«Tale of jealousy»

Chapter seven.

Kyojuro woke up to a slightly urgent kocho waking him up.

"C'mon! I must check your leg rengoku." The insect hashira urdged, finally getting through to the sleepy one.

"Okay okay." Kyojuro yawned, sitting up.

he lifted his leg, ignoring the pain that surged through it.

"It still hurts, correct?" Kocho asked, giving her usual smile. The other nodded, and she went back to replacing the splint.

Aoi glanced at kyojuro, a bit skeptical wether or not she should mention anything about last night, since she most definitely heard more then one voice.

She decided to just keep it a secret for now, incase it became useful later.

Kyojuro set his foot down, a bit relieved that was over.

"Are you hungry?" Aoi spoke up, offering a cup of water.

The hashira looked at the assistant, giving a smile. "Yes, i am" he answered, taking the glass of water

Aoi nodded, scurrying off to get the water.

Kyojuro sighed, then looked around for a moment.

'I wonder if akaza will come back tonight..' he wondered, taking a sip of the water.

Aoi came back carrying a small plate of mochi and pastries.

"あぢがと(thanks)!" Kyojuro smiled, taking the plate.

The assistant bowed, then walked off.

The hashira sniffed the mochi, his eyes gleaming.

He took a bite, pausing for a moment.

"うまい(tasty)!" He yelled as the tastes danced around.

The mochi was purple, a certain wind hashira's favorite. It was sour yet sweet, so the flavors slightly fought.

Kyojuro finished the first one rather quickly, chugging the water for a moment

He sat the cup down, deciding to look around for his sword.

After finding it under a bed, he placed it beside his bedside incase akaza tried anything.

'Now what to do.' He thought, sitting on his bed.

| Akaza POV |

I glanced around the cave I was hiding in, wondering if it was night yet.

"Hm.." i hummed, deciding to peek out.

As i walked over, a weird stench caught my nose.

'Don't tell me..'

"Akaza-dono~!" A voice called out, and i instantly stopped.

A groan escaped me as i turned to face a certain blonde.

"Hi~ I didn't expect to see you here!" He grinned, waving.

I rolled my eyes, turning away and walking back to the entrance.

"Wait for me!" He beckoned, running after me.

I glanced around outside, seeing it was quite cloudy.

"Your not actually gonna go outside, are you?" Douma raised a brow, standing behind me.

I looked at him, shrugging. "It looks pretty cloudy, so i might."

"What?! Just because it's cloudy doesn't mean the sun won't come out!"

Suddenly rain was heard.

I raised a brow, smirking.

Douma stopped talking, gesturing for me to go out.