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Giyuu‘s standing in his bathroom, dabbing a wet towel against his neck. Him and Sanemi had recently been sparring and later got a little caught up, which led to the mark on his neck.
The door is open which let in some fresh air from the open shoji.
He hears a caw and turns around. Kanzaburo was flying in to the bathroom where Giyuu’s standing.
“caw caw!! Meeting at masters mansion! Monthly checkup, Master and Amane not present!!” He cawed
Giyuu nodded as he patted Kanzaburo, letting him fly off again.
Of course, just when Sanemi had given him a reddish mark on his neck, just perfect timing. He thought to himself sarcastically.
He dabbed one last time before taking a dry towel to wipe off the water. He lifted his hair to check the mark. It was just as red as when he had gotten it. He sighed. He hoped that his long hair and uniform would cover it, at least for an hour or two.
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As he quietly walked on his way to masters house he could feel someone’s eyes on him, yet when he turned around he saw nobody.
”boo.” Sanemi said as he touched Giyuu’s shoulder.
Giyuu’s shoulders were tensed up but when he noticed who it was he immediately calmed down.
Sanemi smirked as he lifted Giyuu’s ponytail and tugged down on his uniforms collar. As soon as he saw the mark his smirk grew wider.
Giyuu rolled his eyes as he continued walking. Sanemi throws his arm around the others waist as he pulls him closer. He gets a tiny bit concerned as he feels how thin he is.
Giyuu looks up a little as Sanemi looks down. They give each other the smiles they only share between themselves.
As they start approaching the mansion Sanemi lets go and moves further away as to hide their relationship from the rest of the hashira.
As they walk inside Giyuu lets Sanemi go first, making it look like he came before.
As soon as Sanemi came in Shinobu commented on the situation for everyone.
”Seems like Tomioka is last, once again!” She says.
Sanemi fights back the urge to roll his eyes. Giyuu was often late, though this time he wouldnt atleast be last if he hadn't met Sanemi on the way.
As Giyuu eventually walks in Obanai retorts " Your late."
Giyuu simply sat down. It looked like the words had flown right past him and hit the wall behind him. As soon as he sat down Gyomei started the meeting.
"The reason we have called this meeting earlier than the rest was because Kocho wanted to inform us of something. So, we came to the conclusion to have the meeting a little earlier than the usual catch ups. " He spoke, voice demanding.
As he paused Shinobu took the queue to speak.
" As you probably have suspected, the chekcups are closing in and they will start next week! Now I dont want anybody skipping them." She tells the hashira, resisting the urge to glance over at Giyuu.
She smiles her regular smile as she tells them that information. Mitsuri tilts her head slightly to the side as she thinks to herself, why would anyone skip?
Now it was simply time for a normal hashira "hang out". They usually called it that since it was simply catching up, nothing important to talk about.
" Tokito.." Shinobu calls out
Muichiro who had been staring out into the void suddenly snaps out of it and slowly turns his head towards Shinobu, showing that hes listening.
" I've noticed that you called Tengen an, quote on quote ' ' unflashy monkey. ' '. Do you view us as diffrent animals too? " She said.
His eyes widen slightly, shocked someone noticed.
" Well, I suppose I do. " He responded vaguely.
Mitsuri squealed " EEKK!! That sounds so fun! What do you see me as?? " She asked hastily, clearly overly exited.
" Hm..A pink chick going cheep cheep.." He mutters before continuing. " I suppose I see Kocho as a swallow bird..Obanai as a wildcat..Mr.Himejima asss..a bear." He says proudly before listing the rest " Uzui as a monkey and Rengoku as an owl.."
" What about Tomioka and Shinazugawa? " Kocho asks, curious.
"Shinazugawa as a..wolf." Sanemi thinks about it and actually seems to like his title. " And Tomioka as an object..Shinazugawas object, to be precise.." Muichiro mutters.
They all look stunned. What had he meant with Tomioka being Shinazugawas?
" Oh, hoh, ho!! Tomiokaa~ never knew THAT about you!! " Tengen grinned but soon after decided to keep quiet to listen in on all the gossip.
Giyuu felt like he had been caught. He felt the eyes of the hashira switch between him, Sanemi and Muichiro.
" Elaborate. " Shinobu said, her smile looking more forced by the minute.
Muichiro sighed " It's not like it's a secret. "
Giyuu felt the tips of his ears redden as he was extremely aware of the mark on his neck.
" Is that so.." Shinobu turned to Giyuu, seemingly more interested in him rather than Sanemi.
He felt very aware of the eyes pricking on his back. He also felt very aware of the time..1 hour left.
" Hey Tokito, what do you mean by that? " Obanai asks, glaring at Sanemi who he belived hated Giyuu.
" Well, I happened to walk past their recent sparring match. " He explained.
Sanemi and Giyuu knew exactly what Muichiro had seen and they knew it was NOT looking good for them. Giyuu was also fearing Shinobu would pull down his collar to look if Muichiro told them what had happened.
" Well that explains it? " Obanai answers.
Muichiro sighs, he didn't feel like talking but he had already spoken tons. " Shinazugawa was all over Tomioka's- " He got interrupted by a quick Sanemi, not letting him finish.
" WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? HUH!? Me and Tomioka were simply sparring!! Its all for training, right? " He growled, knowing damn well that that wasn't simply what they were doing.
" Nuh uh. You were all over his neck. I saw it with my own two eyes. " Muichiro protested, silencing Sanemi.
Shinobu turned to Giyuu. Standing up and heading over to him, now standing behind him. She leaned down, but not too much. As she was about to swipe away his ponytail Giyuu felt the panic in him. He knew that if he avoided her everyone would know the story was true but if he didn't move they would see. Either way they were gonna know that the story was true.
He chose not to move.
Shinobu's hand moved away his ponytail as he shut his eyes, choosing not to see the rest's reactions.
She saw the tiny bit of red peeking out but it was only visible to her, being the closest to him. As she pushed his collar down the mark was visible for everyone to see.
The collective gasps from most of the hashira filled the room. As soon as he knew they saw it, he stood up and was going to leave. Little did he know, he hadn't seen Obanai sliding up and who was now blocking the door.
"There's still an hour left Tomioka. " He hissed.
" Yeah, an hour to explain!! " Tengen called out.
Giyuu didn’t care. He didn’t want to stay with the rest. Even if most of them had stayed quiet he didn’t want everyone staring, he didn’t want to know what was going on in they’re heads.
He pushed past Obanai and walked away, when out of sight he ran to his estate.
Sanemi paused. He had watched the entire thing but he had never expected Giyuu to rush out of the meeting, let alone push past Obanai.
Now, they turned to him. They wanted an explanation, so they went for the only available option. Sanemi.
” Care to explain?” Shinobu asked, now focusing on Shinazugawa. “ We’re you the one to give Tomioka that..hickey?”
” Yea so what?” He answered, he knew it wasn’t a secret anymore so why keep it?
Mitsuri was keeping her squeals in, Muichiro was stunned he caused all of this and Tengen was focused on listening as well as Gyomei.
" Im gonna go check on Giyuu" He stated. Standing up and leaving. The other hashira had clearly noticed the name change as he was now calling Giyuu by his given name now that their relationship was out.
Sanemi had some idea where Giyuu would be, the most likley one being at the water estate, so thats where he was going.
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As he reached the water estate he knocked on the shoji.
" Giyuu?" He yelled into the estate.
No answer.
He tried again to recive no answer. So he decided to step inside.
As soon as he stepped inside he was met with a halfnaked Giyuu, in the middle of changing.
When he heard the shoji open he turned around in a panic but then quickly realised who it was and paused.
When Sanemi realised what he was looking at he smirked. Oh ho hoohh..Giyuu was definitely getting lucky. Sanemi stared at his abs and slim waist. A few scars marked his body from his career as a demon slayer. His pants were rather far down so you could see his hip bones but not anything more.
Giyuu walked up to Sanemi and as soon as he reached him, Sanemi pulled him close, grinning down at him.
”Did you want anything?” Giyuu asked curiously, looking up at him.
Sanemi’s grin widened as he looked down at Giyuu, holding him in his arms.
“Not really, but you sure do look VERY fine right now.” Sanemi answered, swaying slightly with Giyuu.
Giyuu sighs, leaning his head against Sanemi’s chest “What, you wanna bite my neck again?” He asks just as Sanemi was gonna lift up the ponytail to get a full view of it.
“Want me to?” Sanemi chuckled. This lead Giyuu to not answer which Sanemi took for a yes.
The thing is that he really wanted to leave another mark so, he did.
As soon as Sanemis teeth sunk into Giyuus neck his breath hiched.
When Sanemi heard Giyuus breath stammer he knew he wanted more, yet..should he? Should he take more? What if someone walked in?
..
Fuck it. He thought.
I dont care if someone walks in, I just want him.
That was his last thought before things went, a little crazy.
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Giyuu sighs. He's sitting on his engawa in a yukata. He's admiring his garden. Despite his house being rather empty, his garden was beautiful. There were rocks scattered on the ground with larger ones here and there. He also has a pond with a tiny waterfall. Its simply gorgeous.
Soon Sanemi joins him in his yukata he leaves at Giyuu's estate.
"Hey Giyuu.." Sanemi starts.
Giyuu's head turns towards Sanemi, curious to what hes gonna say.
"I was wondering, how do you keep your garden so clean?" He asks him.
Giyuu was rather shocked thats what he was gonna say.
" You know, you dont have any workers. So like- do you do it all on your own?" Sanemi asks again, continuing on his question.
"Yea, I do." He answers. It was rather simple. When he wasnt training or medetating he would care for his garden.
He sighs looking out over his garden again, he was exhausted.
Sanemi scooted over, clearly noticing the fact and letting Giyuu lean on him. The sun was setting as Giyuu fell asleep in Sanemi's arms.
Shinazugawa held Giyuu close, feeling the cold seeping through his yukata. He looked over at the sun, adjusting Giyuu.
He felt as if, as if the hashira knowing wasn’t so bad afterall..They seemed to accept them, didn’t they?
This was all getting rather annoying to think about. All he wanted was to be able to live in peace with the love of his life.
As his mind was wandering, his hand began to unconsciously move through Giyuu’s hair.
He looked down, admiring his boyfriends beauty. He loved when he had his hair down. It complemented all of his features beautifully.
Giyuu’s hair was also rather wavy which looked gorgeous on him.
Sanemi was pulled out from his admiring when he heard a knock on Giyuu’s door.
Soon after, Kocho peeked her head in. She looked around to spot Sanemi.
Her smile grew wider as she walked in and closed the door behind her.
“I hope I wasn’t interrupting you guys!” She says with her usual smile, only it looks a little more true now.
She was happy for them. Happy that they both had found peace and love. She knows what they are and have struggled with so she finds peace in the fact that they have found each other.
“Your alright. Did you want anything? Sit down.” Sanemi answers
Shinobu sits down gracefully beside Sanemi.
“Well, I mostly came here to congratulate you guys on your relationship. I must say though, it was rather..shocking!” She chuckles before continuing. “I find it lovely that you have found peace with each other”
Sanemi nods. It was true. The more around Giyuu he’s been, the calmer he has become. He’s truly in love with that man.
“I do find it feeling better, and thanks Kocho.” Sanemi smiles. He smiled.
Oh how Shinobu was happy to finally see that smile. One calmed down by it’s partner. One at peace. One slowly moving on from trauma. One..truly happy.