13: His Wives' Permission

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Tengen Uzui was considered many things.

But one thing he wasn't considered was a cheating, backstabbing, and conniving husband. It is something the flashy Sound Hashira wanted Suma, Makio, and Hinatsuru to understand long before becoming his devoting wives.

It was late and the sun had already begun to set when Tengen left from Inomi's and came home. As soon as he'd opened the door, his wives were eagerly waiting for him and immediately bombarded him with questions.

"So, were you able to find her?" Suma was the first to ask.

Tengen sighed softly and gave a small smile, before closing the door.

"Yeah." Was his only reply.

There was a long silence as Suma, Hinatsuru, and Makio each shared questionable glances at another.

"Well..?" Makio broke the silence, gesturing him to give them more than one simple answer.

Tengen only cocked his head slightly as he arches a brow, "well what?"

"What happened?" Hinatsuru asked.

"Were you able to talk to her and tell her how you feel?!" Suma pressed which he didn't reply.

Tengen idly pulled his bejeweled headband off his head─the train of jewels running down from his headband swayed as he made himself comfortable whilst running a hand through his sliver locks and scratching his scalp.

He was clearly stalling to give them an answer.

"Tengen!" Suma whined.

"Hm?"

"Talk to us...what happened between you two?" Hinatsuru asked again.

"Yeah, did she rejected you or something?" Questioned Makio.

Again, Tengen stalled as he soon sat down. At this point, both Suma, Hinatsuru, and Makio were starting to grow both impatient and annoyed at their husband's foreboding silence and before either one of them could scold him, Tengen closed his eyes and breathed deeply, before saying,

"Alright... I'll tell you what happened. But, promise me you want get mad for what I'm about to say." He says.

This puzzled them greatly as all three women looked at each other worryingly─not really sure where this is going, before glancing back towards their husband and nodding.

"Okay, so I did talk to her," he started, "and her name is (Name)."

Silence.

"A-and?" Suma pressed.

"And she gave me an invitation."

More silence.

"And?" Hinatsuru asks.

"And.. I'd accepted. So, tomorrow night, I'll be going back to Yoshiwara to visit her at the brothel where she works." He explains nonchalantly.

"You what?!" Exclaimed Makio.

"You're going to a brothel!" Whined Suma.

It's obviously they'd didn't like the idea of their husband going to a place where he'll be surrounded by a lot of women.

"Ten, you can't go to a brothel! I refuse to let you be in the presence of so many women." Suma argues.

"Suma's right! Courtesan or not, no husband of mine is going to be surrounded by a bunch of home-wreckers!" Makio hisses.

"We don't want to lose you, Ten!" Suma whimpered, leaning into him and Tengen instantly responded, via wrapping her in his arms.

He remained silent, listening to Suma and Makio rant when Hinatsuru decided to intervene,

"What Makio and Suma are trying to say, Tengen, is that we understand your feelings for (Name), but we don't appreciate the idea of you going to a brothel." She explains.

"We love you, Ten! I mean... is this (Name) girl really worth it? D-don't you love us as much as we love you?" Suma asked, saddened.

"Of course, I do! I care about all three of you. More than anything. Y'know I would never do anything to hurt you," he said quietly. "But, I'm also fond of (Name)-chan, which is why I want to see her again."

All three of them got quiet once the words left his mouth.

"I understand you all disagree with me going to this brothel, but you must have faith in me. Please, I just want to see (Name) again.. Besides, I sort of promised her date."

"A date? In a brothel!" asked Suma.

"Well, I figured it'll be flamboyant of me to visit her at her domain where I could maybe take the time to know her better." He explains.

"Hold on, so you didn't tell her how you feel?" Hinatsuru questions.

"No. I didn't understand how I was feeling nor did I know exactly how to approach her. However, you shouldn't judge her just because she works in a brothel? (Name)'s is different, she's not like the others. She's more than that... I just know it!"

"How'd you know? You hardly even know her!" Makio glares.

"Because I can feel it in here!" Tengen sayd, pointing towards his chest where his heart was. His cheeks turning the faintest shade of red Suma, Makio, and Hinatsuru had ever seen.

Suma leaned forward and put a hand on his cheek, "Ten," she murmured.

"You guys know I would never ever cheat on you. It wouldn't be very flamboyant of me if I did. I know I don't always say it as much, since I prefer actions over words. But, I loved all three of you more than anything. I want...." He trailed off.

"Keep going, Tengen." Hinatsuru instructed.

It was rare to see Tengen express his feelings and they really wanted him to be honest and open.

"I want you guys to be okay with this, which is why I'm asking for permission? I'm only going there to see her and no one else, because I want her to be─"

"─your fourth!" Suma finished for him.

Tengen smiles softly, "yeah, I've been thinking about it for a while and I surely hope you guys would agree to the possibility of her joining our polygamy."

After a moment, the three women finally agreed, "If it makes you happy Ten, then go for it!" Suma smiles.

"Wait, does (Name) even know you're married and have three wives?" Makio asks.

"No, but I'll tell her when the time comes. For the time being, I only wish to court her." He says, before standing.

"And what would you do if she refuses?" Hinatsuru adds.

At that, Tengen only smiles before making his way towards the hallway that lead to the bath.

"We'll just have to wait and see, want we." He says before turning to face them with a mischievous grin.

"Anyways, care to join me in the bath?"


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