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Chapter 3 - 8

Scorching heat beat down the defenseless estate, shrubs that once thrived around the building were begging for shade and water. The Kakushi residents attempted to preserve them as well as they could. However their own downfall was the dark clothing they cloaked themselves with. Most were fanning themselves under their masks. Some went as far as resting ice packs along their necks as they skillfully ran around the lively estate, effectively keeping it up and running. Those responsible for the supply of rations had stocked up on hydrating fruits and vegetables in the market. Juicy slices of fruits were passed out every few hours to avoid heat exhaustion and dehydration. Residents along with the training corps members were once again thankful to the Kakushis that prepared the delicious, sustaining fruits as they trained their bodies for the hardship of the ongoing war.

Summer was in full swing at the Wind Estate.

The unexpected message came at sunset while the corps members were all gathering towards the opened room where their reward of a filling meal was served.

A rather fashionable kasugai crow perched himself on the slanted roof, hopping slightly as the hot surface stung his talons. Sanemi immediately recognized the crow as Nijimaru, Uzui's kasugai crow.

"Attention!" The accessorized bird cawed, swiftly getting what he asked for from all gathering around. Sanemi felt tension growing in his veins, fear that there had been an incident whether it involving a demon or humanoid tragedy. The possibility that it could be about Rengoku's health taking a dramatic plummet ran front and center in his mind as well. His eyes shifted towards Giyuu making her way next to him as her group arrived back from their training grounds, her attention was on the crow as well; tension in her jaw. "The final Demon Slayer members have passed Lord Uzui's endurance training!" It sang out proudly, flapping its wings in a gloating manner. The current corp members hardly took a moment to process what he had announced before they all began cheering. Excitement at the progress they along with their fellow men had made. While yes, it was a great accomplishment… The two Pillars glanced at each other, silently coming to the same conclusion… There were no others becoming demon slayers. Less and less are making it to battle… Even fewer are passing final selection. Proving how the men needed this training desperately. They needed to survive…

….

For the pass five days since Giyuu had returned to his estate, Sanemi had been able to get some of the most rejuvenating sleep of his life. Even with the warm temperatures at night that the summer were smothering them with, the two stubbornly still wrapped their hot, sweaty limbs around each other; light sleeping yukatas and a thin blanket hardly over their bodies or rather kicked to the side. Sanemi still had his arms around his lover as she curled into his chest, resting her head on his shoulders or his biceps depending how she tossed in her sleep. Nevertheless, their bodies slotted together like a puzzle.

Their nights have been peaceful, the two love birds falling asleep to the cicadas crying in the night; acting as white noise to ease their tireless minds. There was no danger, just the two of them resting after a laboring day…

A loud KA-BOOM echoed through the once silent estate!

Startling the frazzled lovers awake!

Both were on their feet, swords in their hands before a word was spoken or even a glance was spared as they bolted out of their bedroom! Running towards the source of the disturbance before a thought could be processed; their instincts taking over after being in this field for years! They couldn't waste time on each other, both knew of their lover's strength, it was the weaker members that were their current concern. A single other, smaller echoing boom guided them towards the back of the estate! Resident Kiones were now rushing out from their own sleeping chambers and towards the disturbance in the darkness of night. Adrenaline was surging through their bodies, the lack of lower ranking members sent a pounding fear that they were picked off during an attack. The back sliding door was immediately kicked outwards, swords drawn—

"I told you not to toss the match there!"

Giyuu's bare feet skidded from how strongly she put the brakes on her quick movements after jumping off the short engawa. The damp grass from the summer's night nearly did her in. There… a majority of the missing, lower ranked slayers were outside standing around in the gravel a good fifteen feet away from the damp grass. In front of the men… straw, gunpowder, matches… They were making senko hanabi… sparklers. And there, in the center of the men was a rather dark circle in the gravel, assumingly where the loud, but seemingly small explosion was. Each man looked incredibly bashful at all the panic they had caused, however the bashfulness shifted into fear the moment the Wind Pillar was in sight and quickly took in and then determined the situation.

"Are you fucking joking?!" Sanemi aggressively clicked his blade back into the hardy scabbard, as the others on the engawa lowered their weapons as well, relief flooding their systems. He took an aggressive step towards the edge of the wooden platform, placing his sword in the obi of his sleeping yukata. "The fuck do you think you're all doing?!"

The corp members cowarded, huddling up together. Giyuu couldn't help but notice her original seven she had trained weren't a part of the group that snuck out. She did notice a few of the newer members that have joined the Water Pillar training she teaches. Perhaps they feared what would happen if they were caught, they have been punished severely by her before after all. Looking over her shoulder towards the building, she did in fact notice them peeking out of the broken door frame as the few others that weren't involved did to witness the commotion. "We-we were celebrating…"

"Celebrating?!" Sanemi repeated loudly, the residents of the estate seemed both exhausted along with being disappointed at the lower corps member's actions. Some sighing and immediately turning around back into the dark crowded halls as others leaned against the wall to watch the belittling that was no doubt about to begin. "The fuck were you celebrating in the middle of the night?!" None of the guilty men spoke. "Answer me!" He bellowed, his furious voice echoing through the once calm night. Rightfully angry, causing the men to flinch.

"That—" one began nervously, yet seemed to be the bravest of them to actually speak out towards the dangerous leader of the estate. "That-that the last member passed Uzui-san's training, sir…"

Slapping his face with his hands and groaning into them, Sanemi pulled at his face before glaring at the men. "You assholes shouldn't be celebrating that! None of you should be celebrating something so small! That is nothing! Those are some of the weakest men that took months to pass something that should be second nature! That means there were less slayers in the field that whole time! Fucking equaling more innocent people had lost their lives from demons!" The albino man gestured violently with his hands as he reprimanded the men. "You should only be celebrating when there's not a single demon left!" The men dropped to their knees, all began bowing their heads into the hard gravel, shouting their apologies.

Yuto cautiously took a step towards the edge near Sanemi, though definitely kept his distance. While he wasn't given a proper higher title in the Wind Estate, he was however respected kindly for his ability to disable a tense situation. "How about we deal with punishment and all that in the morning?" He gave a sympathetic expression towards the Pillar of the estate. Nearly a week had passed with a rather pleasant atmosphere, the residents thanked the Water Pillar for that, however… The foolish lower ranked corps members are ruining that lovely setting due to this midnight mischief.

Grunting, "If these assholes have this much energy at night, then clearly we're not pushing them hard enough!" Sanemi shouted, pointing accusingly at them all on the ground. Giyuu gave a somber nod in agreement, allowing Sanemi to take the lead of this punishment. The young slayers shook with the suggested threat of their already grueling training becoming worse.

There was a loud clapping sound from Yuto's hands as he gathered their attention. "Alright! Clean up and head to bed, please! I think it's safe to say it's going to be a tiring day tomorrow." He wore a strained smile, attempting to move this along smoothly so they may all rest. The less sleep Sanemi has, the worse those in the estate suffer…

The slayers all agreed without a moment of hesitation, frantically going to clean up the mess they had created in their premature celebration. Sanemi huffed out an irritated sigh, pinching his brows and taking in a deep breath. His eyes ached, a headache forming from the stupidity and wasted adrenaline. Those not involved quickly left the engawa to retire back into their shared bedroom now that all knew there was no real danger. Yuto, along with one of the Kakushi, began to place the sliding door that was kicked outwards back on its tracks. Sanemi was in too much of a panic to realize if he had kicked it outwards or if Giyuu was the one. Afterall, he still has a vivid memory of her kicking out her own bedroom door only in her uniform button up and fundoshi at a time she thought he was an intruder. Speaking of his own lover, turning to his side, Sanemi opened his mouth to tell her they were heading back, only to notice she wasn't beside him. The remaining adrenaline kicked up for a moment, though he quickly spotted her at the edge of the engawa, still standing in the patch of grass. Her hair was draped down her back, Sanemi took in how she seemed to illuminate under the moon's beam, her light weight yukata shifted slightly in the warm air. Giyuu was staring down at her bare feet, a troubled expression on her face. She attempted to brush the dirt off her feet by rubbing her soles onto the top of her other foot. Didn't seem to be working as she huffed and furrowed her brows, after all, now there was dirt on top of her feet as well. Sanemi quickly realized her distress, finding it rather amusing that she seemed to be stuck right outside the wooden engawa. Cleanliness was rather important in respecting a building and person's home, shoes were taken off to avoid tracking dirt. And Giyuu's bare feet were now considered disrespectful if she just casually walked around in the halls tracking dirt.

"Ah, Tomioka-san." One of the men that had yet to train with Giyuu stepped forward towards her, a majority of the men didn't stay, opting to tidy up as quickly as possible and to run back inside. "Are you alright?" he asked timidly, two others joined him after cleaning up their share of the mess. Sanemi couldn't help but imagine that them seeing Giyuu in a more feminine state, they believe they could approach her more casually. Fools.

"Do you need any assistance?" Another asked eagerly.

"…I didn't think to wear shoes…" Giyuu confessed, gazing back down at her feet. Truthfully none of those startled awake and running into action were wearing shoes. Giyuu just happened to be the only one that leapt off the engawa to the ground below. "I don't wish to make the floors dirty inside."

For whatever reason, the three boys beamed. "That's very kind of you, Tomioka-san!" One praised, though Giyuu's flat expression clearly spoke about not needing it for something so trivial as not wanting to track dirt. "Please, let us assist you!"

"…Alright. All I need is a pair of slipp-" Giyuu was rudely cut off by the boys loudly conversing with each other.

"We can bring warm water and soap!"

"I think there are still some towels in the cubby after everyone bathed!"

"That's not necessary. I can clean my feet once inside." Giyuu attempted to cut off their pointless planning, though they failed to notice her voice.

"Ah, but by the time the water becomes warm, Tomioka-san would have been standing out here for a while!"

"Oh, you're so right! We could cut cloth to makeshift slippers!"

Or they could just get her a pair of actual slippers. A vein popped along her neck, annoyance was building under her skin. The trio didn't stop loudly coming up with ridiculous ways to "help" Giyuu to avoid tracking the dirt inside the clean floors. Giyuu sighed deeply, her posture hunching as she called over her shoulder. "Sanemi, could you assist me?"

"Yeah, yeah. I'm already coming to your fucking rescue." He took the steps towards the edge of the engawa where Giyuu was standing just below, those annoying men had shut up the moment she called for him by his first name. Extending his arm out to her, Giyuu immediately understood his intention. Taking his single hand with both of her own, she held on tightly, curling her legs the same time as Sanemi was easily able to lift her weight upwards towards himself. While she was still off the ground, Sanemi's free arm wrapped around just under her ass and thighs, pulling her closer to his body to carry her. Giyuu balanced herself gracefully by placing a hand on Sanemi's chest and her other on his shoulder. He adjusted her slightly in his arms, fixing her yukata so it didn't bunch in his hold, keeping her as modest as possible outside of their bedroom.

"Thank you." Giyuu sighed now that her problem was solved.

"Don't mention it." Sanemi grunted, turning with her in his arms, he suddenly remembered those brats. He quickly looked over his shoulder towards them, they each had a rather stunned expression on their faces and jumped at his fast movement. "You fuckers need to quit standing around! Go the fuck back to bed! You all are gonna have hell in the morning! Be prepared for that." Sanemi threatened, the boys quickly jumping and bowing before yanking off their sandals in a hurry and making it back in the building, running down the hallway towards their shared room. "Bastards." Sanemi grunted, not caring that the other few that were still cleaning up turned their attention towards him. Afterall, it involved them as well, none of them were getting out of their punishment.

"Could you get a move on, please? I'd like to wash my feet and go back to bed." Giyuu patted his shoulder to gain his attention.

Clicking his tongue, "Don't fucking tell me what to do. If you hadn't jumped off, I wouldn't have to act as your damn legs." While he complained, there was no burden behind his words. After all, he rather enjoyed being able to lift his lover up so easily; showing off his strength. Nevertheless, he continued into the estate, ignoring the surprised expressions of the few that remained out and awake.

A surprised yet cheerful Yuto whispered 'Oh, so bold!' as they passed through the busted door's threshold.

"It was in the heat of the moment, I was ready for combat. I'm not sure what else to tell you." She defended herself. Sanemi huffed, jostling her up in his arms as he kept her close to his side.

Making it to the private bathing room in the restricted hall, Giyuu quickly washed her feet with the cold water, not caring to warm it up first. Actually… it was rather soothing with how humid the summer is beginning to get. The cold waters instantly cooled her down. She kept this revelation in the back of her mind in case she overheats later on. She mindlessly watched the bits of dirt wash down the drain.

"Hm?" Giyuu looked over her shoulder while she sat on the edge of the tub to rinse off her feet, she had felt her hair being touched. Sanemi gently parted it, running a wooden comb down her long, thick locks.

"Your hair is a mess." Sanemi grumbled, the adrenaline drop causing drowsiness to flood his system. Yet he still took it upon himself to brush her long hair.

"Yes, I imagine considering I was running down the halls moments ago." Giyuu replied. While Sanemi's drop caused exhaustion to grow in his eyes and limbs, the shock of the whole situation caused her to become rather alert. She was a touch worried about how she'll be able to fall back to sleep now. During her solo traveling, if she had woken up to a disturbance, Giyuu wouldn't fall back to sleep and move along with her journey. Sanemi hummed softly, tenderly combing long strokes from her roots to her ends. With her hair parted, her nape was exposed, something rather rare considering her low, thick go to ponytail that hung there. Sanemi leaned over to press his lips to the pale, warm skin. Giyuu sighed, a small smile tugging on her lips. Gazing down, her heart fluttered seeing that wound of a ring around her finger. She may have picked at it slightly, she wanted it to scar noticeably… A firm hand ran over her waist to her thigh, her breath hitched softly. "Sanemi."

"What?" He asked sleepily, lips still against her skin.

"Thought you wanted to go to bed." She placed her hand over his own, gently massaging it, tracing the torn skin of her own bite mark around his ring finger.

"I do."

"Is that right? Because normally, when you start feeling me up, you're not looking to go to sleep." Giyuu could feel Sanemi smiling against her skin as if he's been caught with his hand in a cookie jar.

"Am I not allowed to just touch you?" Sanemi's lips trailed to her shoulder, pressing small kisses as he went. Giyuu could still feel the smile on his lips.

"You're allowed to any time you'd like. I just can't help but to notice when it's as affectionate as this, it may lead to something else." And as if her point was proven, his hand that was feeling up and down her thigh shifted to her between her legs, slotting best it could while her legs were pressed together as she sat. Her breath hitched softly. "You're insatiable." There was no venom behind her words, nor did she attempt to fight his wandering hands.

"Never noticed." There was a grin in his voice. His fingers snuck through the parting of her yukata, feeling the fundoshi that she had unfortunately gotten back into the habit of wearing to bed after training at the Water Estate for a decent amount of days. Giyuu's legs parted, leaning back slightly to give Sanemi a better angle in his endeavor. "Can't help but notice you're the same." He retorted, fingers sliding between her lips and to the little nub he felt over the thin fabric, massaging it gently.

Blowing out a soft breath, Giyuu leaned back towards him. "Suppose I am… I do blame you for making me like that, however."

Snorting, "Oh, everything is my fault!" His teeth gently nipped her shoulder once he pushed the fabric out of the way first. Earning him the reaction he wanted when Giyuu took in a sharp breath from her nose.

Composing herself enough, "I'd say so, considering I was never like this before." She sighed out, closing her eyes and bathing in the slow stimulation his fingers were giving her by circling her clit. Giyuu shivered at the vibration against her neck as Sanemi hummed.

"Is that right?" He peppered her neck with more kisses, trailing up to her jaw. "I turn you on, huh?" Sanemi's voice had an air of smugness, no doubt this was stroking his ego. "Get cha all hot and bothered?" His other hand placed the comb on the edge of the tub, now squeezing and feeling up Giyuu's waist towards her breast as his other played with her anatomy between her legs.

Biting back a pitiful sounding whine, Giyuu cleared her throat. "You might be…" Giyuu took one more calming breath before she readjusted herself on the tub's edge. She briefly took note that Sanemi's hands easily let her go as she moved. It was kind… though she wouldn't have minded if he gave some force to keep her still. Swinging her now clean feet over and parting around his waist, she gazed up at Sanemi as he stood back a few inches to allow her to move as she pleased. His eyes seemed to dilate in the dim lighting of the single lantern they hastily lit. Boldly, Giyuu parted her yukata while still seated, her heart picking up as she moved her fundoshi to the side, exposing her crotch to him. "That being said… I seem to remember someone saying all I needed to do to get eaten out was to expose myself to them. That was rather scandalous…"

Sanemi dropped to his knees quicker than Giyuu had imagined he would. Giyuu gasped through her nose as his hands snuck under her thighs, spreading them apart further as he got his face into position between them. "Damn, that person must really like how you taste then~" Sanemi grinned wickedly up at her, not wasting much time as he leaned forward, placing a kiss on the hood of little bundle of nerves, all the while Giyuu still parted her fundoshi to give him full access to her cunt. Feeling Giyuu tense at the initial touch before giving a firm lap from her hole to her clitoris, Giyuu stifled the moan with her hand, her other hand released the fabric and shot to clutch the rim of the tub! Sanemi groaned, pulling back and licking his lips. "Fuck~ And I can see why."

It truly seemed like they couldn't keep their hands off each other, both have been riding the high of their engagement. Their sex drives were rather high before, it felt as if they developed a dangerous addiction to each other's bodies since the bitten rings. Giyuu tilted her head back as Sanemi got to work, his tongue playing with the sensitive hood of her clit. Firm fingers kneaded along her thighs as he kept her legs apart. He sighed blissfully while he sucked and licked at her cunt, the way he kissed against her lips, it was as if he was pleasuring himself as well. Giyuu moaned, wanting to just lean back as her lover did what he did best. However she quickly gasped, not just from the pleasure, but the sudden sensation of nearly falling. Thankfully her grip on the tub's edge saved her, her thighs tightening around Sanemi's neck however. Surprisingly, the constricting grip caused the man to moan against her lips, making her tremble at the vibration. "Wait—I'm going to fall…" Giyuu quickly got out, releasing Sanemi from her strong thighs.

Licking his lips, "Then fall." Sanemi retorted, seemingly annoyed he had to stop giving her cunnilingus to anwser.

Giyuu furrowed her brows. "You want me to fall into the empty tub..?" She wasn't positive if he was talking nonsense from his exhaustion or if she was just not understanding.

"Yup." And just like that, Giyuu gasped once more as she was suddenly lifted, however only her legs, due to the existence of gravity, she quickly fell backwards into the empty tub. Thankfully, Sanemi had enough kindness to maneuver and lift her enough that she landed effortlessly softly on the floor of the tub, not even hitting her head nor back with a thud.

"Bastard!" Giyuu was quick to scold him even if she wasn't hurt, she was aggravated she fell for such a childish trick. Looking upwards to him, her heart sped up as he smirked down mischievously at her. He was still holding her legs up as he stood, lilac eyes flickered away from blue and to her exposed cunt. Giyuu's heart was pounding in her ears as she managed to see Sanemi lick his lips from her awkward craned position . "W-wait—ngh!" Her startled moan reverberated against the tub's walls, Giyuu quickly covered her mouth from the seemingly echoing sound! Giyuu's toes curled, legs twitching where they hung in the air before Sanemi guided them back around his shoulders. Sanemi settled her hips higher as he licked directly into her wet hole. Giyuu gasped into her hand, body trembling in the unusual position! She may have dog eared a few pages in those dirty novels, but she hadn't read any with positions that involved one partner being upside down! "O—oh!" A moan escaped her lips when he had gone back to flicking then sucking on her clit! He lifted her legs high once more, placing his knee on the edge of the tub to give him balance as he feasted.

The blood began to rush to her head! Her face felt hot and going red— She—! She felt her limbs begin to tingle! The normal bubbling noises and thoughts overtaking her mind were suddenly silent! Replacing the constant noise, Giyuu's mouth hung open, broken pleas for him to keep going. Her head felt light despite the blood filling it, her heart thumping in her ears—she felt high off the euphoric rush. Her body felt too light—she needed something to hold her down to earth! And certainly there wasn't anything she could grab in the tub. "S—Sanemi-! It—I—!" Her velvety walls unintentionally clenching around his tongue that would dip in. It was a bit shameful, however due to their frequent intimacy, her walls have become rather soft. It felt as if she was truly being molded for only Sanemi's cock… The thought alone made her aching cunt throb.

Sanemi pulled his mouth back, tongue slick with her arousal. One arm tightly around her waist, his other hand came up between her legs, fingertips dancing side to side against her clitoris in a quick manner. Legs tightened around his shoulders, sending a thrill through his veins as his lover desperately tried thrusting her hips into the sensation. His eyes were darting from her pretty, wet pussy to her face where her face was flushed, eyes squeezed shut as she attempted to hide her sounds behind her hand. Giyuu's hair fanned out on the tub's floor, yukata bunching up towards her chest, he thought about reaching down to push it open to see her breast, however that involved him stopping his current mission. Instead, Sanemi happily watched the muscles in her stomach flexing as she panted and held back chasing her high as aggressively as she normally would. Of course that may have to do with the current position she was in where she didn't have a solid surface to plant her feet to hump against his face.

"Come on, Yuu. What are you waiting for? I know how much you love cumming from my mouth on your cunt." To prove his point, his mouth took over pampering her clit, her hips struggled to grind against his face without any leverage. It may have been a bit too much fun teasing her when he could actually get reactions out of her. Giyuu melted under his tongue, her strong thighs closing dangerously tight around his neck once more. There was a fleeing thought of what would happen if she has a particularly strong orgasm with her legs around his neck, the real possibility of her snapping his windpipe shouldn't be as arousing as it was. In theory his cock shouldn't be twitching imagining how strong she truly was in that deadly setting… yet here he was. No one has ever truly called him a sane man before, and they certainly wouldn't if they understood his deeper attraction towards his lover. Sanemi's eyes opened as a hand frantically tangled in his hair! Giyuu's chest was rising, taking in deep gulps of air yet not releasing them. She was pressing her hips firmly against his mouth, desperately attempting to make it clear to him that he wasn't to stop or switch up whatever it was he was doing with his tongue. The fingers in his short hair were trembling, as were the gorgeous thighs around his vulnerable neck. Sanemi was getting his own type of high from it! Both holds tightened— and with a hiccuping moan, Giyuu's body jerked and convoluted, riding her high along his mouth before immediately dropping her weight, allowing gravity to take her as she began catching her breath. Sanemi lazily lapped at the warm wave of arousal from her finish, her body giving a strong twitch as he flickered his tongue meanly against her overstimulated clit. Rewarding him with her grip tightening in his hair and forcefully pushing his head away.

"S—stop." Giyuu managed to get out breathlessly.

"You're no fun~" Sanemi teased, easing her legs down against the tub's edge. He imagined her getting right up, instead, she allowed her legs to dangle for the time being. Sanemi's scarred thumb gently parted her bottom lip to the side, marveling at how her pussy was still bathing in its own afterglow, dripping and clenching around nothing. "Hm… You should let me see how many times I can make you cum in a row at some point. I'd like to see you squirm." His rough hands ran up and down her trembling thighs before he reached for the towel they brought to dry her feet with that she never ended up using.

"I know you would… I'll consider it. Just maybe not in the Wind Estate if it gets noisy…" Giyuu huffed out, giving a yawn as her breath came back. Sighing when Sanemi added water to the towel and began cleaning the fluids from around her spent hole, the cold water made her flinch, though she quickly welcomed it. "Would you consider letting me tie you up and riding your cock and face for as long as I want?" She asked sleepily, shifting her legs once they were clean and leisurely sitting up in the empty tub as if what she asked was the time of day.

"I—" Sanemi's sentence got stuck in his throat from the bold request. It caused his cock to twitch where it was still trapped under his sleep yukata. "Well damn! Yeah if you want to, I'm fucking down."

"Yay…" Giyuu drowsily cheered, leaning her head on her folded arms against the rim of the tub. "I wasn't sure if you'd like it. You seem like the type that would get upset not being in control and not being able to use your hands."

"I can't guarantee that won't happen. However my cock still seems very interested in it so I'm down for it." Sanemi spoke truthfully, standing up and stretching out his back, clearly neither had the energy for rope play at the moment. Gazing back down at Giyuu, her attention had shifted to the lump under his yukata, which of course was his erection still being smothered by fabrics.

"I'm just happy you're considering trying it." She replied, sitting up straighter and reacting out for his sleep wear, Giyuu pulled Sanemi closer with the fabric. From her sitting position, her head was a good height at his hips. She didn't even ask as she parted his clothes and freed his angry cock from its soft prison. It sprung up, making Sanemi groan as she took hold of the base.

Grunting, "Fuck… Yeah, if you want it, Yuu, then I'll give it to ya." He sighed out as she began a slow, lazy rhythm of pumping his cock. She hummed a rather happy tune as she leaned forward, giving his weeping tip a tender kiss as he did to her clit. Her tongue licked up from the base where her fist sat and opening her mouth, Giyuu gently took the head in, her tongue twitching then swirling under the bulbous tip as best it could. They both early in their oral adventures, realized Giyuu's mouth was rather small, Sanemi had joked at the time of the discovery it was from not speaking or smiling often. Giyuu wasn't amused back then and wouldn't be amused if he said it again now. Nevertheless, she was persistent and even if she couldn't get his entire length in her mouth just yet, it didn't mean she wasn't going to try. Pumping the base to where her mouth was on it, Giyuu slowly started to bob her head. Sanemi groaned, reaching up, his fingers ran along Giyuu's long hair till they were near her scalp where they curled, fisting the thick locks. He twitched and shivered at the vibrations her moan caused him. "That's it— so fucking good for me." Sanemi closed his eyes, bathing in the wet and tight heat that was Giyuu's mouth.

Giyuu's free hand rested against Sanemi's thigh to support herself as she got to work. What she lacked in experience, she made up for in charisma. The hand around Sanemi's shaft sped up, her tongue playing with the tiny slit on the head of his cock, earning her a low growl of a groan as his fingered tightened and his hips began shifting back and forth slightly. Not entirely thrusting in her mouth just yet, meeting her bob lazily. Seemed the adrenaline crash was coming over both of them.

A tiny sound was made in the back of Giyuu's throat as the head of Sanemi's cock reached further. Sanemi groaned at the vibration it sent around his shaft, gripping Giyuu's hair tighter, making her bob in a quicker manner. He inhaled sharply as her hand had also began pumping the rest of his cock faster, a stronger hold on it making his damn balls ache and spine tingle. Tilting his head back, Sanemi groaned lowly as he teeth gritted together. "Fuuuck— Relax your jaw." He stopped her head from bobbing, Giyuu looked up at him through her lashes, and fuck if that didn't make him want to shoot his load immediately! A sigh escaped her nose as Giyuu attempted to do as he suggested, he could feel the tension melting as her jaw went slack around his shaft. Groaning "Good girl." Sanemi quickly noticed Giyuu's legs twitching at the term and thighs pressing together, a grin raised higher upon his face. Gripping his cock where it met her lips, he gave a short thrust into her mouth, making sure not to fully push her limits. Giyuu made a sweet sound as he did, her eyes closing and making sure to keep her mouth relaxed allowing him to do it again and again till he picked up a rhythm. "You like being a good girl? I'm surprised since you're always giving me such a shitty attitude." Even with her eyes still closed, he could see her brows furrow. Opening her big blue eyes to glare up at him, Sanemi gasped loudly as her teeth ever so carefully pressed against his cock. It wasn't even close to enough to hurt him, but the pressure and new sensation made his hips twitch and cock throb inside of her mouth. Even with her mouth full of his cock, she gave a quizzical raise of her brows as she felt him twitching inside. As if rudely, silently questioning why his body reacted positively to it in a smug manner. "Exactly my point!" Sanemi grunted, one hand going back to her hair and making her move her head to his will while his other was still gripping his cock and thrusting into her mouth. Obscene, wet sounds came from Giyuu's mouth as saliva along with precome mixed together, not to mention the little whines and practical gags she'd make. Though she didn't seem to hate it considering she wasn't even attempting to pull away or bite his dick off. When he asked her where she'd like him to finish, like all the times before when she had his cock in her mouth, she swallowed the best she could around it, coaxing him to finish while still in her mouth. Sanemi groaned lowly, keeping her head in place as he came into the hot, tight space… And like the times before, the moment Giyuu released his cock after milking his orgasm, she turned her head and immediately spat. Seemed she enjoyed the act of it all, however the moment it was just the texture of his finish on her tongue alone, it would trigger a reaction to expel it from her mouth. However she has yet to tell him to finish anywhere else during oral.

"Phew~" Sanemi sighed, the pleasant high of his orgasm reminding his body of how tired he truly was. Hearing the faucet turn back on, he watched as Giyuu casually rinsed her mouth, spitting it back towards the drain where it washed down his spent. "I told you before, I don't /need/ to just come in your mouth." He took the towel, mindful of where he had used it to dab around her cunt moments ago and used the clean side to gently dry around her lips as Giyuu stood. Taking his other hand, she stepped over the tub's wall.

"I know. It's just easier to clean up that way." She retorted in a blunt manner. "If you finish on my face or chest, it'll take more time to wash then just rinsing my mouth."

"Always so efficient." He mocked, placing the towel down and adjusting his along with Giyuu's sleepwear. He yawned aggressively, "Damn… come on, I wanna go back to bed. I'm fucking gonna fall asleep standing up."

"Ah, what a shame. If only there was a way to have gone straight to bed the moment I finished washing my feet." Giyuu mocked back, rolling her shoulders and stretching out her legs as she followed next to her fiancé. Who happened to scoff at her.

"You weren't exactly saying no!" Sanemi huffed as they snuffed out the lantern and left the bathing room, heading towards their bedroom at the end of the hall.

"Why would I have done that? It wasn't like I wanted you to stop." Giyuu replied bluntly.

"Then don't sass me about starting it!" Turning to look towards her, he caught her quickly facing away from him, however he clearly saw her smile tugging on her lips. Giyuu was just toying with him once again. Huffing, he snaked his arm around her waist, pulling her roughly to his side. A soft breath of a laugh escaped her lips as she steadied herself against him. "Jerk." His weightless insult was rewarded with an actual chuckle from her. Sanemi couldn't help his own smile as he opened the sliding door and gestured her through.

….

While Sanemi did keep his threat to the men by having a far more challenging morning of harsh training…The sun's heavy rays beating down on the training grounds had disrupted the intensity of his punishment for the men ruining everyone's night sleep. Unlike the woods surrounding the estate, there were no trees to shade them in the training grounds. The men were panting, sweat pouring from their pores. Sanemi along with the Kiones that would assist him in training were practically shoving water down their throats to keep everyone somewhat hydrated. Once he took notice of the weakened states of the men due to the heat and not his training, he called for a moment of rest. Telling Yuto to watch the time and inform them once twenty minutes were up. All the men quickly scurried for cover from the harsh beams burning their skin, chugging their waters as they gained some strength back in the momentary rest.

Huffing, Sanemi sat on the second stair of the engawa, using a paper fan to cool himself off while he stayed in the shade. As much as he enjoyed direct sunlight, his skin did not, it would become annoyingly irritated. Not just from being sunburnt. Kocho was the one that actually pointed it out to him when she noticed a forming case of sun poison on his arm, stating that it was because of his genetic lack of melanin in his skin and hair. Apparently that was what protected the skin from the sun… He didn't take her advice in limiting his time in the sun. He didn't have that luxury.

There were footsteps behind him, he didn't care who it was, not interested as he watched over the grounds till their rest was over. However, the person quickly got his attention as a freezing bare foot touched his burning back, right near his shoulder blade. "What the fuck?!" Sanemi flinched at the intense contrast of temperatures, snapping his neck to the perpetrator, he was surprised to be looking up towards Giyuu. In her arms were multiple bamboo canteens, she wore a neutral expression as she kept her cold foot on his bare, hot back. "How the fuck are your feet so cold?" He barked, however now that his skin adjusted from the shock, it felt rather pleasant.

"I ran cold water over my legs to cool down." She replied casually, having a strong enough core that when she bent down, her foot was able to still be on him as she sat directly behind him. "You seemed like you were overheating. So I figured it'd help."

Grunting, Sanemi didn't fight her or deny that he wasn't burning up. It would be hard to lie about that considering the heat. "It did." He admitted. "At least that spot, anyway." And just like that, he felt her other foot make contact with his second shoulder blade as well. Sanemi snorted at her attempt to cool him down. Reaching over his shoulder, he took hold of one of her ankles, lifting it over his shoulder and pressing her thankfully still cool calf against his neck and side of his face. He sighed at the relief.

"Glad I could help. However I can't stay here forever. I do need to bring these back to my group." Giyuu told him, her arms still carrying the multiple canteens which he presumably expected her to have filled with cool water from the fountain.

Sanemi groaned, closing his eyes and keeping his hand on her chilled ankle. "You don't have to stay the rest of the damn shift… Just till your legs warm back up." Which wouldn't be all that long, afterall, he could already feel the comfortable chill being melted away.

"Very well." Giyuu's other leg swung over his shoulder, her calf making contact with the other side of his neck. Sanemi gave a long sigh, using the paper fan to further cool down himself along with Giyuu sitting behind him on the wooden platform as he sat on the stairs.

From a good distance away, one of the exhausted men that were taking shelter from the sun thanks to a small shed noticed the rather affectionate display. "Hey… um… Have you guys noticed a shift between the Pillars at the estate?" A lower ranking corps member cautiously stared at the two Pillars sitting in the shade under the veranda.

"You mean how Shinazugawa-san just picked Tomioka-san up last night?" One boy asked, laying on the ground with a wet towel over his eyes.

"Uh yeah. But I meant like right now too." That caused the other few boys to turn their heads around, taking in the rather domestic scene quite a bit away yet still visible to them. "Like… I'm not going crazy right?"

"Uhhh… Yeah, no. That's… that's not a casual colleague thing to do…" The small group of boys all stared in awe at the two high ranking slayers. All were silent for a moment as they came to the same conclusion of the relationship between the two rather quickly… Until one of them chimed in.

"Isn't Tomioka-san… a bit too nice to be with Shinazugawa-san..? I know she's able to handle her own, I remember her sending those guys to the Butterfly Mansion! But… She's also very polite, quiet and reserved. And uh, Shinazugawa-san isn't…" He attempted to understand the dynamic yet couldn't see one forming.

"They don't seem to have a lot in common." Another added. A few of the boys humming in agreement.

"I can see what he would see in her… but what does she see in him..?" The boys all nodded, watching as the Water Pillar began to stand up, multiple bamboo canteens in her arms. She seemed to be saying something to the Wind Pillar, who just batted his hand at her, not getting up from his spot on the step. She walked along the engawa towards the South Gate where her training was held. The boys may have taken notice of her change of attire. Of course, like everyone else, the humidity and heat was a lot to handle. Her normal uniform button up was replaced with a haragake top, her toned arms and back exposed from the open back design so she would be able to cool down easily. Along with that, she had taken off her kyahan and rolled up her uniform pants just below her knees. It was the most modest she could be while protecting herself from heat exhaustion, the men were able to just take off their shirts after all.

"It's an odd pairing, I'll say that for sure." The one on the ground placed the towel back over his eyes to rest in the last remaining minutes they had to rest.

Throughout the following days, word quickly spread around the trainees in hushed whispers, none were brave enough to actually ask one of the rather intimidating Pillars about their relationship. Nor ask the residents that lived in the Wind Estate because of fear of it getting back to the two. However none were blind! They noticed how the two would stand closer than they had before. Exchanging small touches that would have gone unnoticed till now! One of the more shocking moments was when they had watched the brute of a Wind Pillar take out the tie in the Water Pillar's thick hair; holding it in his mouth as he raked his fingers through her hair, tying it into a higher ponytail to prevent her dark hair to stick to her nape and back from the humidity. It was a gentle, intimate moment none were expecting to witness so early in the morning while training was being set up!

It sparked a dangerous theory none were willing to put into action… Would the Wind Pillar be able to settle down during one of his rampages if the Water Pillar was around..?

The only ones against that idea were the seven that had passed the Water Pillar training. However they refused an explanation. Others knew those men were humiliated greatly by the stoic Water Pillar, but that had been because they had disrespected her! Resulting in their argument being invalid in this situation. Afterall, the rest of the corps members have been extremely respectful to her. Haven't they?

Sanemi was fuming, his teeth were gritted as he stormed around the damn estate like a fool! Two of the pathetic bastards he was forced to teach decided to sneak out of his training early! They thought he wouldn't notice! All the stupid bastards that had believed he wouldn't notice if they snuck out of the growing groups of striking and taking hits were dead wrong! Sanemi would sense when something felt off, just a quick scan and he could tell there were bodies missing! A skill he developed when civilians were caught up in a battle with crafty demons. He needed to constantly be aware of how many people were around him to determine if there were other demons picking them off. Another slower scan and he was easily able to tell which faces were missing! Assholes that were sent to him while Giyuu was back at the Water Estate, those Kinoes taking over for her couldn't take anymore.

Gripping the bokken's hilt tightly in his fist, he thumped the wooden sword against his bare shoulder as he prowled along the estate. They couldn't wait an extra thirty minutes for the sun to set, now he's forced to hunt them down when he should be cooling off from the damn heat! Movement caught his eye, however it was only Giyuu's group and herself returning through the South Gate. The men looked exhausted, some were badly bruised and a few limping slightly. His face grinned at the thought of his lover besting them in sparring. While she was quite a distance away, his eyes still took in her body, thanks to her top's low back scoop, her toned arms and shoulders were becoming a touch flushed from the beating sun. He was able to trace the large scarring she had on her exposed back, along with the others on her shoulders and arms. Of course he's seen every inch of her body before, however being able to witness the marks she wore from her past victories lit a fire in his chest.

Gravel crunched softly behind him! Sanemi snapped his attention towards it, the small good mood that was forming from looking at his fiancé was immediately gone! "There you are!" Sanemi shouted as two boys were sneakily trying to get towards the side of the engawa that no one was near. There was a small storage shed he could only imagine they were hiding behind, unless they were stupid enough to hide inside of the unventilated shack in this suffocating heat. Both the boys jumped as they were caught, staring at Sanemi like deer at the end of a bow while he stormed over. At least they knew better than to run away further. "I had to fucking go searching for you jerkoffs!" Sanemi held the bokken tighter, swinging it down from his shoulder to be at his side.

"W-we're sorry!"

"The heat! The-the heat was too much!" The two attempted to defend themselves, huddling closer together as Sanemi's hard footsteps crunched in the gravel towards them.

"That's not a fucking excuse to leave my training! I'd rather you assholes pass out then sneak off!" He barked, sneering at the two cowards. Their eyes were darting everywhere for some type of rescue. However, the majority of the residents and corps members were already receiving their meal inside, adjacent from where he found them. "Do me a fucking favor and next time you bastards even think about sneaking off, you two bash each other's heads in to save me the fucking time!" The two were trembling as Sanemi approached them, he watched as one of the pairs of eyes quickly darted to something over his shoulder, before Sanemi could say another word the boy yelled.

"Tomioka-san! Please hurry over here!" The boy squeezed his eyes shut as he begged loudly!

"Eh?" Sanemi quickly looked over his shoulder, there, he saw Giyuu just in the distance at the edge of the stairs to the wooden platform, she seemed to have just begun to take off her sandals before turning her head their way. Standing up straight, she began walking casually towards them. Sanemi turned back to the two cowarding men. "The fuck you think you're doing calling her for!?"

The one that shouted took a step back, the other seemingly understood what his friend was planning as he asked warily. "She's your woman, right?"

Sanemi felt his eye twitch at whatever fucking game these punks were playing. "So what? That doesn't have to do with me kicking your asses for leaving my training early!" Sanemi spoke through gritted teeth, his fingers flexing dangerously at his side. They held each other tighter, both shaking at Sanemi's growing rage.

"What is it?" A calm voice asked from behind him, gravel softly crunching closer.

"Go inside! This doesn't concern you." Sanemi snapped, though of course Giyuu didn't flinch at his harsh tone.

"I feel it might be since I was just called over." She replied flatly, glancing towards the two trembling boys.

"These bastards left my training! And now they're trying to get out of their damn punishment!" Sanemi gave a curt explanation that he truly didn't feel should have been necessary.

"Is that right?" Giyuu tilted her head.

Sanemi opened his mouth to reply that it was, however, was boldly interrupted by the underlings.

"It was the heat, Tomioka-san! The heat was getting to be too much!"

"We just needed to sit down in the shade for a bit!" Both shouted before Sanemi could speak, causing a vein to throb in his damn neck.

"I see… So you two left his training because you were feeling the effects of the sun?" She asked, blinking at them, the duo nodding frantically. "It is quite hot out… You believe you don't deserve punishment because of that?" They nodded in the same manner.

"Don't fucking try to relate to them, Giyuu! If they aren't fucking punished they'll just do it again and again!" Sanemi bared his teeth at the men that flinched.

"We promise we won't! It was just too hot! We needed a break." One defended them once more. Sanemi was going to lose his fucking mind over these morons. He heard Giyuu sigh near to him.

"I see…" Giyuu huffed, she turned her attention towards Sanemi and extended her hand towards him. "Please hand me your bokken." The two men began to beam!

"Are you fucking kidding me?! You're siding with them?!" Sanemi clenched his jaw as she didn't reply, just held her hand out in a more pointed manner towards the wooden sword. He could feel how happy those bastards were and all it did was piss him off more! He shouldn't give it up! Sanemi should just pivot and beat the jerks with the bokken like he intended to do! The mistake he made was making eye contact with the deep blue eyes that he's grown so fond of… They stared right into his very soul, blinking gently and clear… Sanemi groaned deeply… releasing his harsh hold on the hilt and placing it in his fiancé's open palm, where she wrapped her fingers around it and held it at her side. Humility bubbling up in his chest as the two men stopped their cowarding, smiling as relief flooded their bodies! No doubt they're going to go tell the others that all they needed to do to get out of something was to call for Giyuu to bat her pretty blue eyes at him— warm skin made contact with his own.

Sanemi looked down as Giyuu gently caressed his hand… then curled his fingers into a fist. His eyes flickered back to her doll-like face, a rather mischievous glint was in her eyes that others wouldn't be able to recognize. The two men didn't seem to notice, only accepting the two were in a sense touching hands, perhaps they thought she was attempting to calm him down further… However those eyes said something much different… then so did her lips. "I prefer to watch you use your fists when you discipline the men." Giyuu's fingers massaged Sanemi's rough knuckles in a sensual manner. Sanemi's chest rose high as he took in a breath of excitement, his frown turning into a wide, toothy grin as they gazed at each other.

"Wh…what…?" The two dumbfounded men both stammered out, eyes wide and faces going pale as the entire escape plan just got turned on its head.

Giyuu gently released Sanemi's hand, patting the fist lovingly before doing so. She held the wooden blade at her side as she turned towards the engawa. "Ah, it was a rather poor calculation to call upon me to break this up." Taking a few steps towards the wooden platform, Giyuu placed the bokken to the side and took a seat on the edge, crossing one leg over the other. She placed her elbow on her knee and rested her cheek in her palm as she had a clear view of the men. "Unfortunately, I take a great amount of joy in watching Sanemi show off his strength." Her expression didn't change, yet her eyes flickered back towards Sanemi's. It was all the encouragement Sanemi needed, he cracked his knuckles loudly, adrenaline pumping through his veins at his lover's confession!

"You heard her~!" Sanemi laughed aggressively, tearing their intense gaze from each other and smirking menacingly at the two ratty men that thought they could get one over on him!

"W-wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!" Both were shouting in unison as the terrifying man closed in on them. Their eyes frantically flickered towards Giyuu, who stared sharply at them. While her expression didn't change much… both could feel a sense of satisfaction emitting from her! One thought ran through their minds as Sanemi reeled his fists back...

The Pillars were perfect for each other… both were absolutely insane.

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