Luminous (KNY X READER)

Four

Misty breaths fall from your lips as you swing Yoriichi's sword in a countless loop. Up and down, over and over again. You can feel the strain in your muscles from the exercise, your shoulders aching and burning from the hundreds of swings you've done.

The frigid autumn air does nothing to cool you down, perspiration coating your body despite the cold surrounding you. You've been outside since dawn practicing, switching between swinging the sword and running around the woods, along with carrying logs and meditating.

Yoriichi watches from his spot on the engawa, proud of how far you've come. It's been a few years since the day he promised to train you and you've made remarkable progress. You've mastered total concentration breathing constant and your senses have improved exponentially. He can't even sneak up on you without you instantly calling him out.

All that's really left is teaching you a breathing style. He's thought about it ever since he started training you but he's still unsure on what to do. Should he teach you sun breathing? Should he take you to someone that can teach you a different breathing style? Or should he help you create your own?

Part of him wants to teach you his own style. He was the only one to ever use it and he's curious as to whether or not you'll be able to. If you are able to use it, then that might explain why you're special. Why he's able to interact with you. Perhaps you're meant to bring back the original breathing style.

The other part of him believes it would be best for you to learn a different style. There are less strenuous styles out there in the world that would be a lot easier for you to learn. It'd probably even be easier just to make your own. Something entirely unique to yourself.

"Yori!" You call out to the man, pulling him from his thoughts. Even though you're now twelve years old, you still call him by the nickname you gave him rather than his actual name. "Can I be done for the day?"

Yoriichi looks past the trees at the sky, noticing that the sun has disappeared from the sky while he was lost in thought. "Very well. Get cleaned up and I'll help you make some dinner."

In the three years that you've known him, you've never once had a meal with the man. You've chosen against questioning why he doesn't eat as it doesn't feel like it's any of your business but that doesn't mean you aren't curious. Despite no longer needing to eat, Yoriichi still remembers how to cook so he's been teaching you over the years so you're capable of taking care of yourself.

He knows that there will come a time where he's no longer by your side so he's trying to teach you everything in the little time you have together. Since you wish to become a demon slayer, there will be a day where you leave and potentially never return. And when that day comes he'll be unable to accompany you.

You still have yet to discover that he's nothing more than a spirit. If he were to come with you, it wouldn't take very long for you to figure it out. Speaking to him in publish will lead to people judging you and shunning you, calling you crazy for talking to someone unseen. He doesn't want that to be the way you find out.

He had planned on telling you shortly after he began training you but never felt as if it was the right time. Before he knew it, three years passed without him getting the chance to tell you the truth. It's not like he's purposefully avoiding the conversation. Well, maybe a little bit.

It's not every day you have to tell someone you're actually dead and that you haven't been alive in over four hundred years. Would you even believe him? Would you think he's joking? Unlikely considering he's never joked around with you before.

Perhaps he's just overthinking the entire situation. You're a very sweet and smart young girl, so he doubts you'll get upset with him for keeping it a secret from you or that you will think he's lying. But there's also the chance that you'll ask him questions that he doesn't have answers to.

Maybe he'll put it off for just a bit longer.

"Yori! I'm ready!" Your voice calls out from inside the house.

Sighing, he stands up and heads inside, going to the kitchen where you already have ingredients set out. The two of you work in silence, chopping vegetables and grilling meat. The two of you can work perfectly in sync without having to speak almost as if you're reading each others minds. Passing off ingredients or moving around each other with ease.

Yoriichi must admit that this is his favorite part of the day. Silently working alongside you to prepare a delicious meal. He doesn't even mind that he himself can't eat it. It's worth it just seeing your happy expression as you yell out 'umai!' after every bite. The sight always seems to put a tiny smile on his otherwise expressionless face.

"How's it look?" You question once the meal is done and set up.

"Delicious." He gives the same answer as always. It's not a lie, either. You're a surprisingly excellent cook for someone who can't see what they're cooking. You got the hang of being in the kitchen rather quickly and it didn't take long for you to master the recipes he taught you.

Smiling brightly, you clap your hands together before digging in. He certainly wasn't lying about how delicious it is. "Umai!" The word falls from your lips after the first bite and every bite after.

Yeah, he's certainly going to miss this.

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🔆TAISHO SECRETS🔆

🔅Yoriichi often thinks about the future, especially about the day he leaves your side

🔅You're not sure where you got the habit of saying 'umai' while eating delicious food. It's just been like that ever since you could talk