shit i just realised this is mainly for a modern AU so pls just take it as such for some…also i got super lazy and stopped labelling which ones are for modern and which ones are for canon so just take it as you will :’)
i know you changed your ask bc Ty asked for the same thing but its so long i decided to split kidtashi and tashikiller into both of your asks, sorry!! ;w;
its also v long so more is under the cut!!
Who was the one to propose:
Kid, and Tashigi breaks out laughing whenever she’s told to tell the story, with Kid’s face burning red behind her. He probably did it in a super mushy awkward way; he brought her out to a fancy dinner(Tashigi quirked an eyebrow at the dinner when suggested, wasn’t he the one who hated dressing up?), bought her roses(very sweet, but also slightly out of character; Tashigi was p much convinced this was an alien and not her ragtag bf by now), couldn’t hold a proper conversation throughout the entire dinner, making things v awkward for him and v amusing for her, then lastly brought her down to the pier for some romantic walk and he’s so fucking stressed. when should he pop the question. should he warn her before kneeling? shit, should he have given the roses and then knelt instead of giving the flowers to her before the dinner?? is the ring even there holy fucking shit is the ring there oh thank god it is play it cool and pretend you were trying to get an ant off your suit anD DEFINITELY NOT SCRAMBLING FOR SOMETHING SHES GIVING YOU THE LOOK SHIT FUCK DONT GIVE IT AWAY DONT GIVE IT AWAY “Eutsass what’s wro—” “IM TRYING TO PROPOSE TO YOU AND ITS NOT WORKING OUT.” /cue pause/
“….fuck.”
its a v nice memory for Tashigi though uwu
Who stressed more over wedding planning:
(canon) they never get officially married!! its a fucking controversy for them to be dating one another already anyway, and theyre perfectly happy with their relationship as it is uvu anyway weddings are super troublesome and takes a lot of time that they do not have, neither mind either way so who cares
(if its for a mordern AU) Tashigi, definitely. Kid, after getting over the whole initial “holy fucking shit im actually getting married” phase, was p much laid back. “Let things go with the flow” “Anything you want” “As long as there’s booze i don’t care” are his responses to anything Tashigi asks him of the wedding.
Hina and Killer end up helping Tashigi instead(more like distracting her while Smoker roughs Kid up and makes him promise never to hurt Tashigi unless he wants to end up horribly mutilated and dumped in a dark back alley)
Who decorated the house:
(canon)They don’t have one, since they never settled down together.
(if its for a modern AU) They didn’t. Honestly Tashigi knows that whatever she attempts to put up will be torn down by Kid within a month for his metal projects or because it’s too ugly for his taste. Plus its a v big hazard, considering how their nightly activities involve a lot of blind groping and pushing and slamming against walls and it’s not v fun to have to keep pausing and looking out for random vases and portraits while trying to strip your partner on your way to the bedroom.
Who does the cooking:
(modern AU) Tashigi tries to cook, she really does, but her job and its irregular timetable prevents her from doing so, and leaves her really exhausted. She nearly fell asleep over the fire once, and since then Kid has adamantly prevented her from cooking right after a job ever again. Kid can probs do simple meals, but is too lazy to cook(occasionally he does anyway, on days when Tashigi breaks down the moment she steps into the house and her hands shake so badly she can’t even lock the door behind her(because of a case, always because of a case and sometimes Kid wants to slam her partner against a wall and demand answers on why she comes home more broken every day, why he let her break in the first place despite knowing she mends and heals and comes back stronger and eyes harder every time) and too tired to leave their room, he’ll bring in a home cooked meal, warm kisses and a shitty joke to remind her the world isn’t as bad as she wants to believe it is)
Who is more organized:
(modern AU) Tashigi, again, duh. She knows they only clean the house once a week, so she makes sure to keep her stuff back where she took them from and even her workspace is always v organised in neat stacks and files so they’ll have a better time cleaning later. but Kid…..that distrastrously villain always wrecks her efforts….he throws his clothes around as he takes them off, leaves metal parts everywhere when he’s working on some mini project, and is always, always yelling at Tashigi asking her where the hell anything of his is.
surprisingly, his workspace is even neater than Tashigi’s.
Who initiates bedroom fun:
(modern+canon AU) Kid, obviously B)))) he is an absolute horror because his sex drive is fucking insane and he can go for hours. he always goes for more affectionate and subtle gestures first like lots of kisses to get Tashigi in the mood first(and also so that if Tashigi’s really too tired or completely out of it that day he can still earn a snuggle anyway), then once they do start to get in the mood it goes downhill so fast. they can go from heavy petting to full on sex in a matter of minutes, and depending on the mood, energy level and how much pent up sexual frustration both have, it can range from half an hour to an entire night of sex.
but honestly Tashigi just wants to sleep.
Who suggested kids first:
(canon AU) who in their right mind who have a kid with a pirate while being a marine and knowing you may have to give your job, that you love very much, for it holy shit
(modern AU)….neither??? i don’t see them as the kids type for some reason omg?? /head in hands/Kid would be an F- father, lbr. and although Tashigi’s super motherly i don’t think she’ll be giving up her job any time soon for a child, esp since i imagine Kid(who comes from a very wealthy family that he cut ties with), is just a simple mechanic running some car shop downtown with some side illegal business :’)) so their income helps them get along just nicely and i don’t?? i’ve never imagined them with kids……….
but if it really comes down to it i bet the pregnancy was unplanned and Tashigi moves in with Hina for an entire week because she’s so fucking mad she has to give up her job for at least a year for the baby because some inconsiderate bastard got her pregnant(also because she’s really confused and kinda scared that she’s not going to be a good mother like her mum and she can’t stand the thought of ever being someone her own child would hate and really, really needs some good advice and time alone to deal with the sudden news)
Who’s more dominant:
Kid, definitely. but it turns him on so much when Tashigi’s in the mood to top tho B)
Who’s the cuddler:
(modern AU+slight canon)both of them!! Kid is a big whiny baby who will die if not spoilt periodically and Tashigi enjoys close contact when she’s feeling down, and cuddling in general. they typically spend their Saturdays slumped against one another after 12hours of sleep doing general stuff like clearing paperwork, tinkering with some mini project, reading, clearing bills, or even work for at least half a day.Lazy Saturdays is their fav way to pass the day, tbh, since they don’t get much quiet time to themselves.
Who’s the big spoon/little spoon:
Kid’s the big spoon, Tashigi’s the little spoon uvu. also Kid is a fucker who steals all the blankets, so Tashigi always makes sure to have at least three on the bed so if he takes two she still has one for herself. its p funny to see the cocoon he becomes in the morning tho lmao
What’s their favorite non-sexual activity:
(canon AU) anything, as long as they can spend time together, since they don’t get that very often. probably just taking walks and catching up with one another over dinner or something tho uvu
(modern AU) Lazing around with each other and watching shitty tv. Tashigi loves those Korean/Japanese dramas/reality shows and Kid cuddles against her and watches along, although they sometimes fall asleep with the tv on.
Who cooks:
there’s already?? one above?? lmao repeat question so just look above!! :D
Who comes home drunk at 3am:
(modern AU) both have, though Kid more often, because Tashigi doesn’t really have many nights off due to her job. in the beginning of their relationship(around college, i would assume?), Kid used to come back to the apartment really late a lot of nights, drunk and coated in some other girl’s perfume and it always made Tashigi tight lipped and very upset, but every time she brought it up Kid would just brush it off and say it wasn’t his fault, he didn’t even know the girl and that she was being over sensitive, which lead to a lot of arguments and slamming doors. it wasn’t till Killer stepped in to knock some sense into Kid’s thick skull that hey, it wasn’t very nice to stay out so late when you have a girlfriend waiting for you back “home” who is prone to worry. Hina and Smoker helped too, though their knocking was much more literal.
after they get married/are in a steady relationships with proper jobs though, i don’t really think they go out as often anymore without one another, since Tashigi’s job keeps her occupied and Kid is weary as shit from working all day as it is.
once though, during the start of their relationship when things were rough(see above), Tashigi did come home really late at night, leaving Kid to know the painful feeling of worry, pacing arounf and waiting up till the early morning for their loved one, giggly, super drunk and suspiciously missing her cardigan with her dress unclasped, escorted by Hina who very very luckily was with her. Kid nearly blew a gasket when he found out some other guy tried having his way with her(and very nearly got it too, if it hadn’t been for the part-timer bartender Killer stepping in and staying by her side till Hina managed to find her through the crowd again) while she was intoxicated, but when he started to very angry-worriedly tell her off, Tashigi started screaming at him about how he’s always doing the same and leaving her alone, he doesn’t care anyway , even if she slept with another guy it’s not of his business, fuck off, and proceeded to burst into tears.
it was a v emotional and tiring night, Tashigi wakes up the next morning with an awful headache, snuggled into Kid’s embrace and he apologises tons plus promises to be a better bf and please please please don’t ever scare him like that again by coming back so late in a very rough and indirect manner but Tash gets it anyway and starts crying a little herself. yeah.
Who kills the spiders:
both of them. Tashigi is more likely to let it out alive though, while Kid just grabs the newspaper and slams.
Who falls asleep first:
Tashigi, always. She’s exhausted all the time, and her bed is her next favourite thing to Kid and Shigure. At the most she can stay up for ten minutes after her head has hit the pillow, and she’s a p light sleeper. Kid likes watching her sleep for a while, but he also falls asleep p quickly. he snores though, and Tashigi has to elbow him every time to make him stop.
A head canon:
if you’ve read till here im p sure you have enough headcanons to last at least a month for kidtashi already haha :’D if you still want more pop into the askbox and ask for specifics?
Their relationship summed up in a gif:
i dont own a very large collection of gifs so im skipping this one ;v;
Do they have any “rituals”?
uuuh maybe they have this nightly thing where they read from the other’s book instead of focusing on their own? Kid’s books are pretty sciency sometimes and Tashigi’s ones are all swords and fantasy uvu
Who is louder?
oh, both are very vocal, but Tashigi’s definitely louder, and Kid really really likes it. he tries to coax all sorts of noises out of her and she is so embarrassed by them but he makes sure to tell her how much he loves it every opportunity he gets. the main reason why he always wants to try new things in the bedroom’s because he wants to hear her more, honestly.
Who is more experimental?
Kid! Tashigi’s more of a vanilla person because i think she gets v shy and self conscious unless she’s really really in the mood. again, it’s mainly because he wants to hear her moan, lmao. he never pushes for anything Tashigi refuses, vehemently or not to though.
Who takes more risks?
how do you take risks during sex??? but if this is not about sex then Kid!! he’s not a pirate for nothing, you know. his risks are more of the ‘act first, think as we go’ kind, while although Tashigi is equally as willing to take risks when need be, hers are often calculated or completely impulsive and acted upon anger.
Do they fuck or make love?
both B) depends on the mood, i would think! Kid’s more of the rough type, and despite being more vanilla, I think Tashigi would be secretly turned on by it. Kid is fucking delighted when he finds out, and although their sex life starts off being very gentle and stuff, it eventually gets pretty wild when they’re in the right moods. fucking always leaves a lot of bite marks and scratches for the morning, and the first time they had a very rough round Tashigi couldn’t really walk right for a day or two(and didn’t know how to ask for an excuse off work; luckily Hina has her back and covered her as time of month). making love is when they’re in a more happy floaty sort of mood, and typically has a lot of foreplay or heavy petting.
Lights on or off?
i’ve never??? thought about this?? dim maybe?? i don’t know omg…..
Who is more likely to be caught masturbating?
Kid probably. Tashigi’s more discreet and doesn’t have as high a libido as Kid to be taken care of, anyway.
Who is more likely to suggest a threesome?
(im laughing so hard bc im thinking of kidtashikiller)
maybe Kid?? he’s just like ‘yo what do you think a threesome would be like, wanna try?’ and Tashigi’s just ‘whAT’
if it ever happens, its definitely with someone they know on a very personal level(Law, Luffy(if you dont headcanon him as asexual(i kinda see him as an asexual with a sex drive sometimes)), Killer, Hina are the top suspects that come to mind for some reason???) and a good deal of alcohol was involved.
(i headcanon they’ve had a threesome with Hina once before tho, and as embarrassing as it was for Tashigi for the next week or so, she has to admit it was so worth it)
Who comes first?
(I CANT STOP LAUGHING AS I ANSWER THESE NSFW ASKS)
most likely Tashigi, Kid likes to pay attention to his partner and make them satisfied first before taking care of himself(and his partner, again), and she sounds amazing when she comes. Kid gets this smugass smile whenever he manages to make her come, and kisses her lots while murmuring about how hot she sounds and looks and its kinda cute, rly.
Who is better at oral and who prefers it?
THANKS TO AIJA i headcanon Tashigi is secretly being a natural in oral. Kid has to admit, as much as he’d like to sew her mouth shut sometimes for all the nagging she does, he’d never do it, especially now that he’s experienced the glory that is Tashigi’s talent in blowjobs. Preferring it would probably be Tashigi? Kid can work wonders with that tongue when he’s not busy shooting his mouth off with it lmao
Who is more submissive?
Tashigi, probably, but also because of how overly-dominant Kid is lmao
Who usually initiates things?
im…pretty sure ive answered this?? yea i just checked its a repeat question, only phrased differently :’)
Who is more sensitive?
in the sexual or non sexual way??? holy shit this person needs some organisation skills; these questions are all over the place
im going with non sexual so i can stop laughing long enough to breathe a little.
Tashigi, ofc. Kid is as sensitive as a piece of sponge; he’s so fucking useless at reading people, though his sixth sense of noticing when something is off/wrong is very strong. he can tell when Tashigi’s upset, just not what it’s about, and initially he just runs his mouth, jabbing at all of her sensitive spots just when she does not need to be provoked, making them fight quite a bit. he’s more of over protective though, so i think he’d be more of demanding who hurt her, why she’s upset and stuff, making her kinda annoyed but exasperatedly touched with his concern.
Tashigi’s better at this comforting thing, and normally just goes near him, asks him if there’s anything he wants, then cuddle next to him and ask him what’s wrong, patiently listening to him complain and sometimes offer her advice while he lies down on her lap.
Who has the most patience?
Tashigi! she’s very very patient with Kid, and deals with a lot of his bullshit lbr. she deserves much more than he gives her, Smoker is always lamenting. he worries a lot about her. Kid is such a short fuse, and gets really moody/pissy when Tashigi’s being very trying, although he tries his best to support her, he gets frustrated very easily when Tashigi doesn’t straight up tell him what’s wrong.
Which kinks do they share?
maybe……..pain kinks??? im sorry i get rly embarrassed when i have to talk about kinks so uh yeah!!!!
i hope you enjoyed this super long headcanon ask meme thing omg :’DDD
(also i didnt proofread this so if there’s any mistakes….yeah.)
Love songs and promises of forever never are enough; forevermore does not rhyme with the reality.
While she knows this, Tashigi's heart can't help but break a little bit more, the cracks reaching deep to the roots of her love.
She cries until her heart is about to burst, until Smoker-san's shoulders are soaked and Hina-san's tissues run out.
("You feeling better?"
"No... not really.")
Then the tears run out, and love songs turn into poison for her ears, and bitterness races with the sadness for the finish line that gets exceedingly far away from her despite her running toward it.
(Her nights are plagued with insomnia and murmurs of Eustass's name.)
So, this is heartache...
.
.
There's nothing broken if you can't feel the glass below your feet, that is Kid's ever-going motto in life, and that is how he deals with this.
It's not anger, not quite -- but it could be, if he gets himself riled up enough, if he lets himself doubt that there had once been love between them.
He usually would be angry.
He should be.
But there is only weariness that feels foreign to him -- that alienating feeling sinks into his bones and weigh him down, down, down.
That's where alcohol steps in: vodka, whiskey, rum, gin, vermouth, you name it! There is nothing he hasn't tried, nothing he won't try if it means to get rid of the nauseating sense of wrongness that plagues his mind and itches at his core.
I just read your massagis au kidtash and it was so freaking cute -w- But can you imagine that same au in a spa sort of thing where they either know or don't each other and either of them is the massagist and the other is on the table like damn son you're good at this.Just letting my imagination flow :v
you have a very good imagination, dear. I LIKE IT.
It was all Smoker-san's fault, as most things tended to be.
(She was awfully unfair to him, but god that thick-headed man deserved it sometimes, from someone other than Hina-san for a change.)
She had never, ever been to a masseuse before -- she had never needed a thorough back massage, as Hina-san had always helped her with her stiff neck, but recently Tashigi's back had been the crux of the problem, and there was very little Hina-san could do about that, since there was a possibility of messing Tashigi's back even more.
Naturally Smoker-san had slipped her a notice of the spa he knew of, and Tashigi had taken it with certain amount of caution.
She had clung to her cautions up the point where she lay almost completely naked on the table -- wait, had she accidentally ordered a full-body massage. Wait a sec. Noooo. No. Send help.
She nearly jumped out of her skin when the masseuse returned with the oils -- the masseuse was a man, unfortunately for Tashigi's insecurities, and she kept her gaze firmly on the floor. The flip-flops the masseuse was wearing were ugly and made of straw.
Weird how she clung to that impression with her squinted eyes.
She forgot the flip-flops quickly enough, however -- despite the masseuse's rogue-ish appearance, his hands were a gift fro gods above, and if she were a Christian, she probably would have sung hallelujah, as embarrassing as that would have been.
"Ohhhh...." she sighed as the warm hands worked up her lower back, fingers soothing her skin and palm solving the knots wound tight inside her skin.
you know what au this world needs? massagist au. do you know which pairing would be awesome in this au? kidtashi
you're damn right about that, anon.
"Ugh, how can you be so good with your hands?" Tashigi groaned as she all but melted onto the table as rough, calloused hands worked on the knots that prickled at her back and spine. "You're a total ass, but god."
She could hear his smirk before he even said a thing, and that in itself was something -- or maybe she knew him well enough by now to know which words triggered what kind of smiles from him.
"Yet you keep coming back for me instead of just, I dunno, changing the masseuse. Is it just because of my hands, hmmm, Tash?"
"Your ego at least is doing well, I see."
"Denial ain't just a river in Egyp, you know."
"...Shut up-- oh god, ow, oW!"
"Stay still, porcupine, lemme get this knot here--"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PORCUPINE?"
"Your bedhead sorta reminds me of one-- STAY STILL."
It was with a grimace on her face and a seething hiss that Tashigi settled down again, though her muscles were simply thankful for the attention Kid's large hands gave them after a long day sitting at her desk.
If only Eustass Kid wasn't such an ass, she might even look forward to these appointments for something else's sake than simply her sore back muscles'.
❣ of all the men to fall in love with ❣ a kidtashi fanmix ❣ cover art done by the lovely tophatnerd
❣ 'Lil Red Riding Hood - Bowling for Soup ('lil red riding hood / i'd like to hold you if i could / but you might think im a big bad wolf, so i won't) ❣ Haven't Had Enough- Mariana's Trench (testing, testing, im just suggesting / you and i might not(just) be the best thing) ❣ Animal- Neon Trees (hush hush / we both can't fight it // woah, i won't sleep tonight) ❣ Just One Yesterday- Fall Out Boys (anything you say can and will be held against you / so only say my name) ❣ Tommy-Gun - Royal Republic (so won't you grant this final wish pretty miss? / won't you save a last kiss?) ❣ { Hot Knife - Fiona Apple (he excites me / must be like a genesis of rhythm / i get feisty / whenever im with him) } ❣ { From Eden- Hozier (babe, there's something wretched about this / something so precious about this) } ❣ The Wolf That Fell In Love With Little Red Riding Hood - SirHamnet Cover (the delicate you / and the dangerous me / our meeting has only one ending / its unfair that / we are bound to this / cursed fate that will never change) ❣ Animals - Maroon 5 (its like we can't stop we're enemies / but we get along when im inside you) ❣ Blank Space - Taylor Swift (i could make the bad guys good for a weekend // but you'll come back each time you leave / cause darling im a nightmare dressed like a daydream) ❣ Deer in the Headlights - Owl City (so give me a smile or give me a sneer / cause im trying to guess here) ❣ Heart on the Floor - The Summer Set (staring at your lipstick stain on your second glass of wine / i told you, "since i bought it, i suppose your lips are mine") ❣
"Love is a strong word…" "That’s why I used it." --Kidtashi, please?
Her hand in his felt fragile -- her thin wrist would be so easy to twist -- much too easy for a brute like him to break apart.
He couldn't comprehend how it all came to be, though admittedly, he never took a no for an immediate answer. One of his many faults, Killer had claimed, rolling his eyes beneath that mask of his that kept Killer's insecurities from being seen by the world.
"Kid?" Tashigi's voice prompted him away from his thoughts, and he raised his head to look down into her eyes as she adjusted her glasses with her free hand. "Something the matter?"
"Nope," he said as he brought his own free hand to her hair, tugging it free from the constraints. He watched the dark hair cascade down to her shoulders in smooth waves.
"Do you have any idea how long it took to get that up?" Tashigi groaned, but her voice was betrayed by the curiosity her eyes conveyed when Kid leaned down, closer to her face. He expected her to freeze up, to glare, but she stayed still by his side, her eyes unblinking and trusting.
"God, you're so pretty," he breathed out -- or rather, the words stumbled out from his lips feverishly, as fervent as the feeling that held his heart in its clutches.
Tashigi raised an eyebrow, her cheeks flushing at the unexpected statement, and damn. Kid really wanted to kiss her. Why wasn't he kissing here? There was no reason to not kiss her. "Kid, are you drunk-"
"Nah, just," Kid shook his head, his fingers clutching hers, "realized it again, I guess, oh man. I love you, Tash."
"Wha-"
Oh shit, he said that out loud? Oh shit, shit, shit.
But unlike him, Tashigi didn't freak out. Not outwardly, at least -- the words seemed to sink into her slowly, and the way her lips struggled against smiling told him enough about how she felt, too.
"Love is a strong word, Kid," she murmured, her chest heaving from what he figured out to be the weight of her emotions oooor possibly the side effect of some spoilt ravioli. (You could never be entirely sure.)
He smirked. "That's why I used it."
Tashigi couldn't hold back the smile anymore. "No, it's not. You flipped out when you realized you said, I saw it from your face," she laughed as her fingers curled around his, squeezing them with her warmth.
"What woke her up was not pain, but the absence of it." for TashiKiller or KidTashiKiller, please? ((I'm terribly sorry if I'm bombarding you with requests D":))
no no you're not bombarding <3 (feel free to send me anything at any time)
What woke her up was not pain, but the absence of it.
The fog of dizziness, at least, was familiar to all the other times she reached consciousness after a vicious ball of electrified energy straight to her gut.
"Tash?"
Her eyelids fluttered with the effort to open them, though now that she knew of Eustass's presence, she wasn't sure if she wanted to be awake or conscious at all for that matter.
Regardless, she opened her eyes, and there he was -- the douchebag she hated to love as much as she did. "Eustass, what are you--"
"Spare me the spite," Eustass Kid scowled down at her as he pulled her up from the nondescript sofa she had been lying on. "A 'thank you' would be nice, though."
"How about 'unhand me, you fiend' instead?"
"Who talks like that? Did you talk with the ghost of Shakespeare this time, Tash?" Kid looked at her incredulously, but his lips formed that smug, arrogant smirk she'd very much like to smach off from his face.
But, dear heavens if he wasn't still as attractive as he had been, and even though these were just her hormones talking, it was an irrefutable fact.
"Anyway, s'not like you have any other chance than to trust me, ya know," Kid smiled, eyes gleaming as he looked down at her. (Looked down on her, which he had always done, and which had driven them apart in the first place.) "Demons and warlocks on the loose, and that ain't safe for a witch such as you."
"Just because I'm not a Charmed one doesn't mean I can't vanquish every demon butt that comes my way," Tashigi hissed, the pounding of her (still broken) heart as loud as thunder to her ears. Anger was understandable, anger was good, anger was what kept her from breaking apart.
"Even a demon like me?" Kid questioned and cocked an eyebrow at her as he let his hand fall from her arm, the gleaming red eyes watching her every movement with interest and painful longing that was not supposed to be there.
(Demons were not supposed to love -- they were not supposed to -- but Eustass liked to break every rule in the nonexistent book, didn't he?)
"Especially you," Tashigi murmured, her eyes hard as steel and her heart as fragile as glass. But a tough exterior fooled most people and demons alike, and Eustass was not the smartest of either species.
The physical pain from an earlier attack may be gone, but the pain of a love gone wrong would never truly disappear.
That much she knew as she watched Eustass -- that much her heart screamed at her.
If only there was a spell to heal an old heartache...
A/N: the idea of shifting swords(aka swords having both a human and sword form) and the swords having sentinence, an idea inspired by another op fic, has always been really appealing to me so i decided to give writing it a shot as a prompt for kidtashi
Shigure is important to Tashigi, as is Tashigi to Shigure.
Their bond is one as plain as day, from the way the Marine captain desperately grasps for the sword when it is knocked out of her hand; from the way the sword instantly shifts from it’s usual form to it’s human one when the sickening crunch of bones that draws a pained cry from its owner is heard, just as another reaches for its hilt(for no one but the one they have sworn themselves to shall wield them, a vow familiar to all swords and swordmasters alike).
The realisation impales Kid like a steel spear, the sharp feeling not unlike his matching cuts gained from a simple but ferocious scream produced by Shigure, size a child but still living up to its name as a Meito as men fall all around from the lethal slashes. Their stormy eyes flash with untamed anger, tiny hands curled into fists by their side as they stand tall, shielding their pale-faced, shaking wielder, blood generously pumping from her side and face drenched in tears and cold sweat. Tashigi’s weak gasps can be barely heard from the echo of Shigure’s yell, their fierce glare challenging the collapsing pirates who stand in a ring surrounding the couple.
“Don’t you dare touch her.” The sword hisses.
Shigure’s song, a lilting melody that sing of crisp rain that cleanses sin from the soul like dirt from the pavement, has turned hard and cold, the notes thudding with threat, slowly but surely melding into a discordant track of pure bloodlust.
And with a jolt that shoots through his body, described only with a word Kid refuses to familiarise himself with for he believes one who instills it should never have to(he is wrong and he realises it with dawning horror everytime he meets the grey eyes of a sword who will not hesitate to cut him down the moment he breaks the heart of the woman they both hold dear), Kid is reminded that an autumn’s light shower can turn into a deadly and powerful, crashing storm when mixed with strong winds and awful luck.
----
When they meet again on an island, a time when she has stolen his heart and he was given hers, Smoker eyes him warily and relents to his subordinate and dear friend’s love for this infamous Captain.
“My favour is not the only one you need to win.” Smoker gruffly says, taking another heavy drag from his cigars, the hint he drops dripping with significance and grudging acceptance.
“I know.” Is Kid’s curt reply, as a vivid leaf the colour of his hair drifts down from the towering trees above, landing on the Vice Admiral’s shoulder, which he brushes off as he turns to leave. Leaves crack and tear under his feet with loud crunches as Smoker walks away, and Kid’s eyes are unconsciously drawn to the source of the sound, brown eyes drinking in the warm colours that blanket the entire island’s earth.
Thunder is faintly heard in the distance, Killer’s shout for Kid to hurry inside the inn following the rumbles soon after. With a swish of his fur coat and loud clomp of boots, Kid leaves the shelter of the trees topped with the colour of sunset, eyes distant even as droplets of rain begin gently showering on him.
