Charred Love- Rengoku x Reader

4: A Husband and Wife Bond

Several months had passed, you and Kyojuro became close friends despite both of you already being married.
Once he would leave to go on his missions, you were left with his brother and father. And maybe a little tint of jealousy.
You always wanted to become a demon slayer, but you never told Kyojuro about your idea of becoming one.
Every time you tried, you always ended up changing the subject. You would worry for Kyojuro's safety, and whenever he came back injured, you felt a pain in your heart. He didn't seem to mind getting injured because he knew he was protecting others, knowing that he was saving lives made the injury less painful.
"What happened this time?" you asked as you squinted at the injury.
"Well, I was in town actually, and then all of a sudden I heard someone scream. I followed the noise and saw an extremely nasty looking demon. Although it appeared to be strong, it wasn't. The only reason I got this slash was because I got distracted trying to help the citizen. It was worth it though, another life is saved from the wrath of demons."
He let out a content sigh and closed his eyes.
" Oh, I see. I'm glad this injury isn't a big one."
Once you were done cleaning the injury, you sat next to Kyojuro. You decided today was the day you wanted to ask him about becoming a demon slayer.
"Kyojuro, before I married you I originally planned to become a demon slayer."
You looked down at the floor. "But because my mom sold me off, I no longer can. So, I was wondering if maybe I can stop being a housewife and...... become a demon slayer?"
He looked at you with a surprised look. "Y/N, this is an extremely dangerous job, I... I don't want to worry about your safety once you get on the field!"
"But Kyojuro, I always worry for you, and this has been my dream ever since I was young!" You looked back up at him and said " My father and eldest brother died trying to fight off demons from attacking our home. Once we knew that they weren't going to survive, my mom took us and ran. What if a demon comes and we aren't able to protect ourselves and your gone! How are we going to survive! Ever since the two people I loved the most died, I vowed to become a demon slayer. Please Kyojuro, let me fulfill this vow."
You looked at him with desperate eyes.
Kyojuro stared back.
"Alright Y/N, you can." His face formed a smile. "But first you need to train before you take your exam, let me do the honors. When should we start?"
You pondered, you wanted to take the exam as soon as possible, so... " let's start tomorrow!" You stood up and hugged Kyojuro, "Thank you!"
He hugged you back by the waist. " of course! "

                                  -The next day-

"Alright let's get started!" Kyojuro had on his uniform and sword, you had to admit he looked extremely attractive.
You brushed off these feelings and focused back on him.
He walked towards you and looked up and down, studying every feature and crevice of your body.
" Your figure isn't that strong, a demon could easily lift you up and tear you to pieces."
His bluntness caught you off guard.
"Let's first start on getting your body built to carry a heavy sword!"
He went over exercises to do every day to increase the amount of muscle you had.
After your workout, you were so exhausted, you couldn't even breathe. "Is..... is.... Is this it?"
"No, No , No! Darling, we haven't even worked on your reflexes yet!"
You looked up at Kyojuro and saw his teethy smile, this was going to be a long week.

                                -4 months later-

You have seen a drastic change in your body these past few months. You've gotten stronger compared to your fragile body 4 months ago. Kyojuro is an excellent teacher, on the days he went on a mission, he would ask his brother to monitor you. And then you would resume your schedule with him. Today was a different day though, instead of working on physical strength, he insisted on doing one-on-one combat.
"So, in order to flip me over, you need to grab me from under my arm and use all your strength to twist it and take me down. Let's try it."
You did exactly what he instructed and to your surprise, you managed to do it on the first try.
"Good Job Y/N! Now let's try it a couple of more times so you can get the hand of it."
After flipping him over several times, he said " Now that you've got the hand of this, try and flip me over while I'm fighting back!" He lifted his fist and prepared for me to flip him over.
You look at him dead in the eye and quickly jumped up in the air and backflipped towards his back. You push his back forward but before you could react, Kyojuro grabbed your arm, twisted it and slammed you to the floor. You were panting while seeing sweat drip off Kyojuro's forehead. Once you calmed down, you noticed that you were in a very intimate position with him. He noticed too and stood up, lifting you up with him.
His face turned noticeably red, it was cute.
" Um, well, Y/N, very good technique but you definitely need to improve your speed. Now go run 7 laps in under 20 minutes." Without putting up a fight, you did as you were told.

After your training you took a shower and headed for bed. Once you looked at the comfiness of your futon, you plopped onto it. "Ahhh"
The soreness of your arms and legs bothered you.
As you were about to close your eyes, you heard Kyojuro say " Would you like a massage?"
Your eyes immediately opened, the sleepiness you felt before was gone. "Uh, uh"
"I will just give it to you!"
He got to your side of the futon and kneeled into a sitting position.
You squirmed feeling the roughness of his hand against your skin. Although it was relaxing, you couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by him touching and getting close to the sensitive parts of your body.
"Does that feel better?" He said with a light smile.
"Yes, thank you."
After his massage, you both went to sleep with pounding hearts. After all Kyojuro's done for you, you can't help the fact that you might like him.
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Hello everyone! Alright so I'm not the best at writing action nor "bonding" scenes (ig lol) so yeah just a little disclaimer lol.  Also, this chapter reached 1,000+ words, dang....