Traitor (Renji Yomo x Reader) [Continued in a second book!]

Our Apartment

To our surprise, no one interrupted us after we had gone to "our" room. We spent the rest of the night alone, cuddling until I fell asleep on top of him, just like I said I would. The following morning was quite nice as well, it was only us two. It was something I was very grateful for because I expected Yoshimura to want to speak to me due to what I did to Touka. But apparently, he didn't. Besides that, I just really didn't want to see Touka anymore. All we had to do before we could finally leave was pack and that's exactly what we did. We grabbed all our stuff and shoved it back into our bags. All the while I still didn't quite process what we did the night before. My legs were aching just a bit, but other than that I felt refreshed. He did too. We both felt a lot more connected and he was a lot more touchy out of nowhere. It was a nice change from our usual interactions.

However, once everything was packed and we were good to go, we said our goodbyes and prepared to leave. Hinami was a little sad and asked me to visit her again, Touka was cold, her expression stern but didn't mention anything that happened between us yesterday and Yoshimura was the usual old, smiling man. He welcomed Renji back into the team, exclaiming that his next shift would be tomorrow. It was a surprise to both of us as Yoshimura was against it only months ago but Renji gladly approved. After all, we needed the money and he needed something to do.

Everything went smooth and seemed so bright.. Until I exited the café. Renji was still inside, speaking about some things concerning his job that I had no interest in. He told me to wait outside once he noticed that I was getting a little impatient. It was not my intention to let it slip through my expression and general body language that I was tired of hearing them talk and instead wanted to visit our new apartment, our new home. No one spoke to me anyway, I only stood next to Renji and fumbled with the webbing of my backpack, so I decided to leave and wait outside. After I thanked Yoshimura once again, making sure he'd remember me as a -hopefully- polite person, I strode over to the door and exited it.

The stairs that I could usually run down easily, were quite the challenge today as both of my legs were still feeling funny from what we did last night. In order to ensure a safe way down, I held onto the banister and took it very slow.

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Step by step. Slow and steady. I got this..

Thank god it's too early for customers. This would be so much more embarrassing if anyone saw this.

The atmosphere felt different the second I exited. Something was off. Something was not right.

Did I forget something?

My first thought that I left something inside that I urgently needed, perhaps a memory of our past. But the longer I thought about it, the stranger I felt. I couldn't think of anything I possibly forgot and even if, Renji could easily grab it once he'd go there to work. There was nothing to worry about, nothing that could possibly create a sinking feeling in my stomach.

Maybe it's just because Renji's not with me right now..

Confused about myself, I blamed it on my mental state and my current neediness.. That I thought was gone now that we completely connected.