#genya headcanons

[darlingggdearest]

Genya and fem!reader who thought his fighting style and determination was really admirable and cool and wants to get to know him more, but everytime she tries, he's just too flustered

Genya with Fem! reader who thinks his fighting style is really cool

OMG I love this so much! thank you for requesting.

WARNING: None! enjoy!

+ You were a demon slayer, just one rank lower than Genya. Genya had always caught your attention, from the way he looked to the way he held himself. One thing in particular caught your eye though, the way he fought.

+ You had tried to become friends with him a multitude of times. Finding him cool and admirable for the way he fights, but whenever you tried to walk up to him to introduce yourself, he'd walk away.

+ At first you thought he hated you, what you didn't realize is that the exact opposite was true. he'd run away from the sight of you not because he hated you, but because he really liked you. He liked you a bit too much, and in the world of the demon slayer, liking someone in a sense more than friendship is emotional suicide. He knew this, so it was ok right? He just had to keep his distance and- DAMN IT- you are too damn persistent!! He saw your figure emerging from the trees again. That damn perfect figure. With that damn perfect smile. And that damn perfect hair. And- he stopped his thoughts. BE GONE YOU AND YOUR PELVIC SORCERY. (I really hope people get that reference)

+ You waved your hand in the air. "Hey, Genya! What are you talking about?"

+ His face heat up, great- he accidentally said it out loud. To save what was left of his dignity, he turned around and hightailed it out of there. And that's what he kept doing, for a while.

+ Until you guys got paired up on a mission.

+ Now he couldn't run away, so instead, he came up with the best option he could think of: staying perfectly silent. That lasted about 15 minutes.

+ You started the conversation by telling him your name (he already knew because he asked his older brother about you) and he mustered up the confidence to shake your hand. Your skin felt so soft and warm to the touch, he defiantly held onto your hand a good 2 seconds longer than he should have, embarrassed, he overthought it the rest of the day.

+ The mission went well, after a few hours of fighting, the demon's head came off with a satisfying slice. And you got to see Genya fighting up close, which is always a good thing.

+ You felt overexcited from all the fighting, adrenalin most defiantly still flowing through your veins. So without thinking you let all of the things you had thought of Genya out. The way you thought he was so cool for fighting with a gun and a sword, the way he holds himself, and of course the "I am so honored to be able to fight by your side Genya!" At the end of your rant you had to take a big deep breath, realizing you hadn't been breathing through any of it. You look up, Genya stares back.

+ He is in complete shock. He had no idea that you thought these things about him. He feels proud? Embarrassed? Happy? Flustered? oh yes most defiantly flustered. His blush has not only causes a sheet of sweat across his face but it also stretches down his back and chest, even his fingers are blushing a bright crimson glow. His stomach is doing cartwheels. He can't quite focus on anything but you. Right now. Right in front of him. One side of him would do anything to not be in this moment, and the other would do anything to be in this moment forever. Both are fighting to the death inside of him. And before the second side could claim its victory, Genya faints.

+ He wakes up in a bed at the butterfly mansion with you sitting right next to him.

+ "Oh! You're awake!" you exclaim. "Shinobu said you'll be fine, it was just a tumble, she thinks that you stretched yourself too thin during the battle and you just need to get some rest."

+ That's it. He's excepted his defeat. He loves you. And now he's in trouble.

Should I post a part two??

[char-chats]

Insecurities

SFW (gender neutral)

CW: slightly hateful words

Genya:

You've always doubted yourself when it came to most things you felt weak, useless, and like an outcast. You just felt like every time you tried to help you made it worse.

When you told your parents that you were thinking about joining the demon slayer corpse they laughed In your face telling you , you'd die within a couple seconds.

This didn't stop you! Sure at times you've thought about giving up, but proving everyone wrong and seeing the look on there faces to see that you've succeed in your goal kept you going

When you met Genya you almost immediately fell for him. You really also really admired Genya.

He was so strong, polite, kind and tough, so when he confessed to you all nervous and blushy, you where excited, confused, happy , so many emotions all at once. He was yours and you where his.

Genya took care for you, you loved it and hated it. It made you feel weak, at some point in the day you and Genya were walking through the town when Genya stopped to buy something from this mini store.

As you where waiting outside you over heard a group of women and men talking about how Genya looks to good to be with you, to strong, tall to better to be with someone like you, weak

You felt all lump in your throat form and your eyes blur as tears form. That's when Genya stepped out smiling but quickly changed when he saw your sad expression.

"What's wrong?" He asked worriedly you shook your head and looked away "let's talk at home" he nodded his head and grabbed your hand running his callous thumb over your hand. So you two walk home in silence.

The walk home seems so long but when you finally arrived at your shared home and sat down on your bed ...and finally letting it all out

You broke down letting all the years of built of sadness out Genya was shocked and quickly went to comfort you, sitting next to you and wrapping his arms around you.

"What's wrong?! Did someone say something to you? " you shook your head taking a deep breath in and looking down.

"I.. I feel so useless all the fucking time.. Like I'm this little weak thing that can't do anything right... Your so much better than me, your stronger, tougher, just ... Better.. I look fucking pathetic standing next to you"

Genya cupped his hands on your red cheeks and looked at your teary eyes " [Name] I love you so much, you're not useless at all... How could you think that. Being useful doesn't always mean being strong or strength in general. It could mean mentality, you are so sweet and give amazing advice.

You listen to me and the others and really help us get through our issues.I admire you so much... I don't know what we'd do without you." Hearing those words were all you need to hear, that's all you wanted to hear, and you finally got to hear it.

You looked at Genya and hugged him tightly crying even harder soaking his shirt. Genya gently hugged you resting his chin on your head, rocking you back and forth slowly.

When finally the tears stopped Genya lifted his chin off your head, cupping your cheeks and kissing your forehead "come on let's go make some food, I'm hungry" you chuckled and nodded your head taking your hand into his.

Muichiro:

You grew up in a household where you had to be the highest achiever. You've always felt as if you where nothing as if you have achieved nothing in your life.

You had to be the best at everything, not good but the best of the best. You didn't even want to join the demon slayer corpse, in fact you where scared shitless. You just wanted your parents to be proud of you ,so you joined anyway.

And when you came back home from your training, all you got was "so when are you going to become a Hashira?" That's okay you could do better and you would! You could do it! So you pushed your self.

You first met Muichiro because you applied to be his Tsuguko and he accepted. You and him would often talk, well mostly you. Laying down on the grass and staring up at the fluffy clouds. He would listen and put his thoughts here and there, and sometimes would laugh. He enjoyed spending time with you and so did you.

He was so hard working, logical and a genius he became a Hashira within two months at 14, you felt like such an idiot for taking a year to finish your training then another year to become an official Hashira.

So when you gathered up the courage to confess to him you thought he would look at you blankly and walk away. But instead he smiled and the took your hand into his and said "I feel the same way [Name]". It seemed like time had stopped and you felt so many emotions all at once. Mainly happiness

You and Muichiro where sitting in the estates garden, you where talking about how you thought how beautiful the flowers where and all the different types of flowers, while Muichiro nodded and smiled.

That's when you spotted two demon slayers not to faraway looking at you. "Hey [Name] I'm gonna go get a snack I'm a little hungry, would you like anything?" you shook your head no "okay, I won't be to long" he smiled.

You looked down at your hands still feeling the gaze of the two slayers. "Hey, you're [Name] the new Hashira, aren't you ?"You looked up to see the two demon slayers now standing in front of you.

"Oh, um yeah" they both looked at each other and laughed, you furrowed your eye brows "Is something wrong? Er-". "Oh come on, do you really think Muichiro actually likes you?"," Yeah, he only said yes because he feels bad for you, I mean look at him he's better looking and he became a Hashira in two months. Then there's you.. Two years it's fucking pathetic, you'll never be up to his level".

Then they walked away, you where at a lost for words what the fuck just happened.. I mean what the fuck...I mean they were just demon slayers not Hashiras..But..Maybe they where right.. You'll never be good enough, never be up to his standards. It was all to much and you let the tears fall.

"[Name?....] You looked up quickly whipping away your tears, "what happened?" He sat beside you gently taking your hands into his. Oh no you felt tears at the brim of your eyes again "come on talk to me... I'm listening"

You took in a deep breath "I will never be up to your level no matter how hard I try.. You're just so good looking.. And a genius over all I mean, you became a Hashira in two months and it took me two years!

You looked down in shame not wanting to see his reaction to this. What if he thought you were stupid for saying all this. Where you too much for him? Did you say too much? There were such "what if's" going through your mind.

Bu your thoughts where all silenced when he lifted your chin to make you look and him. And took your hands into his and said "Honestly.. I thought you where the one too good for me, I admire your resilience, I don't know how you do it sometimes. Me taking two months while it took you two years doesn't mean anything. Just because you took longer then me doesn't mean your lesser than me. It's okay to take longer then someone else, I can be good at fighting but you can be way better at it, we all have different strengths and weaknesses. "

Yeah. All you needed was words of kindness, caring words. He cared and it showed he loved you he truly did. He thought no less of you in fact he thought more of you. You then leaned in and kissed his left cheek "thank you, Mui" you said with a smile

Muichiro cheeks turned bright pink and looks away "yeah no problem.. " he trailed off. "W-well, I tried to learn some origami want to come and see?..." You shook your head yes happily and he got up and held out his hand, so you took his hand walking to his place.

[flippityflaps]

Genya Safin + Taylor Swift = perfection

every day I am more convinced that Genya is a swiftie

( credits to @counting.crows on Tik Tok)

[djbeatz]

Giyuu & Genya

Okay this will definitely be an unpopular opinion, but I think a certain aspect about Genya and Giyuu feels similar to me.

I feel like they both think similarly about themselves. They both feel like they suffer from some form of social anxiety.

Giyuu feels unworthy of being a Hashira, he believes himself to be weaker and lesser than the rest of them, no real skill or talent at all.

Genya believes that he is talentless, he is weak and although he is trying, getting stronger, redeeming himself, proving himself to be worthy is simply a dream.

Although there is a difference between them, clearly.

Giyuu doesn’t try though. Almost as though he feels that it is futile to try; he has accepted the thought that he is weak and unworthy of the role he must play. What he thinks he is is a stand in, a place holder just waiting for the right one to come along and free him from the agony of being what he believes he is not.

Genya wants to become strong; he doesn’t want to accept that he is weak, because accepting that he is weak means that he may never be able to get to Sanemi, to apologize for what he did, to get Sanemi to accept him as his brother.

I feel that, in some way they can relate to each other, even if they never have interacted. If they did, there might be some kind unspoken understanding that they stand on even ground somewhere, that when it is simply them, not as slayers, but people, they are not that different. They are each other in a different font in this aspect.

Not only that, but the way they interact with people as well.

At this point, you can see that a lot of characters have a challenge expressing themselves properly, it’s almost a reoccurring concept. Shinobu hides her anger behind a sweet smile, Rengoku smiles through his emotional pain, he tries not to let it affect him, Sanemi expresses himself like anger is the only thing he can feel etc.

Giyuu has hard time putting what he feels into words, getting close to people is a challenge because he is more than aware that losing them is inevitable. So, he simply stays quiet, without speaking to people, getting close to them seems impossible. Getting close to people and then having to lose them is a kind of pain he is familiar with, but that didn’t make it any easier to handle, so to protect himself, he cannot allow himself to open up to people and grow attachments.

Genya doesn’t seem too fond of the idea of getting close to people, or making friends, sometimes he can’t help himself (like with Tanjiro), but he clearly doesn’t want to. He had lost basically his whole family in only a couple of hours, the only person he has left is Sanemi, and he won’t even acknowledge that Genya is his brother, let alone the fact that he even has a brother. He believes that Sanemi ignores him because of the way he had reacted, he always had issues with his anger that would definitely push people away, so he turns people away not only to protect himself, but to protect others from himself.

It’s definitely a bit of a stretch, but I don’t mind making it. It might be a little ooc, but I just had the thought and I had to say something.

[djbeatz]

Slight Manga spoilers

Genya most definitely had a thing when he was younger. Like, before his family y’know kind of young.

Every person he met, he always found them pretty, it didn’t really matter what they looked like, he always said they were pretty without shame, but he never gave a compliment more or less than pretty.

He did get out of the habit of saying it so casually when he grew up because as you get older, that can be seen more as flirting rather than just a cute compliment, although, that didn’t stop him from thinking it. Sanemi thinks he broke out of the phase. 

Hint. It wasn’t a phase.

He didn’t really stop, he just stopped saying it out loud. And because I am, once again, a shipper. The only person he ever thought of as something else than pretty was Muichiro.

He thought that Muichiro was absolutely beautiful.

Also, he probably doesn’t care about gendering compliments, if someone was pretty, then they were pretty, there really wasn’t anything else to it.

[djbeatz]

Okay, I’m going to start with I am a massive simp for Genya. So of course, we must start with him.

I’m not sure if I’m the only one who thinks this but, Genya can sing. No, he doesn’t do it often, but he sings lullabies very often when he goes to sleep.

The reason for this is because he used to always sing lullabies for his younger siblings, and sometimes with Sanemi. He started doing this because he loved how his mother used to hum him to sleep, and he wanted to do the same for the rest of his family.

Just Genya being adorable nothing much-

[witchthewriter]

hello! could you do a few headcanons on being zoya's little sister and falling in love with genya, please? like, zoya isn't happy at first, but eventually supports you? thanks anyway!

𝐙𝐨𝐲𝐚'𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞

⤷ female, half-Suli, and any size reader. Requests are open, thank you for reading!

a/n: thank you so much for your patience. I’m sorry this took me so long. 

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🌿ESFJ 🍁Ravenclaw 📜Neutral Good 🔮Saggitarius Sun, Gemini Moon, Aries Rising  

・Zoya despised Genya; she thought the red-head was pompous; that she didn’t deserve to call herself Grisha. Harsh, I know. So that’s why you were so hesitant to tell your sister about your relationship. 

・You had met Genya while at the Little Palace. You were sent a year after Zoya, your older sister to whom you had a rocky relationship with. 

・Trying your best to take the topic of the King out of Genya’s mind 

・Getting truly upset when she tells you what happens with him. You have a rush of emotions and it takes all your will-power not to march to the King’s quarters and kill him. 

・Genya only told you because she didn’t want to keep a secret from you 

・Sneaking into Genya’s room (she doesn’t have any roommates.) 

・Although Genya is a tad emotionally stunted... 

・Genya loves kissing your neck; love bites, hickies 

・Little dates amongst the grounds. You both really like nature, so you have a lot of picnics 

・Making fun of the King and Queen

・Being suspicious of the Darkling since he makes Genya be so close to the King, knowing what he does 

・Massaging Genya’s scalp

・And her shoulders (she gets stressed easily)

・Seeing a different side to her then others do 

・Everyone accepts her a bit more when you and Zoya show her kindness 

・She has so much love for you that it feels overwhelming. Her heart constantly feels full whenever she thinks of you. 

・Flirty as fck with you 

・You wanted Genya to know that you’d always be in her corner, so you went public with your relationship. 

・Zoya ... was ... ugh... pissed. 

      “Her? Out of every Grisha, you chose HER?” 

“Zoya please, watch your mouth,” you warned. Knowing that she would be angry, you were ready for a fight. 

・Zoya gave you the silent treatment 

・But Genya couldn’t love you any more than she did in that moment 

・Zoya going to Genya and having a talk with her 

      “If you hurt my sister, you’ll wish for death after I’m done with you.” 

“If I hurt Y/N, I’ll beg you to kill me anyway.” 

・Genya using her tailoring powers on Zoya to sweeten her up

・She wants to gift you so many things, but doesn’t have a lot of money. You don’t want, nor expect anything. You just love her company. 

・Relationship Tropes: 

  ✧ Pure Lookin’ (but hella shady) (you) x Scary Lookin’ (but actually a softie) (genya)

  ✧ Awkward Friends Pining For Each Other

  ✧ Always Ready To Throw Down For One Another

・You love it when she uses her power on you. Genya always says you don’t need it, but you love how easy she makes a makeup look. 

・It took a while but Zoya eventually came around. Her stubbornness turned into kindness. 

[metqnoiaxx]

genya x reader / fluff

just a ton of fluff!

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Ah. You took a seat down on a bench nearby the Ubuyashiki's estate. Yet another hashira meeting had just ended. You were the light hashira after all.

As pleasant as being a hashira was, it also came with lots of work and dedication. You had to spend years training just to so much as pass final selection. And then, it took you yet another few years to climb up the ranks all the way to a hashira. 

You weren't anyone's tsuguko so you had to get here on your own. And that, took a lot of work. 

Being the second youngest hashira ( second to muichiro ), at only 16, was really hitting you hard. You barely had to the time to so much as just be a kid. You used to be at your happiest when you had your family. But that, was long gone now. A demon had slaughtered them right before your eyes. It hurt and it pained you to see that, but you made sure you hadn't given up. Some of the hashira have been there to support you.

You see Rengoku as a big brother to you, he always helps you with training.

Shinobu also feels like an elder sibling to you. You love to visit the Butterfly Mansion, and talk with her, Kanao, and Aoi. Those moments are what also made you happy.

There was also one more person who was a part of the demon slayer corps. Not quite a hashira, but you saw him as none the less.

Genya Shinazugawa.

The two of you had met during final selection, you had saved him from a demon on around the fourth day. When you saved him, he gave you thanks and you could see the light blush across his cheeks. You hadn't thought much of it but that had mostly changed ever since the two of you were assigned your first missions with each other. 

Over time, your relationship with him just grew more. You knew deep down that you had feelings for him but you could never bring yourself to discuss it or so much as think about it. 

His brother, Sanemi, on the other hand, was a different story.

Sanemi knew of your power, seeing as you were able to become a hashira in the first place. He was often angry at you and would bash you, not only because of your relationship with Genya but also because of the numerous times you had beaten him in sparring. 

Your mood only worsened when you saw him approaching you.

"Oi, y/n!", he yelled at you in his usual tone.

"Do you need something or are you here to bother me again?", you replied with. You were this close to just being used to it.

"My stupid brother said he wanted to talk to you. He's too much of a coward to come ask you himself", he said. You were a little shocked that Genya wanted to see you.

"He's not a coward. You shouldn't be that mean to him.", you said while trying to prevent yourself from slapping him across the face for that.

"Tch (he bakugo or somethin?), whatever. He's in the courtyard", he said before walking off annoyed at your comment. You stood up and began to walk over towards the courtyard. To be honest though, you were quite nervous. Did he find out that you had liked him? How would he react? You saw him sitting down and you ran up to him quietly. 

You swiftly took a seat and said, "Hi Genya! Sanemi has said you wanted to see me?", you said softly. You didn't want to scare him too much.

"Oh..hi y/n!", he said quietly. Was he nervous about something?

"Did you need something?", you asked him. He began to fidget around with his hands.

"Well I uh...I just wanted to say..Uhm...Ithinkyou'rereallyprettyandsuperstrongandijustwantedtotellyouhowmuchilikeyoubecauseilikeyoualotandicantkeeplyingtomyselfthatidontandijustneededtotellyousohereigoyepiloveyouy/n!", he said really quickly before slamming his eyes shut and completely covering his face with his hands.

 You swear you lost a braincell listening to that.

"I......well I really like you too Genya!", you said happily with a bright smile on your face. Slowly, he turned around and looked at you. You looked so beautiful in his eyes.

"R-Really?", he asked. He was quite unsure about your answer. Did you really love him back?

"Well of course! You're so strong and you fight so cool! Not to mention how great of a person you are! Sanemi really does not know what he's talking about! Probably because there's no brain in his head but you know...well I really do love you back!", you said.

He gave you a big smile. Probably the biggest he had ever given anyone. You two really were deep in love.

The moment was happy, until you realized how exhausted you were. No conversation in the world could give someone the energy you needed right now. Your eyes started to flutter shut and you rested your head on his shoulder. He was a bit shocked by this and wasn't sure how to react, but then he rested his head on top of yours and let you cuddle into his neck.

"Ugh, idiots", someone mumbled before walking away. You hadn't realized but a specific wind pillar might have been watching the two of you.

--- end

i honestly love this one, idek why bahah