"I like you." Giyu x (Fem) reader

006: Wife

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"So, am I allowed to ask about your wife?"

Tanjiro Kamado.

The young boy who Tomioka had helped saved. The poor kid had been through a lot, and Tomioka was there to witness most of it. Currently, they were both at Lady Shinobu's Butterfly Manor. It was a recent mission for Tanjiro and it didn't go so well for him or his friends.

It was supposed to be swift, quick, and easy. However, they may have overshot it.

So now, he sits in a comfy bed with white sheets. Revisiting the memories from the first time he laid there. Though his situation was much better this time, he wasn't filled with spider poison.

"What about my wife?" Tomioka, strangely out of character, is visiting the poor boy.

Tanjiro pouts and his eyes squint at the dark haired man. He sways back and forth and sighs, "I didn't know that you had one. I only heard from Shinobu."

"Of course." Tomioka pinches the bridge of his nose.

She was always the nosy type, and quite a gossiper. She just LOVED to poke fun at him. But not as much as spreading random secrets to Tanjiro. Sometimes it felt like she was conspiring against him.(She probably is.)

Tomioka didn't know how to feel about talking about his wife to Tanjiro. He was kind and understanding, as well as wise for his age but... It was still humiliating to talk about his love like he was a teenager with a crush again. If there's one thing about Tomioka, he's very sensitive about his wife. whether that be, angry-sensitive, sad- sensitive, or sappy-sensitive. Just assume it's all of the above. If Y/n was brought up in a conversation, he'll be in some sort of emotional state upon hearing her name.

He didn't talk much about her with the other Hashiras. Well, he didn't talk much with the other Hashiras at all, really.

"So, what's she like? I'm a bit curious to know what kind of women captured your heart." Tanjiro sits up in the sinking bed, wincing a bit due to the injury on his shoulder blade.

"She's like my wife." He answers simply, as if it was the easiest thing on earth.

"That's not what I was asking..."

They sit in silence for a moment until Tanjiro hears him take a deep breath.

To say that Tomioka was a light shade of pink is an understatement. Anyone in Tanjiro's position could see just what state he was in from even thinking about describing his wife.

"She's... Kind." He manages to say, struggling to keep his stoic facade as their memories together flash through his mind.

"Kind?"

'Kind." He softly says. His face is content and his lips twitch into a gentle smile. Tanjiro has never seen his face this relaxed before.

But his eyes are still a bit sad. Tomioka has yet to see Y/n. It's only been a few days after the Hashira meeting, after the show he put in front of the master. He was a bit... ashamed to say the least, but it was in the name of Y/n, so he tried not to care as much.

"Just give it a few days to think over," He remembers Master Ubuyashiki's words so clearly. "If you truly want to go home to your wife, then, I will let you go. I won't blame you and I won't hold it against you."

It was painful for Tomioka to even consider going against his master's wishes. But Y/n... Y/n meant everything to him, and even more than that.