This happens once every few lifetimes by me is COMPLETE <3
Fic Summary (+ Chapter Summaries & Links):
Genya has an unfamiliar feeling in his chest. It kind of feels like a swarm of butterflies stretching their wings in his stomach, which he used to feel around pretty girls like Mitsuri. Or like an aggressive blush spread across his face in embarrassment, as though his whole head is on fire.
To his displeasure, Genya’s brain is malfunctioning like he’s drunk and struggling to maintain his composure, his heart is thrashing like a gentle touch will rip right through him, and his emotions . . . well, he’s enraptured by her, an unexpected, all-consuming alchemy.
He would never feel this way for a demon. He especially would never feel this way for Tanjiro’s younger sister Nezuko—that’s somehow even worse.
Is he lying to himself? What’s wrong with him?
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OR: What if Genya survived, Tanjiro never turned into a demon, and Nezuko and Genya became human again together?
CHAPTER 1: If you know it in one glimpse
CHAPTER 2: For a fortnight, there we were, together
They say home is where the heart is, but what do you do when returning home leads to heartache?
Nezuko is left wondering why in the midst of her grief, little things like a question, a touch, and a smile make her heart race.
CHAPTER 3: I choose you and me
Genya has reached a point of no return.
He can’t look at Nezuko. Not in the same way.
He can’t speak. If only he could tell her.
He can’t breathe. But he can feel her heartbeat.
Genya wants to ask if he’s allowed to want this—to want her.
Who can answer an unspoken question? And who can reciprocate an unknown feeling?
CHAPTER 4: The one thing I wanted
Zenitsu presents an important question. Nezuko is left with many questions of her own.
With her heart pulling the strings, Nezuko is pulled further from the answers she wants.
Will her self-reflection lead her to what—or who—she needs?
CHAPTER 5: Holding tight to your quiet resentment
[SKIP IF YOU DON’T WANT MAJOR INFINITY CASTLE MANGA SPOILERS]
Genya regrets doing, and saying, a lot of things.
Will he have the chance to make up for his mistake?
CHAPTER 6: Told me I’m better off, but I’m not
Nezuko reflects on her relationship with Zenitsu.
What will she do when faced with the consequences of what she didn’t say?
CHAPTER 7: Left me like this
Genya writes to Sanemi, and then thinks of writing to someone else.
What counts as a love letter?
CHAPTER 8: I love you, it’s ruining my life
It’s not easy to let go of a good man and his long-standing love.
But how could Nezuko not do so when the one she truly loves is within reach?
CHAPTER 9: And who’s gonna know you, if not me?
Genya wrestles with self-doubt, insecurity, and love.
Will he overcome his struggle and confess his feelings?
CHAPTER 10: I know what’s at stake here
Is every miracle followed by a tragedy?
CHAPTER 11: He said he’d love me all his life
Nezuko doesn’t want to lose her beloved after he suddenly falls ill.
But what can she do about this, other than continue to love him?
LAST CHAPTER IS OUT!!
CHAPTER 12: Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy?
“The sign on your heart said it’s still reserved for me.”
can i please stop getting obsessed with the most niche/unpopular platonic dynamics / romantic ships im too slow of a writer to make the fics myself around here come on
