal clear. But later, in her bed, she had realized she was wrong. Hadn't she seen the away team— The Vipers or some other—chanting in war paint?
Hadn't she gotten a glimpse of a blond in an orange jacket, half of his face painted green, chanting with some other boys: " HASHI-BEEEE-RAH-RAH-RAH!" Over and over?
And hadn't she actually gotten a glimpse of him that night? If only briefly; his wavy red hair streaming out from underneath his band hat. "Hold my jacket, Zenitsu!"
His clarinet was shiny and caught the reflection of the moonlight, and so did his eyes, as he smiled and trotted down the bleachers. And before she grabbed her flute and did the same.
He was the first guy she ever saw. Actually saw.
For a long time, she thought he was the only guy in the world.
She jumps through the years and suddenly
her friends come up behind her and grab her by the shoulders—and her subsequent startled jump slams her locker shut. Priya, in her usual deadpan, looks down at her… but the half-smirk on her face as her eyes scan up and down her body give her emotions away.
"Wow." Priya crosses her arms. "Sprung, aren't we?"
She's about to negate her… until she glances down at her clothes, as if she's just seeing them for the first time, and sees her arm draped into a green-and-black sleeve. She blushes and glares instead. "No. No. Totally not."
"Yes, you are! You're totally gaga for him!" Abby chimes in (loudly). "You wouldn't be wearing that jacket if you weren't."
"Yeah, I would." Why does she feel so defensive? "I'm only wearing it… so it can, um,air out…? It's gonna get all stale if I just keep it in my locker."
"Why don't you just take it ho— " Tyler starts—and when she gives him the dude, you know why face, he shakes his head. "Whatever. Bro, I'm surprised you didn't know this was a dude's jacket. It smells like Old Spice."
"I mean… yeah." She resists the urge to bring her arms up to her face to smell the sleeves again. And again. The second she put the jacket on, she was enveloped in the smell of him—something she never thought she'd like; smelling like some guy. "It really does."
Priya coughs. "Almost a little too much."
Tyler smirks. "Think he uses a whole can of the stuff every time he leaves the house?"
"No, Tyler. You're just jealous because your mom doesn't let you wear cologne."
"Ooooh!" Abby screams. "Burn!"
"Shut up, Mei. God," he spits at her, his eyes annoyed slits and his braces gleaming—but his vitriol's half-hearted. "And she doesn't let me yet."
Ever since she checked up on her, Miriam's been acting strange.
It's been this weird back-and-forth between them; this awkward shuffling around each other, from one side to the next, to get around the other in the hallways. The extent of their interaction today has been "hi, Mei," a quick glance at her and wide eyes—and then Miriam's eyes squinted as she finally sprinted past her.
It is her, that made her angry. It has to be.
She slinks in front of Priya and Miriam's homeroom, stalking behind gaggles of teens so she won't be seen—and sees them streaming out. She catches clips of their conversation… and finally, finally, it all starts to make sense.
"—the motherfucker's jacket!" Miriam gripes, her hands clawing the air. "Jesus, Peewee! It reeks of Old Spice! I passed her in the hallway—totes awkward, by the way—and the smell like, followed me all the way here. I bet he bathes in it!"
"Aw. Give him a break," Priya responds, her tone bordering on amused. "He's a teenaged boy."
"Yeah? But still! He needs to get a clue!" Miriam's face falls. "Oh, my God. Please don't tell Mei I said any of this."
Priya shakes her head. "I won't, girl. Your secret's safe with me."
"Whew… good. Because I still don't want to ruin…"
The conversation trails off as she gains more and more distance between them. She's surprised by the tears that sting her eyes as she heads to first period.
Just because she loves them doesn't mean she isn't a little angry at them. But she doesn't fully know what she's even angry about.
Why are they all allowed to talk about people they like and show them cute chatlogs and she can't? This is what they wanted her to do: Get With The Program—and now that she has, people have a problem with it? What do they want from her?
Jessica writes Priya tons of letters. Even with their red ink and hard edges, there's a softness to them: they smell like roses, they're folded into intricate shapes, and they wax poetic about how Priya's the only girl she sees.
Tyler likes some guy in their band class… which surprises her, in since he usually goes for jocks. He likes the "gentleness" of him, or something, he's told her more than once.
Abby has her fair share of crushes, on which she squeezes her eyes shut and squeals about how cute they are; how perfect and masculine.
But Miriam usually never talks about people she likes, if at all… gah, she doesn't know. It's all so stupid. Whatever.
Mir has a right to be annoyed. She's probably being annoying, whether Tyler says so otherwise, or not. So she'll wipe her bitter tears away and get over it.
And she tries to. For exactly four hours and thirty-two seconds.
Every day, she, Priya, and Tyler walk from their fourth-period class to their lunch table, where they meet Abby and Mir. On that day—which happened to be Tuesday, September the eleventh—she grabs Priya gently by the sleeve. "Hey, Peewee?"
"Yeah."
"Can I ask you a question… and it stay between the three of us?"
"'Course, girl. What is it?"
She sucks in a breath. "Why… why doesn't Miriam like Tanjiro?"
Priya whips her head around to look at her fully, the usual nonchalant-ness of her face taking on panicky features. "Huh? What makes you think that? Did she tell you that?"
"No," she says (deciding to keep out the part where she was snooping), "but none of us are really good at keeping secrets."
"Ah. Well… well, I… I promised not to tell. I'm sorry, Mei-Mei."
And, with her head bowed, her curly hair touching her nose, she walks just a little ahead of them.
She shakes her head, incredulous. She feels her emotions trying to spill past the dam she's made; threatening to overflow to the top and burst out of her. Like the cork out of a bottle of red wine; like cherry soda… until Tyler slings an arm around her shoulders. She closes her eyes and breathes in. Breathes out.
"Hey, girl," he whispers to her, a smirk sprouting back on his face. "Don't sweat it. I'm sure whatever it is, she'll get it over it. Shit, it's probably the cologne."
It does make her feel a little better. She grins back at him.
Before they get to their table, she takes off Tanjiro's jacket and stuffs it in her backpack.
She feels something hard in one of the pockets.
Everybody seems to be in a good mood by the time they make it to the lunch table—so she forgets about it all in lieu of talking to her friends. The Jacket as a whole seems to be a sore spot for Miriam, so her just not wearing it seems to soothe whatever feelings she has regarding it.
Everything can be fine and cool and normal.
She gets on the bus to go home and everything's fine and cool and normal: she waves goodbye to everybody (and they all have the unspoken agreement to resume whatever conversations they were in the middle of, on AIM). She takes out her notebook and draws a little… well, the best she can on a moving bus.
Her Devon-shaped doodles take on a different form now: a guy with fluffy hair, big kind eyes, and a huge smile; hearts swirling around him. He's holding a clarinet.
And she's almost in the fucking clear until her mom stops her at the door with her beaming grin and her "Welcome home, Mei-Mei—!" But then her heart drops alongside her mother's smile. "What's that smell…? Is that… cologne?"
Shit! She forgot to put the jacket back in her locker! Cork bottle red wine cherry soda!
"Yeah," she admits, and coughs for dramatics. "Tyler's mom finally bought some for him and he, like, doesn't know when enough's enough."
"Ah…" Mom says, with a shaky smile; she lets out a series of nervous giggles. "Right…of course honey. Sorry to be so paranoid. I'm reallytrying to work—"
She suddenly perks up, and her smile seems a lot more genuine. "Well, I made dumplings for dinner, honey, if you're hungry. Eat as much as you like."
"Yes, ma'am!" she beams. She runs up to Mom and gives her a kiss on the cheek, then Dad ("hey, Dad!") grabs some dumplings, and instantly bolts for the stairs. "Thanks, Mom! I'm going upstairs to study!"
"That's my girl. Remember to take breaks!"
She's barely up to her room before she's doing two things: 1.) taking the jacket and notebook out of her backpack and throwing it on her bed, and 2.) booting up her computer.
Tanjiro's notebook is blue, a spiral-ring, and he's drawn little clouds all over it. He and his friends have written words on the cover.
The dumplings are great, as always(made by her mother, who reallyistrying), and she's eating those while she skims over the messages her friends have already sent on AIM. She turns her back to grab something else, for just a second, and her computer pings—
FoxWater: Good evening Miss Lee!
Oh! There he is! Sweet Tanjiro, who likes to play board games and slay demons; who loves to help his mom; who only wants to be a good person.
Different feelings flow through her now than the ones she felt on the bus. Sticky red candy; popping the cork, and actually drinking the wine. It flows through her body and makes her feel warm and… strange.
Just like he said yesterday. Strange.
She wipes her hands off on her jeans and sends him a message.
furbaby89: good evening mr kamado :) <3
furbaby89: how r u doing??
His next messages roll in and she frowns.
FoxWater: Ohh, not very good today. It's 9/11 :(
FoxWater: On top of that. I can't find my stinking CD!
Of course she knows what happened in the States in '01. Everybody knows. Her fingers are flying on her keyboard, responding to him, while more messages pour in from her friends in her peripheral.
furbaby89: oh i didn't even notice! tht must be scary?? esp since u live in ny….
furbaby89: and i'm sorry abt ur cd :( i hope u find it!
FoxWater: Aww yeah </3
FoxWater: My mom's still freaked out to let any of us go to school. Which I mean. I don't blame her at all honestly
FoxWater: Thnx hunny ^^ I'm sure I just misplaced it?
furbaby89: hopefully u didn't leave it here in toronto :P
Wait… wait.
FoxWater: Ohh jeez. Can you check my jacket pockets for me?
She goes to her bed and rummages through her sheets, finds the jacket hidden there, and unzips both pockets. The first one's empty. In the second one, that she felt earlier, has a CD in it. Slipped in a CD sleeve as purple as a wisteria.
She lets out a little gasp… and then goes to sit back down at her computer.
furbaby89: found a cd! it's in a purple sleeve!
FoxWater: Dammit. DAMMMIT
FoxWater: Zenitsu just burned it for me… for my bday
FoxWater: He's gonna be so upset T T"
furbaby89: aww thts ok :)
furbaby89: we'll find a way to get it back 2 u! hunny <3
FoxWater: I'll hold you to it! ^//^
The smile that sprouts across her face when she talks to him is unreal. She lets herself get swept up… and then she shakes her head and the clouds clear. She snaps out of it and responds to her group chat. Even Miriam's back in the chat, in better spirits, and everything is normal and cool and fine.
In the background, she talks to Tanjiro—until, like usual, he has to go help his mother get his younger siblings to sleep. Like a good son.
This is the one thing she decides not to tell her friends about. Especially with how much strife the jacket received. The CD will be his and her's little secret.
She waits until she's absolutely sure her parents are asleep, the entire house dark… then she grabs a flashlight, her CD player, and her headphones.
She slinks into bed, under her blankets, and turns the flashlight on. She's bathed in light, and has to squint her eyes, before she points the light towards the disk.
Curly, loopy handwriting's on the front, written in Sharpie. All of the i's are dotted with little circles. Right next to the title, Zenitsu's drawn little balloons.
🎈 TanTan's Cheesy Love Songs 🎈
**2003**
1.) Yellow…………………….…….Coldplay
2.) ♡-Shaped Box….………….Nirvana
3.) At Last……………..………Etta James
4.) Remember The Time…….……..MJ
5.) Love Song……………..…….The Cure
6.) Every Lil Thing……..….The Beatles
7.) I've Got a Crush on U….Gershwin
8.) Love Of Ur Life…………..……..RHCP
9.) I Would Die 4 U……………….Prince
10.) Romance…….……………………MCR
Holding the flashlight in one hand and the disk in the other, she flips the CD over.
HBD TJ.
ILY Bro ♡ ( ｡ ◝ ‿ ◜ ｡ )
—Zenny A.
She smiles again. And then she flips it back on its' face, opens her CD player, and pops it inside.
It's exciting. The only songs that are familiar to her are the ones by Prince and Michael Jackson—so she can't get her headphones pulled over her ears fast enough. She read what music Tanjiro's into… but actually being able to listen to it is really special.
He's at least seven hours away—but he feels so close to her right now. Almost as if he's in her bed, laying right beside her; grinning ear-from-ear, waiting for her opinion.
She wonders how he smells in person. And how his mannerisms look. How his laugh sounds.
The music's playing
"Your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And y'know, you know I love you so"
And he reminds her of wisterias, as purple as the long-distance kiss he's accidentally sent her in his pocket: soft, pretty, lovely. In her half-asleep state they're matching, and dancing, in yellow. The wisterias, like purple lanterns, surround them on every side, and close them in, and seclude them from everything and everyone. Just him and her.
Our little secret, she thinks again, the music still playing. She falls asleep, right as The Dream Him twirls her around.
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The sun's barely just coming up over the horizon when he yawns and gets out of bed. He's off work: it's a Saturday, and the kids are still snoozing in their beds.
They're normally up by now, jumping on his bed. But he'll give them a pass—firstly, because it's barely seven in the morning.
And secondly, they've all been through a lot this past year, so they deserve their rest.
He doesn't want to frown and be sad on this wonderful weekend. He instead grabs his glasses off his nightstand, plops his hair into a ponytail, and bounces into the kitchen to start making breakfast for him and the squirts.
While he's brewing a pot of coffee, he browses on his phone.
Tanjiro Kamado
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What's on your mind, Tanjiro?
And he nearly drops it. There she is, her face smiling back at him from her little circular avatar—and she's as beautiful as ever; even more beautiful.
They've both grown into their adulthood, and her now womanly face is slim, delicate, and without blemishes. Her hair's longer, and nowadays she opts for straight bangs. From what he can see, she's wearing eyeliner.
Meilin Lee has sent you a friend request.
He sees her name pop up on his computer, and all types of emotions come flooding back to him—and suddenly
he's a kid again, freshly sixteen, and he jumps when he hears his own name ringing through his ears.
"TAN-JEEEEE-ROOO!"
He doesn't even need to whip around to know who it is. Zenitsu—who then was a short kid, and now is a short man—is standing behind him, just parallel to his locker, with his hands on his hips.
And he looks pissed, or hurt(or both);tears already stinging the corners of his eyes. He already knows why, so all he can do is rub the back of his neck with a sheepish smile.
"Zenny! Hey! Okay, so, um, about the CD: I can—"
"AW! So you did lose it! Which really hurts my feelings, y'know! Do you think I like spending all night on LimeWire, burning CDs? Huh?" At this point in the soliloquy, Zenitsu clings to him and burst into tears.
"I had to find all your old-ass songs! That took like, so long, making sure they were all the right music files! And you lost it, Tanjiro… you must not value our friendship at all! WeeehhhAHHH!"
"Aww! Wait, wait, wait!" He's trying to console his friend while he's simultaneously getting shaken around by the shoulders like a rag doll. "I-I didn't lose it! I know where it is. It's in my jacket pocket—"
"—all the way in Canada? TAN-JI-ROOOO! I didn't make that CD for her! I made it for you!"
"I didn't mean to give it to her!"
"So why did you have it in your jacket pocket? Huh?"
"I wanted to listen to it on the way back home," he smiles, "when you were catching up on sleep in the hotel. Because I love and value it so much. Just like I love and value you."
"Ah!" Zenitsu gasps; his eyes still misty, but now filled with a new emotion. "You devil, you! Knowing just what to say to win over a boy's heart. Dammit!"
The teary, frazzled shaking of his shoulder's now replaced with arms that pull him into a huge hug. "I'll forgive you just this one time—because I love you, too! And also because, one day, you're gonna be my brother-in-law."
"Stop saying that crap, Zenny! And get offa me!"
(He hates how that turned out to be right, even though that was the one thing he didn't want. Nobody's good enough for his sister.)
"Hahah! It's true, and you know it!"
He tries to frown at him, or smack him, but he can't bring himself to.
The thought to head-butt him briefly flashes through his mind… and the absurdity of it makes him start to laugh.
Zenitsu whips his head over to him, smiles, and starts to laugh, too—the tears already drying on his face.
None of the other upperclassmen mess with them, even though they're a bunch of nerds.
He thinks that's because of two reasons. 1.) Because people think he's so kind, and he tries to get along with literally everybody, and
2.) Inosuke will beat the shit (his words) out of anybody who tries to mess with his friends. Regardless if they're older than him or not.
People used to mess with Zenitsu: push him against lockers, call him a pansy, and try (usually succeeding) to make him cry—but it only took
1.) one emblazoned speech about how everybody deserves to be treated with kindness, especially somebody with as big of a heart as his friend; and
2.) one broken nose,
for people to leave him alone.
The most that he's personally gotten with bullying is the occasional sneer.
So the three of them are able to go through the hallways, Inosuke's arms slung over both of their shoulders, and talk at length about their campaign to anybody who'll listen. Which isn't many people.
But today, when they meet up with their youngest friend, recruiting people's the last thing on any of their minds.
"Hey, Inosuke, hey," Zenitsu drawls out… and he can't stop himself from rolling his eyes, because he knows he's about to bring it up again. They all start talking over each other all at once.
"Did you know that Tanjiro left that CD I burned for him in Canada with that girl? Y'know, the gift I worked so hard to make him for his freaking birthday!"
"I didn't do it on purpose, I said! I'm super sorry… I'm not lying; I really loved it!"
"BWAHAHAH! Can you blame him? A CD's a lame-ass gift! You should've bought him something!"
"Well, SAH-REE that Gramps won't let me get a freaking job!"
"Is he still giving you gas money, by the way?"
"That's why you have to take the bus now! 'Cause you never have no gas money!"
"Stop it, Inosuke! You're gonna make him cry!"
"Stop it! You're gonna make me cry! You know how sensitive I am!"
He can't help but to grin. He's just glad that Zenitsu's not actually mad at him, and that everything's back to normal.
All he can think about is how much he loves his friends—even despite their flaws, and his own, and all of their eccentric yelling and nooks and crannies.
Okay. They're more like Dragon Slayers, really—but outside of their D&D sessions, they like to pretend they slay demons.
It kinda sucks. They haven't been able to have a Session Zero in a while, because nobody new's joined their campaign.
None of the "normal" kids want to play their "nerdy board game"—and the other nerds already have a different session going.
So while they all agree that a big campaign with seven or eight people will be lots of fun, they have to catch each other the next game.
They're all laid out on his floor, on their stomachs and their campaign notes scattered amongst them: character sheets and interactions, stats, NPCs; fleshed-out scenes and settings their characters have been through.
They're all excitedly chattering about what all could possibly happen their next session.
Tonight's not a good night: Inosuke's emancipated, so he has to go to work at six; Zenitsu's eyes are worriedly darting from side-to-side at Gramps's declining health, so he has to go home soon and check on him.
Mom's staying late at the shop tonight—so it's up to him to make dinner and make sure everybody behaves, gets a bath (or shower), and goes to bed at a reasonable time.
He isn't the best artist in the world—but whilst he's on the floor, while they've got time, he's sketching out a new NPC that their characters have the potential to encounter.
She's a sun elf of the Forgotten Realm; she's beautiful (like all elves) and wears dresses in long, red silks. He wants her to be tiny, to have short hair and bangs, and glasses, and—
"Drawing your girlfriend over there, Tangerine?" Inosuke snorts.
His entire face's dusted with red. "Huh? N-no! She's just a random sun elf. And stop calling me Tangerine!"
Zenitsu's picking at him now, too. "So you admit that she's your girlfriend!"
"Nooo! Nobody's dating anybody! I'm serious, guys; I'm just trying to come up with some new NPCs, so I'm drawing up a sun—"
Thankfully, his saving grace comes in a black tank top and pink pajama pants, her hair piled on top of her head in a messy bun. Zenitsu takes one look at her and can't say anything smart to him; his jaw's slack on the floor.
"Hey, Tanjiro!" she chirps from her place at the door. "Oh—hey, guys! I didn't know you were here."
His poor friend's about to short-circuit. "Ne….. Ne-NeNeNeh…"
Inosuke looks up to the door and nods. "Huh. Hey, Nezuko."
She smiles at the three of them, waiting for his silent okay (even though it's really not necessary; she's always welcome) to come into his room—and when permission's granted, she crosses the threshold of the door.
She plops down on the ground beside them, and wraps her arms around him. He returns the gesture and slings an arm around her.
"Whatcha guys doing? D&D stuff?"
(Zenitsu looks at their closeness, catches his gaze, and signs to him: God, I wish that were me.
Nezuko signs back to him: Zenny, what do you mean?
He signs to Zenitsu: She beat me to it, but she knows ASL. You ding-dong.
Zenitsu's entire face is red.)
Inosuke's the one to answer her question. "Mm—and Tanjiro's over there drawing his girlfriend."
God! Why do these people like to see him suffer? Do they want him to get killed—
"Girlfriend?" Nezuko's smile drops as she looks over to him. "Who? Do I know this girl?"
He's sweating as he smiles, blushes, and looks over to his little sister. "No, but okay, she's not my girlfriend; I would tell you if I were dating somebody. You know that. We tell each other everything."
Which is true. Nezuko's his ride or die; his first best friend. Things that he finds too embarrassing to tell his friends, he tells to her first.
And they do everything together—when she decided that she wanted to frost the tips of her hair, she enlisted in his help… and they both got grounded when their mother caught him washing the dye out of her hair in the sink.
She seems to relax at his words; her eyes fully trusting him. Believing him.
"B-but I do have, like… um… a little crush on a girl."
"Tanjiro!"
"And I was gonna tell you tonight! We've only been talking for a few days."
"Well, what's her name? How does she look like? Is she that girl that you added on MySpace?"
He can see the last question, that she won't ask him out loud, sitting on her lips: Is she good enough for my brother?
"Her name's Mei Yun," Zenitsu pipes up, a dreamy smile still on his face.
He grins and shakes his head. "Her name's Meilin."
"So it is the same girl."
He looks back at his sister, both of them staring into the other's eyes in silence… him feeling a bit intimidated… before she finally nods and starts to smile.
"She's cute, TanTan. Does she go to our school?"
"Did you go through her MySpace?" Inosuke snorts, with a smirk—making them both snap their heads over to him. "She's from Canada."
"Canada? Mom's gonna flip."
"She's never gonna know." He looks back into her eyes; widens his. She's never gonna know, right? Please don't tell.
Alright, I won't. Only for you. "No, she won't… and she won't know about the guy I like either. Right?"
"Wait. Guy you like? WHO?"
"Who?" Zenitsu echoes, indignant tears already pricking the corners of his eyes. "Whoever he is, Nezuko, I'll fight him! I swear to God!"
She never gives them a straight-forward answer; she only blushes and breaks out into giggles… which leaves him all the more confused. But at least her laugh's one of the many things that can make him smile.
After his friends walked the couple blocks back to their own places, and he and Nezuko put their younger siblings to sleep, he instantly jumps onto the Internet. Mei's already online, seemingly waiting for him. As soon as he signs in, she messages him.
furbaby89: tanjiro OMG!!
furbaby89: i'm p sure i almost died today
FoxWater: Ohh no!! What happened??
furbaby89: my mom. ok i listened to ur cd i'm sorry >//<
furbaby89: but i fell asleep listening to it right? and ur jacket was on my bed
furbaby89: and she came in & asked me why i had A BOY'S JACKET IN MY ROOM. i told her my friend let me borrow it bc i was cold in class & i forgot to give it back to him and she bought! it i think!
FoxWater: Whew so you didn't get in trouble? :'))
FoxWater: It's okay! Did you like it? :/)
furbaby89: nooo! she dropped the subject!
furbaby89: yes!!! i think ur quite romantic mr kamado <3
He flushes again. Now he feels really strange.
FoxWater: Aww thank you Miss Lee ^////^
FoxWater: Which one was your fave?
furbaby89: yellow <3
furbaby89: i like ur taste in music!!! it's… idk! grungy!
FoxWater: What type of music are you into? ://) <3
furbaby89: have u ever heard of 4*town?
FoxWater: Uhhh. I can't say I have? Is that your fave band?
furbaby89: YES THEY'RE AWESOME
furbaby89: i'll have to send u some files from limewire! it's real pop-y so i hope u like it D:
FoxWater: Aww don't worry about that! I'm sure I'll like them bc YOU like them!
He grins from ear-to-ear at her next messages,
furbaby89: tanjiro
furbaby89: ur honestly the nicest guy i've ever met
and props his chin into the palm of his hand, his heart swirling in his chest… and he decides not to tell his Sun Elf about his sketches. At least not tonight.
That's weird; he knows it is. He doesn't want to scare her off.
But he supposes he doesn't have to worry about that. They talk for hours, until Nezuko calls to him from the kitchen
("Tanjiro, get off the computer! Mom's on the phone!")
and he has to end up telling her goodnight. She tells him she understands, but she was having fun talking to him… and it makes him feel important and special.
He decides then and there that the strangeness he's feeling isn't a bad thing at all.
As a matter of fact, it feels good. Really good.
And he imagines that her Online status flashes for a little longer, a little green dot, until she finally goes to sleep—and before he does, something tells him to log back onto AIM really quick, just to take a look.
And he finds what he's looking for; she did exactly what he was hoping she did.
furbaby89
Away Message:
<3 i've got a crush on u sweetie pie <3
And he nearly tears up—he feels loved and desired and masculine; he wants to grab Mei, watching her swish around in her long dress made of red silks, swoop her up, and kiss her, hold her, stroke her hair. Sing her all the songs he knows.
Give her everything he has. Give her the world.
He feels young and dumb and he's not quite sure if it's love he feels but it feels amazing!
He gets swept up in it; smiling as he logs out for the night and finally goes to bed… not at all aware in the slightest of the red-headed girl, all the way in Canada, who declares and swears that she hates him.
Source: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38494933?view_full_work=true