Secrets (Rengiyuu)

Chapter 3

No underlines : Rengoku and Tomioka
Underlines : Everyone else

(Tomioka's POV) 
 I woke up at around 5 am still hugging my pillow just as tight as before. I got up and looked around my room wondering of what I could do instead of staying in my room. I instantaneously thought of Kyojuro. I can't get this man out of my head for even a minute can I? I mean, I do have a point not to. 

I wonder if he feels the same for me, maybe I should go check up on him? Today is our day off after all, since there's been decrease of demons so I might be able to talk to him today. Or he might think I'm being clingy and he might think I'm annoying but he'll pretend to be happy to see me because he has a kind heart.

He's so pure and kindhearted I'm willing to bet no human alive can make him hate them. And yet again, he might be yearning to see me, but who would? Who the hell would want to see me? I mean he did flirt with me a bit, unless it was a joke.

Nonetheless I can still visit him, maybe it would make him happier if I made his favourite food, off to the kitchen I went to make the perfect and the most delicious sweet potatoes he's ever tasted! After an hour of cooking I finally made the perfect and most delicious sweet potatoes! Once I got everything I needed I went to Kyojuro's estate, as I waited for him to open the door after knocking on it I saw his brother sweeping the floor, I approached him and greeted him politely.

"Hello Senjuro, how are you?" "Oh, hello there mister Tomioka! I'm alright thank you!" I replied by asking him where Kyojuro was. "Oh Kyojuro is inside, he hasn't slept at all last night , he didn't even come out of his room to eat something and I'm starting to get worried for him." "Oh.. Well it's a good thing I made him his favourite, sweet potatoes." "How do you know his favourite food-?" "..Anyway! Can you open the door for me?" 

He opened the door for and I quickly went to Kyojuro's room and knocked on his door calling his name.

"Kyojuro? It's me, Tomioka, can you please open the door for me I brought you some food. It's your favourite." He slowly opened the door for me and as I saw him with messy hair and eyes that looked tired it surprised me, I had never seen him like this. " Kyojuro? Are you alright?" " I'm fine thank you Tomioka" I grabbed his hand softly. "May I come in?"

He slowly opened the door for me then closed it behind me. "May I ask what's wrong?" He stayed silent for a few second then he explained what happened the other night when I left. "That's... disturbing. Very disturbing in fact.." He suddenly looked up at my eyes, I couldn't help but stare into his eyes. "Uh Tomoika? Your turning red." I snapped back into reality and looked away embarrassed. "O- oh is that so!"

He looked down at the sweet potatoes and asks me if they're for him. "Oh these? Yea their for you to enjoy." "You don't mind me eating some right now do you?" "Nope!" He ate 1/3 of them while saying tasty with every bite. 

"Hey Kyojuro? I know I might disturb you by saying this but would you like me to stay te night so you can feel more at ease?" "I'd love that" 

(Kyojuro's POV)
I invited Tomioka to lay in bed with me as we talked about our day and we also played truth or dare. A few hours went by and at this point it was 1 am. I had realised that Tomioka had fallen asleep hugging me.  I never realised how cute he was asleep until now. He then suddenly  started to talk in his sleep. 

"Kyojuro.. we're in public.. don't take your shirt off.." I then proceeded to stare at him for 5 minutes.  The next day when we went downstairs to drink coffee and to eat our little breakfast at 5 am I wanted to ask him about his very... Interesting dream.

"Hey uh Tomioka? I didn't know you talked in your sleep-" He spat out his coffee then choked on it before asking me what he said. " You said something about me getting shirtless in public-" "Oh thank god I didn't talk during the part we f- I mean- how strange-" I was curious now to know the rest of Tomioka's dream but I ignored it. At least he didn't know my dream because in my dream we kissed. 

"After breakfast we can go and train with Senjuro" He agreed and finished with his breakfast. We went in the garden and started training, but just as before I suddenly stopped moving and I couldn't talk anymore. The worst part was that since I was training with Tomioka, Tomioka leaped forward to attack but I couldn't move. He saw that I wasn't moving so he  stopped and didn't hit me. 

"Kyojuro why didn't you dodge?" He notcied I didn't reply and called my name. When he realised I was parallelised he told Senjuro to go back to my father and to explain the situation. In a matter of seconds father came out and pulled me and Tomioka back inside. "Never and I mean never go outside without your actual sword again" "Why?" I asked "Why are you this concerned?"

"Just because I neglect you it doesn't mean I want you to die." I paused. " Die?! What do you mean by die?!" "Just go to your room" I knew he knew something I didn't but I didn't want to argue with hi any further so I listened to him and went to my room with Tomioka. "Why doesn't he want to tell you whats happening and why does this keep happening" "I'm not sure.. But I don't want to get a fight with him again." "Again?" Tomioka asked with a concerned tone.