Hi! Same anon that requested the giyuu fic, could i be known as 🤍?
anyways i have another idea if your up for it! How the hashira would react to you surprising them with gifts and a nice warm meal upon arrival from a long mission. have a great day/night! And drink water and eat food! Dont do what i do lol.
Hello 🤍! I am so so so sorry that this took so long to do! Motivation is a jerk, and I forgot to save it twice so my progress got deleted twice T-T
Warning: Spoilers. Character death implied if you use a microscope.
Reader x Hashiras reacting a warm welcome home
Click clack, the loud and clear sounds that you have waited for too long to hear has the main gate banging open, and you rush to your love, feeling his rock-hard chest tense for a second before relaxing. His hand as light as a feather petting the back of your head, as if you were some kind of fragile treasure that had to be kept safe. To him, you probably were. You lead him back to the house, chattering constantly, letting out the words you kept caged for so long. "The other day, when I really really missed you, I I had a great idea for what to give you on your safe return! I'll give it to you later though!"
His quiet hums that acknowledged your words as he lets you lead his massive physique into the house were nothing short of affection. The tears that came down his cheeks were not a surprise to you, not that your own waterworks did. But as he prayed for the food, he included you into his prayers.
"Namu Amida Butsu-Wait what was that before namu amida butsu?" You point your hands at the unfazed man, a rock unmoved.
"It means thank you for the person that you have brought to me" He says, already moving his hands to gather his chopsticks, but his white eyes were still staring at you, even as he was occupied, every attention on you.
And thus this became known as the 'First Prayer' in the Himejima household and it wouldn't be the last if Gyomei has anything to do with it.
Later when the sun had finally been satisfied with it's daily dose of fluff, and it was night's turn, you were readied to give your soulmate your meticulously prepared gift. He unwraps it in swift delicate motions, the wrapping paper still in one piece and seeming unused when he had unwrapped it. A straw weaved box, "I like it very much, thank you darl-"
"No, silly! Open it!" You laugh and guides his hands to open the box. A long flute, a shakuhachi. "I know you have a hobby for the shakuhachi sooo I made one! It's a shabby one though..."
He has already swept you off your feet, burying your face into his chest.
The problem is...the present was your newfound ability to play the shakuhachi for him. But his tears were already soaking your kimono, his eyes must be sore by now...maybe tomorrow.
But what Gyomei really wanted to say, and probably will one day is when he comes into this household, or anywhere near you, the armor, the distrust fell away, he would trust his most vulnerable state to you, trust his mind, body and soul to you. And trust that you'd do the same.
"He's here!" You hurriedly urge the rest of your fellow wives to get everything prepared for your dear husband's arrival. Waving at his figure from the horizon was much more nervewracking than waving at a normal person, especially when Uzui was definitely anything but slow. He could whiz over here in a second, and he did, to your dismay.
"Y/N!" He gives you a big hug, gentle and soft, very much alike his normal demeanor. You give him a hesitate pat on his back and instantly regrets it. He's stiffening, pulling back away and frowning. "Are you ok?"
Normally, if you weren't his wife, this gentleness is foreign but for you, this is all too familiar territory. Though you have to admit, his serious face...
"I-I'm fine!" You say, trying to get him to back off the subject. Oh no, he was going to find out. But by the teasing look on his face, he already has.
You sigh, another surprise foiled. "Girls, he found-"
"I hate fugu sashi now though, so I'm so glad you didn't make it. Right guys?" He turns to the rest of the wives, each in a row and smiling nervously.
Your smile turned. You spend so long trying to find the store that sold something as expensive as a takifugu, a blowfish, just so you could slice them all by hand, by yourself. "Oh..."
"I'm kidding!" Tengen laughs and gives you another squeeze. "How could I not appreciate my wives making me my favourite food?" He's serious, the way his eyes peer into yours.
"Y/N made it all by herself." Hinatsuru said,
"Hey! We said we were all gonna take credit!" Suma yelled, grabbing Hinatsuru by the arms and shaking her.
"SUMA! NOT IN FRONT OF LORD TENGEN!" Makio yells.
A whole commotion starts and you rush to get Hinatsuru out. A chuckle makes the four of you stop though. You look to see Tengen is laughing, genuinely laughing from the bottom of his heart. Your eyes soften. You missed this, you missed him.
"Kyo!" You jump into your boyfriend's arm and he returns the embrace with equal vigour.
"Hahaha! Have you missed me my dear?"
"Of course! Why would you ask something so obvious?" You pout, jutting your lower lip. "Anyways, dinner's almost ready, come on!" You lead Kyojuro by his arm which he gladly lets you.
You hope he doesn’t notice the lack of the scent of delicious food wafting through air. You sit Kyojuro down, give him a pat on his head or two cuz you just can’t help yourself and skip back into the kitchen where a scrambled mess called “you” continues to cook.
I mean two minutes ago you had just received his crow that Kyojuro was returning so you started to cook, but really. You really should have known Kyojuro was a man to defy all odds.
You’re starting to get worried that Kyojuro is bored outside as you chop the tofu for his miso soup.
Kyojuro wraps an arm around the middle of your waist, pressing a gentle kiss to the back of your head. “Hey…”
“K-Kyojuro! Aren’t you tired? Do you need to go to bed?” You say, Turing your head back to look directly at Kyo’s eyes. They glimmer with a fire that you never seem to be able to forget even in your dreams.
By the time you’re done with your last sentence he’s turned you by 180° and pushed you out of the kitchen. “Go wait at the table sweetie!”
“W-Wait Kyo!” You protest and try to go back inside but he’s already resumed cooking. You sigh, opting to stand next to him and watch cause he’s too stubborn to let you cook.
That’s just who Kyojuro was. Giving and loving. Always giving everything he has, sometimes you wonder if he would give away his life someday.
Hes not one to share his appreciation in words. So if he receives a hug, he reciprocates in a kinda awkward way then goes on into the house with a quiet thank you. No words uttered as he eats. You know he’s a very quiet person so you let him be. Though his appreciation for you is shown in much deeper ways. Like the small things, getting you a cup of water, taking away your obi belt because he sees a slight tatter.
You’ll find him gently sewing it himself later that night.
So his love language is def acts of service. And that’s fine. Over time, he’ll give you longer hugs, lingering kisses and say a little umai during mealtimes.
A fiery hothead that doesn’t know how to show affection. He shows emotion, tons of it, just not affection often. But if he sees you waiting by the gate, standing and waving eagerly, he’ll give you a kiss on the forehead .
“Have you been standing here for a long time?!” He’ll say without malicious intent as he leads you in and thinks to himself that you would look so beautiful as his wife, not that you weren’t beautiful now.
“Nah, waiting for you is and will never be boring!” You said, nuzzling deeper into his arm.
“Ew get off me.” He’s sweaty and doesn’t want you to smell him, you would be disgusted if you could. But the slight hurt in your expression makes him recoil anyway. “I-I’m just really sweaty…”
“O-Oh. Well! I prepared food!” You smile and shove away the hurt, knowing that it was out of love.
“You didn’t have to, you know?” He’s sitting down next to you as he says this, eyeing the dishes with the eyes of a starving beast.
“Dumbass…” he shovels rice into his mouth while looking away. Yea sure he’s blushing.
Yea sometimes he’s brash. And crude. And a major tsundere. But he’s yours.
As he walks in, he’s tossing his haori over you and handing you his precious snake. Sitting down and paying no mind to you. Yea no, he’s blushing hard. The haori was so you wouldn’t see and well he knows you like the snake if you don’t like snakes, well he’s just teasing you then
He saw you from a distance and kinda already knew what you were doing. Before he had even stepped in, he had imagined an entire domestic life with you. Sigh…1 baby and a snake or 2 babies? To hell with it! 2 babies and a snake! He’s overheating now.
But he’s still very calm on the outside, expect lots of head pats because he hasn’t seen you in a while and needs some kind of form of affection output. And when you give him a new Haori, decorated with old shedded snake skin is that a thing? Sounds kinda disgusting but why do I think he would love it?
He almost cried for the first time in…a lot of years. I don’t think he even cried at Kyojuro’s funeral. He knows how much effort you put into this and he’s desperately thinking of putting a ring on your finger. A claim to you.
Well in the mean time, he’ll just think of another way to keep you close.
He’s coming home in scratches, eyes filled with nothing but emptiness. This isn’t a foreign feeling for him. Stumbling back to a house, not his house or home. But just rather stumbling somewhere. So when he for once walks into a house completed with you. The food didn’t matter, and he didn’t feel so cold anymore.
So no, he’s not dreaming into his own headspace for once, though to anyone else it would seem like that. His eyes are trained on you watching every minuscule action. Your beautiful flex of your wrist, your quiet appreciation for the food you cooked yourself, your tentative eyes looking right back at him.
He realizes he’s staring but he’s not backing away. He’s still staring at you stare back. Transfixed, hypnotized.
Another nod. Then he opens his mouth, quiet as a mouth mumbles “call me Muichiro”
And a small smile would lit on your face and you’d say his name “Muichiro!”
And maybe for once, he likes the way his name rolls of someone’s lips.
Ok, this girl is tired AF. Not because she's exhausted from listening to complaints and whines and whatnot. Just done with plastering a smile on her face and pretending everything is ok. Everything is NOT OK. But she won't tell anyone that, even as she sits down with you after a long mission, giving that same smile at you that never seems to change. But very similar to Muichiro, she's so grateful that after every single mission she has something to look forward to, or rather someone. And each smile will change every single passing day until it's not fake anymore until she's ok with crying in front of you and breaking down. letting you see what's really under her fragile doll mask.
All that she asks is not to break her once you have her heart.
She’s tearing up as she walks into your shared home. You’ve kept the place clean and tidy even though she could have been dead.
You lightly hugged Mitsuri closer “you ok?”
She looks at you with those adorable Bambi eyes that sometimes, you just can’t say no to. Well scratch that, you never could say no to her anyways.
“I love you…” Mitsuri says this a lot. LIKE A LOT. Not surprisingly but she’s serious this time. Not screaming it or squealing it, but actually savoring these quiet moments.
She’s the most inexperienced of the hashiras and in order seniority, she’s ranked last. So sometimes she can be a bit…nervous. Although not often, she needs someone to listen and know that they’ll always be waiting for her even if she’s not that amazing she is that amazing
So on days like these, she’ll make sure you know how much she appreciates you. Expect 200 i love you’s. Twice more than usual.
Also I organized this in order of seniority, comment if you noticed!