Hey, so after reading my matchup again, I got an idea for a head-canon. I'm not sure if this has already been asked, but headcanons with Shino that has a S/O who has a fear of bugs, but doesn't want that to ruin their relationship with Shino and tries to work on it ( side note: gotta love that auto correct changes Shino to Rhino).
Shino with a s/o that is afraid of bugs
A/N: YES!! I love you and I’m sorry this took forever but I finally got around to it!
You were one of the first people to actually pay attention to Shino when he tried to say something; always letting him finish his sentence before turning your attention away. Thats what attracted him to you at first and with the knowledge that you were willing to give him your attention, he clung helplessly to you. So when you and Shino were on a missions together when you first started dating, he brushed off the fact that you were skittish at the sight of his bugs. You liked him, right? You wanted to give him attention didn’t you?
But one day, when the two of were laying down on the outskirts of town, sitting around and chatting about your lives, a spider crawled up your thigh. He watched you stand up and shriek, desperately swatting at the bug that was now long gone. He stared at you and despite the glasses and the long collar, you could tell he looked like a kicked puppy. “You don’t like bugs do you, y/n?”
It was strange how he hadn’t found out sooner, being blissfully ignorant would have been the best possible solution. How could he have not noticed your uncomfortable stare at the sight of his bugs, or when he mentioned a new species of beetle? Hell how had he not noticed your fear when he took you out on adventures to find rare insect species. It hurt him, it really did, but he wasn’t gonna give up on you, it was a minor hiccup... Nothing he couldn’t work through, right? Not everyone liked bugs, but he could make you get used to him. One thing you were both sure of was that you were not going to let you go of your relationship so easily. So Shino decided to take the initiative and start things slow...
“You should get used to my bugs first, at least.” They’re apart of him and it really makes him sad that there’s a part of you that may be disgusted slightly by him, so he’s eager to start things there. You two are sitting on a field (Shino brought a blanket so that you wouldn’t have to encounter any other bugs in the process) and he’s letting his bugs slowly crawl up your arm.
Despite his typical reserved attitude, he lets you sit between his legs with your back resting against his chest as he lets the bugs crawled up your skin, his other arm wrapped comfortingly around your waist. His neck was against your shoulder, peering over to watch your face as his bugs gently crawled up your skin. You were scared, like really scared and you’re eyes were kind of squeezed shut, “open your eyes, y/n. You can do it, they’re mine, they’re not going to hurt you.”
At his words, you slowly you peel them open and see them crawling gently up your arm, there was only four or five and one of them was crawling on the palm of your hand. You lifted your arm and carefully held your hand to your face to examine the bug up close. “Hey, they’re actually kind of cute.” Looking at them up close they seems harmless and at the mercy of Shino, you knew they wouldn’t hurt you. The little bug began to crawl between your fingers and even though the touches were all feather light, the sensation made you giggle. Soon your little giggles became huffs of laughter and at first Shino thought you may have been crying, “Y/n-“ then he realized you were laughing and you could tell by the vibration of his chest against your back that he was laughing too.
The next step in tackling your fear of bugs was the house critters. One night, you told Shino sleepily that you were going to draw yourself a bath before going to bed. As you yawned and lazily walked into the bathroom you were met with a rude awakening as a giant spider skittered across the floor. Immediately you shrieked, dropping your fresh change of clothes and practically jumping onto Shino as he came running at the sound of your panicked voice.
“What is it-“ He grunted in surprise as you threw yourself on top of him, making sure your feet weren’t in reach of the creature skittering across the floor. Unluckily for you, the spider skittered right onto your abandoned laundry on the floor. That caused you to practically shriek in Shino’s ear. The arms of your fluffy robe strangled his neck as you clung on for dear life. “Shino! Oh my - Shino, Shino!!! It’s in my clothes now!!” (As If he couldn’t see it himself) “It’s probably running all over my pajamas!!” Your babbling continued into his ear as he tried to calm you down.
He sat you on the edge of the bathtub, letting you hide your legs in the sanctuary of the tub as he bent down to shake out your pile of abandoned clothes out. “Be careful, Shino!” You squeal, curling your body into itself as you watched him through blurry eyes. After shaking out every article of clothing except your towel, he picked it up and shook, the spider came out tumbling onto the cold floor. You screamed again and Shino hushed you before bending down to cup the spider gently into his hands.
To your dismay he brings the spider towards you as it paces around his cupped palms. He persists despite your objection, knowing he’s not putting you in any danger as the bug is a simple house spider and no where near harmful. “Y/n, it’s harmless, just look at it.” And just like with his own bugs, you let it crawl onto your hands, sucking in your rapid breaths and you realized that it really was harmless. “Now let’s set it outside.”
After readjusting your robe and slowly stepping out of the bathtub, Shino opened the window and he watched as you set the spider gently onto the sill. The two of you watched as it slowly crawled out. “See? Nothing to be afraid of.”
Of course there were some insects you couldn’t quite love; like moths and centipedes, but Shino didn’t need you to love all bugs. Not yet at least. He would take you with him on adventures to find certain beetles or rare butterflies and the more you joined him, the less skittish you became. Soon enough you stopped screaming for help when a bug flew into the apartment, opting instead to take Shinos wide range of passed down insect knowledge and use it to guide the insect out of the apartment. Even though it was a minuscule act, Shinos heart couldn’t have swelled any bigger.
