Chapter 27

"Are you serious?" Isa meowed. "I was so quiet."

"You've got to be kidding me," Inosuke snapped as Kinote burst out laughing.

"It's not kidding, it's kitten," Isa turned into herself and laughed.

" I hate you," Inosuke huffed.

"I love you too," Isa replied. "And you do care about me."

"That was pretty good, you used Kinote to hide your scent," Tanjiro chuckled. "I'm surprised I figured it out."

"I suspected after I realized the voice was the spider," Zenitsu pointed out. "So she likes Kinote?"

"Shut up Zenitsu," Isa laughed and then smirked and looked at Inosuke. "He had a nightmare last night."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Zenitsu asked.

"Isa?" Inosuke glared. "Don't tell me."

"I was going to curl up next to her as a fox but she woke up and we talked for a bit and she told me to lay down," Kinote explained.

"And I laid my head on his chest," Isa added.

"Are you trying to get me killed?" Kinote replied quickly.

"If I wanted you dead I would've killed you myself already," Isa growled with a grin.

"I-I uh," Kinote looked at Isa fearfully.

"I love teasing people," Isa laughed. "Sorry, just know not to get on my bad side."

"Noted," Kinote laughed.

"Now let's go," Isa started walking off. Zenitsu then ran in front of her and stopped her.

"Hold on, you are seriously going to ignore the fact that Inosuke only cares about you?" Zenitsu questioned.

"I'm not the only one he cares about," Isa smirked.

"Stop reading my mind," Inosuke snapped.

"Ok I will," Isa responded calmly. "Now, come on now." She then walked around Zenitsu. Inosuke then sighed and followed.

"I'm sorry did I miss something?" Zenitsu looked at Kinote.

"No, no you didn't," Kinote answered.

"Okay then," Zenitsu sighed and started to follow as well.

"He missed everything," Kinote whispered to Tanjiro holding back a laugh.

"I heard that," Zenitsu called.

"Exactly," Isa shouted as Tanjiro and Kinote followed.

"Isa," Kinote ran and caught up to Isa. "I want to thank you for last night."

"There's no need to," Isa smiled.

"You're a stubborn cat," Kinote laughed.

"And you are sweet fox," Isa snapped. "Now shut up."

"I-I like you?" Kinote responded without thinking. Isa then stopped and looked at Kinote in shock and started blushing. Kinote then started blushing as Inosuke stopped and glared at Kinote and Tanjiro and Zenitsu stopped. "I-I uh"

"Think before you speak, idiot," Isa snapped. "Before you get yourself killed."

"I, uh," Kinote then looked at Inosuke.

"Also why did you say it as a question?" Isa then burst out laughing.

"Why did you indirectly say I was cute last night?" Kinote asked. Inosuke was about to intervene.