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It still means you're heavy now... !

[Even if it was her side of things, okay??? But she wriggles onto her side from her back, moving to try and shove a dirty-soled foot at him.]

But quick-- Tanjiro, help! Are my feet too cold? Is it normal cold? The weird teas here wouldn't make me a human with a sickness, would it?

[He laughs, taking her foot in his good hand and wiggling it.]

You're probably fine, Konoha. It's November, and you're outside barefoot, your feet are gonna be cold.

[Oh, no... what is this sensation??? Konoha slaps her hands over her mouth as a sudden laugh spits out past her attempt to keep it in, squirming as she tries to connect... the ability to be ticklish... with her foot, which shouldn’t be able to do that if it were a proper hoof???]

D- D- Do you think I’ll be human long enough to need shoes? I really don’t want to be, but they’re all c- cold! And I need to do field work... !

[He shifts to pick up one of his feet and set it against hers, humming.]

My feet are bigger than yours, but I could loan you a pair if you wanted. Just for now?

[Their feet are touching... is this lewd? It’s so odd, Konoha just stares until she realizes she should probably say something-]

O- oh, yes, please... ! I don’t want to hurt them then have a hoof problem when I turn back...

[if that’s how this works, she don’t know]

[KONOHA PLEASE. He laughs at her absolute confusion, moving his foot and sitting up, hooking his good arm around his knees.]

Do you wear horseshoes? Human feet are a lot more tender so our shoes are different because the whole foot has to be covered, but it's maybe similar.

[Look, she’s never really seen people touching bare feet except her parents in their futon at night, so... !!!

She kind of just. Stays sprawled on the grass so she doesn’t have to try using her legs again yet.]

Those iron things? No way...

[Horseshoes weren’t too popular in her time period, but she’s learned about them in Lunatia.]

We just wear straw sandals like humans do in the winter, if it’s going to be slippery in the snow...

[He's wearing shoes, thank you!! He likes you, Konoha, but he's not about to play footsie with you. He might not even play footsie with someone he DID want to get lewd with. Feet are gross!!]

Oh! That makes sense, and is probably more comfortable. If you so it right horseshoes don't hurt the horse, but it's still probably weird to have stuff nailed into you.

[But her foot is bare... halfway to the scandal!]

Noooooooo thank you...

[She didn't want anything nailed in her hooves??? Even if she can't feel anything there... it seems upsetting? So she just kicks her legs a little bit in the grass, patting her thighs in confusion.]

I bet I'll turn back tomorrow... or- the day after tomorrow. Definitely not the day after the day after tomorrow.

[Definitely before Iris... right? Right?!]

[G r o s s !!]

[He shifts, laying on his stomach in the grass and patting her knee idly.] Yeah? I hope so, if you're not liking it.

It's not that I don't like it... It's kind of interesting, actually, to see what being a human feels like...

[She rolls a little on her back this way and that, squeezing her legs together and pulling her knees up towards her chest. Admittedly, she finds it more fun when she doesn't have to try to balance upright, but- !

But... Her cheeks grow a bit ruddy, pushing the tips of her fingers together as she looks up at the clouds.]

I just want to turn back before Iris...

[How is she supposed to make love to her husband properly when she's this size???]

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[He snorts, laughing and reaching out to tug on where she's tied her hair up.]

I can understand how that would be worrisome. Take your hair down? I wanna braid it.

Yeah...

[Really... really worrisome...]

I know he'll still love me because it's me, but Gonta isn't as comfortable with humans as jinba... I don't like that part...

[And also... Actually, she is curious what human ladies feel like, but. Not enough to want to be maybe super horny but afraid of her husband's dick??? Conflict...]

Do humans look better with braids- ?

[She'd never thought about it............... But she does roll back up to sit in the grass and release her hair, the thick ebony strands that usually fell to her withers now falling to... well, her hip? The equivalent.]

[Tanjiro makes a bit of a face for a moment, because he's aware enough of both Iris and horses to have an uncomfortable idea of what exactly she's getting at. Lewd, Konoha.]

[He waves his good hand dismissively in front of his face. Enough of that--]

It's not that they look better, it's that I've wanted to braid your hair for a while, but you're usually too tall for it to really work because I'd have to be sitting behind you. [He scoots up to her and carefully finger-combs her hair to separate it.] One of the Pillars wears her hair in three braids, Nezuko always had me braid her hair like hers after we saw her.

[It's not lewd to worry about how your husband might feel if you suddenly were the shape of the species responsible for disfiguring him and killing almost his entire family! ... Or to worry about how marital relations would work that way.

But she's free with offering her hair, cocking her head curiously as she feels him start to run his fingers through strands that smell faintly of camellia oil.]

Oh.

[Well, she was much taller, that makes sense.]

Does three mean anything special... ? None of the women in my time braid their hair.

[Westerners bring in all sorts of crazy things to Japan, huh? Braids???]

[He hums, thinking it over and eventually shaking his head.]

I don't think so? Kanroji-san just had really thick hair, I think. And so do you, so it can be sectioned off enough for three... That way no one braid is too heavy, I guess.

[Much taller, and he didn't like the idea of sitting on her back like she were just a horse. He goes about his merry braiding way regardless, carefully running his fingers through each segment of hair as he splits it off, tying off one section with a bit of twine from his sleeve (he always carried bandages, twine, and the salve Urokodaki gave him, Just In Case) and carefully setting it over her shoulder so he could work on another.]

[She is just going to have to take his advice on this one- He's the braid expert! Instead, she just surrenders happily to his ministrations, stretching out her weird, coat-less legs and wriggling her toes.]

Mmm... Why does it feel so nice when other people do your hair but normal when you do your own...

I haven't had my hair long enough to do much with in a long time..., But I think maybe it's because we're social creatures, so it's nice to bond over stuff like this.

[He takes his time with the braids, breaking a piece of twine with his teeth to tie it with as he goes.]

It sounds smart when you say it like that... "social creatures"!

[Every now and then she shivers or laughs a bit when his fingers run through her hair in Just the Right Way, pulling her laundry basket closer so that she can start folding some of it in her lap as he works.

Multitasking!]

Tanjiro would look good with long hair, I think... in a little tail!

[A laugh of his own, and he shakes his head.] Well I didn't wanna say it was just about humans, because jinba seem to be similar.

[He watches her fold and hums something he seems to only partially remember the tune to, setting the finished braid over her shoulder to move onto the second one.]

I used to wear it up real high like you do, but it wasn't half as long.

Well, Tanjiro is a man, so it only really needs to go the shoulders or so, right?

[That's all you really need for a topknot, which is her experience with the most formal of male hairdos.]

I wear mine in a bun most days, but... my mother always told me my hair should be really long in case I ever needed to do it a different way... or for special occasions and things like that... also because men like it.

[He frowns a little at that, shaking his head.]

Not to argue with your mother, but you shouldn't do things because men like it. You should do things because you like it. [Tanjiro drinking that respect women juice.]

[That makes her laugh, shoulders shaking a bit in front of him.]

Ehe... I mean, I think it's cute, too...

[Culturally speaking, she... admittedly can't even ever imagine a respectable woman having short hair, but that's just the 1620 happening. No hair, sure, nuns did that, but. You know.]

She was just worried about if I'd ever be able to find a husband or not... There weren't any other jinba in my village.

[He hums again, relaxing somewhat. He gets a little uppity about people making girls out to only exist for the purpose of marriage and men. He figures it's because he's so protective of Nezuko, but it's not a bad take.]

As long as you like it for you.

[Shinobu wore her hair so it looked short, but all the other ladies he knew had longer hair. Only Susamaru had short hair that he could think of.]

But it does look nice, and you did find a husband! I'm sure Gonta-san likes your hair, too.

[That comment makes her pause in her laundry folding, both hands coming up to clasp her warm cheeks as she sways back and forth a bit happily, perhaps accidentally getting in the way of his braiding attempts.]

Gonta said I'm really beautiful with my hair down...

[And there's an undeniable fondness when she says "beautiful". Normally, she described herself as "cute" at best, "pretty" when she tried, but "beautiful"... ! But if Gonta said it...]

Tanjiro needs to find someone who thinks he's the most handsome man ever, too...

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