𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 RengokuxReader

13

"Wake up." Senjuro's voice echoed through the door as he called for you to wake up.

Your eyes adjusted to the sunlight streaming into the room. You felt a tight grip around your waist, causing you to tense up.

Kyojuro rubbed his eyes, he called out groggily, "What's going on, Senjuro? Is everything alright?"

"We're supposed to go to the beach today, remember? Everyone's already here waiting for us," Senjuro reminded you two.

Surprisingly, Kyojuro released his grip on you, silently indicating that you could get up. Both of you hastily straightened yourselves out to look presentable. Just as you moved to leave the room, he reached out and grabbed your shoulder.

A worried expression creased his face as he asked, "Does everyone know we live together?"

You nodded and replied, "Giyuu told me it was obvious." You held a high level of trust in Giyuu, so his words carried weight for you.

You made your way downstairs into the hallway and opened the door. Standing before you were Uzui, Mitsuri, Obanai, and Shinobu, all dressed in beachwear and ready to go.

Everyone's eyes widened as you answered the door. "Oh, fun night, huh?" Uzui laughed, clearly amused by the situation.

You were taken aback by everyone's reactions, realizing Giyu's observation was not obvious.

You sighed and began, "First of all, I thought everyone knew I lived with Kyojuro—"

"You live with him? How romantic!" Mitsuri cooed, her expression lighting up with delight.

You felt someone behind you and turned slightly to see Kyojuro standing there.

"Yes, we live together! I'm surprised—I thought we'd all be going in separate cars?" Kyojuro said with his usual energetic voice.

"We're going separately, but we're leaving now. The location is quite far, and we all want to arrive at the same time," Obanai informed the two of you.

"A heads-up text would've been nice," you yawned, "What about food?"

"Exactly why we came. We did send heads-up texts," Obanai replied.

You fell silent, realizing you hadn't even checked your phone today. It dawned on you that you had forgotten to set your alarms yet again, leaving you unprepared to leave on time.

"Well, we'll only be about 30 minutes late. You all go on ahead," Kyojuro said cheerfully.

They all agreed it would be alright and headed out. Shinobu remained quiet throughout the conversation, but you could still sense the tension between the two of you.

Opening your closet, you selected a two-piece bathing suit with top straps as thin as a pencil and similarly thin straps on the bottoms. You covered the bottoms with jean shorts and grabbed a sweater. Finally, you slipped on some sandals to complete your outfit.

As you returned downstairs, you noticed Kyojuro in a partially unbuttoned shirt and swim shorts, with a packed bag of necessities beside him. Senjuro sat patiently on the living room couch, also ready and waiting.

Senjuro's face lit up with a smile, and he sprang up from the couch, "Finally we can go!"

"Sorry for taking too long." you chuckled as you glanced over at Kyojuro, his face had noticeably reddened.

Senjuro dashed out the door first, and you followed suit right after him. Just as you were about to step out the door, you felt a gentle push as Kyojuro bumped into you. Turning around, you found Kyojuro pulling you into a hug from behind.