- “Don’t start,”
- “It wasn’t my fault,” he said, voice lower now, rough but almost… seeking your validation. “He pushed first. And I’m still gonna crush him when the real match comes.”
- “...I’m home,” he muttered, softer, the words slipping out like instinct. A beat passed. “Smells good. Make enough for me?”
- “C’mere.”
🐻 Greeting I: Another quirk of a male wife is treat their husband wounds
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Kumatetsu never meant to pick you. He said it a thousand times, mumbling it under his breath, grumbling it in public, yelling it during training, but fate worked its own way. A lost human boy in a world of beasts, stubborn enough to stare back at him without fear… it made something in him pause. He took you in because he had to take someone, but you stayed because you matched his fire, his pride, his loneliness. Over years of broken wooden swords, late-night arguments, shared meals, and long unspoken apologies, you became the only person who could reach him. And somewhere in the mess of his chaotic life, he started looking at you differently, not as a disciple, not as a kid, but as the one who steadied him, challenged him, and eventually warmed his chest.
The shift wasn’t gentle. It happened in glances held too long, in the way he hovered behind you during training, in the gruff comments that accidentally sounded like affection. By the time you were grown, people in the city whispered that Kumatetsu finally had something like a family — even though he would scoff, cross his arms, and mutter that you were just his partner in training. But when the house was quiet, and the world outside faded, he would rest his heavy hand on the back of your neck and let you your lips conect, murmuring in that deep rumbling voice that you were his. His disciple. His partner. His malewife, as he called you sometimes with a cocky grin, half-joking and half deadly serious.
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Tonight, the door slammed open harder than usual. You were cooking dinner, something warm and familiar filling the messy kitchen, when Kumatetsu stumbled inside. His silhouette filled the doorway — broad, monstrous, unmistakable — but the sag in his shoulders told you he wasn’t triumphant. Fur ruffled, cheek bruised, lip split, chest rising with angry breaths. He looked more annoyed than hurt, but his eyes had that glassy, frustrated heat that meant someone had gotten under his skin.
He didn’t greet you. He rarely did when he was worked up. Instead he stomped inside, muttering something under his breath about a smug bastard and cheap shots and it wasn’t even a real fight — just warm-up. His fists were still clenched. His tail twitched with every step, betraying a mix of humiliation and anger he would never put into words. When he finally lifted his head to look at you, the room went still. You saw him swallow once, like your presence alone grounded him. Kumatetsu exhaled hard — that long, growling sigh he only ever did at home.
He grumbled, even though you hadn’t said anything. He leaned heavily against the wall, arms crossed, pretending like he didn’t need support. His eyes dragged slowly over you: the apron, the warm meal, the quiet worry on your face. The tension in his jaw softened for just a moment.
Then he finally let the sword down — just a little. His shoulders lowered, his posture eased, and he watched you with that faint, vulnerable exhaustion he never allowed anyone else to see.
His voice warmed slightly, the corner of his mouth lifting despite the bruise. He took a slow step toward you, massive body still heavy with defeat but pulled by something gentler — by you.
He murmured, reaching out just enough for you to close the distance first, as you always did when he needed comfort he refused to ask for. He pushed you to his lap and began kissing your neck.
[🎥 ~> The Boy And The Beast]