This cant be real, right?

Reader's POV

god my head is POUNDING. . . must have overslept again, gotta wake up and see if anyone updated or not, maybe make some food for myself. . . 

sitting up from the bed which was harder than usual, i stretched my arms above my head and yawned loudly, cringing from the sounds of my bones popping, opening my eyes and looking around the room, reaching for my phone, only to see, it wasn't there,

wait this isn't my room! 

looking around the room, in the far right was 6 folded futons and tatamis, a opened window with the blinds blowing lightly inside the room, looking to the left I saw a small table with paper, a paintbrush, a pot of ink and a unlit lantern.

this diffidently isn't my room, but why does it look like a traditional Japanese room?

deciding to not just sit there and look around the room, I finally stood up and decided to investigate, just where I was.

Third Person

Opening the shoji door slightly, the (h/c) girl peeked out and looked left and right, to see if anyone was there, only to see none, she opened the shoji door fully and walked out, closing the tatami door behind her lightly, walking to the first hallway she saw peeking into the several rooms that were open, on the left she saw a stone kitchen, barrels full of fruits and vegetables, a wooden table with wooden cooking utensils and long chopsticks, to the right she saw the exit of the house, walking out to the engawa, she walked out, squinting her eyes from the bright light, the wind blew her (h/c) hair to the side, she opened her eyes to see fluffy white snow surrounding her, gaping with wide eyes she exhaled seeing her breath come out as puff of clouds in front of her she smiled, sitting at the edge of the engawa, she grabbed a handful of snow and balled it up as much as she could even if her hands were so cold, she continued doing this until she made 3 different sized ones and stacked them up, making a small snow man, sad she didn't have rocks or anything to make the eyes, nose, or arms she decided to poke holes into the head for the eyes and carved a smile for the happy face, still thinking that everything was a dream, she decided to walk off of the engawa into the snow, barefooted and walk away from the house, just to see where exactly she really was.

"this is just a dream after all, why not have fun?" the (h/c) haired girl thought, walking away from the house, looking at the beautiful scenery around her.

~~ At the other side of the house ~~

Wiping his forehead from the sweat, Tanjiro sighed putting the hatched he was holding, down onto the chopped tree base, he collected the chopped wood he had, keeping some for his family and separating the ones he was going to burn as coal for the town to sell. he thought that yes, even though he was tired and cold, he needed to provide for his family since he was the eldest child of the family he needed to provide for them since his dad had passed away a few years back.

"I'm sure this is enough to sell for the village, maybe i can bring back a dew treats for the family when I get back home"

"nii-san! nii-san!" 

shocked out of his thoughts, Tanjiro looked back to the engawa to see that his younger siblings panicked, worried for what happened he quickly ran to them so they don't have to run out to the cold,

"Hanako-chan, Shigeru-kun! what's wrong?! are you both alright?!" Tanjiro asked putting his hands on their shoulders, checking if they were injured, only to see none 

"nii-san! the foreign lady is missing! we looked everywhere for her but she's just gone! like a ghost!" Shigeru said loudly, obviously panicked, tears threatening to fall from both the children's eyes, Tanjiro's mind blanked, he eyes turning into dots, mouth open in bewilderment.

"miss foreign lady? but wasn't she asleep, unless she woke...up?"

At the realization Tanjiro's eyes quickly opened, and a loud scream of shock left him, he ran back inside the house, bringing his little sibling inside the warmth of the house he closed the shoji doors behind him and ran to the room where the foreign woman was, only to see the room empty, he panicked more, turning to his two little siblings he bent down and tried to put on a calm façade and patted both of their heads, he smiled and said as reassuringly as he can,

" don't worry Hanako-chan, Shigeru-kun!, I'll find her! remember onii-san has a good snse of smell! I can track her down, alright, so for now can you guys make sure when oka-san and the others come back, tell them Onii-san went out to look for the foreigner, okay?"

Nodding at his words, Tanjiro smiled and ran out the front of the house closing the shoji doors behind him, he found the small snow man in front of the engawa, took a whiff of her scent that was left on the are she sat and looked up, seeing the almost faded foot prints the (h/c) girl left, he quickly ran to where the footsteps led, worried as he saw they were foot steps, meaning she had no shoes on, and that she could get sick or get frostbite

"miss where did you go? I hope I can get in time to you before anything bad happens to you!"

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Reader's POV

"when am I going to wake up? its so cold, I'm starting to feel numb, I better have not left the window open, gosh why do I sleep like a log?" 

walking into a clearing, I saw a tree, a beautiful one at that, covered in frost, the pond beneath somehow not frozen at all, walking towards it, I sat down on one of the rocks near the pond, and gazed into the clear water,

" funny how I look like a cartoon character? My eyes are so big, and I genuinely look cute" touching my face, I pinched my cheeks and pulled at them, making faces and messing with my hair, finally looking down at myself, I found myself wearing a plain white yukata, with a yellow obi tied around my waist, seeing my hands and feet in a 2d-ish style made me really wonder,

"when is this silly dream going to end" dipping my feet into the pond and swishing my legs back and fourth I continued to look around humming a catchy and random tune.

"there you are miss! are you aright!?" a hand landing on my shoulder, I slightly jumped and looked up from the hand that was on my shoulder only to see Tanjiro again, a worried look in his eyes,

"man this is one heck of a dream huh"

Observing him I saw that he was covered in soot and he was panting, maybe he ran all the way here look for me but why? scooting aside from the rock I was sitting on I patted the side where I made space,

" come here my boy, sit with me so I can rant to you about some crazy shit" grinning at him, he looked confused but understood my gesture, and sat down beside me,

"ano, thank you, miss, but you shouldn't be out here in the cold, your not wearing any shoes or extra layers to keep warm! we should head back to the house so you can at least get your extras layers before leaving" Tanjiro said, taking his checkered scarf and wrapped it around my neck, patting the snow off my head and grabbing my hands,

"uwa!?!? YOUR HANDS ARE SO COLD MISS, oh gosh we should really go!" not really understanding what he says as he rubs my hands warm, i tilted my head and said,

"what ever you just said, I didn't understand a single thing, but uh, everything's alright!" patting his head still I said smiling at him, he stopped rubbing my hands, looking at me with wide eyes, his face turned red for a moment, but he quickly shook his head, putting on a determined face, I was suddenly in his arms, him walking back to the way of the house, and saying,

"lets get back before you get any colder, its about to be sundown anyways, and everyone else must be worried sick"

Leaning up against his chest, I looked at my hands to see them a little bit blue, and unable to feel them.

"this can't be real, right? this is all just a dream, if I fall asleep right now, I'll wake up back in my room with the window open"

I'll close my eyes just for a bit, maybe then I'll finally wake up.

closing my eyes, I let out a long sigh, leaning against Tanjiro's neck, I said,

"If this were real, I wish I could tell you, everything that happens to you. . . "

Tanjiro's POV

After the foreign woman fell asleep I wondered what she was talking about, she sounded and smelt sad and remorseful, it sounded and felt as if she was warning me about something, but what?

"gosh, what have we gotten ourselves into oto-san?" 

Looking back down at the woman, I smiled and sighed, thinking to myself while walking back home

"just who is she?"

~ Chapter end ~