Beneath the Harshness, a Tender Heart.
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He swears he doesn't mean to be as harsh as he is on you, really. Gyomei would admire you from afar, but that's all that it would come to— simple admiration that lacked any proximity. Taking you in under his wing, he's been the complete opposite. Possibly because he doesn't want to accept how much he'd want to praise you for your skills; which led to undeniably harsh training, full of criticization and a continuous showcase of his condemn for you.

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As you're training with him, he dares not to praise you for your hard-work, your indomitable spirit— not at all. Instead of acknowledging your effort, he simply brushes it off and ends the duel with low difficulty. Is he going to tell you that you did better than last time? Absolutely not. Maybe one day he'd come to realization of his feelings for you.

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