By Your Side - Tomo x Kazuha [Complete]

Part 2 - [Unedited]

After they ate dinner, Kazuha found himself in a soft shikifuton[1]. As he laid down, he couldn't help but think where should he go next. There was a huge barrier on tatarasanu seemingly to keep out citizens from coming in. The barrier appeared not too long ago. Kazuha took a mental note to go and check it out to see what really happened to that place.

While his ruby eyes examine the enterior of the house, He suddenly remember a poem he had to finish. Sitting up, he cross his legs and tried to think of a line. When he was about to open his mouth the old woman suddenly appeared startling him a bit.

"Oh? You're not sleeping yet? Its already 12 dear. Put all your thoughts to bed, You must be tired yeah?" She utter. Kazuha smiled and nodded his head. The granny was correct, He was indeed tired. But why is she still up?

"What about you granny? Why are you still up?" The old woman chuckled, reaching out her hand to pat kazuha. Kazuha's eyes widen when the old woman's hand landed on his head. When was the last time he got patted? I f he remember correctly he was 6 when he last felt the feeling of being patted.

"This old woman just went outside to check my flowers. The flowers are really sensitive to emotions. You know, when they feel negative energy they wither but when they feel a positive energy they will dance with the wind." She slowly explain while smiling. Kazuha blinked his eyes as he listened to the old woman's words. A flower tht can detect emotions? Is there even a thing?

"My husband got it for me when he was in liyue. They were called glaze lilies. You can check them out if you want to." She added.

"Well then, I must go to bed. Good night young rōnin[2]." As she said that the old woman walk towards the other door, She smiled at kazuha before closing it. He slowly lay down on the soft shikifuton. Despite the roaring thunder and heavy rain, The small house never swayed. Closing his eyes, kazuha decided to just sleep and put all his problems tomorrow.

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Warm breeze brush through the maple leaves resulting a gentle sway. Birds chirping happily that the storm was now gone. In the small house on top of a hill. A young samurai sleeping soundly on his futon. A warm sunlight was plastered on its face, enchancing his smooth skin, eyes were shut tight and his soft lips was parting a bit, pink tongue could be seen inside. He was like an angel, It was a beautiful sight. The shut eyes slowly open but close again when the sunlight glared at his ruby eyes. Lifting his hands to block the sun, kazuha yawned and sat up.

Where was he? The memories of yesterday flooded to his brain making his half asleep self fully awake.

"That's right. I wasn't home." He mumbled in a muffled voice. Standing up, kazuha saw his clothes who was wet yesterday was now dry and clean. Touching the fabric he could tell that it had been wash.

'Did they wash it?' His brows formed a gentle frown. He already disturb them long enough.

Kazuha cleaned the room before changing his clothes. He look for his katana[3] around the room, But saw nothing. He exited the room and decided to search for his sword. Making his way to the living room, Kazuha's eyes widen when he saw the old man cleaning his katana. The old man's action stops whe he saw kazuha's shock expression. A smile formed from his lips and spoke-

"Good morning young man, I know that I shouldn't be touching your stuff but the blade was covered in blood so I couldn't help my self and decided to clean it." Kazuha's expression went back to normal when he heard the old mans words. He shook his head then sat beside the old man. Watching him clean the blade he couldn't help but stare at it intently. The old man seemed like he knew what he was doing. The way he touch the sword and wiping them gently, It almost feel like he knew how to weld it.