Swords & Saniwa

Matchstick

~Horikawa Kunihiro~
堀川 国広

Requested by 2Dreboot! Hope you've enjoyed reading it!

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It was the first time that he felt such feelings.

As the assistant saw his partner having intimate contact with the sage and soon progressing into a rather heated one, he couldn't bear to watch on any longer.

There was just something that he didn't know how to describe. Desire? Lust? Jealousy? 

He stopped thinking and walked away silently.

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After all that intimacy, he realised that Izumi spent lesser time with him. As long as he had time to spare, he would excuse himself and go to her office. When she wasn't here, he would lock himself in his room and write some poetry that expressed his affection towards her.

He couldn't take it anymore. In his heart was a beast wanting to prowl on her and do whatever he wanted to. His inner aggressiveness was just increasing day by day.

"I'll be back soon." Going nearer, his head was just beside her ear. "Wait for me at your room at night." She giggled, sending the team off for an expedition. As she turned to return back to her office, the wakizashi was standing behind her, giving her a shock of her life.

"...Can you please don't scare me like how Tsuru does?" As she was about to walk off, he blocked her path.

He was determined to do it.

"What's wrong, Hori?"

Grabbing her wrists, he pounced on her, sending her onto the floor flat. She was obviously surprised, but it soon turned into a smirk.

"Ohh, jealous at how close am I with Izumi?"

"I like you."

Widening her eyes, she then burst into laughter.

"What? Y-You like me? That's impossible-" Before she could finish her words, he slammed his lips into hers, slowly turning into a mini tug-of-war. Breaking the contact, he then looked at her who was slightly gasping for air.

"...So you really like me? Izumi-"

"I don't care."

Removing a hand from her wrist, he then traced her jawline, neck, then slowly reaching to her collarbone using his index finger. Thinking that he was going to do something worse to her, she quickly used her free hand to push him away. The other grip was also loosened at well during the process.

Questions were just flying around in her mind. When did that self-acclaimed assistant become so defiant and dominant?

"I'll take you from him, certainly!" After his proclamation, he then stood up before walking off. She sat up, processing the events that happened in that short amount of time.

The ends of her lips soon went up as she imagined the mini war happening in the citadel.

Of course, Izumi wasn't pleased to hear something like that when he came back from the expedition dead tired.