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BLUE LOCK
rin has a run in with you, a murderer á”á”
rin comforts you when you you intentionally overdose â
you pass out, rin worries áŻ
rin finds your sâŹlf-harm diary á”á” â
unhinged texts with rin (smau) áŻ
unhinged texts with rin pt.2 (smau) áŻ
ârin, what would you do if i killed myself right now?â âᔹââᔣ â
youâre a klutz and bruise badly, rin worries
overprotective and possessive rin
rin makes you promise to stop s/h. you donât listen.. â
nagireo catch you hurting yourself â
kaiser tries to help after you go through a depressive episode
you've dissociated. sae is there through it all âᔹââᔣ â
after an argument, sae finds you bleeding in the bathtub á”á” â
tired! sae x crazy!reader
aftercare with ryusae áŻ
Śâ°â†iâm a bit crazy,
but i hope others find comfort in my works. as morbid as they are. unfortunately iâm not a regular writer. i may leave this blog for months, or maybe iâve died, who knows.
SYNOPSIS. he pisses you off so what do you do? jump out a moving car of course!
PAIRINGS. tired! itoshi sae x crazy! reader (established relationship)
WARNINGS. we a bit unhinged, but sae loves us, jealousy, crack, dark humor
the car is silentâ thick, suffocating, full of things unsaid. streetlights smear gold across the dashboard while itoshi sae drives with one hand on the wheel, jaw tight enough to crack teeth.
youâre glaring out the window. âshe was basically in your lap,â you mutter.
âshe asked for directions.â
âshe asked for your number with her eyes.â
sae exhales through his nose, exhausted. âyouâre unbelievable.â
âand yet you keep dating me.â
âthatâs the problem.â
the words sting more than they should. you look at him sharply, expecting irritation, but his expression is just tired. not cruel. worse. fond and exhausted at the same time.
âyou know,â he says, voice flat, ânormal people donât start glaring at strangers because they stood too close to their boyfriend.â
âshe touched your arm.â
âshe breathed oxygen near me. should i file a report?â
you scoff and fold your arms tighter, pouting in the other direction. he glances over for half a second, enough to soften.
âyouâre insane,â he says quietly.
âbut you love me.â
a pause.
ââŠunfortunately.â
you grin despite yourself. he notices and rolls his eyes, fighting his own smile.
traffic slows near your apartment. the car is barely moving now, crawling forward. petty irritation sparks in your chest again when you remember that girl leaning toward him, laughing too loud.
fine. if he wants ânormalâ then youâll give him a problem.
before sae can react, you unlock the door and shove it open. âwhat are youââ
you jump.
itâs far from dramatic. the carâs moving slow enough that you mostly just hit the pavement ugly, skinning your palms and knees as you tumble sideways with a yelp.
âÂĄoh dios mĂoââ
brakes screech.
sae is out of the car instantly, face drained of color as he storms toward you.
âwhat the hell is wrong with you?â he snaps, grabbing your shoulders hard enough to check youâre real. âare you hurt? can you stand? did you hit your head?â
youâre sitting in the street trying not to laugh. his eyes are wide. so unlike him.
and thatâs what makes you crack.
a wheeze escapes you first, then full laughter. sae stares at you like he might actually kill you. âyou jumped out of a moving car.â
âyou should see your faceââ
âiâm serious.â
âso am i,â you gasp between laughs. âyou love me soooo bad.â
sae swears under his breath, pressing his forehead briefly against yours in shaky relief.
ââŠi need a break.â
A/N. these were so fun to write iâve already written all 3⊠but you give will have to be patient for the others (mainly because i donât know what to post afterwards LOL) oh to have someone care for me as much as my fantasy 2d men
SYNOPSIS. to you, itâs simply a way of grounding yourself. a means to distraction. to him, youâre destroying yourself. he makes you promise, but you never took it seriously. maybe you shouldâve.
PAIRINGS. itoshi rin x reader (established relationship)
WARNINGS. blood, suicidal tendencies, sâŹlf-harm, arguments, familial issues, swearing, angst, lots of it. hurt/minor comfort, everyone is traumatised in their own way.. swearing, slightly ooc
the first time you stay over, it really isnât supposed to mean anythingâ just sweet cuddles and giggles. really, that was it.
just proximity. just convenience. just the quiet understanding that neither of you wanted the night to end yet.
itoshi rinâs room is dim, the light low and cool, shadows settling into corners in routine. you sit on the edge of his bed, fingers hooked into your socks, tugging them off without thinking.
itâs such a small, thoughtless act. a normal, average act for most. fabric peeling away. skin exposed.
normal.
you donât notice anything wrong, not even registering when he freezes.
but he does.
rinâs gaze catches. not exactly at you, not on your face, but lower. your ankle. the thin lines. the uneven texture. the small bandages, placed too deliberately to be accidental.
something in him goes still.
he wishes it was confusion. he wishes it took him more than a second.
instead all he knew was recognition. personal recognition.
his own hand, pressing hard into a bruise until the dull ache sharpened into something clearer. something easier to focus on than the noise in his head.
anotherâ
fingernails dragging lightly across healing skin, reopening what shouldâve been left alone.
itâs not enough to leave anything obvious. thatâs what makes it perfect. just enough.
ââŠwhat is that?â
your head lifts. you follow his gaze. your eyes widen. oh. and then you donât care.
you shrug, causal. like itâs nothing. like it doesnât matter. âitâs stupid. donât worry about it.â
thatâs the wrong answer.
rin stands abruptly, the mattress shifting under his weight as he moves closer. His hand hovers near your ankle. he doesnât touch. not yet.
âdonât lie.â the words are sharp.
but you just laugh, light and dismissive. âiâm notââ
his fingers twitch.
pressing down harder. testing how much pressure it would take before the feeling drowned everything else out.
the brief, fleeting quiet that followed was the only solace left for him.
he pulls his hand back as quick as it came.
his jaw tightens. ââŠwhy would you do that?â he knows why.
your eyes donât leave his. thereâs not answer that leaves your mouth. because you know there isnât one. anything you say will sound either too small or too big. itâs always that. you know.
rinâs breathing shifts. too shallow, then too deep, like he canât find a rhythm.
his eyes flick back to your ankle.
a mirror. not literal. just the same shape of damage, worn differently.
ââŠit doesnât fix anything,â he says, suddenly, like heâs cutting off a thought before it fully forms. his voice lifts, cracks slightly at the edges. âit doesnât make anything better.â he knows this too.
you flinch.
itâs not at the volume.
at the certainty.
he runs a hand through his hair, fingers catching slightly like heâs gripping too hard.
âwhy would youââ he stops, exhales sharply, tries again. âjust⊠stop.â
there it is.
not a command. a plea, dressed badly.
his eyes meet yours, and for a second, everything else falls awayâ his usual composure, the distance he keeps from everyone.
ââŠplease.â
you nod. because itâs easier than explaining. ââŠokay.â
the word is soft. small. meaningless to you. it lands anyway.
rin exhales, something in his shoulders loosening just a fraction, like heâs holding onto that single answer as if itâs enough to steady him.
carefully, too carefully, he shifts beside you, pulling the blanket over your legs. his hand brushes your ankle, but avoids everything that matters. that night, when you sleep, he doesnât let you drift too far.
ââ
you meant it.
in the way people mean things when theyâre not actively hurting.
in the quiet after.
in the absence of the storm.
but storms donât ask for permission.
voice raised in a space that echoes too loud, words that hit harder than they should because theyâre coming from people who know exactly where to aim.
it builds. it always builds.
and your chest tightens, your thoughts tangling into something too loud, too fast, too much.
you wish rin was here. i hate families. why is it so romanticised? why does it have to make you feel like youâre the one whose weird.
you shake your head. donât think about rin.
you think about stopping it. just stopping it.
too far.
ââ
the hospital is too bright.
too clean.
too real.
rin stands in the doorway.
he doesnât move.
he just looks.
at you. at the bandages. at everything that doesnât need to be explained.
and something in his expression empties out.
nothing explosive.
not loud.
just⊠hollow.
hands, not yours, pressing into skin that shouldâve been left alone.
the same dull-white bandages, different place, same purpose.
ââŠyou said youâd stop.â his voice is quiet enough that it almost disappears under the light hum of the room.
you swallow. âiââ
he doesnât come closer. âwhy didnât you come to me?â thereâs no accusation in it. just raw emotion. like he genuinely canât fit the pieces together.
you try to sit up, wincing. âi didnât want toââ
silence instead of asking. always silence.
ââŠbother you,â you finish weakly.
rin lets out a short breath. not quite a laugh. âyou think this is better?â
you donât answer. because you know it isnât.
he finally steps forward, slow, like heâs approaching something fragile. his eyes donât leave yours. âi asked you to stop.â
âi know.â
âyou said you would.â
âi know.â
âthen whyââ his voice hitches. just for a second.
he looks away, jaw tightening, trying to swallow something that wonât go down.
the same helpless frustration, turned inward instead of outward.
ââŠi thought you trusted me.â
you do. and that's the problem.
âi didnât want you to see me like that,â you say. it feels like the closest thing to truth you can reach.
he goes still. ââŠlike what?â
ââŠlike this.â you gesture vaguely, the bandages, the hospital, the mess of it all. âbecause i know you wonât like it.â you say that glossing over him, as if him standing there was proof in itself.
the sentence sits between you. heavy. but silent.
rinâs gaze sharpens, something flickering thereâ hurt, immediate and unguarded.
the same word, once, aimed inward.
never spoken out loud.
ââŠdonât decide that for me.â his voice is low now. steady, but tight at the edges.
you donât respond. because you donât know how.
ââ
when you go home, everything is quieter.
far from peaceful. just⊠muted.
rin sits across from you again, same as that first night, but the space feels different now. wider, colder, harder to cross.
ââŠwhy didnât you come to me first?â he asks it again. this time softer.
you stare at your hands. âi donât know how.â
itâs honest. but it doesnât fix anything.
he nods, but itâs small. incomplete. his eyes are dull.
not knowing how, either.
never asking.
silence stretches.
he shifts slightly, like he might reach for you.
stops.
you feel it. you almost close the distance. almost.
you donât.
and it stays there. unresolved. maybe temporarily. perhaps forever.
two people, sitting too close and too far at the same time. too in love and too cowardly to do anything.
itâs not broken. but nothing's healed.
just holding the same kind of hurt in different waysâ and not yet knowing how to carry it together.
A/N. reminds of the song baby donât cut lowkey⊠was in the mood to hurt people with this, so, here you guys go. i try to keep things realistic in their own way. emotions, reactions, and thoughts. normally basing them off of me.
everyone give me more requests in the comments plz
when you love someone, you slowly learn what their love is like. for itoshi rin, itâs not a sudden warmth, but a slow thaw into affection.
he doesnât fall into love the way others do. he studies it, dissects it, tests its edges like it might betray him if he leans too far. and yet, despite all that caution, he fell in love with you.
itâs almost shy at first. like a cat.
youâre standing by the field after practice, talking to one of his teammatesâ you usually call them his friends, but rin would always tell you a stern no everytime. you end up laughing at something small, forgettable. you donât notice rin at first, but you feel him. a shift in the air. a quiet gravity pulling.
when you turn, heâs already looking at you.
not angry. not exactly. just⊠watching. menacingly so.
his expression tightens when you laugh again, softer this time, directed at someone else. his jaw flexes. his fingers curl slightly at his sides.
when you walk over to him, he doesnât greet you right away. just stares for a second longer than usual. ââŠyou seemed busy.â
thereâs something restrained in the way he says it. you smile, brush it off, nudge his arm. âjealous?â you tease.
he looks away almost immediately. ââŠno.â but his hand finds yours and doesnât let go for the rest of the walk home. at the time, it felt endearing.
âââ
rin doesnât ask for attention like a normal person.
youâll be sitting beside him, scrolling through your phone, replying to messages. maybe you laugh quietly at something, maybe your focus drifts just a little too far from him.
and thenâ a hand on your wrist. firm.
âlook at me.â his voice is low, steady, but thereâs something beneath it. not anger. something more fragile. something he doesnât quite know how to name.
when you do look up, his gaze softens almost instantly. ââŠthere you are.â he leans closer, resting his forehead briefly against yours, like grounding himself.
to you it feels like being chosen over the entire world. and perhaps thatâs what heâs trying to convey.
in another day, youâre in his room, sunlight spilling across the floor, quiet stretching between you in a comfortable way. youâre reading something, half-curled beside him, while he scrolls through game footage.
then, without warning, he shifts.
your book is gently, but firmly, pulled from your hands. ârinââ
âyouâve been ignoring me.â
âiâve been sitting right here.â
ââŠnot enough.â thereâs a faint pout hidden in his tone, something almost boyish despite the seriousness of his expression.
he pulls you down beside him, arm sliding around your waist, holding you there like heâs decided this is where you belong. you smile.
he doesnât like distance. not physical. not emotional.
you notice it in small ways. the way he always stands just a little too close when youâre talking to someone else. the way his presence presses inâsilent, watchful.
if someone lingers too long in conversation with you, rin doesnât interrupt.
he doesnât need to. his gaze alone is enough. sharp. unblinking. a quiet warning.
youâll feel it before you see it, the tension threading through the space behind you. and when you glance over, heâs already there, eyes fixed on whoever is standing too close to you.
when you finally excuse yourself and walk back to him, he doesnât say anything at first. just hooks his fingers into the fabric of your sleeve and pulls you closer. ââŠstay here.â
itâs quiet. almost gentle. but at the same time, it isnât a suggestion.
ââ
one evening, it lingers longer than usual. youâre laughing again, this time with someone who isnât a stranger, someone harmless, someone youâve known longer than rin.
but when you turn, heâs already there. closer than expected.
his expression isnât sharp this time. itâs⊠tight. ââŠletâs go.â
the question is simple, but something about it presses into your chest. not are you almost done? not can we go? Just that.
you hesitate. and in that hesitation, something flickers across his face. not anger. something quieter. something that almost looks like fear.
and later, when itâs just the two of you, the silence stretches again, but this time it doesnât feel soft.
you take a breath and he stiffens. ârin,â you say gently, âyou donât have to⊠guard me like that.â
he twitches. âiâm not.â
âyou are.â
a pause. then, quieter. ââŠi donât like it.â
âwhat?â
âwhen other peopleâŠâ he trails off, jaw tightening. âwhen youâre not looking at me.â
oh. itâs never was possession in his mind. it was something closer to unfamiliar vulnerability. something he doesnât know how to hold without gripping too tightly.
you reach for him first this time. not because he pulled you in and not because he demanded it. just because you chose to.
his shoulders relax almost instantly under your touch, like heâs been bracing for something. âyou donât have to compete for me,â you murmur.
âiâm not competing.â
âyou are,â you say softly. âwith everyone.â
he doesnât respond. but he doesnât pull away either. ââŠi donât know how to do this,â he admits after a long silence. and for rin, thatâs the most honest thing heâs ever said about love.
ââ
rinâs room is dim, lit only by the faint glow slipping through the curtains. youâre curled together on his bed, limbs tangled in that absentminded way that happens when neither of you wants to be the first to pull away.
his arm is around your waist, looser than usual. not gripping. not holding you in place. just⊠there.
you notice it immediately. â⊠youâre not dragging me closer tonight,â you murmur, voice soft against the quiet.
thereâs a pause. then, almost reluctantâ ââŠdo you want me to?â
you tilt your head slightly to look at him. âiâll come to you.â and you do. closing the small space between you, pressing into him until your foreheads touch. for a moment, he just watches. something in his expression softens. ââŠidiot,â he mutters quietly, but thereâs no bite to it.
his hand comes up, slower this time, brushing along your cheek before settling at the back of your neck. rin pulls you in, and your lips meet his.
he exhales softly against you, and you feel the tension leave him in pieces, like something finally loosening its grip inside his chest.
your fingers curl into his shirt, tugging him closer, and thatâs when something flickers back, just a trace of that familiar intensity. his hand tightens slightly at your waist, drawing you flush against him. ââŠstay,â he murmurs against your lips.
you huff a quiet laugh. âi am.â
ââŠcloser.â
âthereâs no space left, rin.â
he doesnât answer. instead choosing to simply bury his face into the crook of your neck, pressing a soft, lingering kiss there instead. then another. slower, deeper.
your breath catches slightly, and he pauses. noticing. always noticing.
ââŠis that okay?â he asks, voice lower now, quieter than youâve ever heard it.
you turn your head just enough to meet his gaze again, your hand sliding up to rest against his cheek. âyeah,â you whisper. âit is.â
thatâs all he needs.
he settles back against the pillow, pulling you with him. your head rests against his chest, his hand tracing slow, absent patterns along your arm.
no tension. no watching. no silent competition with the rest of the world.
just this.
rin may still be learning. still unlearning the instinct to hold too tightly, to watch too closely, to mistake fear of losing you for the need to control your world.
youâre learning too. how to love someone who doesnât yet understand that love isnât about keeping. itâs about trusting that youâll stay. even if youâre not beside him the entire day.
but when he pulls you closerâ arms tightening just slightly and breath steady against your shoulder, you realize something.
for all his intensity, for all his flaws⊠rin doesnât hold onto you because he thinks youâll leave. he holds onto you because, somewhere, deep down, heâs still surprised that you havenât.
A/N. the flopping of fics is making me not wanna write anymore.. i thought yâall like kaiser hello
i hope this one does well. should i write an extra morbid one next.. you guys seem to love that angst and trauma
SYNOPSIS. you ignore him while going through an episode. even if he wonât admit it, heâs worried and tries to help
PAIRINGS. michael kaiser x reader (established relationship)
WARNINGS. depressive episode, implied mental health issues, hurt/comfort, kisses & cuddles, kaiser doesnât really know what heâs doing, slightly ooc
the first message comes sharp and bright, like everything he does.
schatz, where are you?
you see it. you donât answer. the second ping follows not long after.
youâve been online.
a pause. Thenâ
donât ignore me.
you turn your phone face down on the mattress, as if that might quiet the weight in your chest. it doesnât. nothing does. the room feels too still, too heavy, like the air has forgotten how to move.
hours pass like that, indistinct, blurring into each other.
you donât get up. you donât eat. you donât drink. you lieâ still, unresponsive, and supple. time itself becomes something you observe from the outside.
ââ
on his end, silence is not something he understands.
michael kaiser is used to responseâ immediate, sharp, reactive. the world bends around him, answers him, mirrors him. even when it resists, it does so loudly.
but you? you disappear quietly. silently. as if drowning so deep you donât splash.
and the thought alone terrifies him.
by hour twelve, his messages lose their edge.
are you sick?
did something happen?
answer me.
by hour eighteen, there are calls. missed. again. again. and within hour twenty-three, the arrogance cracks.
please.
ââ
when you finally pick up your phone, it feels heavier than it should. your fingers hover for a long time before you type.
iâm okay.
the reply is instant.
thatâs a lie.
another:
come over.
you hesitate. your body feels like it belongs to gravity more than to you.
i donât feel like going out.
thereâs a pauseâ longer this time.
then:
iâll send a car.
no, you type, slower now. iâll come.
ââ
his apartment is exactly how you remember it, cleanâ a controlled space, everything in its place.
except him.
michael kaiser stands in the middle of the room like something restless, something caged. the moment the door opens, his eyes snap to you, searching, and you shrink back, his stare too intense.
âyou lookââ he starts, and stops. you know what he sees.
the hollow edges. the softness he fell in love with now slack. the way you hold yourself like staying upright is an effort.
his jaw tightens. âwhy didnât you answer me?â it comes out harsher than he means it to. you can hear the strain under it.
âi didnât⊠have the energy.â
he exhales sharply, running a hand through his hair, pacing once, twice. âthatâs not an excuse.â
you nod faintly. âi know.â
that disarms him more than anything else. thereâs a silence that stretches. he looks at you againâ really looks this time, and something shifts. âhave you eaten?â
you donât answer.
his expression changes. not softer, not exactly. but something more focused, like heâs found a problem he can actually solve. âsit.â
you blink. âmihyaââ
âsit,â he repeats, more firmly, pointing to the couch.
itâs automatic, the way you obey. you sink into the cushions, small, quiet.
he disappears into the kitchen. you hear cabinets open. close. something clatters. a muttered curse under his breath. itâs almost surreal.
the michael kaiser, precise and brilliantâ infuriatingly so, fighting with a pot as if itâs his life-long soccer nemesis.
ââ
when he comes back, itâs with something simple. warm. probably overcooked. but you recognise the effort.
he holds it out to you like itâs an offering he doesnât quite understand. âeat.â you stare at it. âiâm not reallyââ
âdonât say youâre not hungry,â he cuts in, sharper now. âthatâs not the point.â
your hands tremble slightly when you take it. he notices. of course he does.
he doesnât sit right away. he stands there, watching, arms crossed.
you take a small bite. itâs not perfect. itâs too salty. but itâs⊠good. something in your chest loosens, just a little.
ââŠyou shouldâve told me.â his voice is quieter now.
you look up. heâs still standing, but the tension in him has shifted. less sharp, more uncertain. âi didnât want to bother you.â
that earns a frown.
âbother me?â he repeats, like the concept is poison. âyou disappearing for an entire day is what bothers me.â
you manage a faint, tired smile. âyou seemed pretty bothered.â
âi was,â he snaps, then pauses. ââŠi am.â the admission sits between you, unfamiliar but real.
he finally sits beside you, not too close at first. âi donâtâŠâ he exhales, frustrated. not at you, but at something internal. âi donât know what iâm supposed to do here.â
you glance at him.
his expression is tight. the face of someone trying to solve a problem with no clear rules.
âyou donât have to fix it,â you say softly.
âthatâs not acceptable.â
you almost laugh, but it comes out as something gentler. âmihyaâŠâ
âi donât like seeing you like this,â he interrupts, quieter now. âitâs⊠inefficient.â
you raise an eyebrow.
he huffs. ââŠand i donât like it.â thatâs closer to the truth.
you finish a few more bites. he watches every single one.
when you slow down, he reaches out, hesitating for just a fraction of a second, then takes the bowl from your hands and sets it aside.
ââŠcome here.â thereâs something softer in the way he says it.
you lean, just slightly, and he pulls you the rest of the way.
at first, itâs awkward. heâs not used to thisâ holding without urgency, without intent beyond closeness. his arms settle around you like heâs figuring out the shape of it in real time.
but he doesnât let go.
his hand comes up to your hair, then gently begins to smooth it down. ââŠyou should stay here tonight.â
you nod against him. âalright.â
a pause. âand tomorrow,â he adds, quieter, âyouâll eat again.â
another nod.
âiâll make something better.â you huff a soft laugh. âplease do.â he scoffs lightly. âthat was a first attempt.â
the room feels warmer now. or maybe itâs just him. your head rests against his chest, listening to the steady rhythm there.
he leans down, pressing a kiss to your temple. it lingers. then another, your forehead, softer this time. ââŠdonât disappear like that again.â
âiâll try.â
âthatâs not an actual answer.â
you tilt your head up slightly. âiâm here now.â
he studies you for a moment, like heâs committing that to memory. he huffs. ââŠyeah,â murmuring. his hand cups your cheek, thumb brushing lightly against your skin, hands gentler than youâve ever seen him be.
later, youâre tangled together on the couch, limbs heavy, breathing slow.
he refuses to let you drift too far, even in sleep. his arm stays firm around you, fingers curling slightly in the fabric of your shirt like heâs anchoring you to stay there.
he huffs and presses one last kiss to your hair. âjust⊠tell me if something happens, if you feel off,â he murmurs, almost too quiet to hear.
you lean into his touch, eyes sleepy and mouth turned slightly up.
A/N. finally had a sorta-mental breakdown and ended up writing this.. i was unsure when writing but i like how it turned out. kaiser is hard to write.. but fun at the same time. i donât know how many people think his name is pronounced like a white micheal, but itâs german so itâs actually pronounced âmish-ow-wayâ and itâs funny hearing everyone muck it up lol
also WOW, you guys really do not enjoy poly fics huh.. hurts me on the inside but what can you do ~^~ never flopped so hard before *sigh*
the house is quiet in the way only late evenings can beâ soft lamplight, distant city noise, the low hum of the air conditioning. youâre sitting on the cool tile floor of the bathroom, back pressed against the cabinet, sleeves pushed up just enough.
you feel blank, same as a canvas whose artist had left them in the corner of a room, dusted and forgottenâ never meant to be thought of again.
you donât hear the front door open.
you donât hear the keys drop into the ceramic bowl.
you donât hear them call your name.
itâs all blank.
the door swings open. and everything breaks.
ââŠhey.â you hear him firstâ nagi seishiroâs voice, low and confused, like heâs still half inside a dream. then thereâs silence. thenâ
âwhat are you doing?â mikage reoâs voice doesnât sound like it usually does. it isnât smooth or teasing or confident. itâs thin. sharp. fractured at the edges, quiet in ways it shouldnât be.
you look up. and the look on their faces, itâs worse than anything.
the towel slips from your hand. you feel like a deer thatâs been caught in headlights. frozen and terrified.
nagi moves first. for someone who always claims he hates effort, he crosses the room in two big strides. he drops to his knees in front of you so fast the impact makes a dull thud against the tile.
his hands hover over your wrists. he doesnât touch at first, as if in fear. âwhy..?â he asks, barely above a whisper.
reo is right behind him. he crouches down, carefully. slowly. and with shaky hands he takes your arms into his. his fingers are warm, yet they tremble.
his thumb brushes over old scars that had somewhat faded. ââŠthis isnât new,â he whispers. it isnât a question.
and you donât answer.
nagiâs head dips forward until his forehead presses against your shoulder. his breath is shaky. âyouâve been hurting,â he murmurs, voice small in a way youâve never heard before. âfâr how long?â
your throat burns.
reoâs composure cracks first. his jaw tightens, eyes glossy. he looks almost upset, but itâs not at you. itâs at the world. at himself.
âwas it us?â he asks quietly. âdid we miss it? did we not see?â
you shake your head quickly. ânoâ no, itâs notââ
âdonât,â reo says softly, voice hitching. not sharp. just aching. âdonât protect us right now.â
nagi finally touches you.
his fingers curl gently around your wrists, thumbs brushing over your skin like heâs trying to memorize every mark. his touch is so careful it makes your chest ache. âthis is you, your body,â he whispers, eyes unbelievably sad for someone so uncaring. âthe one that we hold. the one we kiss. the one we love.â
reo leans in and presses a trembling kiss to your knuckles, eyes downcast and teary. âwhy would you do this something like this?â
the question isnât accusatory. itâs vulnerable. desperate for some sort of reasoning.
and thatâs what breaks you.
you donât know what to say. so much so you say everything, everything thatâs been weighing on you. not all at once. it spills out in uneven piecesâ what you tell, when it started, and how sometimes it feels like the only way to quiet everything inside your head.
reo pulls you into him mid-sentence. he doesnât care that youâre still sitting on the bathroom floor. he wraps both arms around you and drags you into his chest like heâs afraid youâll disappear.
nagi folds around you from the other side. youâre trapped between warmth. between the heartbeats of your lovers.
âyou shouldâve told us,â reo whispers into your hair, sniffling slightly.
âi didnât want to be a burden.â
nagi lifts his head so fast it almost knocks into yours. âa burden?â his brows knit together. âyou think loving you is heavy?â
reo cups your face in both hands. his thumbs wipe at tears you didnât realize were falling. âwe chose this,â he says softly. âwe chose you. every day. you donât get to decide we wouldnât want all of you.â
nagi presses a slow, lingering kiss to your temple. then another to your cheek. then the corner of your mouth. âeven the parts where you hurt,â he murmurs.
ââ
that night, they donât let you out of their sight.
you end up on the couch, wrapped in a blanket you donât remember them grabbing. reo sits upright against the armrest, and youâre tucked against his chest. nagi sprawls across both of you like an oversized cat, his head in your lap, fingers hooked loosely into your shirt to make sure youâre still there.
reo strokes your hair over and over. slow. repetitive. loving.
nagi draws absentminded circles against your waist. âyouâre staying home tomorrow,â reo says quietly.
you start to protest.
he kisses your forehead before you can. âthat wasnât a suggestion.â
nagi tilts his head to look up at you. his expression is softer than youâve ever seen. âweâll figure it out,â he says. âtherapy. better coping stuff. iâll even try⊠productive hobbies.â
reo huffs a quiet laugh through his nose. âthatâs serious.â
nagi reaches up and gently presses his lips to the inside of your wrist. not over the marks. just above them. âi donât want you to disappear,â he whispers against your skin.
you donât realize how tightly youâve been wound until you start to unwind.
â
nothing is perfect. not healing, not emotion. there are nights when your hands shake. when old urges start itching under your skin.
but nowâ now nagi notices.
heâll quietly slide his fingers between yours and squeeze. or heâll press his weight against you, grounding (and lovingly suffocating) you with warmth.
reo keeps bandages in the bathroom, not hidden, not shameful. just there. he replaces sharp objects with softer alternatives, markers, ice, fidget toys. something to help distract your body from your mind. he leaves little notes on the mirror in elegant handwriting.
stay. remember to breathe. we love you.
sometimes you wake up from bad dreams and both of them are already there.
reo will cradle your face, kissing along your brow, your eyelids, your cheeks, soft whispers of reassurance between each one.
nagi will pull you against his chest and tangle your legs together so thoroughly you couldnât leave even if you tried.
âyouâre ours,â reo whispers one morning, sunlight catching in his lashes. âto protect, and to love.â
nagi hums sleepily and presses a kiss to your shoulder. âyâre too important,â he mumbles.
and for the first time in a long time, you start to believe those words.
itâs slow. messy. and certainly imperfect. yet itâs filled with hands holding yours when they shake. with lips brushing over old scars as if theyâre rewriting the story your skin tells. with quiet afternoons where nagi naps with his head in your lap and reo reads aloud just to fill the silence with something gentle.
and every night, no matter what, they pull you between them. reoâs heartbeat steady against your back. nagiâs breath warm against your collarbone.
âyou donât have to hurt alone,â reo murmurs into the dark.
âyou donât have to hurt at all,â nagi adds sleepily.
âreo, sei..â their fingers intertwine with yours. and you grip them, wanting to hold one forever.
A/N. hello idk what to write help.. i write so much better when iâm in the middle of a mental breakdownâ and life has been boring lately, a good thing mentally, creativity not really. thereâs a post below this where you guys can write prompts or ideas.. also i donât like how it turned out.. i know i can write better than this
yaâll, give me some prompts or ideas on why to write⊠i have some drafts for the next few posts but idk what to do after that help⊠(me and my 20 unfinished drafts)
no guarantee iâll write them but the ideas will be helpful!
SYNOPSIS. youâre unbelievably clumsy, and you bruise easy. when youâre with someone like rin, itâs not a good combo
PAIRINGS. itoshi rin x klutz!reader (established relationship)
WARNINGS. unrealistic bruising, minor blood & bruises, lack of self-care, hurt/comfort, cuddles & kisses, slightly ooc, rin is a worry wart
youâve stopped reacting to the sound of your own body colliding with furniture.
the corner of the kitchen counter kissing your hip as you rush past it. the edge of the coffee table catching your shin. the doorframe bumping into your shoulder. itâs so common that it barely registers anymoreâ nothing but a soft thud, a sharp bloom of pain before you keep moving.
you shrug it off. same way you always do, always have.
but he doesnât.
living with itoshi rin means living with someone who notices everything, even when he pretends not to. especially when he pretends not to.
it starts small.
one evening, youâre standing on your tiptoes in the kitchen, stretching to reach a mug from the highest shelf. your shirt rides up just enough, to reveal the skin of your waist, and a deep violet stain blooming along your side.
rin freezes mid-step.
you donât see him. youâre too busy wobbling.
âgot itââ you say triumphantly, only to lose your balance and bump your elbow against the cabinet on the way down. âow. oopsâ itâs fine.â
you laugh.
behind you, rinâs eyes darken.
he doesnât say anything. just watching the way you rub your elbow absentmindedly as you walk away like itâs nothing.
â
another day, youâre curled up on the couch beside him. heâs scrolling through something on his phone, expression unreadable as always, while you shift to get comfortable. you stretch your legs across his lap.
your shorts slide up slightly.
thereâs a constellation of bruises along your thigh. some are fading yellow. others are fresh, a deep indigo, as if something split ink beneath your skin.
his thumb pauses over his screen. he stares.
you donât notice. too busy talking about something mundaneâ groceries, a show you want to watch, the way you almost tripped over your own shoelaces earlier.
almost.
he thinks about the word. it sticks to him, staying as a whisper in his head.
almost.
he remembers the way you flinched last week when you hit the edge of the table. the way you waved him off when he reached for you. the way you shrug when he asks if youâre okay. âiâm fine,â you always say.
he doesnât respond right away. his fingers hover just above your thigh, not touching, just close enough to feel the warmth of you.
he swallows whatever question is forming.
â
you trip over nothing in the hallway.
literally nothing.
rin hears the crash from the bedroom and is there in seconds. youâre sitting on the floor, blinking in mild confusion.
âi donât know what happened,â you admit, looking up at him sheepishly. âgravity hates me.â
he kneels in front of you, jaw tight. âdid you hit your head?â
âno.â
âyour wrist?â
ânope.â
âyouâre bleeding.â
you glance down at your knee where a thin red line is forming. âoh. that.â He exhales slowly through his nose, like heâs forcing himself to stay calm. âiâm okay,â you insist again. you always are.
but the bruises keep appearing.
on your arms. along your ribs. your hips. your legs. theyâre darker than they should be, and looks like the result of something violent.
and he starts thinking. too much.
â
the moment that breaks him is stupidly ordinary.
youâre lying across his lap, half-asleep, mumbling about something incoherent. his hand rests absentmindedly on your thigh, fingers curling gently.
then you flinch. itâs small. subtle. but he feels it.
his hand stills. ââŠwhat?â
you blink up at him, confused. âhm?â
âdid that hurt?â
âno?â you say automaticallyâ and then hesitate. âoh. maybe. thereâs a bruise there.â
he doesnât ask permission. he just shifts you slightly and pushes the fabric of your shorts up your thigh. and he sees them.
not one. not two.
dozens. layered over each other like shadows. some old. some new. some so dark they almost look black against your skin.
his breath catches. âwhat the hell is this?!â his voice isnât loud, but itâs sharp. tight.
you sit up immediately, startled by the tone more than the words. âwhat?â
âthese,â he hisses, hand hovering over your thigh like heâs afraid to touch you again. âhow long?â
you look down, then shrug. âoh. those? i donât know. a while?â
âa while?â his jaw clenches. âyou think this is normal?â
âi bruise easily,â you say softly. âi always have.â
he looks at you like you just told him the sky is green. âand the cuts?â
ââŠi bump into things.â
âi know that,â he snaps, then immediately closes his eyes, frustrated at himself. he runs a hand through his hair. âi know youâre clumsy. but thisââ
he looks at your skin again, and something in his expression shifts. itâs not anger.
itâs fear.
the kind he doesnât show on the field. the kind he buries deep.
âi thoughtâŠâ his voice lowers. âi thought someone hurt you.â
the words hang between you two.
your chest tightens. âno,â you breathe immediately, reaching for him. ârin. no. itâs just me. i promise.â you guide his hand back to your thigh gently, carefully avoiding the worst spots.
âi donât even notice most of the time,â you admit with a small laugh. âit doesnât bother me.â
âit bothers me,â he says quietly. thereâs something raw in the way he says it.
youâve seen him furious. competitive. cold.
youâve seen him scared.
he presses his forehead against yours. âyou donât get to not care about getting hurt,â he murmurs. ânot when iâm here.â
your heart melts in your chest. âiâm not made of glass,â you whisper.
âi know,â he replies. âbut youâre mine.â not possessive. protective.
he exhales shakily, then pulls you into his chest. his arms wrap around you tightlyâ careful of your sides, your legs, adjusting unconsciously so he doesnât press against the darker bruises.
you bury your face in his shirt. âiâm really okay,â you murmur.
he kisses the top of your head. then your temple. then your cheek. soft. repeated. like heâs reassuring himself. âfrom now on,â he says quietly, âiâm taking care of it.â
â
the next day, you come home to find the apartment⊠padded.
not entirely. but the sharp corners of the coffee table are covered. the edge of the kitchen counter has protective guards. even the doorframe near the hallway has a discreet cushion lining.
you blink. ââŠrin.â
he shrugs from where heâs standing with a small tube in his hand. âyou walk into everything.â
you stare at him, then at the tube. âis thatââ
âscar cream,â he says, slightly defensive. âand i got bandages. the good ones. not the cheap ones.â
you canât help it. you laugh. and he frowns. âwhatâs funny?â
âyou,â you say, walking toward him. âyouâre ridiculous.â
he narrows his eyes, but his ears are slightly pink. you step close enough to wrap your arms around his waist. âthank you.â
his hands settle on your hips, thumbs brushing gently over the fabric of your shirt. âi shouldâve noticed sooner,â he mutters.
âyou did notice,â you say. âyou just overthink.â
âi donât overthink.â
âyou absolutely do.â
he huffs quietly, but thereâs no heat behind it.
that night, rin makes you sit still while he carefully applies bruising cream to the worst of the marks on your skin. fingers are surprisingly gentle, movements precise and focused as if memorizing every mark.
he leans down and presses a soft kiss to one of the darker ones. you blink. âwhat was that for?â
âso it heals faster,â he says.
âthatâs not how it works.â
âit might.â
you smile so wide your cheeks hurt.
later, when youâre tangled together in bed, his arm draped securely around your waist, he traces idle circles against your skin, avoiding the tender spots instinctively.
âbe careful,â he murmurs sleepily against your hair.
âiâll try,â you promise.
he tightens his hold just slightly. âtry harder.â he says, voice low.
and in the quiet dark, surrounded by softened edges and padded corners, you realize something warm and steady:
you might bruise easily. you might walk into walls as if it were air. but with him, you are and will always be handled like something precious.
for every time you bump into the world too hard, heâll be there, hands steady, heart soft, ready to kiss it better.
A/N. i love worried, protective men.. also that ending was so cringe but idk how to end it so thatâs what iâm doing
while i donât bruise easy, but i care so little about being careful that thereâs always a dozen or so bruises on my legs at one time.. as they heal i get more and more because i just canât be bothered walking around corners and doors.. my laziness perseveres over my safety
SYNOPSIS. âwhat would you do if i jumped and killed myself right now?â OR he starts to notice your lack of care for your own life.
PAIRINGS. itoshi rin x reader (established relationship)
WARNINGS. dark humor, blood, passive suicidal tendencies, lack of self-care, implied mental health issues & trauma, kisses, hurt/comfort, slightly ooc, rin cares
the train station always feels like a place that exists between choices. at least thatâs what you think.
the air tastes faintly of iron and rain, even when the sky is clear. the tracks gleam underneath the dull hum of afternoon light. platform humming quietly beneath your feet, its vibration traveling up your shoes, settling unnoticed somewhere in your chest.
you stand closer to the yellow line than you need to.
the paint is chipped. the warning symbols are faded. the edge feels almost intimate, like itâs inviting you to peer over, to imagine the rush of wind, the scream of metal, the finality of something unstoppable.
beside you, itoshi rin stands with his usual stillness.
heâs older nowâ taller than he used to be, shoulders broadened by years of training, movements precise and deliberate. the sharpness that once lived in him has softened at the edges, but itâs still there. his dark hair falls into his eyes when the wind slips through the open station, and he pushes it back absently. his coat brushing against yours.
you lean forward slightly, toes now past the line, staring down at the tracks like theyâre whispering something only you can hear.
the thought leaves your mouth before you weigh the words. âwhat if i jumped and killed myself right now?â
you say it lightly. carelessly. as if youâre asking what he wants for dinner.
you donât even have time to process the silence that follows.
rinâs hand snaps around your wrist so fast you donât even realise whatâs happening. he pulls you backward with more than enough force, back colliding with his broader chest. his other arm wraps around your shoulders, resting on your chest. anchoring you behind him as if shielding you from something youâre not quite sure of.
âwhat the hell are you saying?â his voice is low, but it cuts.
not anger. fear.
raw, immediate fear.
and despite it, his grip on you is gentle but firm.
the train hasnât arrived yet, but heâs already positioned himself between you and the tracks, body tense, jaw clenched hard enough that you can see the muscle twitch beneath his skin. his fingers are still wrapped around your wrist. you realize theyâre shaking.
you blink up at him, surprised by the intensity of the reaction. âi was joking,â you mumble softly, now feeling guilty.
âyou didnât sound like you were.â
the rails begin to shake, the distant thunder of an approaching train growing louder. he doesnât release you. if anything, his grip tightens as the wind builds, as if he thinks the sheer force of it might sweep you away.
when the bullet train finally roars by, loud and blinding and violent in its speed, he keeps you pressed against him without another thought. you feel small in his hold.
because heâs doing this to make sure youâre protected.
when itâs gone, when the platform returns to its hollow quiet, he doesnât step away immediately. eyes glancing at your face for just a second before he turns. he doesnât say anything. but the thought stays.
ââ
you donât realize until later that something inside him shifted in that moment.
since the day you that joke left your mouth, rin has started to watch the way you react to your surroundings. seeing things he hadnât fully noticed before.
heâs seen the way you step off curbs without looking. how you drift across crosswalks with your eyes somewhere else entirely.
the first time he yanks you back from a turning car, your body barely reacts, loose, pliant, uncaring. you just look at him with mild confusion, like heâs overreacting to something insignificant. âitâs fine,â you say.
his fingers are still tight around yours, glaring at how dismissive you are. âno, itâs not.â he begins to walk on the outer side of the sidewalk, closest to the road. his hand finds yours automatically now. not loosely. not lazily.
firm. because to him, you might actually slip away if he doesnât hold on.
then at home, itâs smaller things.
you cook dinner together one evening, the kitchen filled with the soft hiss of oil and the scent of garlic. you reach towards the pan too quickly, distracted, and hot oil splatters against your skin.
the burn is sharp. bright.
you donât blink. let alone flinch. you wipe your fingers on a towel and continue stirring.
rinâs reaction is immediate.
heâs up and by you in the next second, turning off the stove without a word and taking your hand towards the sink. cold water runs over your reddening skin. his thumb supports your wrist, and he doesnât let go.
âdoes it hurt?â his voice stays low.
you frown, eyes drooped over in what he prays isnât the boredom he thinks it is. âitâs nothing.â
âthatâs not what i asked.â
you look at the water going down the drain instead of at him. âit doesnât matter.â
rin goes still. and thatâs when he understands.
itâs not that you donât feel pain. not that youâre putting up a strong facade. itâs that you donât think itâs important. to you, it genuinely doesnât matter. to you, you donât matter.
he tightens his hold on you.
ââ
rin is watching you with his full attention.
he pays attention to the way you go about existing in the world.
you walk through rain without adjusting your pace on slick pavement, and it ends with you scraping your knee against concrete one afternoon. you take a breath before simply brushing off the blood with detached curiosity.
he kneels in front of you on the sidewalk before you can protest.
cars pass. people glance. he doesnât care.
thereâs a crease between his brows, the same one he used to wear when calculating plays on the field. his fingers are impossibly careful as he cleans the gravel from your skin with tissues he keeps tucked in his pocket.
âyou should at least react,â he mutters.
you shrug faintly. âitâs shallow.â
âyouâre bleeding.â
âitâll stop.â
he looks up at you then, and thereâs something in his gaze that makes your chest tighten. âwhy donât you care?â
the question isnât accusatory. itâs wounded.
heâs wounded. eyes scrunched up, shoulders shaky, he hates how he canât make you care. hated how all he does is deal with the aftermath.
you donât know how to answer him. caring about yourself has always felt abstract, like a concept other people are better at holding.
you just shrug.
when night falls, the apartment is dim and silence is imminent. quiet that was both comforting and suffocating. rain taps against the windows in soft, uneven rhythms. youâre curled into the couch on top of him, and rin is laying down, back against the armrest, your body tucked against his chest.
his arm wraps around your waist. palm resting flat over your stomach, warm.
for a long time, neither of you speaks.
then, softly, and vulnerably, he mumbles. âyou scare me.â the words are almost swallowed by the rain.
you tilt your head slightly. âhow so?â
âwhen you say things like that at the station. when you walk into the street without looking. when you get hurt and act like it doesnât matter.â
his hand tightens faintly over your sweater. âit feels like youâre not trying to stay.â with me, he wants to say. but the words feel bitter against his tongue. glassy that he believes will shatter if he allows it to leave.
the vulnerability in his voice is so unfamiliar it makes your throat ache.
rin shifts, guiding you to turn so youâre facing him. his hand cups your cheek, thumb brushing beneath your eye.
âdo you want to?â he asks quietly. âstay?â
the question settles deep in your chest.
youâve never thought about it in those terms. living has always felt passive. like floating. like being drifted away by something indifferent.
you hesitate. âi donât⊠think about it,â you admit. âi donât think about me.â
why? he wants to ask. but he knows itâs a topic he shouldnât delve too deep into. itâs left stains, bitter and nasty smeared all throughout you. he just hopes it doesnât scar.
he takes a breath in. âthen i will,â he mumbles into your hair. âuntil you can.â
he leans his forehead against yours. the contact is warm, steady, real. âif something feels heavy, tell me,â he whispers. âor we find someone who can help. but donât pretend you donât matter. you do, to me.â
your eyes sting unexpectedly. lips trembling for the first time in what seems like forever.
ââ
rin becomes quietly vigilant.
he holds your hand at every crosswalk, thumb pressing into your knuckles, counting your pulse.
he walks slightly ahead of you near train platforms, his body a gentle barrier between you and the edge.
when you cook, he stands behind you, arms around your waist, chin resting on your shoulder. if you reach too close to heat, he guides your wrist back with a soft kiss to your temple. âcareful,â he murmurs.
when you scrape yourself, he cleans the wound meticulously, dabbing antiseptic with almost reverent focus. âdoes it hurt?â he asks every time.
and slowly, you begin answering honestly. âyes.â
he kisses the bandage. âyea?â he says softly. âthat means youâre here.â
one evening, you find yourselves at another station. the sky is streaked with orange and violet. the platform glows under the fading sun.
you stand a safe distance from the edge.
without being told.
rin notices. he doesnât comment. he simply take another step closer and slips his hand into yours, and you lace your fingers through his.
the train approaches, wind gathering, rails singing. it rushes past in a violent blur of sound and force.
you donât feel pulled. you feel his warmth.
his solid presence beside you. âiâm not going anywhere,â you say quietly. firmly. he turns to you sharply, searching your face for something uncertain. ânot like that,â you add, a small but genuine smile curving your lips.
the relief that washes over him is almost painful to witness. he pulls you to his chest without hesitation, one arm around your back, the other cradling the back of your head. he presses a long, steady kiss to your forehead. then your lips. itâs tender. deeper. a promise exchanged without words.
when he pulls back, his nose brushes yours. âstay,â he whispers again.
this time, you donât drift when the doors open. you step forward with him, lips stretched into a small smile.
âi will.â
A/N. this definitely isnât as deep as my other works but sometimes you donât need a stab, a pinch will suffice in certain moments (wow look at me being a poet)
my ryusae fic flopped pretty bad iâm a bit sad. guess a lot of readers donât like poly dynamics, but i do sorta get it. although to me, more lovers mean more affection, hehe.
the room is quiet except for the soft hum of the city outside, body pleasantly heavy as you sink into the mattress between them. your skin is still warm, nerves buzzing in that gentle, floaty way that comes afterâ when everything slows down and every touch feels ten times deeper.
the pain flares slowly yet without doubt, sharp enough for your breath to hitch. your gasp softly, fingers curling into the sheets. you donât even have time to panic.
itoshi sae is already moving.
âdonât move,â he murmurs, calm and firm, hand settling warm on your waist as a restraint you need. âiâve got you.â
at the same time, shidou ryuusei shifts closer from the other side, heat radiating from him as he leans in, eyes sharp with concern. âdamn,â shidou murmurs. âthat bad, huh?â
you nod, tired but absolutely satisfied.
sae pulls you carefully against his chest, movements slow and precise, making sure not to jostle you. his arm wraps fully around you. protective, claiming, possessive. shidouâs hand comes next, warm and steady, resting over your thigh. he doesnât grab. he grounds. âeasy,â shidou smirks softly, voice low. âyouâre okay. youâre right here with us.â
sae notices it thenâ the marks along your skin where they held you earlier, the deepened colour of their love from your neck to your thighs. his thumb brushes one, reverent and deliberate. ââŠyouâre sore because of us,â sae murmurs.
shidou huffs a quiet, smug laugh. âyeah. kinda hot. but weâre not idiots, means we getâa take care of you now.â
he flops half his body on top of you without warning, all heat and restless energy. an arm slings across your waist, similar to a wolf claiming their territory. âdamn,â he laughs softly, voice still rough but happy, âyouâre cute when youâre all worn out like this.â he presses quick, sloppy kisses along your cheek and jaw, unapologetic and excessive, not like he can help himself when it comes to you two, now can he? each kiss lands with a grin, his fingers tracing lazy shapes on your side.
âryuusei,â sae murmurs, calm but firm. he gives him pointed look.
shidou snorts but shifts, still close, still touchingâ his leg hooks over yours, his forehead bumping lightly against yours. ârelax, relax. iâm taking care of our dove too.â
sae moves in next, slow and deliberate. he settles behind you, pulling you back against his chest with an arm wrapped securely around your middle. the difference is immediate, where shidou is fire that canât be contained, sae is warmth, steady and strong. his hand slides up to cradle your ribs, thumb brushing in soothing strokes, memorizing the rhythm of each breathe you take.
âyou okay?â he asks quietly, lips near your temple.
you nod, unable to hold back a smile.
sae exhales, tension melting as he presses a soft kiss into your hair. another follows, slower this time, lingering just a second longer than necessary. his hold tightensâ almost as if heâs trapping youâ just enough to make it clear youâre not going anywhere anytime soon.
shidou notices, of course.
âoh?â he grins, leaning in close again. âyou getting all possessive now, sae-chan~?â
sae doesnât even look at him. âthey need rest.â
âand affection,â shidou adds cheerfully, canines out as he kisses the corner of your mouth before sae can stop him. âlots of it.â
you feel saeâs hand slide up to gently tilt your chin, his thumb brushing your lower lip in a quiet, claiming gesture. he kisses you next, slow, careful, unhurried. âmmh..â itâs the kind of kiss meant to reassure, to say iâve got you, leaving your chest warm and full of belonging.
shidou watches, eyes bright, then immediately dives back inâ peppering your face with kisses until you laugh, your tiredness easing into something soft and safe. he presses his forehead to yours, voice dropping just a little. âyou did so good, didnât âcha?â he murmurs, sincerity slipping through the wild edge.
sae hums in agreement behind you, his lips brushing your shoulder. ârelax. weâve got you.â he and shidou start massaging circles into your skin, one in your back, the other on your thigh.
between shidouâs energetic closeness and saeâs steady, possessive warmth, youâre completely cocooned. your back is against saeâs chest, and shidou close enough that his warmth anchors you. youâre held from both sides, boxed in, safe. being held, kissed, cared for until your breathing evens out and your body finally relaxes.
shidouâs thumb traces slow circles through the fabric at your thigh.
saeâs hand stays firm at your waist, anchoring you. âyouâre staying exactly where you are,â he says quietly. âbetween us.â
shidou hums approvingly. âbest place anyway.â
A/N. lowkey i donât like how this turned out at all. itâs like boring..? maybe iâm just too used to the more morbid topics. i feel like i couldâve written this as something more deep but i only wanted fluff (then again i am an angst addict ;p )
SYNOPSIS. after an argument, he leaves and goes radio silent for days. suddenly he gets your location. no text, no message. he finds you in the bathtub, bleeding.
PAIRINGS. itoshi sae x reader (established relationship)
WARNINGS. arguments, graphic depictions of blood + gore, s#icidal tendencies, sâŹlf-harm (stabbing), swearing, implied mental health issues, hurt/comfort, physical affection, google translated spanish, sae is bad at relationshipsâ but hopeful ending, slightly ooc
the argument ended the way it always did. not with screaming, not with slammed doors or cruel words like most, but with restraint so tight it feels as if it might snap bone.
voices stayed low. careful. polite, even. the kind of quiet that pretended to be maturity while rotting everything underneath it.
itoshi sae remembers everything. you standing in the doorway of the bedroom, arms wrapped around yourself as if you were trying to hold your ribs together. fingers digging into your sleeves hard enough to wrinkle the fabric. you trying your hardest to ensure your voice didnât shake when you spoke, even though he could see your chest caving in. why do you keep pulling away when things get hard? why do you shut me out instead of letting me in?
sae doesnât answer right away.
he looked at you for a long momentâ too long. his expression stayed distant, eyes dark and unreadable, like heâd already retreated somewhere you couldnât follow. then he glanced away, jaw tightening, gaze fixing on the wall as if it were safer than looking at you. i donât have the capacity for this right now, was what he finally ended up saying.
not you.
this.
that distinction sliced through you deeper than any shouted insult ever could have. he didnât see you as something worth fighting for in that moment. but just another weight on his chest, another obligation draining him dry.
you opened your mouth to say something. anything. to tell him you werenât asking for perfection, just presence. that you were tired of being alone both mentally and physically.
yet the words stayed lodged in your throat, heavy and utterly useless.
thatâs when he grabbed his jacket and keys without another glance. the door clicked shut behind him with a quiet, a devastating finality that echoed through the apartment like a gunshot.
he didnât know that you stood there long and alone after his footsteps faded, staring hopelessly at the empty space where heâd been. the air felt colder without him. hollow. your heart ached with everything you hadnât said, and everything he hadnât stayed to hear.
three days pass since then.
three days of silence that felt fundamentally wrong, like the world had tilted off its axis and no one bothered to correct it. not even him.
his side of the bed stayed untouched, sheets smooth and cold.
the apartment simply felt like it was holding its breath. barren, empty. quiet in ways it never should.
and sae tells himself you are fine.
he tells himself you need space. that you always bounce back. that youâre stronger than you let on, stronger than him, maybe. he repeats those lies like a mantra, clinging to them during drills, during meetings, during the quiet moments when his thoughts slip their leash.
but you linger anyway.
you creep into his head between reps, your voice echoing faintly in his ears. you haunt the pauses before sleep, the moments when the world goes quiet enough for guilt to surface. his chest feels too tight whenever he imagines coming home to an empty apartmentâ but then he hates himself even more for not even trying to go home.
he checks his phone more than he means to.
when it buzzes that afternoon, his heart jumps violently before his mind can catch up.
your name lights up the screen.
but there is no message.
just your location.
saeâs brow furrows instantly. that isnât like you. you donât send vague texts. you donât fish for attention or play games. if you want to talk, you will say so. if something is wrong, you spell it out.
a slow, creeping unease settles into his chest.
he checks the time.
five minutes ago. heâs been staring at his phone, as if his god himself will open up the gates to your home.
something cold slides down his spine, sharp and unwelcome. his fingers hover over the screen as he types âwhatâs wrong?â then deletes it. types again. deletes again.
a pressure builds behind his ribs, urgent, painful, telling him to stop thinking and to start moving.
sae grabs his keys.
ââ
the drive is a blur of red lights and clenched teeth.
sae barely registers the traffic around him, foot heavy on the gas, hands lock white-knuckle around the steering wheel. his thoughts spiral despite every attempt to stay grounded.
youâre probably just upset.
maybe your phone died.
maybe you fell asleep.
maybeâ
every excuse feels thin. flimsy. like paper he canât hold without cutting himself. almost shielding him against something far worse.
when the gps announces he had arrived, relief should have hit him. it didnât.
the apartment building looms ahead, familiar and suddenly ominous. pulse thumping in his ears as he parks crookedly and takes the stairs two at a time, breathing shallow, dread growing heavier with every step.
the door is locked.
sae knocks once. hard. âhey,â he calls, already shoving his key into the lock. âiâm home.â he says, as if it fixes everything. the silence inside presses against him, thick and unnatural. the door swings open. the apartment is dim, curtains half-drawn. your shoes are by the door. your bag sitting where you dropped it. everything is normal. normal.
thatâs the worst part.
âmi amor?â he calls out again, voice tight now. âyou here?â
no answer.
his chest clenches painfully.
he moves through the living room, then the bedroom. the drawer on the bedside table is open, oddly enough. your side of the bed, rumpled. sheets twisted as if youâd tossed and turned before getting up without looking back.
a sick feeling churns his stomach, inside out and starting to crawl out a bile.
then he notices the light under the bathroom door.
his steps slow as he approaches, every instinct screaming at him to hurry and to stop all at once. he knocks, knuckles cracking against the door harder than necessary.
âhey,â he says, quieter now. âopen the door.â
nothing.
saeâs heart begins to pound so violently it hurts. he whispers your name, the sound breaking halfway through like a plea he didnât want to admit to making. sae braces himself, not even sure for what.
he pushes the door open.
the smell hits him first. metallic. sharp. thick enough to taste.
his vision snaps onto red. RED.
the world narrows violently, collapsing in on itself as his brain struggles to process what his eyes are seeing.
youâre in the bathtub. body slumped at an unnatural angle, limbs heavy and wrong, just, limp. clothes soaked through and darkened with something he doesnât want to name. water overflowed onto the tiles, carrying blood now gruellingly diluted with itâ pink and swirling, grotesquely beautiful and just as horrifying. streaks of red, thick and half dried, smeared across porcelain, the floor, the shower curtain, a perfect frame picturing the aftermath of something violent and unspeakable.
he feels his voice get stuck in his throat.
there was so much of it.
too much. too fucking much for your body.
for a suspended, horrifying moment, his mind refuses to accept it. this isnât real. this canât be real. this is a nightmare, and heâs about to wake up.
then he sees your face.
too pale. lips tinged faintly blue. eyes closed, lashes resting against skin that looks waxy and unreal.
a sound tears out of him. raw, animal, unrecognizable.
âmierda!â he chokes, stumbling forward, knees slamming into the tile with a crack he didnât feel. âpor favor no⊠no, no, noâ please.â
his hands hovers over you, shaking violently. touching you feels wrong. not touching you feels worse. when he finally does, your skin is cold beneath his fingers, slick with water and blood.
you donât respond. not even a twitch.
saeâs chest seizes so hard he thinks he might vomit. his vision blurs with tears, hot, burning and uncontrollable as panic rips through his skull.
âhey,â he begged, voice cracking apart. âheyâ look at me. por favor. please wake up. please, lo siento..â
he presses his ear to your chest, breath hitching violently as he searches for somethingâ anything.
there.
faint. uneven. proof that your life is hanging on by a thread. a thread he almost severed himself.
a broken sob rips from his throat.
âay dios mĂo.â he whispers, forehead collapsing against your shoulder. âyouâre still here. youâre still here.â
his hands shake so badly, so uncontrollably, he almost drops his phone as he calls for help, words spilling out incoherent and desperate. he follows instructions blindly, pressing against the wound in your stomach, doing everything heâs told, even as terror claws through his ribs.
as he waits, he talks to you.
âiâm sorry,â he says over and over, voice shredded like a mantra. âi shouldnât have left. i shouldnât have let you think you were alone.â
tears drip onto your skin as he clutches your hand, fingers slick and trembling.
âplease,â he whispers, forehead pressed to yours. âplease donât leave me. i need you. i love you.â
the sirens take too long.
when help finally arrives, sae barely registers them pulling him back, lifting you from the tub. blood stains his clothes, his hands, his knees. he tries to follow, tries to hold onto you, until they force him to let go.
ââ
the hospital is bright in a way that feels cruel.
fluorescent lights buzz overhead, washing everything in a sterile white, reflecting off polished floors that smell of disinfectant and metal. voices echo down long corridors, nurses calling codes, carts rattling past, the distant wail of someone elseâs grief. every sound makes sae flinch.
time stops behaving normally.
minutes stretch into something unbearable, elastic and sharp. he paces the waiting room until his legs ache, then sits, then stands again, hands trembling as he drags them through his hair. his nails have been bitten raw without him realizing it. his heart feels permanently lodged in his throat, every beat a painful reminder that yours almost stopped.
sae replays everything over and over again. just on loop. nonstop.
the argument.
the way youâd looked at him.
the door clicking shut. him clicking the door shut on you.
when he closes his eyes, he can still see you in the tub. still smell the blood. still feel the cold of your skin beneath his hands.
he bows forward, elbows on his knees, pressing his palms hard against his face as if he can physically hold himself together. he whispers your name under his breath, similar to one making a prayer, but itâs one he isnât sure he deserves to make.
when the doctor finally approaches, sae can hardly register them at first. it isnât until they say his name that he snaps his head up, heart slamming violently against his ribs.
âyouâre lucky,â the doctor says gently. âtheyâre stable.â
stable.
the word doesnât feel real at first. it floats in the air between them, fragile and holy. then it hits him all at once.
saeâs knees nearly give out. he sinks back into the chair, hands flying to his face as a broken sound tore out of him. he criesâ chokes, openly, shoulders shaking hard enough to hurt. relief, doubt, and guilt crashing together so violently it steals each and every breath from his lungs.
youâre alive.
youâre still here.
when they finally let him see you, sae moves swift, as if he were afraid any sudden motion might undo it all.
the room is dimmer than the hallway. lights softened, machines humming quietly, breathing for you. you lie in the bed wrapped in white. bandages, blankets, wires tracing over your skin. tubes ran from your arms, monitors blinking steadily beside youâ quite literally your lifeline
you look impossibly small. fragile in a way that shatters him.
he pulls a chair close and sits, hesitant at first, before reaching for your hand. his fingers wrap around yours carefully, fear of you breathing. your hand is warmer now. blood pulsing through.
he presses his thumb against your knuckles, grounding himself in the sensation.
âiâm here, mi amor.â he whispers, leaning close. his voice shaking despite his effort to keep it steady. âiâm not going anywhere. i promise.â
hours blur into days. 3 days to be exact. like those days where he avoided going home to you.
he barely leaves that chair. nurses scold him gently for not eating; he nods and ignores them. he sleeps in fragments, head tipped back, neck aching, jolting awake every time a monitor beeps a little too fast or a little too slow.
every sound terrifies him. because the sounds are your body actively trying to survive.
sometimes he talks to you even when you donât move. he tells you about nothing. about the view from the window, about how ugly the chair is, about how you always complain that hospitals smell weird. he apologizes in soft murmurs, forehead resting against your hand, voice barely louder than the machines.
âi shouldâve stayed,â he whispers one time, eyes burning. âi shouldâve been better.â
then, finallyâ it happens.
your lashes flutter.
itâs subtle enough that he almost misses it. just a small movement. a shift in your breathing.
sae is on his feet instantly, heart slamming so hard he thinks it might burst.
âhi, love.â he whispers urgently, leaning over you. his voice trembles despite himself. âeasy. take it slow. youâre okay. i promise.â
your eyes open slowly, unfocused at first, glassy and confused. you blink, brows knitting together as if the world didnât make sense yet.
then your gaze finds him.
âsae?â the sound of his name. hoarse, real, but undeniably from youâ splits him open.
he laughs and sobs at the same time, hands shaking as he presses his forehead gently to yours, tears dripping down onto the blanket. âyouâre awake,â he breathes. âyouâre really awake. diosâ gracias.â
you swallow, eyes glossy with exhaustion and guilt. âiâm sorry..â
saeâs head snaps up immediately.
âno,â he murmurs, voice fierce despite the tears streaking his face. he cups your cheeks carefully, thumbs brushing beneath your eyes. âno. donât ever apologize for staying. for fighting. for breathing.â
his eyes are red and raw, filled with love and fear and a softness heâs never allowed anyone to see but you.
âi thought i lost you,â he admits. voice still hoarse but every bit true âi thought iâd never hear your voice again. i thought..â
tears slip down your temples as your chest tightens painfully.
he leans in, resting his forehead against yours, breath shaking. âwe fight. we mess up. i shut down when i shouldnât. but you donât get to disappear on me.â
his voice cracked completely. âte amo,â he whispers. âiâll protect you, even yourself, if i have to. especially then. iâm sorry. for not being there. so please, donât do that again.â
you nod weakly, tears spilling freely as he kisses your forehead, then your cheek, then your lips. soft, reverent kisses full of promise instead of desperation.
he gathers you into his arms as much as the wires allow, holding you carefully, protectively. youâre something priceless heâd almost lost forever. âiâm here,â he murmurs into your hair. âiâm not leaving. weâll fix this. together.â
A/N. iâve read so many scenarios where people attempt by slitting their wrists in the bathtub. iâve always found that unrealistic with how deep the cuts they must be to be able to pass away from blood loss. stabbing is a realistic approach logic wise, especially near vitals.
so graphic tmi, butttttt has anyone watched those slasher movies and laughed at how unrealistic the blood is when someone gets stabbed? like a fountain just gushing out? so i did, but turns out itâs actually accurate. blood shot out like a fountain about 5 inches into the air when i stabbed myself and continued for about 15 or so seconds, slowly down with less intensity as seconds passed like one too. watching the blood felt hypnotic. it was actually horrifying i did a double-take because it just looked so unrealistic even as if was happening right in my face.
PAIRINGS. adult! itoshi rin x reader (established relationship)
WARNINGS. crack, dark humor (mentions/jokes of s#icide & self-hatred) , suggestive, swearing, weâre a spoiled brat and rin enables it, rin is protective and very in-love, pet names
pt.2
A/N. wanted something lighter for my blog. iâve been spending literal hours just reading and giggling to myself at the bllk smauâs on this app.
SYNOPSIS. youâve gone nonverbal after a s/h session. he helps you heal at your own pace, slow and steady.
PAIRINGS. itoshi sae x nonverbal! reader (established relationship)
WARNINGS. implied sâŹlf-harm, implied s#icidal tendencies, dissociation, depression, mental health issues, hurt/comfort, minor eating disorder
itoshi sae knows something is wrong the moment he sees you.
youâre sitting on the floor of the bathroom, back against the cabinet, staring at nothing in particular. too still. too quiet. your hands are tucked close to your body, like youâre trying to make yourself smaller.
âhey,â he says softly.
no response.
sae steps closer, careful not to startle you, and crouches in front of you. his eyes move quickly, to your empty eyes, to your tear-stained cheeks, finally, to the wounds youâre not hiding very well. he feels his chest tightens.
ââŠdid this happen tonight?â he asks, voice low.
you donât answer. you donât even look at him. gaze staying unfocused, hollow in a way that scares him more than tears and sobs ever could.
sae swallows. he reaches out slowly, stopping just short of touching you. âiâm going to touch your hands, okay?â
no reaction. but you donât pull away when his hands gently envelop yours.
your hands are cold.
âitâs not like you,â he murmurs, more to himself than to you. his thumbs brush lightly over your skin, grounding, steady. âyou only disappear like this when itâs bad.â
you blink once, eyelids heavy. thatâs all. but he takes it.
sae exhales quietly and shifts closer, until youâre almost knee to knee. âyou donât have to talk,â he says. âi just need you here with me.â
he slips off his jacket and drapes it over your shoulders, wrapping it around you like an instinct. then, slowly, he draws you into his chest, one arm firm around your back, the other resting protectively at your side. his smell infiltrating your dulled senses.
you donât cling to him, but thereâs no resistance either.
âitâs okay,â he whispers. âiâve got you.â
he rests his cheek against the top of your head, staying perfectly still, as if any sudden movement might make you vanish again. his hand presses warm and solid between your shoulder blades, reminding you that youâre real. that heâs real.
saeâs voice is low, careful. âi donât like when you go like this,â he admits. âbecause i know youâre hurting and i canât do anything.â
minutes pass. maybe more. he doesnât rush you back into the world.
eventually, you lean into him just a fractionâ barely noticeable, but sae feels it immediately. his grip tightens, just a little. âthere you are,â he murmurs, voice shaky with love he doesnât give anyone else, and relief beyond any heâs ever felt before.
later, youâre curled up on the couch together. you sit between his legs, back against his chest, his arms wrapped around you like a promise. he doesnât say much. he doesnât need to.
he presses a soft kiss into your hair. âyou donât have to explain anything tonight,â he says quietly. âjust⊠stay. let me worry enough for both of us.â
you donât speak, but you close your eyes and rest your weight fully against him.
sae grips you just a bit lighter, holding you there like itâs exactly where you belong.
ââ
recovery isnât dramatic.
itâs mornings where sae notices before you do. days where you go unresponsive, physically and verbally.
he learns the signs quickly. the way you linger in bed too long, the way your eyes lose focus when the room gets loud, the way words slip further and further out of reach. he never points it out bluntly. he watches, and he adjusts.
on those days, he makes breakfast without asking what you want. something warm. something easy. he places it in front of you and sits nearby, pretending to read on his phone while actually watching the rise and fall of your shoulders.
when you donât eat, he doesnât scold. he slides the plate away. âlater,â he says softly, a promise instead of pressure.
you still go quiet sometimes.
when you do, sae switches to other languagesâ touch, presence, routine. he presses his knee against yours under the table. he gestures to you, a yes, a no, a maybe. he waits, brows furrowed in attentiveness.
he always waits.
patience isnât his strong suit. but for you heâd wait an eternity.
at night, he holds you even when you lie stiff and distant, even when you feel empty instead of sad. his hand rests at your back, warm and anchoring. thumb tracing the same small circle until your breathing evens out.
âyouâre not gone,â he murmurs one night, half-asleep. âeven when you think you are.â
some days are harder.
there are moments when he catches that faraway look again, and worry flickers sharp in his eyes. sae kneels in front of you like he did that first night, voice low and careful.
âcan you look at me?â he asks.
sometimes you canât.
he stays anyway.
time passes. progress comes in pieces so small they almost donât feel real. the first time you squeeze his hand back, the first quiet hum of acknowledgement, the first time you lean into him without thinking.
the first word comes out unexpectedly one evening, soft and rough from disuse and fear. âsae.â
he freezes like the world might shatter if he moves too fast. slowly, he looks at you, eyes soft with devotion. âyeah?â he answers, voice steady even though his chest is tight.
you donât say anything else. you donât need to.
he pulls you into his arms, holding you closer than usual, forehead pressed to yours. thereâs a faint smile on his lips. not completely triumph, nor pure relief. just gentle.
âthere you are,â he whispers again, like he always does.
later that night, you lie together in the dark, your head on his chest. his heartbeat is slow and sure beneath your ear. âyou donât have to be okay all at once,â sae says quietly. âweâll do this at your pace.â
you nod, small but real.
his hand laces with yours, fingers fitting like theyâve always known where to go. he presses a soft kiss to your knuckles. tender, unhurried, and deeply affectionate.
and for the first time, recovery doesnât feel like something you have to do alone. it feels like something youâre being walked through, step by step. with him.
A/N. itâs not as graphic as some of the other stuff iâve written. i wanted the focus to be on the support and slow recovery.