His fingers strained as he stretched them out from their cramped position on (Y/N)'s back. She sighed into his robe and stiffened her legs which had been tangled up with his own. He pulled her closer and then rested his body, rolled onto his back, and yawned with a hand to cover his mouth. (Y/N) had immediate goose bumps on her forearms, for the blanket had only covered her legs now.
Both pillars had been gifted with a day off, so the two caught up with their sleep and slept from early night to midday. The couple had been awake for days on end, training in the day, patrolling villages at night. A day off on order of Oyakata-sama was something to cherish in the busy work line of a demon slayer, and to turn it down could be fatal to a sleep deprived pillar.
(Y/N)'s golden hair messily spread across the pillow as she curled into a fetal position, locking in as much warmth as she could. Giyuu pushed hair out of his face and rubbed the crust out of his eyes. He rolled over to see the light peaking through the wooden doors, then rolled to his other side to wake up his girlfriend. He brushed a hand over her chilled arms, making her shiver.
"Wake up, love," he said in a hushed morning voice.
He used his pointer finger to brush her bangs out of her eyes, making her smush her eyes closer together.
"Nooo..." she mumbled, half asleep and very delirious.
(Y/N) didn't want to wake up until her many hours of made up sleep is complete, but work and Giyuu called her name to end her perfect rest.
"(Y/N), it's noon already, you can take as long as you need to get ready but I can't let you lie here until sundown."
Giyuu sits up on his side and tugs the blanket off of (Y/N)'s legs, leaving her feet in the cold. He stands up and heads to the door, sliding it open with a hand to shield his eyes from the glare of the sunlight. He steps out onto the engawa and leans against the door frame with a second yawn.
(Y/N) groans from the futon and rolls onto her back. Her arms lay covering her eyes and she stretches her legs to the end of the bed. She groans again and sits up, making her head go dizzy. Giyuu still stands in the doorway, not looking her way.
"Go ahead and get dressed, I'll wait here," he says, leaning forward and walking to the edge of the wood to sit down.
Patting her hair down with her hands, (Y/N) stood upright to go fetch her uniform. The uniform lay neatly on a small table, it's navy color seeming darker with the dim light from a lamp that barley illuminated the room. She grabbed the uniform and stepped behind the shoji screen in the corner. Taking off her robe and laying it on a different table, she slipped a white button-up shirt on first, threading each button through a hole until it reached up to her neck, leaving one undone. Next she put on the top piece with a similar procedure. Then (optional) a long skirt that ends at the ankle. She steps out from behind the screen and grabs her belt and socks as she goes to the sliding door where Giyuu is sitting.
"Your turn," she says through the opening.
Giyuu looks over his shoulder at her as she loops a white belt through the waistband of her skirt (or pants). He steps barefoot onto the grass and then up onto the engawa, through the doorway, and to the shoji screen (Y/N) had just used.
(Y/N) now stepped outside to look at the garden, looping her belt through the waistband and clicking the prong into the hole provided. She pulls the strap tightly and uses a string to keep it in place. Stepping over to the grass, she sits on the edge to put on her short socks.
Not to long after, Giyuu steps out into the open again and unfolds his stitched haori. He flops down next to (Y/N) and pokes and arm through his haori, stuffing it up onto his shoulder and doing the same with his other arm.
(Y/N) dangles her feet over the grass in silence, tapping her fingers on the wood occasionally. "Do you want me to do your hair?" she asks him.
"If I can do yours?" he responds, glancing at her from the side.
She smiles as she faces him, then she takes his hand in hers and pulls him up from the edge as she stands up herself. He lets a smile slip onto his face and follows her to the mirror she set up when she became his roommate.
She drops his hand and pats the pillow for him to sit on. He kneels down and slouches over so that she can kneel behind him. (Y/N) reaches an arm over his shoulder and grabs a dark blue hair tie, the one he prefers.
"Pick out the bangs you want, Giyuu," she says, combing through his damp hair.
Giyuu sits up straighter and leans forward towards the mirror to pick through his hair in search of his bangs, grabbing out a few pieces, then leaning back to tell (Y/N) he had finished.
She finished combing and slid her fingers behind his ears to collect all the excess hair. He shivered at her touch, but let her continue. The hair tie stretched along (Y/N)'s fingers as she looped Giyuu's hair through it, once, twice, and then three times. She gave his hair a small tug as she finished.
Giyuu lifted his head higher and sat up straight, turning his head to inspect her work. Placing his hands to his sides, he turned his head to look at her, then stood up so they could swap places.
Now (Y/N) was the one sitting on the pillow, sitting as tall as she could so Giyuu could comfortably do her hair. He grabbed the brush from the table where (Y/N) had left it, then gently combed through her (h/l) (h/c) hair. Taking a random hair tie from a bowl, he put her hair up into a (preferred style).
Once both pillars had been set up for the day, they walked out of the front door and slipped on their shoes. (Y/N) squinted at the bright sun ahead, and turned towards Giyuu. Standing on her toes, she placed a quick kiss on his cheek. He blankly looked at her before slipping his hands around her waist, pulling her into a tight hug. Her arms snaked around his neck as she stood on her toes.
"Good luck today," Giyuu said with another smile as he pulled away.
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