A Slow Recovery - Sanegiyuu

2 - Was it all too much to ask for?

Giyuu's pov:

It has been a day since I left oyakata-sama's estate. I was later informed by kanzaburo that oyakata-sama had temporaryily confiscated my sword. I sighed and went for a walk at the small forest near my estate. I was itching to train, even though I didn't have my sword I could still do stamina training. I really wanted to train but oyakata-sama's crows were watching me. I walked in the forest, enjoying the morning sun. I walked at a slow pace, enjoying the sounds of the birds chirping up in the trees, enjoying the rustling of tree leaves and the morning breeze that tickled my face. I felt a weight on my shoulder and I turned my head. Turns out it was kanzaburo.

"Meeting.. pillar...estate.. oyakata....Sama... estate"

"Got it, thanks kanz" I replied, petting my crow. Kanzaburo gentily pecked my cheek before flying away. I smiled softly at the bird and headed back to my estate. I donned on my haori before sprinting to the master's estate.

...

I reached the estate a little late. I had to sit down and rest for a bit since I was dizzy. I saw the other hashiras in a neat line and I joined them, standing at the end of the row. I could feel the judgemental gazes of my colleagues.

"Bit late aren't you dickhead?" Shinazugawa growled. I said nothing, only staring forward.

"Ara~ara~, seems like someone is lazy" shinobu chimed in.

"He was probably checking himself out in the mirror or someone, either that or he was jacking off" Iguro scoffed. I could hear the other hashiras snicker at the comment. I sighed, tired off thier stupidity.

"Aw is the baby crying?" Shinazugawa mocked.

"He's just a weak little pussy" Iguro spat viciously.

"Tsk. How unflamboyant. You're an eyesore tomioka"

I could hear kanroji's giggle. Rengoku was snickering a little and himejima said nothing. What did I do wrong? Why do they hate me so much? Do they want me dead? Should I just die instead?

My thoughts were cut off when the twin sister announced,

"Oyakata-sama is coming in"

We all kneeled and lowered our heads. The soft footsteps getting a little bit louder as master approached us.

"Good morning children"

"Good morning master. Its Good to see you in good health" himejima replied.

"Its nice to see you too. How were your missions?"

The other hashiras begin reporting their mission. I kneeled there silently, I had no missions as of recently so I had nothing to report. I stared at the ground, bored with life.

"I see. Its good to see you all doing well children. You should rest for now"

"Yes master" all of us replied in unison

"You are all dismissed" master said, walking away with the twin sisters accompanying him. I got up and made my way for the exit, trying to avoid the other hashiras. I was so close to leaving the estate, I thought I was able to make it back home without any scratches. Wrong. I felt something hit my back and I flew face first into the ground. I groaned, the pain hurts like shit. I rubbed my back and I felt someone kick my side.

3rd person pov:

"Hah. Thinking about getting away now are we?" Shinazugawa laughed.

"He probably wants to get back home so he can quickly jack of to some gay porn" Iguro slammed his foot into giyuu's back, right where he was hit. He winced in pain, trying to stop himself from whimpering.

"Unflamboyant indeed! He really should die"

"Ara~ara~. That's right. You should just die tomioka. No one here like you either way. Even master dislikes you, he knows how weak you are. He didn't even give you any missions!" Shinobu laughed in his face, slapping the brunette's face hard.

"Exactly! He's so weak he can't even protect his sister and his friend!" Shinazugawa grabbed giyuu's hair and dragged him outside the estate. The others started to abuse the water hashira. They spat vicious words, kicked him, punched him, threw him around like a rag doll. Giyuu couldn't do anything, he knew from expected that retaliation would only worsen the pain. He tried to curl up in a ball to minimise the damage but tengan kick his back hard, forcing giyuu to uncurl to protect his back. Giyuu looked in the other hashiras' direction. Kanroji and rengoku were snickering at him, laughing at his pain. Muichirou stared at giyuu, enjoying the sight of giyuu being bullied. Gyomei didn't even bother to look at giyuu, he talked to his crow, petting his crow and feeding it food. Giyuu's eyes welled up, he bit his lip until he tasted blood. When they were finished with the bearing, giyuu's clothes had small stains of blood. The brunette's mouth was dripping blood and his entire body ached. He stood up and tried to walk away but sanemi pulled giyuu's hair again, forcing him to turn around.

"Now, now, are you forgetting something?" Sanemi questioned sinisterly. He held his hand up and giyuu reluctantly reached into his pocket. He pulled out a thick envelope, handing it over to sanemi politely. Sanemi snacthed the envelope and whistled when he saw the amount of money inside.

"Looks like we can go eat barbecue!" Sanemi announced. The other hashiras celebrated, happy that they could enjoy a luxurious meal after their tiring missions.

"I..I'll tell this to oyakata-sama" giyuu tried to threaten them, he hopped the bullying would stop.

"Come on now, you won't do that would you? You're just being sensitive. This is just some rough playing with friends!" Rengoku smacked giyuu back hard. He hooked giyuu's neck and stared at him with malicious eyes.

"You wouldn't do that now would you?" The flame hashira repeated.

"N-no..." Giyuu looked down, he was on the verge of crying.

"Good" rengoku said, he pushed giyuu onto the ground as the other hashiras went the opposite way towards the town centre. Giyuu could hear kanroji praising igurou for being cool, shinobu and rengoku were talking about how pathetic giyuu was, tengen and sanemi were talking about how good it felt it was to beat up giyuu, and muichirou and gyomei listened, both too lazy to speak. Giyuu slowly got up, he made his way towards his estate, limping slowly and using a thick stick as a support. He cried on his way back, he hated how the others treated him. He just wanted to be respected, was that too much to ask for? His childhood was destroyed by demons, his colleagues hated him, he didn't want to bother other people with his insignificant worries. He has no one to rely on, his sister was dead, his friend was dead, his teacher preferred sabito over him, tanjirou and his friends pitied him, nezuko disliked giyuu because he had harmed tanjirou on their first meeting and oyakata-sama was busy with other things. He had no one. He thought sanemi would help him or something, he had a crush on sanemi. Even though he bullied him, he thought sanemi would change when he realised giyuu liked him but giyuu was blinded with love. When giyuu confessed to sanemi, sanemi was disgusted. He told the other hashiras that giyuu was gay which made his bullying worse. He regretted the confession. He regretted liking sanemi, he regretted having hopes that people would change, he regretted hoping that his colleagues would help him. He regretted everything, he wanted to die. He just wanted to be happy, was it all too much to ask for?