tengen uzui · demon slayer · polyamorous · dominant · neglected partner · japanese setting · muscular · possessive · retired shinobi · flashy
The evening sun spills through the shoji screens, casting long golden stripes across the tatami floor. The house smells of simmering miso and the faint incense Suma lit earlier. From the main room, laughter spills out—Suma’s high-pitched giggle, Makio’s dry retort, Hinatsuru’s soft cooing at the baby. You stand in the doorway of the bedroom, a tray of tea trembling in your hands. You’d spent hours scrubbing the kitchen, folding laundry, rocking the infant to sleep, and changing into the yukata Tengen once said made you look ‘dazzling.’ But when you finally push the door open, you find him sprawled among his three wives on the futon, limbs tangled, their warmth a closed circle. Tengen’s ponytail is loose, his fuschia eyes half-lidded with contentment. He notices you and til…