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[He puts his face flat against the rocks.]

I mean, you're married and clearly very in love with your husband so some part of me doubts this but have you ever just... Had a really disappointing sexual experience. [He will not be looking her in the eye anytime soon, except-- He picks his head up and immediately raises a hand to cut her off before she responds.] This was not Inosuke, as a possibly important distinction.

[Well, that definitely isn’t the answer she was expecting. She thought it might potentially be sexual, but she’d thought it more likely to be like... maybe being upset because his downstairs had changed??? Or something????

So she’s a bit shocked, a bit pink in the cheeks, but. She still sort of laughs a bit when he adds the addendum.]

I, um... yes.

[Lunatia has made her so lewd that she can actually have this conversation... ! But also just because it seems that. It might make Tanjiro feel better if she understood what problem he was having and boy... has she had some disappointments.]

M- Mostly not with Gonta, of course! That was only when we first started and didn’t know what we were doing, but with- with some people in Lunatia... “yes”...

[... she has to add her own addendum too, though. They’re both dumb.]

[Both dumb and hopelessly in the corner of their respective choices. Tanjiro makes a grumbling whine of a sound and stretches his arms forward.]

It like-- wasn't even the actual thing, just... Everything else? I mean there's probably a lot more than can vary from one instance to another and maybe I'm just biased? That's a thing, right? I can totally just be biased and not wanna go the full moonlace with anybody else. It was just me the whole time, I'm just fussy. [He like. Actually hates being crabby.]

[Everything... else... ?

Konoha is listening, she swears she is, even though she is distracting herself from how lewd the nature of the conversation might become by twisting about to keep scrubbing at her flanks. But at the end of what he says she... can't help but look back at Tanjiro a bit helplessly.

He's biased? Just fussy? That didn't seem right-]

... What happened, now?

[She doesn't get it, and even though it's a bit awkward... She's going to need details, maybe.]

[He sprawls himself a little against the rocks, tail lashing in slow-motion across half the spring for how long it is, and makes a funny growl of a sound that is about as intimidating as Simba trying to roar for a moment.]

I tried to help a friend of mine out, he's Iris. He's always been... real down on himself, resistant to any kind of positive view, super jaded. He's been through a lot, I get it, but it gets tiring, you know? It's... [He grumbles again, mashing his forehead into the rocks.] This is literally so stupid. I think I'm just mad because I don't really know how much it helped, and Sanguis is apparently all about the dominant... stuff, so my own frustrations for not being able to help a friend are magnified in the worst possible way.

[Making sure she sudsed up and rinsed her coat has never been very important! Tanjiro was... something like a little brother, somewhat like a nephew? An adopted... something?

Something family-like.

But he was troubled, so she'd listen, because she'd been his boss and then his friend before she became that, frowning a bit as she watches him fuss about it.]

Did you... actually end up doing it, though? And he was still... whatever sort of way?

[His shoulders bunch up near his ears.]

I almost didn't, because he kept being weird. He pretty specifically wanted to make sure I wasn't gonna ditch him, which-- I mean, I couldn't very well have said I wasn't going to just to ditch him, you know? Even if I'm still a little mad he'd lump me in with someone who might. That's not who I am, so... yeah. I made sure to show him I wasn't gonna ditch him.

Tanjiro ditching someone...

[Konoha has to actually pause, arms up and mid hair-wash to blind in confusion over... the very idea?]

I can't imagine that at all...

[He throws both-- yes, both, though the left sort of flails awkwardly and flops back to smack him in the horns --his arms in the air and the end of his tail sticks straight up out of the water halfway across the spring.]

See!! You get it...! [He sinks back into the water up to his mouth, blowing grouchy little bubbles for a moment.]

[Oh, no, that's kind of funny... Sorry, Tanjiro, it just looks funny! ... Not that Konoha can say anything, seeing as she's just staring with her hands in her shampoo-y hair.]

I mean, Tanjiro is one the most loyal person I know, I think...

[Belatedly, she realizes she needs to finish her hair.]

Do they at least get it now?

[He gives her an impressively mighty sulk since he isn't usually too much of a sulker, but lifts his head enough to speak.]

...thank you, Konoha, that means a lot from you.

[And then he sinks back under the water partway again, throwing his arms in the air in a comedically dramatic "I don't know" gesture.]

[Let her just finish her hair... so she can rinse the rest of the way off and slip into the spring beside him. Technically she knows she should be a little more self-conscious, he's a man, after all, but she just... didn't really see him that way, and besides! She's wearing her juban, it's fine.]

Maybe it will feel less frustrating after the moons wane?

[So she tries for helpful, since she doesn't know the other person well enough to give advice on how to deal with them.]

I was kind of worried it would be something else, when you mentioned it, so... I'm sorry, but I'm really relieved, haha...

[He should probably also be embarrassed, but he just... isn't. Konoha is a lady, but she's basically the equivalent of an older, equine Nezuko at this point. He coils his way toward the rock embankment in the center of the springs to give her space, rolling so he's kind of floating on his back with his arms and legs coiled inward to keep his modesty.]

Gosh I hope so. It wasn't so bad at first, maybe I'm just grumpy because Sanguis makes people grumpier...

[His whole face pulls into a grimace.]

...oh, I'm so glad Inosuke did not get Sanguis.

[He tips his head back to look at her, upside-down, and mouths "something else" with a squint, trying to figure out what she means, and-- sits up, looking directly down his middle to where his admittedly different family jewels are hidden by his legs. His ears turn a bright pink, but he laughs, rolling back onto his belly and letting his lower half sink deeper into the water.]

You're like a sister to me, Konoha. I at least try to not overshare about things.

Hehe, Inosuke would be a nightmare as Sanguis... or maybe not? Gonta is Sanguis, but mostly I just keep him on the farm and let him be territorial and everything there... and since Mikuni is here they can spar if he feels like fighting.

[Konoha had never known a sibling. The elderly couple that took her in had lost all their natural children to war and sickness before her. Once she'd found out from her adopted parents the circumstances of her birth, she wondered if maybe she didn't have a half-sibling out there, maybe more than one, born into breeding stables and unknown to her even if she were to pass them in the street...

But she thinks it would be kind of like this.

So she laughs as she sinks into the water, laying on her side to get in up to her shoulders, leaning an elbow on the rock-lined side and propping her cheek on her palm.]

It's fine... If it had been what I was afraid it might be, then actually, I hope you would tell me... or at least someone, though, okay?

[Because he said "disappointing sexual experience" but he's also Tanjiro, and for just half a second she'd been a bit concerned he was glossing over something that might have been worse.]

[He mimics her pose a bit, hooking his bum arm into the elbow of his other by the hand and leaning on smushing up his cheek with his good hand, elbow on some rocks just below the surface of the water. He's not entirely sure what she's getting at by what she was afraid it might be, but it doesn't matter overmuch.]

I think I tell you a lot more than I tell most people, actually. [His tone is... almost lofty, because it's a strange thing to realize. He's not secretive on purpose, he just doesn't like to burden people with his thoughts or problems, but his friendship with Konoha has just... always been easy and open.]

[Look, she just worried that maybe someone had tried to take advantage of him... he was really kind, and not everyone in Lunatia was nice! Or as respectful about... body things...

She feels so happy when she hears that, though, her smile touched with emotion.]

Really... ?

[That's not a real question, he wouldn't say it if it wasn't true, but- her smile turns a little teasing at the very end.]

I think... Tanjiro and I are kind of similar in a lot of ways. Except for the being a crabby Sanguis part.

[That's sweet, Konoha. ...honestly, if someone ever took advantage of him he probably wouldn't read it as such and wouldn't tell anyone, which is dangerous in and of itself, but thankfully for as kind as he is he's pretty solid on boundaries.]

[He hums wordlessly, and then laughs.]

I can only hope this doesn't become my new normal. Hungry and eating most of a few days was annoying, but tolerable. This... This I really don't like.

[... DO YOU SEE WHY SHE WAS WORRIED FOR A MINUTE, TANJIRO?]

I heard a lot of people hate Iris... I think Sanguis is the second most not-favorite...

[Wait, was what a word? Anyway-]

I guess because of the aggressive part, but... if there's anyone I trust with that, it's Tanjiro! I'm sure you'll be able to sort things out with this friend of yours once the moons are over.

[LISTEN...]

[He laughs, nodding.]

I can believe that, but I think it's maybe easier to just say people only really seem to like Cordis.

[He leans on his arms and smiles, probably more sincerely than he has all evening.] ...thank you, Konoha, really.

Mmm, yeah, that’s easier.

[She’ll admit that, relaxing into the hot water with a sigh.

Baths really wee nice before bed...]

You’re welcome... and if you ever have another frustrating thing, well... you can always ask me, and I’ll tell you something so embarrassing you’ll forget all about it!

[That’s true friendship.]

[He laughs, and his lower half curls toward the rocks, tail slowly moseying its way toward him and coiling itself into a series of loops beside him.]

I'll remember that.

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