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Tomioka didn't know how he got in this situation.
It was supposed to be casual, held as a secret by only the two of them and something fun to do when they found themselves bored. So Tomioka didn't know how this happened.
Maybe he did know given that he was sleeping without protection with another person, but he couldn't believe that this would happen.
Hell! He was on so many hormones that he didn't even know how his body was still functioning, how could he get pregnant?
Yes, that was it, he was pregnant, he was going to be a dad.
How was he supposed to say this to their master? How was he supposed to say this to the father of the child?!
No, he shouldn't tell him, he already hated him even though they slept together many times Tomioka didn't want to put more motives into it.
He sighs tired of his own thoughts holding his head in his hands.
“Giyuu-san, are you okay?” He heard the feminine voice talking to him, seeing Shinobu looking at him worried “You know you don't need to decide anything about it now, abortions could be made until the twentieth week of the gestation”
“What?” He was a bit confused, he didn't know that he had the option to abort, he didn't even think about if he wanted to do this.
Shinobu looked at him strangely.
“Is a difficult decision to be made, you can go home and think about it carefully. Nobody needs to know, "she said, taking his hand from his head.
Nobody needs to know.
That would be good, too good.
“What if I wanted to keep it?” He asked, a bit nervous.
Shinobu thought for a moment before saying anything, “That would be okay too, just a bit more difficult since we would have to take of the hormones”
“...”
“You would have to tell the other parent too, they can't be kept in the dark” She continued since Tomioka didn't say anything else.
“I… Will think about it” That's what he said before getting up and leaving the butterfly estate.
For days, he stayed locked up in his estate thinking about his life and what decision to make. Even thinking about what Sabito would do in his place.
He probably would keep the child and be a good dad to them, different from him who didn't even know how to take care of himself.
But what about the other parent? What about Shinazugawa Sanemi? Would he be a good dad?
Tomioka started thinking about it, Sanemi said one time that he helped his mother raise his siblings, so he probably knew better how to care for a child than him. On missions he too would be more patient and gentle with the children — even though they feared him —, always looking at them like he dreamed of one day being the person whom they found security.
Maybe Tomioka could be the person who can give him that, maybe he could be the person who gives him a person to love.
But at the same time, would Sanemi be happy with it? Would he be comfortable having to share a person to love, because of course Tomioka also would love their child.
He had so many questions in his head that he could feel his head starting to hurt.
“Oi, Tomioka!” Speaking of the devil, Tomioka didn't even hear when Sanemi entered the estate, or even hear when he opened his sliding door “What are you doing?”
“Thinking”.
“What are you thinking so hard about that you missed two meetings?” He asked, throwing himself at the futon by Tomioka's side.
“Why? Are you worried?” Tomioka asks without looking at him.
He clicked his tongue, “Keep dreaming”.
“So why are you here?”
“Master asked to see if you are okay,” Sanemi responded, laying down and grabbing Tomioka's waist.
“Oh, so you are worried,” Tomioka says.
“I'm gonna punch you”.
Tomioka smiled at this, grabbing Sanemi's hand. They stayed in silence for a couple of minutes before Sanemi asked.
“But are you okay?”.
Tomioka laughed, responding, “Yes, now I am okay”.
“Good” Sanemi said before getting up “I'm going to make food, do you wanna watch?”.
“Why just watch? Can't I help you?”.
“No, I prefer you just looking pretty” He said by the door, disappearing in the corridor.
Tomioka sighs before following Sanemi to the kitchen.
He kinda liked this, this thing that didn't look casual, where he could imagine having a domestic and happy life with Sanemi, where he could imagine that they were just Giyuu and Sanemi and not the Water and Wind hashiras.
Thinking this he smiles at Sanemi, who arched his eyebrows at him.
“What are you looking at?”.
“Just thinking”.
“Again? You're thinking way too much, don't you think?” Sanemi says cutting a radish.
“There's a lot to think about,” Tomioka says.
After Sanemi finishes cooking, they sit down to eat with Sanemi talking all the time about what he did in the lastest weeks and what was said at the meetings that Tomioka lost.
The rest of the day is calm, they sleep for the majority of the time, only waking up at sundown, when they decide to do dinner and stay in the garden seeing the stars.
Is in this moment when Tomioka decides to say, “Shinazugawa”.
“What?”.
“Did you ever think about being a dad before?” He asks.
“Why this now?”
“Just respond to the question”.
“Okay then, I used to want to be a dad when I was young” Sanemi says “But now I don't think it would be good”.
“Why not?”.
“Being a demon slayer is dangerous, I don't want my children knowing that maybe one day I might not come back anymore”.
Tomioka looked at Sanemi a bit before looking away, slowly he took Sanemi's hand in his, maybe for comfort, maybe to pretend that everything was alright. He wanted to say that he enjoyed the day, that he was feeling happy that their relationship wasn't just based on sleeping together sometimes, but he couldn't say this.
“Shinazugawa”.
“What?”.
“What would you do if I say I'm pregnant?”.
Sanemi looked at Tomioka for a moment before responding, “I don't know what I would do, but I wouldn't leave you alone to take care of the baby if you wanted to keep them”.
“Do you promise?” Tomioka asked, squeezing Sanemi's hand.
“I promise, Tomioka”.
“Our child will need you,” Tomioka says, bringing Sanemi's hand to his stomach.
“What?” He seemed a bit confused, looking down at Tomioka's stomach and to his eyes “Were you saying that…?”.
“I'm sorry Shinazugawa” Tomioka avoids eye contact, preferring to look ahead.
“Are you serious?” Sanemi asks.
“Yes, I'm serious”.
“I… Don't know what to say” He holds his head with the other hand, while using his thumb to caress Tomioka's stomach “We are going to be parents…”.
“If you want to”.
“I want to”.
Tomioka nods, finally looking at Sanemi.
“You're going to be a good dad,” He says.
Sanemi smiled.