hi, i wanted to say you're one of my favorite villain blogs !!! 💞 bless you and your blog ! i wanted to request some headcanons of tabe,hojo, setsuno and tengai with a s/o that is suffering from an illness, where s/o can't say anything until s/o meets soulmate of their's. like, the reader is a new member of the shie hassaikai, and that's where they will meet. ( you can choose who, which one of those four, but i would be glad if you could do them all !
// Are you kidding? These are my favorite yakuza characters, of course I am doing them all! I’m really sorry it took so long though. //
// General Background: You were recruited by Overhaul for your extraordinary abilities, in spite of not being able to speak. You had communicated to him (through writing) that you were mute, not really wanting to bother him with the romantic details of your disability. He introduces you to the others and briefly explains your situation. //
// I really am sorry this took a short forever. //
Really doesn’t think much of it. He’s not one to judge or get suspicious, so he sort of just takes it at face value and doesn’t make much of an attempt to communicate with you.
That being said, it’s not like he avoids you or doesn’t want to be around you. In fact, it’s much the opposite. Every second Tengai spends around you makes him appreciate you more, but he’s still a bit worried about making you feel awkward about being mute.
Seeing you ‘talk’ with others gives him a little more confidence, you usually carry a notebook around for that reason, but a few members have gone out of their way to learn to recognize basic sign language so you can communicate faster.
This is what he ends up doing too, even before he’s approached you.
When he finally goes to talk to you, he sort of just inhales and spits out his heavily rehearsed introduction, before putting out his hand to shake.
You smile and shake his hand, mouth instinctively forming the words ‘nice to meet you too.’
When sound comes out of your mouth, you both kind of freeze for a minute and he starts to doubt if he was correct in thinking you were mute.
“You… You’re my soulmate!”
It’s rare for him to get caught off guard, but these two sentences from you seem to do it.It takes Tengai a minute to find the right questions to ask you.
Eventually you explain the specifics of your muteness, and he’s torn between feeling unprepared for a relationship and extremely happy about finding you.
He settles on being happy for now and saving the overthinking for later.
Sweet baby is shy and quiet so he probably won’t go up to you right away
Plus, he thinks you’re pretty, so it’s just an added dose of adorable shyness.
It’s his friends who insist that he hang out around you, once they find out about his crush. After all, they wouldn’t want someone else to start dating you and have to deal with a sad Tabe.
When he eventually tries to get closer to you, it’s pretty much just him constantly watching you from a few meters away. It’s a little intimidating, but the other members assure you that he means no harm.
Honestly, it’s probably weeks before you’d ever be in a position where conversation with him was even on the table, so I’ll give you a likely scenario.
Someone mentioned that your birthday was coming up that weekend, so Tabe practically begged Hojo to help him bake a cake for you.
He gave in, of course, and that’s how he ended up covered in flour, trying to learn how to properly use a mixer while one of his closest friends looked at him expectantly, also covered head to toe in flour.
But this section isn’t about him.
The cake was… edible… when it was finished, and it actually looked okay thanks to Setsuno’s decorating skills.
Tabe was nervous about going up to you, but he was so close to finally getting you to notice him, so he wasn’t about to quit now.
When he shoved the plate into your arms and smiled awkwardly, you couldn’t help but smile back and mutter a ‘thanks’, before your eyes went wide as you realized that you could speak.
You set down the cake and hurried to explain your condition to him as he tried to comprehend what he was being told.
He had a soulmate? And it was someone as wonderful as you? How??
The first thing he did after you finished your explanation was wrap you in a tight hug.
As he pulled away, you could swear you heard him mutter “I love you” almost too quietly to hear.
Hojo won’t go out of his way to introduce himself at first, either. It’s mainly because he’s so awkward and doesn’t really see the point in putting you through painful small talk when you’ve already been informed of his, and everyone else’s, existence by Overhaul.
He still watches you from afar, and probably falls in love with you by watching you interact with the others.
The first time you actually meet is probably an accident.
He was coming out of Overhaul’s office, and you were coming into Overhaul’s office, and you literally ran into his chest.
He instinctively reached out to catch you, and you automatically tried to apologize, but immediately quieted down when you realized that you could speak.
You sort of just stared at him while processing what this meant and he quietly worried that he’d broken you.
When you finally explained what happened, he was shocked into silence, but soon recovered, wrapping you in an uncharacteristically excited hug.
He’s a little awkward around you at first, but can you blame him? He gave upon having a meaningful relationship a while ago, and now he has a soulmate!?
Despite that, he’s never cold to you, and he really tries to be the best soulmate he can.
Setsuno realizes from the first time he sees you that he’s attracted to you, which is a problem.
He tries to ignore his feelings as much as possible, and in turn, starts ignoring you.
It doesn’t take long for his friends to figure out what’s going on. Hojo might strike up a “conversation” with you to get a sense of if you’re right for Setsuno.
Assuming that he decides you are, Hojo will pressure Setsuno to go over and talk to you.
He’s fidgety and awkward, but he manages to introduce himself and waits for a response before realizing that you can’t talk and beginning to frantically apologize.
It’s at this moment that you tell him it’s okay in hopes of putting him at ease, and you both sort of freeze up.
After you explain to him that you’re soulmates, he tears up a little. ‘Is she really the one? Am I finally going to be happy?’
It takes a while for him to calm down, but when he does, he’s a mixture of joy and anxiousness. He’s so happy to have a second chance at love, but he’s still nervous about messing up.