After Obanai had run away from everything and stayed out for a few hours, he returned. Apparently, just in time for lunch.
Tengen was cooking along with Aoi, while Aurora sat back and Inosuke talked to her, and was showering her with gifts.
Obanai laughed internally. He'd never seen Inosuke have a crush before. But there was also a spark of jealousy in him. Why the jealousy? He cursed himself.
You know no one could ever love you, his inner voice taunted him.
Be quiet, he told it. He ran to his room and slammed the door. He heard feet behind him.
"Go away, Mitsuri," he yelled.
"I-i am not Mitsuri," a small voice said.
Oh no, he thought to himself.
"Um.....come in?"
The doorknob turned.
Aurora walked in.
Obanai shifted uncomfortably as she neared his bed.
"Hi," she said.
"Hey."
"May I sit down next to you?"
He froze.
Oh no.
It's happening again.
The fight or flight instinct.
He couldn't fight someone as beautiful as her.
He didn't want to run from someone as beautiful as her either.
Even though he thought the way he was acting was untraceable, she must have noticed, because then she asked a question no one had ever asked him before.
"Are you ok?"
And he didn't know how to respond to that.
I don't know, he thought to himself.
Am I ok?
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Obanai and Aurora-Love for the ages
FanfictionObanai Iguro, a tough, hard, Hashira, learns to come out of his shell when Aurora, a new Hashira, comes into his life.