It’s cold, snowy and did I mention cold?

While inwardly lamenting about why this God guy took such pleasure in annoying me, knowing I couldn’t do anything about it and has now dumped me in a forest with looming trees and snow everywhere I looked I realised something… I’m still in my sleepwear (A pair of shorts and a t-shirt) with nothing else, I also realised that I’m really fucking cold and the only reason my feet aren’t cold is that they turned numb from me being BAREFOOT in the snow “Shit!” The words slip out of my mouth as I start running… and then- stop. Where am I going? I start going again, it doesn’t matter where I’m going since I can’t exactly wait for my skin to fall off my bones.

After a few minutes of running I stop to catch my breath, taking big heavy breaths I didn’t exactly get out much and maybe I was imagining it but I swear my breathing wasn’t as effective as before, almost like I was on some kind of mountain. I notice another thing, the world is getting… darker… my legs feel so…. heavy… is the ground getting closer or is that just-

I woke up to the sound of a lady humming, I opened my eyes and looked around. This place… looked familiar somehow? I couldn’t quite place it and as I sat up I got scared out of my wits when it turned out there was someone right behind me, I learned of the existence of this person when they yelled at what felt the top of their lungs “Mom, he’s awake!” I turned around and my heart nearly stopped. The woman in front of me… was Nezuko. I was trying to process this new revelation when another woman walked in “Oh good, I feared the worst when Tanjiro brought him in wearing barely anything” The lady speaking was Kie Kamado! And she just mentioned Tanjiro?! I forgive God for his transgressions… he actually transported me here? I’ve been isekai’d? You know what, he said not to ask too many questions so I won’t. As God said Nezuko looked like she was around my age, but how could that be when Kie was still alive? “Mom, I’m home” My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a man’s voice and… yep that’s Tanjiro, I looked around to see if Hanako, Shigeru, Takeo or Rokuta were here but saw no trace of them “Excuse me, young man what were you doing out there in the snow barefoot?” My thoughts were interrupted once again by Kie, I figured I should probably take my jaw off the floor and talk to them before they think I’m mute “Uhh I apologise, I don’t really know what happened. I think I hurt my head or something, I don’t remember anything except my name” I said, really hoping that Tanjiro couldn’t smell bullshit “Oh you poor thing! Well, you can stay here as long as you like, so you can get things in order, what is your name by the way? I can’t exactly call you young man forever you know” Kie responded “It’s Markus… all I can remember is the name Markus” I replied, acting confused. Suddenly, I heard something which made my heart stop (I should really get myself checked for some kind of heart condition) “Well since our guest is feeling fine, I’m going to go down to town to sell charcoal” Kie looked back at Tanjiro and saw that he had charcoal all over his face, she rushed over to him “Tanjiro! Your face is pitch-black. Come here” Tanjiro walked over to Kie and as she wiped his face down she continued talking “You don’t have to go. It’s snowing and it’s dangerous.” Tanjiro responded “I want us to have a great new years feast, so I’ll go sell as much charcoal as I can… even if it’s just a little…” Kie had finished wiping his face and smiled “Thank you” Tanjiro looked like he was about to leave… with a basket full of charcoal?! New years?! Yeah this is definitely the start of the story! If I stay here I’ll get killed! “Wait!” I shouted at Tanjiro. He stopped and looked back at me confusedly “Let me help! As repayment for you all helping me” I blurted out, Kie looked at me and smiled “It’s alright, Tanjiro has been doing this for a long time he’ll be fine on his own” Oh god what would it take to convince these people! “I insist, if I don’t do something in return I’ll feel guilty that you helped me while I did nothing in return” I managed to say while inwardly panicking that I was going to die “Well in that case, sure you can come with me. Although you might want to put something warmer on, I’ll let you wear some of my clothes. We look the same size and it’s better than nothing” Tanjiro said considerately.

After he gave me some clothes we set off to go to the village, Tanjiro sold all of his charcoal and helped everyone there with whatever problems they asked about, and when he was finished (I barely helped but Tanjiro didn’t seem to mind) we set off to go back to his house passing Saburos house and as I expected Saburo stopped us “Hey you two, you aren’t going back up the mountain are you? It’s too dangerous” Saburo yelled at us from his window “I’ve got a good nose for trouble, we’ll be fine” Tanjiro responded, Saburo looked worried “You can stay here. Please. Come back” Tanjiro tried to object but Saburo started talking again “It’s alright, you’re welcome here” and he said something that sent a chill down my spine. “You don’t want to run into any demons.”