You were his whole world. Kyojurou had cherished you with all of his heart and wanted nothing but to protect you. Kyojurou was a very gentle man with nothing but good intentions, he thought the same of you when you two met. The way he would describe you would make your heart basically burst from your chest. He would describe you as having gorgeous and long locks, piercing (e/c) irises, beautiful curves. He would go on for hours in letters describing you and saying how much of you he had missed. You would write back and call him cute nicknames like 'sunshine' which he absolutely adored out of most. The times he would occasionally visit made you absolutely happy, he would stay for a week or less, but at least you got to see him.
"Rengoku-kun" you called out to him. He had asked if you would visit to his residence while he was in town and you complied, you didn't exactly know why because usually he would go to your home. You were making some dinner for his family since it was the least you could do for them inviting you over.
"Yes, y/n-chan?" Rengoku chirped from the other room. He was talking to his brother until you had requested him to join you in the kitchen.
"Could you help me set the table?" You were chopping up some vegetables while cooking some noodles. You knew instantly that he would help you and so he did. He nodded to you and walked over to the other side of the kitchen to grab some bowls and chopsticks.
You gave him a warm smile back as he helped you prepare for dinner. After he had set the bowls down on the table he walked up behind you and gently wrapped his arms around your waist, holding you to his chest while you continued to cook. He then planted a kiss on the side of your neck and breathed softly into it.
You enjoyed the warmth he radiated from his body, especially since he was wearing a Yukata jacket and it was open, leaving his chest open and revealed.
You put your knife down and turned around in his arms to face him. He bent down a little and kissed your lips, you kissed them back and in turn wrapped your arms around his neck.
He kissed you passionately and bit on your lip gently. You kissed him back passionately and ran your hands through his soft long locks of hair.
Your kissing was interrupted when Kyojurou's father entered the room, standing at the doorway. He cleared his throat to state his presence and break the kiss.
Kyojurou immediately broke it, and then let go of you to face his father "yes?" He looked down into his hand to see a bottle of alcohol, although Shinjuro didn't seem to be drunk, just tipsy.
"When's the food ready?" He said in a gruff and scratchy voice. You had always known him to be an impolite and crude man, but he was your boyfriend's father so you had to accept it.
You moved out from behind Kyojurou and had a pot with food in it "I just finished, if you don't mind calling Senjuro to the table, I'll dish out the food" you smiled, trying to lighten the mood.
Shinjuro nodded before walking out and leading Senjuro over to the table.
You and Kyojurou sat on the opposite side of them and while you dished out the food it made you feel a bit uncomfortable, everyone was staring at you and you were a pretty shy person so you didn't really like to be looked at by multiple people at once unless you had a distraction, like Kyojurou.
After dishing out Kyojurou looked at you and smiled "Thank you love" he took your hand and kissed it.
That made you blush madly crazy, but you now were only focused on him. You began to eat and so did the rest. There was a long and awkward silence throughout the whole dinner, but if eventually ceased when Shinjuro decided to speak up.
"y/n-chan,would you consider yourself a good caretaker?" Shinjuro asked, this question didn't seem too bad, maybe he was just curious to see how kind you really were.
You nodded "yes, I don't have any siblings but I did take care of all of the animals in my family's farm, my parents often had other jobs to take care of so I managed all of the animals, and cared for them more than my parents would"
He nodded "good.." his voice went low and he didn't speak after that, it was strange for him to just stop a conversation like that but he seemed to be thinking after.
"Why do you ask?" Kyojurou piped up, he didn't like unanswered questions so he had to know what his father was either up to or thinking of.
"Just because someday she's going to have to care for your children, I bet around at least 3, Rengoku children are wild and tough so she'll have to be a good care taker, and to Kyojurou , especially since someday he will retire and by then his whole body might be destroyed" he laughed a little quietly and the whole room went silent.
Yours and Kyojurou's cheeks flared up with a dark crimson shade. You tried thinking of something else to say to start up a different conversation.
Eventually Kyojurou spoke up "that is highly inappropriate father, out of all the things you could've asked you chose that? It is extremely rude and disrespectful towards y/n-chan" he didn't yell, but you could hear the anger in his voice very clearly.
"It's ok Rengoku-kun" you put a hand on his shoulder. You stood up and grabbed all of their dishes, and then went to go wash them by yourself while the rest of the men left the kitchen. You sighed and thought to yourself. 'Will I eventually be having Rengoku-kun's children someday, will be propose and make me his, or am I overthinking it. He is a Hashira after all and isn't home often. He is often out and I only get to see him every few months, sometimes longer'
Your thoughts were interrupted by Senjuro gently pulling on your Kimono "y/n-chan, do you think you could help me with something, I ripped one of my toys and I don't know how to fix it" he had a complete puppy eye look on his face, it was irresistible and too cute to deny.
"Of course" you smiled and held your hand out for the younger boy to take, he took it and led you to his mothers old sewing kit. You looked at his toy and picked it up, the arm was torn off almost completely, thankfully you knew how to sew.
Senjuro had watched you sew the stuffed toy and smiled ever so slightly. "I wish you could stay here, whenever Rengoku-san leaves father becomes harsh and mean, often times he's drunk which is the cause, I don't like being alone here with just him"
You had frowned a little at the boy's statement "Maybe, I definitely don't want to leave you alone here" you said wint a gentle tone and a sweet smile, which to Senjuro resembled his mother's.
"You have my mother's smile" Senjuro said softly and smiled happily.
You felt a very sudden joy, that was the best compliment you could've ever received from Senjuro, it made you feel warm and welcome, you wanted to stay with this little boy and protect him.
"Well, you definitely have your brothers smile, the best smile of all" you returned the compliment "Even if I don't end up staying, I'll still come and visit you all the time, I know it's scary to just be here with your father, but I assure you I will not leave you" you smiled and finished sewing up his stuffed toy "is this better?"
Senjuro nodded and smiled even brighter, his smile resembled Kyojurou's exactly, he looked like a younger version of him.
The younger boy couldn't help it and decided to wrap you into a tight hug, almost jumping on you. "Thank you" he whispered into the sleeve of your Kimono as you wrapped your arms around him.
You saw a tall shadow cast above you and you lifted your head up to see Kyojurou looking down at you and Senjuro with a wide smile "I see you've gotten along with my younger brother very well"
Senjuro lifted his head up to look at Kyojurou "yes, can she stay when you leave?"
Kyojurou laughed and put his hands on his hips "I'm sure she has family she needs to go home to eventually" He looked down at your face.
"I wouldn't mind, it's just a little inappropriate for a young woman like myself to stay in a house with a lover, who I'm not married or engaged to's family, I would love to though"
"Perhaps" he nodded and sighed "If I may, could I take y/n-chan out for a stroll?"
Senjuro nodded and got off your lap, he then stood up and walked over to his room with his newly sewn stuffed toy.
Kyojurou held his hand out for you and helped you up. Immediately after he started leading you out the door "I'm sorry about my father earlier.. he is not exactly the person I like to spend time with" his voice grew low and dark.
"I understand, I wouldn't want to be around him either but you seem to deal with him well" you smiled to lighten to mood.
"There is a reason I wanted to invite you to my home though" he started to grow nervous, normally he was very confident but just now he seemed so nervous.
"What is it Rengoku-kun?" You stopped walking in your tracks and walked in front of him to stop him from going anywhere.
"I just really truly love you, with all of my heart and soul, I would even die for you" he let out a nervous chuckle and rubbed the back of his neck, letting out a small puff of air.
"And so do I, you are my whole world, my everything. I adore you with every bit of myself" you put a hand on his cheek and rubbed it gently with your thumb.
"If I'm being honest I am scared of what will come in the future, as me being a Hashira I could die while doing my duties" Kyojurou was trying his best to not break. "But one thing that I can do to keep me alive and well is thinking of you, my love" he kissed you on the lips gently and pulled away after a few seconds. Once he had pulled away from the kiss a few tears formed in his eyes and slid down his cheek's. He truly was vulnerable at this point and he was showing it to you.
"Rengoku-kun" you whispered "it's ok" concern drowned your facial expression. You put both hands on his cheeks and wiped the tears away with your thumbs
"I am scared, scared for my life" tears continued to roll down his cheeks and he rested his head on your shoulder.
"Hey, look at me" you lifted his head up to look at your face by putting your finger on his chin. "Don't think about that, just live your life right now"
He nodded and stopped crying, his eyes were still watery but no tears fell down his face. "y/n-chan, I don't know what I'd do without you" he cracked a small smile.
"I love you.. and I want to spend my whole life with you.." he walked over to a small bench and you two sat down.
This is the moment that you absolutely knew how deeply you loved this man. He had devoted his life and soul to you. Now he was offering his heart on a silver platter to you.
"Will you marry me y/n-chan?" He looked at you with love filled eyes and a smile "I want to grow old with you, have children with you, and be able to call you mine and mine only forever, for as long as we live?" He held the small diamond ring up to you. "I was going to be more formal and propose to you in front of my family, but I wanted it to just be us"
"Yes.." you said quietly "I'll marry you" you felt tears of joy roll down your cheeks slowly.
He started to cry again as well and then he pulled you into a kiss, a very deep and sweet one.
You continued crying into the kiss until he let go and slid the ring on your finger.
After you got back to Kyojurou's home, he had told his brother and father of the news. Shinjuro and Senjuro were elated that you would be joining their family, especially since they didn't have any women in their life right now.
That night you lay in Kyojurou's bed and were cuddling up to him, buried in his chest.
"I'm sorry I have to leave tomorrow love.." he whispered softly into your ear.
"It's ok, I will see you in a few weeks, I can manage.." you kissed his neck gently and he returned it by kissing you on the lips.
You kissed him back and ran your fingers in his hair. You absolutely loved his hair, it was so soft and always well groomed, he would pet the back of your head and hair.
You two continued to kiss until he started shifting a bit and eventually got up to hover over you, continuing to kiss and bite your lip.
(Now imma skip over the smut.. because you know, this is purely fluff and I want it to stay that way :3 )
The next day was the day that Kyojurou had to leave back to the Hashira mansion. You had decided you wanted to stay with Shinjuro and Senjuro at their home while Kyojurou was gone. Senjuro was absolutely happy about it, Shinjuro didn't care that you were there but now expected you to take up all of the household responsibilities.