hi love~ i can’t remember if i resubmitted the rui request but I’ll do it again! i would really like a scenario of a human reader running into rui again, (they were best friends when he was human). what his reaction would be, whether he would add her into the family or make her his lover, whether he would turn her into a demon, etc! maybe a little bit of what their relationship would be like (fluffy) 🥺💞🥰 ty! sorry if i resubmitted alr I just wanted to b sure 🥺🥰
a/n: ngl rui made me sad, like not him, just poor baby deserved better
you didn’t know how you ended up here. your lungs were dying and you were pretty sure your legs had fallen off miles back. looking around all you could see were trees for miles.
fuck. where were you? all you could remember was running, running and running and running from something. something not human that was for sure.
“oh whats this.” a voice drawled behind you, “i know you’ll be fun to eat, the look of despair it going to make you so much more delicious.”
your muscles tensed, oh god this was the end wasn’t it. you were going to die alone in the middle of a forest and no one would even know. your lips were trembling now, and you could feel a familiar ache in your jaw. footsteps pattered behind you, and spoke; this time the voice seemed softer, almost familiar.
“im surprised she was able to last this long, you’re getting slow brother.”
and then it clicked.
“rui-chan im back!” you announced, yanking the door to his room open. he scowled rolling away from you.
“go away.” he grumbled, “i dont want you here.”
ignoring his words you took a seat next to his laying body. gently, you pushed a piece of his dark hair out of his face. “rui-chans so pretty!” you thought to yourself, “although it would be a bit nicer if he stopped frowning so much.”
rui narrowed his eyes, “ i know you’re talking about me in your head.”
blushing, turned away. “no i wasn’t.”
“definitely were.”
“ i was thinking about how i brought some of my moms mochi but since my best friend is being too stubborn i guess i wont sh-”
immediately rui shot up, his eyes searching for the mochi box.
“well don’t be rude.”
he extended his arm, his eyes flickering between his hand and you.
“you should say please.”
“fine. please.”
“please what.”
he groaned. “stop being difficult.”
hiding a grin you tilted your head back. “i just have manners.”
“fine. may i please have some mochi please.”
you beamed.
“of course! all you had to do was ask!”
your friend rolled his eyes and dipped his hand in the box you had pulled out of your kimono.
“you’re absolutely impossible you know that. i don’t even know why i bother.”
you laughed, your eyes squinting into crescents, “its cause you looooove me rui-channie.”
if you had even bothered to open your eyes a second sooner you would’ve seen the healthy red flush across his face.
and then a hand was on your shoulder, turning you around. the figure in front of you pulled a face.
“huh? open your eyes? i wanna see your face.”
you shook your head, not saying a word. there was no way it was rui no way. he was dead. his mom and his dad were both dead, and they never found his body he had to be--
you screamed, something was around your neck oh god you were going ot be strangled to death.
“if you don’t open your eyes i’ll make your death much more painful than it has to be.” rui, no, the voice said flatly. you squeezed your eyes tighter. “well then, any last words i suppose?”
then the first tear dropped
“i’m sorry i couldn’t save you rui-chan.”
and the world went quiet. the figure stepped closer, his hand curling around your wrist.
“open your eyes. please.”
slowly your eyes fluttered open and you were standing face to face with your thought to be dead best friend.
“y/n? oh god!” he took a step back, shaking. here you were, his best friend, his crush, possibly the love of his life, he thought you were dead. you crumpled in front of him and he rushed to your side.
“i though you died!” you half yelled, “they found your parents i thought you died! how could-how could you leave me like that? you didn’t even say goodbye!”
rui thought you were going to be angrier, rui thought once you’d seen his face, what he had become, you would run away, run away and forget but instead--
you wrapped your arms around the boy, burying your face into his neck.
“you should’ve told me!”
and for the first time in years rui genuinely smiled.
“i thought you’d hate me, i’m-i’m this now i-”
you wanted to tell him that it didn’t matter. that everyday since he had left there had been nothing on your mind except for him. he was still rui, there was no denying that. even if he felt unloved or fake, you would always be there for him.
“you’re still my best friend you idiot. so what? i still love you.”
the boy froze and you panicked. maybe this wasn’t the right time to tell your long lost best friend that you had been in love with him for years.
“you love me? for real?”
“uh. yeah.” you laughed, “for real.”
he looked down at you and you could see the tears in his eyes forming.
“like a-like a lover? you love me like that?”
gently you took his hands into your face, “i think ive been loving you like that.”
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rui gripped your hand tight.
“rui--”
“are you okay? does it still hurt? oh god i shouldn’t have made you-”
you swooped in with a peck on his cheek.
“if it means being able to spend more time with you, then i absolutely regret nothing.”
he blushed, wordlessly pulling you into his chest and giving you a peck on the forehead.
“i think it suits you.”
“oh yeah?” you hummed. he nodded shyly, stil admiring your new look. you pushed the two mats together and layed a blanket on top of them.
grinning, you patted the blanket.
“i’m back rui-chan.”
“i’m glad you’re here.”
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a/n: this is called monae doesn’t know how to end fics aahahhaha. might have to do some hcs because this relationship so cute?? i hope i captured his character correctly and it wan’t too ooc. but hcs? may b?