Shisaka yuki
Another Month had passed and I was still avoiding rengoku-san, I wanted to make sure I didn't allow those feelings to expand any further, joy at seeing him,excitement, happiness and the scariest of all: longing
I took a few more partner missions and they went well, I knew my sword skills had improved because of it , and perhaps my communication skills, I allowed the change that had been because if rengoku-san, I was more willing to talk to people as I was before, mostly because I wanted to practice conversation so I wouldn't look stupid in front of rengoku-san again.
My crow had told me that another demon slayer requested me because of my skills, so I agreed to work with this person and maybe I could learn something, I knew it was mostly higher ranks thet could make requests about who would join them
I was watching the ground out of boredom as I walked, and I almost bumped into the person that requested me, flame patterned kyahan had myheart fluttering, I looked up and rengoku-san was standing there with his arms crossed looking at me
"Hello!" He shouted
I gasped, rengoku-san requested me, all I could do was stare at him, after our last acounter I wasn't sure what to say, why did he want me to accompany him?
He turned and walked without another word, I picked up my pace and followed behind him, we walked in silence for a while until he turned his head and looked at me, he slowed his steps and walked beside me
"Yuki?"he did it again,he called me by my given name
"Yes?" I asked
"I apologise for what happened the last timewe were together, you weren't ready because I was moving too fast, I just wanted to enjoy your company that's all, if I do something else to offend you please tell me" he said
My stomach tightened, I didn't want him to feel bad about what happened it had nothing to do with him, it was all me, I was just unsure about myself and why anybody would want to get to know me as much as he did
I didn't respond and continued to walk in silence, I didn't know what to say, the one who left him behind was me, I was the one who should have been apologising
Rengoku kyojuro
I wanted to resolve whatever conflict had come up between us, she was enjoying her noodles and then suddenly left and avoided me, it didn't slip my attention that she turned the other way whenever she saw for the past three months
"We're going to a riverside village, similar to the one where we met" I wondered if she remembered that, I looked at her and she was looking straight ahead and I couldn't tell what she was thinking "the demon is using the river to pull in people who go too close to the water and they're disappearing"
She remained silent and walked beside me,this was something I had to fix I didn't want to lose her friendship, I worked very hard for it
"Rengoku-san?"she asked
"Yes?"I looked over at her and she was still looking ahead
"I'm sorry for living the way I did, you did nothing wrong, I just... I'm..."she paused
She had to get her words straight, so I gave her time,I wouldn't interrupt her, I watched her as she struggled to find the word she wanted to say, she turned her head and looked up at me as I smiled encouragingly and she stopped walking and stared at me a moment before turning away
"I just... I only have one friend that I know since I was little so making friends is very new to me, and sometimes I get uncomfortable with somebody being so friendly"
