By Your Side - Tomo x Kazuha [Complete]

Part 5 - [Unedited]

"Where are you going this time?" Tomo couldn't help but ask the young rōnin at his side while eyeing at the proud estate of the kamisato clan.

"Oh, Just filing up some complains." Kazuha answered truthfully. Arriving at the front of the yashiro commission, kazuha took a step forward and then went straight to Madarame Hyakubei.

"Welcome to the yashiro commission, (I don't really know how to say this so I just type these words xD) How may I help you?" Madarame Khyakubei welcomed kazuha with a smile. Kazuha nodded and told him about what happened to tatarasanu.

After hearing the story from kazuha Madarame Hyakubei turned serious. Putting his thumb on his chin seemingly thinking of a solution.

"I Heard rumors about the island, But I never thought that those rumors would turn out to be true." He said seriously. Tomo's eyes narrowed when he heard what kazuha said. The Tatarasanu island, He was there a few days ago. He knew the moment he step into that place that something was wrong. He could feel the electricity around the air.

"But sadly, I have to put that problem aside." Kazuha's brows formed into a frown. Tomo lift a brow and stared at the representative.

"The yashiro commission is too busy to handle the situation. Our hands are too tied up at the moment." He explained carefully.

"And we are also short in men. If we have more men I would not delay this situation. It's simply too dangerous." Madarame Khyakubei sighed in dismay. He really wanted to solve the problem but he can't do anything with so few men.

"I understand." After a minute kazuha opened his mouth. Tomo couldn't help but stare at the young rōnin. There was a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Well then I must go." He nodded before pulling tomo's hand. A flush appeared in tomo's face, his heart started to beat madly. He stared at the young rōnin and was about to open his mouth but notice the dark expression on his face. Tomo looked away and tried to calm his heart down.

After exiting the estate kazuha let go of tomo's hand. The warm that was emitting in kazuha's hand was now gone. Kazuha sighed and looked at tomo.

"I'm sorry for dragging you so suddenly." Kazuha apologized. Tomo stared at him before shaking his head. Patting kazuha's shoulder, Tomo opened his mouth and told kazuha that it was fine.

"What should we do now?" Tomo can't help asking. Although this wasn't his problem he have the urge to help the young rōnin and lift up his mood. Kazuha sighed once again, since the yashiro commission can't help them He guess that they would have to deal the problem by themselves.

"I think I'll go back to tatarasanu and tell xavier about what happened." Kazuha suggested. When he was about to walk away, tomo grabbed his hand and stared right into his eyes.

"You're gonna leave me here?" Kazuha's eyes widen and quickly took back his hand. A very bright shade of pink was painted on his face. He don't know why but ever since this morning the young adult sometimes made his heart jump. This experience was all new to him.

"Y-you can come, if you like." That almost came out a whisper. Tomo smiled brightly then dragged kazuha's hand. Kazuha looked away feeling hot. He never thought he'd lost his cool just by a few words. Ever since he was small he have been very calm not because he was calm since birth but because he had to be calm all the time. Being the heir of the kaedehara clan was a bit pressuring for the young yōnin.

Kazuha's flushed face returned back to normal and the soft look in his eyes was now gone, replaced by sadness. Tomo noticed the young rōnins odd behavior. He wasn't sensitive about anything except reading human emotions. To other people a slight change of expression from your face is very normal but for Tomo it's far from normal. A little twitch from your cheek is enough for Tomo to know your current mood. And he could tell that the young rōnin wasn't feeling too well.