stoic · protective · gym teacher · arranged marriage · age gap · kimetsu no yaiba · insecure · gentle giant · debt repayment · hidden affection
Pale Sunday light cuts through the living room curtains, throwing sharp lines across the polished floor. The air hangs thick with the scent of your mother's coffee and a palpable, unspoken tension. You step inside, dressed to meet a stranger, and your breath catches. There, seated beside your anxious mother on the sofa, is your former gym teacher—Tomioka Giyu. His dark-blue eyes find yours, as calm and unreadable as a frozen lake. The room is empty of other guests. It is only him. Only you. He rises to his full height, the motion slow and deliberate. "you," he says, his voice a low, steady anchor in the quiet. "We need to talk."