Before Her (Gundham Tanaka x F!reader)

Chapter 8: Preparation

The next few weeks of my life were kind of normal. I hung out with friends like Sonia, Ibuki, and Tanaka, went to class where Miss. Yukisome encouraged me, and I helped Chiaki plan out the trip to Jabberwock Island. We were supposed to stay there for a month, but most days were action packed. Chiaki really came out of her shell and showed her passion. Not only did she plan the trip, but she also scheduled hang outs for the class. Today was one of those days. She organized an entire picnic. 

Obviously, she had Teruteru make the food, and she had Ibuki make a playlist to listen to.  We had set out the picnic blanket under a Sakura tree which had a perfect sunlight. I sat next to Tanaka and we talked about our talents and other various topics. Tanaka listened to my short lecture on plant care and told me about each of his dark devas of destruction and their unfathomable power. 

"My connection to animals is so strong, I could tame the wildest of beasts!" He exclaimed.

"Can you tame a bear?" I asked him, with a small smile on my face. 

He shook his head, replying, "You doubt my abilities? I have tamed many beasts, wilder than bears." I giggled at his response. We sipped on some tea and admired the cherry blossoms. All of this sudden we a shout.

"AAHHHHH" We whipped our heads to the direction of the sound. It was Saionji running away from Hanamura. "GET AWAY FROM YOU NASTY PERV!!!!!" As usual, Hanamura was being a total pig trying to suck Saionji's toes. Tanaka immediately stood up, a dark aura surrounding him. He does some weird body movements, as if he were doing a ritual. There was some quiet rustling for a second, then loud rustling. In the blink of an eye, a bunch of squirrels rushed out of trees and attacked Hanamura. Or at least wrestled  him a bit. The next thing I know, Hanamura is tied to the Sakura tree.

"Take that you horrific deviant! May the power of a thousand blows crush you!" He exclaimed, then he returned to his seat next to me. Eventually, we cleaned up the picnic and people Started to head home. It was getting dark and I got a little nervous walking home by myself. "Are you afraid, mortal?" I looked behind me to Tanaka. 

"Um... yeah." I meekly answered.

"Well, as the Supreme Overlord of Ice, I cannot allow a defenseless mortal to be in danger. I must offer to go home with you." He declared. I tried to convince him that he didn't have to do that, but he insisted. We walked mainly in a comfortable silence. We got home and he found out I was home alone, he insisted he stayed over to protect me from evil demons. I was going to fight him on the idea but at this point, I gave up on trying to get him to change his mind. I found him some pajamas that my dad had and put some pop tarts in the toaster. 

We hung out for a bit, chatting about school and eating our pop tarts. Then came the issue where would he sleep. At first, I tried to get him to sleep on the couch, but his legs stuck out because the couch was kind of small.  We tried my little brothers bed but the same thing happened. Then we tried my parents bed, but it was super firm and uncomfortable for him. So that left one more place. My bed. I tried to sleep in the other beds, but it was uncomfortable in all of them. So we had to share. 

It was kind of awkward fitting into the bed and I know Tanaka had a thing about touching people. I decided to put a pillow between us to keep us from touching.We said goodnight and went to bed.