𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣'𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕥 // Tengen Uzui x reader (+18)

Chapter 12 | A room for two

The lessons go on. Even though Tengen-sama appears only around 1pm you start training in the morning.
You improve very fast but you still don't satisfy Tengen-sama. He criticizes you more than he praises.

Hachiko acts like she doesn't care but you know that she wants to participate in the competition.

The day before the competition Tengen-sama and you leave the mansion together to travel to Oyakata-sama. The area around him will be the place for the competition. You still don't know what it's going to be and who this Kanao is.

Due to the setting sun you and Tengen-sama start running soon. You know that you're fast but you also know that Tengen-sama is slowing down a lot for you.
Even though he doesn't look at you but in the direction you're heading he somehow knows how fast you are.

Luckily the way isn't that difficult but more or less plain ground. That's why the two of you reach the house of Oyakata-sama before night, exactly like planned.
You're sweating while Tengen-sama looks like he just took a refreshing walk. It's frustrating to see the huge difference between the two of you. You thought you were better than this.

The area isn't that high like the one you are living in. The house is in the middle of nowhere framed by a forest. Nevertheless the next city is near. You can even her the music that comes out of it.

"Oyakata-sama won't leave his room until tomorrow morning. None of us is allowed to meet him." Tengen-sama explains as you enter the house.

"Are the other hashiras already here?" you ask.
The second your whole body is in the building you get proofed right.
You can feel them and it's exciting.

The house is smaller than Tengen-sama's mansion but still very pretty. Many plants are in this place and the atmosphere is relaxing.

"We're the latest. But if you want to know if you can meet Shinobu or Kanao: No."

You let your shoulders fall and roll your eyes.

"It's not my rule! I am not allowed to meet anybody. You're not allowed to meet anybody. Everyone isn't allowed to meet anybody."
Tengen-sama defends himself.

"So what are we gonna do now?"

"Looking for our room."
He eyes you with a telling look.
You won't have separated rooms.

You walk through the corridor and look at the signs on the different doors. Some doors don't have any but if they do you feel pressure as soon as you get near to it.
The pressure is the worst as you walk by a door with a fire emblem on it.

"Who's this?" you want to know.

Strangely there's a proud smile on Tengen-sama's face and a sparkle in his eyes when he answers: "It's the flame hashira Rengoku-san. He sadly is one of the two hashiras who don't have any students they can show off tomorrow."

Are they friends?
Do hashiras like each other?

The room you are living in has a crystal chunk sign on it. How ironic. It doesn't have windows but is large enough for two people. It has an own bathroom with a toilet and a sink but without a shower. Here are also a lot of plants some of them even hanging from the ceiling. Tengen-sama puts his stuff in a wardrobe and his shoes next to the door. So do you.

There's an awkward silence. Tengen-sama acts like he observes the room while you suddenly are fascinated by the plants.

Why is this so weird?

You clear your throat which causes Tengen-sama to look over his shoulder into your eyes.

"What now?" you ask shyly.