Fire boy & water boy ?

Stuck in a shell

Tomioka had spent the entire day avoiding interaction with many if not- all the hashira, he didn't wanna have to interact with them, he found it to be vary draining, especially when all they did afterward was whisper and gossip about how "terrible" he was at his attempts at communication, but he supposed that was a good thing considering he didn't wanna be close to any of them.
One thing tomioka couldn't avoid was their meetings, and the occasional missions they received that would be important to preform and execute without fail.
Sadly enough tomioka had both of those things to deal with today, he was inform earlier that day by his crow that all hashira were ordered to meet around the evening to be assigned a possible mission.
Tomioka swiftly met at the meeting grounds, he kneeled watching as the master came out, Mitsuri quickly greeted him taking the chance for the day.
Giyuu had never cared much for it, he respected the master deeply and cherish him but never seen a reason to fight for his attention.
Giyuu remained silent as they all spoke, suddenly he hears his name being called out as he snapped out of the world in his head.
Uburashiki: tomioka, I would like to assign you to this mission, it shouldn't be too hard, but you must take another hashira with you, I will leave you to that decision
Tomioka felt as if his blood ran cold, why did he have to be the one to choose?! Why couldn't someone else choose for him???? He hated this, he couldn't look up at anyone else, his heart picked up as he panicked inside, he opened his mouth to speak but found it difficult to form a single word as he felt frozen.
Giyuu:..I- anyone's ok.
He mumbled out keeping his gaze down as he turned his head away crossing his arms, the rest of the hashira simply begin to whisper, everyone except gyomei, mitsuri and rengoku (and tokito, bro lost in his own world)
The hashira all whispered to one another while looking at Tomika.
Giyuu felt out of place and even unsettled, suddenly someone burst up standing.
Rengoku: I WILL GO !!
He shouted in a loud cheery tone.
The master nodded as the meeting was dismissed quickly, rengoku seemed proud and happy with his decision as he left to get prepared for their upcoming mission.
Giyuu sighed knowing he didn't have much of a choice, he couldn't help but think rengoku wasn't that bad of a choice, it could've been much worse he supposed.

(Sorry if I'm updating a bit slow- I'm kinda doing this when I get a burst of idea for the next chapter along with motivation)