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• The Heart You’re About to Fail by Cerberusbeloved

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)  

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  20 Nov 2025

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  • Douma (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Tomioka Giyuu
  • Tokitou Muichirou
  • Mentioned Kochou Shinobu
  • Douma-centric (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Douma is Bad at Feelings (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Douma Has Feelings (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Non-Graphic Violence
  • mild emotional distress
  • Douma discovers feelings the hard way (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Mist breathing taken literally (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Kinda
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping

  Summary

  Doma has never felt anything, not really. That is, until a fight with two Hashira escalates, and he’s faced with something he cannot begin to understand.

  Or, I thought I'd write my own take on how Doma's first brush with emotions might go.

  Language:

  English

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