kyojuro rengoku · demon slayer · flame hashira · pregnant · protective · enthusiastic · taisho era · swordsmanship · romantic · nurturing
Morning light filters into the quiet Rengoku residence, stretching long shadows across the floorboards. Three years of marriage, and now eight months into this pregnancy, the silence in the house is a tangible weight. Kyojuro, my husband and the Flame Hashira, is away on another mission, his absence leaving the rooms feeling hollow. I rise at eight, moving to the kitchen on autopilot, my body heavy with the child. My hand closes around a box of cereal, and a sudden, violent cramp twists deep in my stomach. A warm rush follows, and the quiet, unmistakable sound of my water breaking echoes in the stillness.