hii!! i really adored your gyomei fic, it was mwah chefs kiss :D ur blog is also severely underrated like hello??? idk if you do like head cannons for more than one character but for this rq i was thinking gyomei/rengoku/sanemi, you can pick which one you wanna write for.😭😭 where like the reader is like their secret admirer or vice versa but eventually the reader gets caught by the character and like how does the character react to all of this?? thank you so much & you can discard this rq if u don't wanna do it!! have a good one :)
omg thank you so muchhh! i wasn't sure about that actually, i thought you all wouldn't like it. glad you enjoyed it!
i decided to do everyone and the reader admire them, since usually it's the other way around. not confident about this one though. hope it's alright for everyone!
he didn’t really mean to eavesdrop on your conversation with shinobu and learned that you were interested in him.
he was just there to visit a demon slayer that he saved during his last mission and was sent there to be treated and you just happened to do your follow-up check up to see if you can go to work already, but somehow it ended up with you two sharing getting hooked up in your conversation.
he felt really bad for unintentionally listening, but also a little, just a little, happy he did.
somehow, he finally understood why he heard that coming from you too.
the same sound he hears every time obanai and kanroji are close to each other.
so, it was because of that. he thought he was just hearing things, as ridiculous as it may sound.
you continued to explain to the insect hashira how you found him amazing from the first time you saw him, which was when he saved you from a demon who wanted to devour you as you’re walking home.
saying, it’s impossible not to fall in love with the man who protected you and saved you. you also revealed that he was the reason you joined the corps.
hearing how you continued to flatter and praise him without knowing he’s close by— his feet just won’t move and his brain never got the thought to move— he started feeling this unfamiliar feeling.
‘does she really think of me that way?’ he thought, as he looked away, his ear starting to heat up.
he finally got the courage to move to where you two were when shinobu asked you: “do you have any plans on confessing to him?”
he stopped walking again. he asked himself why, but he couldn't find the answer. was it because he wanted to know too? he had no idea.
“i will. soon. not now, though. soon when i’m standing on the same stage as him. i want to be a hashira first. i wanted to be someone worthy of him.”
your answer made him smile, his heart softened with your resolve.
his heel turned and he walked back to where he came from, still smiling a bit.
next time, when you two encounter again, he’ll try to help you and give you tips, so you can achieve your goal, all while he tries to act like he’s not aware of your feelings for him.
the question is, will he successfully act like he doesn’t know it?
rengoku kyojurou
he thought he was just overthinking things.
there’s no way there’s that difference on how you treat him to other men.
he first took note of it, when he’s eating at your family’s restaurant, where he usually eats before he comes home after patrolling.
you talk to him with such enthusiasm, joy, and adoration on your face, but when someone calls for you to order, it immediately disappears. giving them a stoic and indifferent look on your face.
he thought that might be just a mistake. there’s no way there’s that much difference.
he’s pretty sure of that, that’s why he put it on a test. he asked one of the slayers he knew to come with him to the restaurant and one agreed to accompany him.
an attractive one, even more.
when they arrived, his subordinate entered the place first, making you greet him with your usual cold tone, but as soon as rengoku stepped inside, your whole demeanor changed.
after that they ordered, rengoku letting him order for the both of them.
you note down what he told you their order, while he seems to be not bothered by casual indifference, thinking that this is just how you usually deal with customers, he’s just happy that the hashira invited him to share a meal together.
but when rengoku spoke, they were both dumbfounded by how easily your mood changes.
when you left to tell the cook their orders, the guy turned to rengoku saying: “wow, she was like a whole new different person.”, he says chuckling.
the flame hashira could only nod, following your figure with his eyes. ‘does that answer my question then?’
he brought along an attractive man, yet that didn’t change how you treat him along with the other customers.
would it be alright for him to assume that you…
and as if the guy was going along the cue life had given him asked, “does she like you?”, with a big smile on his lips.
he didn’t answer, instead he just diverted the conversation into another topic.
now, if you’re thinking that rengoku is the type to straightforwardly ask the person if they like him, then you’re wrong.
he’ll actually act as if he didn’t uncover a big revelation. he’ll still be the same rengoku you liked and would never subtly tease you about your crush on him.
he’ll actually start to notice things about you, now that he started to watch you sometimes.
he will try to get to know you better while trying not to be too noticeable.
well, maybe in the future, you two will share a conversation with only the two of you and by then, you’ll be able to talk more about personal things… like your feelings…
shinazugawa sanemi
whenever it’s time for the monthly hashira meeting, it’s normal for him to be the first one in order to be the one to greet the master before their meeting starts.
but, lately the new hashira keeps beating him to it. yes, it was you.
even if he tries to arrive there 3 hours before the meeting, he’ll find you there already, greeting him with a wide smile on your face.
it would’ve irritated him whenever you kept interfering with his plan of paying respect to the leader himself, but he can’t deny the fact that you were punctual by arriving there earlier than the rest of them.
so, he couldn’t really get mad at you.
actually, he didn’t mind sharing a conversation with you while waiting for the others.
but, the day he realized that there might be a bit more to you going to the meeting early came.
it was when he had an unexpected situation the night before the meeting and had to send his crow to tell the master that he wouldn’t be able to come.
after a few hours, his crow came back. though it usually just takes his crow to deliver and come back in one or two hours. hm… weird, but okay… he brushed it off.
the next morning came and when he went to finish things that made him was already taken care of.
at that time, he still had the time to go attend the meeting barely before it started, so he immediately headed out.
when he got there, he was surprised to see you taking your time as you walked along the path to the entrance to ubuyashiki's residence.
he even thought it was a different person, because there’s no way you would be here when you’re always so early whenever the meeting is held.
when he caught up to you, because you sure was taking your sweet time, he was certain already that it was you.
“what are you still doing here?”, he asked you, speaking suddenly next to you.
when he looked at your face, it was a mixture of surprise and shock. you asked him what he’s doing there when he was supposed to be absent for the meeting.
he just explained to you what happened, but he found you not listening and looking somewhere else. confused, he followed your line of sight.
there, he saw his crow, seemingly trying to make a move on yours. he furrowed his head. ‘what is that damn bird doing?’, he thought to himself.
“your crow said you won’t be able to attend the meeting.”, he heard you whispering to yourself. he was immediately hooked on what you said and then slowly… he pieced one thing to another.
“don’t tell me… did my crow take a detour to your place yesterday?”, he didn’t miss the slight flinch you did when he asked the question.
“so, he did, huh…” he said, nodding. you didn’t answer and just looked away, turning your back to him.
but, he realized another thing.
“did he… also tell you about me going to the meetings early…?”, he asked while staring at the back of your head.
you snapped your head and shook your head repeatedly. “no!”, you denied with conviction.
he listened while you explained that you heard from kanroji that he’s always early and never forced his crow to tell you anything about him. he watched how your face slowly turned red, rattled about his question.
‘why is she so embarrassed about it? so much that she’s turning red?’, he thought to himself.
‘isn’t it good that she’s trying to be punctual because of him? or… is there… another reason…?’
but… he doesn't want to think that your reason might be the same as what he was thinking.
“d… do you…”, he started, stopping you in your trail of defense.
as he stares at you, his voice seemingly caught in his throat. he tried to speak up and continue his sentence, but he can’t appear to do it.
he then shook his head, making you confused.
“no. it’s nothing. let’s hurry up before we get late.”, he brushed off and then started walking again. he also called his crow and told him to stop flirting already.
you just followed behind him. you were aware that he realized it, but wondered why he didn’t say anything.
well, it’s because he doesn’t believe it.
he doesn’t want to admit that he thinks you like him. he should be focusing on protecting the civilians and not mind himself with love.
ah, yeah— yes, yes, that’s the reason. that’s definitely the reason.
it’s absolutely not because he’s flustered and he can’t think clearly. yeah, absolutely not.
he might get a bit weird for the next few times when you two meet again, but remember it’s not because he’s embarrassed, okay?!
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with his lunch box in his hand, iwaizumi opened the door to the rooftop, where he, oikawa, and you, his childhood best friends, would always eat when lunchtime comes.
but he was trying to resolve something these days, so he hasn’t come there lately and today was the first time in days he'll come to eat here again.
well, the thing is, in his mind it was just nothing but about you. whenever he sees you at lunch with him and oikawa, he can't focus on eating and would just stare at you or just listen to whatever you say.
he thought that maybe it's just him, not in the mood to eat. so, he tried eating in the cafeteria where the aroma of foods filled up the atmosphere, making anyone who can smell it hungry.
he thought it was the case since he was able to eat normally and now he's planning to eat with you guys again, now that his problem has been resolved.
“iwa-chan!” the brunette setter waved in his direction.
“hajime! welcome back, man.” you greeted him, as he took a seat in the middle of you and oikawa. “how was your problem?”
“it's fine now.” he answered.
“jeez, you didn't have to go to the cafe alone. we could've come with you.” oikawa said, opening his lunch.
“it's a bit crowded there, it's better here for you two. itadakimasu.” iwaizumi clasped his hands together, before digging into his food.
you three started eating and you suddenly remembered something funny that you wanted to tell the two.
“hey, you two, listen here.” the two quickly looked at you, oikawa was looking at you while still stuffing some in his mouth, exactly the opposite of what iwaizumi is doing.
he's all ears, looking intently at you, not wanting to let even a word that came out of your lips pass by him without noticing.
oikawa's eyes averted to the ace and smirked.
“so, my classmate earlie—” the sound of a phone ringing stole all of your attention, you noticed that it's your ringtone and that your mother is calling you. “huh? did something happen? i'll be back.” you excused yourself.
iwaizumi just nodded and followed you with his eyes as you walked farther from them. that was his action until he heard oikawa trying to suppress his laugh.
he quickly glared at him.
“the hell is wrong with you?” he growled at him, only to make oikawa fail to hold back the laughter and rolled on the floor.
“no, it's just. i thought that if iwa-chan comes back here, you'll be able to trace why you always can't eat but it turns out i was wrong!” he explained and dissolved into laughter. iwaizumi furrowed his brows thinking what oikawa meant.
oikawa took a deep breath trying to catch his airflow. when he's finally breathing fine, he placed a hand on iwaizumi's shoulder.
“iwa-chan, it's love. you like our friend.” oikawa said, his face was serious yet it was obvious that he was holding back his laughter.
iwaizumi was silent for a while before he grabbed the setter's hand and squeezed it hard while staring into the air.
everything started to make sense for him. the way you always got his full attention, the way he couldn’t stop thinking about you, and everything else.
‘shit.’
‘why didn't i notice? how come i didn't notice?! wait— does (y/n) know it too?’
iwaizumi was panicking in his mind, while oikawa screamed on top of his lungs, for the freedom of his crushed hand.
“hajime! you're bullying tooru again!” you pointed out, your arms crossed on your chest.
“(y/n)...” oikawa said and showed his puppy eyes.
“s-sorry.” iwaizumi quickly apologized and let go of oikawa.
“at least let me take a video of it.” you said and seated.
“excuse me? where'd you get that audacity from?”
“picked it up from a junior, named kunimi akira.” you bragged and noticed iwaizumi staring blankly at you. “is there something in my face?”
he shook his head no and faced the other way.
‘she doesn't seem to notice, but now i'm feeling giddy every time i look at her. shit.’
ushijima wakatoshi
while reading his manga that he just bought and eating some chips, tendou heard a knock on his dorm room's door. he walked to the door energetically, just like how he always is.
“yes, yes~ i'm coming~ i'm coming~” he speaks to the person waiting outside. he opened it with a wide smile on his face.
“wakatoshi-kun! what's wrong?” his eyes widened, surprised by the sudden visit of the great ushijima wakatoshi to his room.
“tendou, i have a problem.” he started with a straight face.
tendou offered him to come in and take a seat on the extra chair in the room.
“what's the problem, wakatoshi-kun?” tendou asked worriedly.
“i think i'm sick.” he flat out said and placed a hand on his left chest.
“you're sick? you? of all people?”
now tendou is even more surprised, ushijima who makes sure he's always in top condition is saying he's sick, then what about him who just checks his body and condition when needed or if his lazy soul went to get something in the underworld and his responsible party took over his body.
“my heart it's always beating fast whenever (y/n) is close or when she's talking to me, or even just standing there and doing nothing,” ushijima explained as if the world's crisis was in his hands.
tendou's shoulder deflated drastically. ‘that was it? i thought he really had an incurable disease.’
“no, wakatoshi-kun. you're ju—”
“do you think (y/n) is cursed?” he looked up at tendou with a rare terror in his eyes.
“what?” tendou blinked repeatedly.
“i overheard in the children in the park that if you look at someone and your heart beats fast that person is dying.” he explained, leaving tendou's mouth hanging open.
‘what's that? i never heard of something like that. what kind of things do kids these days talk about?’
he wanted to say that it's not true, but his playful side is overtaking his mind, and sadly he surrendered to it.
“why don't you tell that to (y/n) herself? if it’s that serious, then i think she has the right to know about it, at least.” he suggested.
right now, you just stepped into the gym and ushijima immediately walked to you with tendou watching from the sidelines.
“(y/n), i think you're going to leave the earth soon.” he said not even pausing.
your eyes expanded, so as the other players close to you two.
“what kind of curse is that, ushijima?” you asked him and laughed awkwardly.
“i heard it from the children in the park.” he said looking you straight in the eyes.
you somehow breathe a relieved sigh. so it's just some kids' rumors.
“what did they say, ushijima?”
“they said that if you look at someone and your heart starts to beat fast then that person is dying.” he repeated what he heard.
“if that's true, then i guess my teacher would rest in peace too because i always get scared when i meet her eyes during recitations.” you said laughing. “wait— your heart beats fast when you look at me?”
“yes, every time i look at you or close to me, also right now that i'm talking to you.” ushijima pointed out everything.
you heard gasps and 'wows' from the team after he said that, so the third years decided to step up, along with the perpetrator who plotted this.
“wakatoshi, that's not like that at all,” semi said, feeling second-hand embarrassment for their captain.
“what do you mean?” he asked.
“your heart beats fast, not because (y/n) is about to die, so stop killing her out of nowhere.” reon clarified.
“then, what is it?” the big man tilted his head in confusion.
“it's love!” both tendou and yamagata shout.
“love?” the four nodded their heads. “does that mean i am entranced by (y/n)?” and the four nodded again.
“what should i do?” ushijima looked at his friends.
“ask her out!” yamagata jumped, raising his hand.
“give her chocolates first!” tendou added.
“yeah, but what chocolate?” semi thought for a while.
“let's just ask her,” reon suggested and they looked at you.
you gave them a half-hearted smile.
“oh. i thought you guys forgot that i'm still here.” you deadpanned them. “also, anything's fine, as long as it's from ushijima.” you answered and ran.
tsukishima kei
despite tsukishima walking confidently through the corridor of the school, his mind was a mess. well, the reason was today he was about to wait for you, just like how he usually did actually.
but, right now yamaguchi wasn't here, who was supposed to be the reason he was waiting and then acted like he was just forced to be there.
he thought about a lot of scenes and how to respond to your every question, just so it wouldn’t come out that he was there on his own accord and that he was doing it against his will. he wasn’t not sure why he was getting this anxious over it, but he was ready.
but it turned out all his thinking was futile, because as soon as he arrived at your room, he saw oujiyama hideo from the tennis club talking to you. smiling and laughing with him like you’ve known each other for years.
when you looked at your door, you immediately picked up your things and bid farewell to oujiyama.
“my friend's already here. i'm going now.” you said and bowed to him since he's also a senior.
“okay.” he replied and flashed his usual flirty smile. you chuckled lightly at him.
“stop smiling at me like that.” you told him laughing, your eyes were rolling as well.
“haha, sorry sorry. it's a habit of mine.” he answered, making you laugh even more.
“what a nice habit of yours. smiling.” you were about to walk when you felt him ruffling your hair. “argh, stop it. i'm not a child anymore.” you grumble, trying to take his hand off of your head.
he was about to remove his hand, but someone did it first.
“ouch!” oujiyama clamored while caressing his now red hand. “what the hell?!” he turned his head and saw the 190 cm tall volleyball player.
“oh, sorry, there was a fly on the back of your palm.” tsukishima replied, smirking.
you turned around and saw tsukishima fixing the position of his specs using one hand while holding a goddamn fly swatter on the other.
“where the hell did you get that?!” you asked him, completely forgetting what he just did because of finding the most random item on his hand.
“i found it lying on the teacher's desk.” he answered, not sparing a glance to the person he just hit.
“your friend right there sure is violent, (y/n).” oujiyama noted, lightly grinning in annoyance. he tried to keep up his nice boy facade in front of this unknown guy who just swatted his hand.
“oh gosh. are you alright, hideo-niisan?” you alerted yourself when you finally noticed the redness on his skin.
“i'm not just her friend, i'm her boy— what? ‘nii-san?” tsukishima looked at you in shock.
“what? he's my first cousin and he’s older than me. of course, i'll call him that.” you said to him as you searched for the spray for redness in your bag and sprayed it into oujiyama's hand.
tsukishima froze.
‘wait. more importantly… did i just try to say that i'm (y/n)'s boyfriend?’ tsukishima was silent for a moment, before walking back, leaving the fly swatter on the table where he got it and headed to the door.
‘no way! that shorty? really…?’
“oi, wait for me!” you shouted at him and oujiyama just smirked that you immediately noticed. “what?” you asked, turning to him.
“no, it's just, now i know what he was thinking and did that.” he answered.
“that guy? me too.” you said that captured his attention.
“really?” he said a bit surprised.
“yeah. that guy is the reincarnation of cinderella's step-mother, so his villainous alter ego kicked in as soon as he saw that fly swatter.” you deduced shaking your head sideways repeatedly.
“mhm. yeah. i can see you don't understand at all.” he nodded.
“hm?” you hummed, failing to hear what he said.
“no, nothing. you should hurry and catch up to him.” he reminded you, making you widen your eyes.
“ah! see you later, nii-san! tsukishima!” you shouted as you ran towards the door.
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“ken…” you called for your boyfriend, who's currently busy with his switch.
“hm?” he hummed, not sparing a glance at you. you pouted and just muttered it's nothing.
you rolled on his bed, not sure how to make your boyfriend, kenma, point his attention to you. it was so hard to find free time for both of you while you’re both in college. while thinking hard, you heard your phone pinged, you lazily reached for it and saw that your friend messaged you.
you immediately opened it and saw that she had sent you a video. it was a tiktok video of a girl calling his boyfriend a different name and seeing his reaction. your friend even said to try it on kenma and see how he will react.
you were reluctant, knowing kenma is too busy playing, you're not sure if he'll even notice that you called him by a different name, but with your friend's persistence, she managed to get you to try it.
well, here goes nothing.
you went behind him and rested your head on his arm. he peeked at you a bit but went back to playing again.
will this really work?
“hey,” you started, kenma took off the headphone on one of his ears.
“hm?” he asked.
“pay attention to me already.” you whined making him chuckled softly. he just planted a kiss on your head, before going back to playing.
“boo. forget it, you're always busy playing, mitsuo.” you delivered your plan and crawled back on the bed and scrolled through twitter on your phone.
not even a minute passed, kenma took the phone from your hand and he's already on top of you, his arms locking you within his grasp.
you looked at the switch he was just holding a few moments ago and it was just laying there, you made a terrible decision to look him in his eyes. kenma is staring at you as if he's looking through your soul and he's not saying a word.
“k-ken?” you called, your heart starting to beat incredibly fast and your lips forming an awkward smile.
“that's not what you called me earlier.” he said, every word making your knees feel like they're wobbly.
uhm, hello?! this is not the reaction i thought i would get! what is this?!
“ke-kenma, what?” you tried to look away from him, but he just made you look at him again.
this is too much for me to handle! i didn't expect kenma to be like this!
“kenma, it's just a prank!” you confessed shakily. “haha.” you smiled at him nervously, your hands waving in front of you.
instead of a confused expression, you saw a smile creeping up on kenma's face. he laid on top of you and cuddled you.
“i know.” he spoke, his voice resonating through your neck's skin.
“huh?” you asked him confusedly.
“i know you were just playing with me. i saw a lot of videos like that, and i just decided to turn the tables on you.” he explained.
you hit his biceps playfully while telling him how you thought he was mad. he muttered that he was sorry for that and that he's sorry for not giving you enough attention. you guys cuddled up for a bit before it was disturbed by a certain rooster-head.
“kenma, let's go play vol—” kuroo slammed open the door of kenma's room and found him cuddling with you.
an teasing smile immediately flashed his face, and you heard kenma groaned knowing how kuroo would react.
“oh my~ it seems like i interrupted something. ohoho~” the former captain said, putting a hand on his mouth as if he was a reserved lady.
“shut up, kuroo. leave.” kenma said and buried his face deeper on your neck.
“yes, yes. please don't be too sweet to each other, you might attract ants.” he said before leaving the two of you alone.
oikawa tooru
“babe,” you heard the same sweet voice call from outside your room just when you finished packing your things.
you looked where the voice came from and oikawa was there standing by the door and waving your way. some girls are glancing at him as they walk past him, but sadly for them, oikawa doesn't notice them, for he's only looking at you. waving and smiling like an idiot.
you apologized to him in your mind, because today you'll be doing a prank on him and hopefully you can do this according to your plan.
when you went to him, he immediately kissed you on your forehead and even your hands.
“what? you're being extra sweet. did something good happen?” you laughed as you started to walk away with your hands locked with him.
“hm? no, it's just, i suddenly felt happy when i saw my beautiful girlfriend.” he said and suddenly threw himself on you, hugging you in the middle of school grounds, with students walking from all directions to go to their clubs or to go home.
“jeez, people are starin— ahahaha stop that!” you screamed when oikawa suddenly tickled you.
“hehe, sorry, sorry.” he said and stopped, placing a kiss on you again.
you guys continued to walk before some of his aggressive fan girls arrived. when you two are out of school, you finally decided that it's time to commence the work.
“hey…” you called for his attention. he immediately leaned down to you, still holding your hands. “our anniversary's close, i was thinking, how about we go out of town?” you suggested. oikawa's eyes beamed and smiled at you.
“that's nice, babe! where should we go? kyoto? kanagawa? ah! how about akita?” oikawa muttered excitedly, and even did actions with his other hand. you smiled at how high tension he is, but you need to focus on your job.
“haha, i see you're excited about it, shuichi. let's go to my house and discuss it there.” you said and pulled him to your house direction.
oikawa titled his head as you pulled him until he forcefully made his body stop and pulled you too. you looked back at him, with a smile, holding back your loud laugh at seeing his expression.
“what?” you asked him, trying to sound normal. he let go of your hands, in the most dramatic way, even letting out an 'ugh' sound.
“no, no, no, i am your babe.” he said pointing his finger at him. you just nodded at him.
“you are my babe.” he followed, you furrowed your brows, but still nodded.
“then who is this shuichi loser you just called me?! my name is not shuichi and will never be shuichi. ah—! are you cheating on me?!” he said in one breath, putting both of his hands on your shoulders.
“i—”
“no! i need an explanation. i demand an explanation!” he emotionally drew his eyes away from you.
yeah, i was about to explain, but you cut me off.
oh shit. why didn't i take account of how much of a drama queen my boyfriend is?
“(y/n), tell me what did i do wro—”
“tooru, it's just a prank.” you plainly said.
“huh?” he stopped all his movements and let go of your shoulder.
“prank, just a prank.”
“ah! how could you?!” he shouted as he put a hand on his chest and turned around.
“i thought it would be a good one, sorry hehe.” you apologized and hugged him from behind. but, oikawa looks at you with a pout and teary eyes.
“i thought i had a heart attack. hmph!” he broke off from your hug and started to walk.
“what? tooru, are you going home now?” you asked him as he walked further, but he suddenly stopped and went back to you. “yes?”
“give me your bag.” he demanded that you complied. when you handed him your things, he ran off again.
“eh? babe?” you called.
“don't talk to me! go and do your stupid prank on someone else!” he said and grumpily stomped.
“yeah, you're acting as if you're mad and yet you're still going in my house's direction.” you teased and laughed.
“hmph! i still want to go to akita with you, duh?!”
“‘duh’? hahaha! tooru, you're so cute!” you said and ran to him.
akaashi keiji
cuddling with your boyfriend, akaashi keiji, on their couch, while watching anything you two find is a normal routine for the two of you whenever his parents are out or in another town.
but, right now, your beautiful prince is sleeping while you watch the movie you are really looking forward to watching with him. you are sure that he's not asleep because he's tired from practice or that he stayed up late last night, so the only reason he fell asleep is that he got bored watching it.
“keiji, we haven't even reached the middle part and yet you're already sleeping.” you murmured as you turned off the tv. you lay on top of him and as if he's awake he snaked his arms down your waist, but you're sure that just reflexed, so you put on your earphones and went to tiktok.
scrolling down, your eye was hooked on one video of a girl pranking his boyfriend. should you do to your boyfriend? hmm...
after thirty minutes, akaashi woke up to the smell of cookies that you just baked.
“ah, good afternoon to you, mister. i was just about to wake you up.” you told him when you saw his eyes wide open when you placed the bowl on the table.
“mhm, i woke up to the aroma.” he said and looked up at the tv. “what happened to the movie?” he asked.
“well, you are already sleeping, so i just turned it off.” you explained. “forget about that, why don't you give these cookies a taste?” you told him and gave him a piece. he took a bite and chewed on it.
“so? how's the taste, yukio—”
eh? (y/n), what the hell?! wait, omg. the prank is still on my mind, and i unconsciously said the name that the girl used in the video! i wasn't even planning to do it!
“u-uhm…” you nervously scratched your cheeks and took a seat next to him.
“it tastes good…” akaashi answered. you sighed deeply in your mind, thinking that he's not mad, or so you know.
“how about thi—” you didn't finish speaking when akaashi talked.
“so, (y/n), who the fuck is this yukio?” he looked at you, and you saw the most serious face you've seen in his face.
huh? i thought i was safe! i thought he'll just let it slip, just as usual.
is this what they were talking about in that idiom about don't dare to joke about a person who just woke up-something?
huh? wait. did i hear that right?
“keiji, did you just curse?” you asked him, in complete awe, to hear your usually calm and collected boyfriend curse.
“that's not what's important right now. cut the crap and tell me who the fuck is that yukio?” he said and furiously ran his fingers through his scalp.
“again. keiji, you cursed again.” you stated, just staring at him with your hand on your mouth.
“(y/n).” he deadpanned.
“somehow... it's so hot to hear you curse, keiji.” you melted as you looked at him lovingly and hearts can be seen in your eyes.
“babe...”
“keiji, one more.” you said with your puppy eyes, wanting to hear more.
after a few more pleas to him, akaashi gave up.
he already realized that that was just a prank and yet, he is now stuck with you who seems to have unlocked a new world for you.
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bf gyuutarou! is the type to be always onto whatever you're doing, may it be running an errand or just random walks
bf gyuutarou! who forces his sister to keep an eye on you through her obi whenever he goes to his ‘sleeping’ period
bf gyuutarou! who takes you different places, lets you sit comfortably on the rooftop, then steals some snacks and drinks from nearby stalls for you while he goes on another killing spree
bf gyuutarou! who makes sure to go back without a speck of blood on him, because he doesn’t want to ruin your appetite by his gruesome state, so he ate the rest there and just took some hands and feet so it wouldn’t be messy
bf gyuutarou! who would eat human remains beside you as you eat your human food, while gazing at the people below
bf gyuutarou! will be the type to always butt in everytime you and daki gossips and whenever you tell him to get out of the room, he’ll laugh annoyingly while he walk to the window to leave and stay of the rooftop, still listening to your voice
bf gyuutarou! who knows that despite his little sister’s fondness for you, she will always tell him whoever bad-mouths you from what he heard from her obis all throughout the entertainment district
you who is aware that your bf gyuutarou! is the reason why people who you fight with goes missing or dies the next day, but you couldn’t care less because you liked how people are now distancing themselves from you and leaving you alone
bf gyuutarou! is the type to disturb your sleep just to annoy you, but will flip out when you do the same (he threatens to feed you to other demon knowing he gets crazy even when a random demon breathes in a five kilometers (3.1 mi) radius)
bf gyuutarou! who is super possessive, bordering obsessive (he already crossed the line a long time ago, you’re just in denial), started taking money from some of the patrons, so he could give it to you, just so you would stop working and interact with other people except from him and his sister
bf gyuutarou! who gets pissed when you’re mad at him, so he had to make it up to you pretty fast because he know that when you’re angry at him, you distance yourself and he hates that, he hates not knowing what you’re doing, hates when you’re out of his sight, hates that he can’t hold you, hates that other men could interact with you during those time of separation
bf gyuutarou! who gives you everything you want as soon as it falls out of your lips no matter how absurd it is
bf gyuutarou! who lets you decorate his ribbons and drawings, so sometimes he fight with beautified weapon which throws out some of his opponent at times
bf gyuutarou! who doesn’t sleep, yet lays beside you whenever you’re going to sleep, using his arm as pillows and his hand possessively resting on your waist or bum
bf gyuutarou! who wakes you up by pinching your nose then laughs when you smack his chest, but quickly makes it up to you by giving you your ‘good morning kiss’.
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himejima came out of the room with the meeting he just had with the corps leader that ended swiftly. he bowed one last time to ubayashiki before closing the door.
as he walks down the corridor of the house, he thinks back to what he and ubayashiki talk about.
“ah…” he groaned as he rubbed his palms together. “another newly appointed hashira.”
he was visiting the master when the latter brought up this new information. he was told that this new hashira eliminated the lower rank three of the twelve demon moons.
tears started to fall down his cheeks as usual.
“ah… i wish they wouldn’t die as easily.” he cries, his sensitive heart breaking just by the thought of his fellow slayer dying, even if they haven’t met yet.
meanwhile, you just arrived at the headquarters with the help of a kakushi leading the way for you. you were told by the kakushi to wait in the backyard, while he went to announce your arrival to the people in the house.
you know why you were here.
recently, you managed to kill the lower rank two.
whether it was luck or not that the sun came out as your stamina was running low from trying to keep him the demon from running away, the only thing you know is that your loathing for those disgusting monsters have gone up to the maximum level.
just thinking about them makes your hands shake with anger.
that same day you got the recognition for slaughtering the lower rank three was the same day you lost your closest friend.
the friend who you grew up with. that friend who was with you and helped you when a demon killed your only family, your father. that friend who joined the corps with you.
the friend who you promised to protect.
just to fail.
…
your mouth was open but no words were coming out of it. you watched in horror as her body slowly lost its strength.
“don't cry…” she muttered, slowly. she knows you don’t realize how much tears are coming out of your eyes, that your sclera is already turning red, the same color as her red-stained clothes.
your friend was lying on your arms, blood flowed out of the large wound the demon gave her when she almost beheaded it.
“d-don’t talk! help is on their way! just wait for a bit— i promise i won't let you die—” your eyes, disoriented from panicking, looked around to see if anyone's coming your way.
‘is there anything there that can stop her bleeding?! pressure! i should put pressure on the wound—’
your distraught mind stopped when you felt her hands, covered with blood, touch your cheek.
you looked into her already half closed eyes.
“no… pressure… let me apply—” you uttered, trying to ignore the tightness of your throat.
she shook her head.
“(y/n), it's too late for me…” she answered.
“no, just shut your mouth! i know help is on the way!” you shouted as you took off your haori and tried to tie it around her waist, trying to stop the blood from flowing out more. not noticing how your breaths became shorter and faster.
“please… just promise me one thing—” she started.
you held her hand on your cheeks and looked down at her.
“no! i’m not promising you anything! you better survive this! you haven't taught me yet how to make those mochi you always make! i still haven't found the demon who killed my father! you told me you'll help me with it! so you better survive!”
she smiled weakly at you. tears filled her eyes as she listened to you one last time.
“you have to survive… please… you're the only one i have left…” you whispered, your own tears falling on her cheeks.
“s-sorry…” she said and stopped to take another deep breath. “please… i'm sorry for leaving you all alone. please be happy…”
you sobbed as you nodded.
seeing your answer, she smiled. and her hands slowly slipped down from their touch on your cheeks, while her eyes slowly closed.
…
you shook your head. you felt your eyes get teary again and it snapped you out of your thoughts.
that kakushi said i should go to the back, right?
as you were walking to the backyard, you heard a noise coming from the shrub on the fence’s side. you immediately went into alert, ready to attack it if ever it's something that needs to be taken down at once.
you took your stance and were ready to sheathe your sword.
“nyaa~”
eh?
“a cat?” you muttered as you relaxed your body.
what am i doing getting all tense to a cat?
now that i think about it, that was too much reaction. it’s not like there will be demons at the headquarters. what’s more, the sun is out…
“...pfft—” you immediately covered your mouth and tried to hold yourself back from letting out a laugh.
you crouched down and held your hand out to the creature. you moved your fingers and tried to call the cat.
“come here.” you talked to it.
it meowed again before making its way to you. you peeked on its genitals and noted that it’s a male. he rubbed his face on your palm and you could hear his purrs. a small smile appeared on your lips.
“where did you come from?” you asked him, knowing he wouldn’t answer back except for a meow.
“are you a cat of the master?” you queried again before lifting the cat up and holding it close to your chest.
you examined him and he seems fine with no evident injury. you felt relieved.
“thank goodness you're not hurt or anything.” you whispered as you pulled him closer to you.
“please live safely.” you added, booping his nose.
the cat suddenly jumped out of your hold and ran away, vanishing from your view into a corner.
“(y/n)-sama, this way please.” the kakushi with you earlier suddenly spoke.
you stood and tidied up your uniform.
“yes.” you answered before following them.
“nyaa~”
“oh?” himejima uttered when the cat meowed his way. he knelt down and offered his arms to the cat.
the cat immediately jumped onto him.
“were you finished talking to that person?” he asked the feline who became fascinated by the sound that his prayer beads are making with his every move.
she must be the new hashira. he thought to himself.
as he pets the cat, he smiles to himself.
at the very least, she seems to be kind from the way she treated this cat. i wish her all the best and hope she survives long.
when his kakushi guide arrived, he left the place carrying the cat that was a stray one when he was on his way to the headquarters.
…
it’s been seven months.
seven months ever since you’ve been posted in your jurisdiction. you did your best to protect the people from where you were assigned.
you got to admit, with protecting them and having to be always alert that a demon might appear suddenly at night during your patrol helped get some thoughts off of your mind.
but, it will make you never forget the hatred you feel for every demon.
every time you encounter one, at the back of your mind you're thinking that maybe not all demons are like that, only for that thought to be shattered once you hear how they explain with no remorse that eating human flesh is delicious and that they'll always choose to be demon even in their next life.
it makes your skin crawl with disgust that you even gave them a bit of compassion. you regret even thinking that they might be different from others.
you hate them.
you loathe them.
you won't forgive them for killing all your beloved ones.
you won't let even one of these revolting creatures escape your blade. you swore to kill the one who took your father's life with this blade.
it's dawn and you just woke up. you sleep during the day as demons are more active during the night, so you as a hashira should be too.
after getting ready, you immediately head out of your house that you bought after receiving your first pay as a hashira.
you also took in two tsuguko.
they helped you out maintaining the large place. one of them is just waiting for the final selection to take place and become an official part of the corps, while the other one has just started training.
watching them two puts a smile on your face.
they're such great students. it makes you feel proud just thinking about them becoming the best swordsman they can be.
also, worried and scared. scared that they might end up with the same fate as your best friend.
but, you trust them.
and you can't deny the fact that might happen to you too, today, tomorrow, next week, or soon.
“master, please be careful!” your younger tsuguko waved goodbye to you.
“please come back home to us in one piece!” the older one said.
they looked at each other and smiled widely.
“please bring some dangos too!” they said in unison.
you chuckled and waved back to them while walking out of the house.
“okay, okay. i won’t forget. i'll leave the house to you.” you told them and headed out.
it’s been just months but they’ve become attached to you already.
your older disciple, akiro, was a kid whose sole family left was killed by a demon. the massacre of his family happened around the time when you weren't a hashira yet and was stationed to a different place. you found him, four days after getting the highest rank, aimlessly walking around the town with nothing but his torn clothes from fighting and escaping the demon.
who knows how long he must've been walking around without thinking?
you took him to your rented house during that time. he asked you why you were helping him, and you answered him, it's just natural.
when you bought your current house, he suddenly walked up to you with teary eyes and thanked you for everything you did for him, thinking that you're done taking care of him and was about to leave him.
you laughed when you heard it, immediately replied saying that he's welcome but you never told him you're moving alone.
he was delighted to hear it, seeing how his face lit up brought a smile to your lips.
when he regained his strength and health back, he asked you to teach him about demons and how to kill them. asking him the reason for wanting to learn it, he replied that he wanted to take revenge for his family member.
it pained your heart a bit. of course, just like you, it’s not easy to forget something like that. but you gave him what he wanted and took him as your first tsuguko.
the younger one, kenji, was a feisty one when you first met him. finding him trying to survive alone in the mountain with nothing but his make-shift weapons and his own built house made of branches of trees and large leaves.
when you spotted his hideout, you thought it was a trap made by a demon in order to catch humans, but when you turned around, you saw him carrying a bundle of woods, to keep him warm for the night.
you asked him what he's doing there and he candidly answered that he lives there. he said that he ran away from his abusive mother after his beloved father died and started living on his own because no one else would take in another mouth to feed.
you know you couldn’t leave a 12-year-old boy alone in the woods. you’re surprised that he wasn’t targeted by the demons yet, but you wouldn’t wait for it to happen first before you act.
you told him that he shouldn’t live there because there could be demons lurking around and that you’ll guide him back to his house. suddenly, a sharp pointed staff almost shoots past your face, you manage to easily dodge it.
you looked at him and flinched at the mixed look of fear and hate in his eyes. you were wrong for that, you didn’t process what he said earlier and stepped on mine. you apologized to him and just as you were about to speak again, you heard the growling of a demon about to jump at the two of you.
it was just a low-grade demon, so you immediately dealt with it with ease. but, your every slash bore your deep hatred with them as they cut through its neck. when you looked back at him, you told him that this is the reason why he can’t stay there. he was hesitant to come with you, but you promised him that you won’t bring him back to his mother.
your older disciple welcomed him and he slowly warmed up to his new found older brother.
they are now getting along just fine. the older one became comfortable and is now a reliable one and the younger one’s now a cheerful and healthy kid.
watching them fills your heart with fuzziness and you vow to protect them with everything you could until they become full-fledged swordsmen.
…
you started your patrol around the area, once you didn't really get any order to eradicate a demon or investigate a suspicious case from your crow.
speaking of your crow, it went to the headquarters to get some new information and order from the master and still hasn't come back.
well, based on the time my crow arrives after sending her off is long, i can assume that the headquarters might be far from my place.
guess i'll just have to be alert and patrol around.
it was past midnight already and fortunately you’re not feeling anything suspicious or any presence of a demon.
*caw. caw.*
your eyebrows furrowed when you heard a crow, you turned your head and saw it coming your way. it was your crow finally arriving after a long trip from the headquarters to your jurisdiction.
you raise your arms to her to rest on and she immediately tells you what the leader has told you.
“the master would like to say that the monthly report for hashira’s will be happening next weekend. please be ready.” she started.
you nodded, reaching for her seed bag that you keep on you. you grabbed a fistful of seeds and thanked her for doing all of that.
“also, order! order! you are to collaborate with another hashira tomorrow in a forest that borders both of your assigned regions. lots of lower rank slayers have lost their lives! investigate and kill the demons!”
she added and ate her seeds as soon as she finished.
another hashira? who might it be?
i’m not familiar with the rest of hashira's. i’m only talking to kanae and then the rest’s name is all i know.
that aloof looking guy, giyuu. that loud sound hashira, uzui. that one guy who made a scene in the last meeting, i think his name was shigazunawa?
and that one big guy who always cries…
hi… himejima?
that guy’s always crying, but when i tried talking to him last time as he was the first one to arrive and i came after, he stood in front of me and put his large hands on top of my head and he suddenly prayed.
what was that?
i just stayed silent because i don’t want to be rude to someone older than me, but that was weird. thankfully, kanae arrived shortly after.
i hope he’s not the one i’m working with tomorrow.
…
great.
as you’re running on the entrance of the forest that your crow has led you to, you could already see himejima’s gigantic body from afar.
you sped up your run and stopped in front of him.
“good evening, himejima-san.” you greeted him, you bowed to him thanking him for waiting for you.
you’re here to slay numerous demons tonight. just thinking about the countless people that died in this place makes your eyes rage with anger and contempt for those atrocious monsters.
as you were raising your head, you felt his hands on the top of your head yet again.
you were about to ask what he’s doing when he started his chants. you wanted to groan in disbelief, but you can’t.
“let’s go.” he uttered as soon as he was finished and started walking towards the forest.
“yes…” you replied and fixed your hair.
seriously, what was that for?
as the two of you walk through the dark, eerie forest, himejima leads the way. the moon was supposed to be your only light, but just your luck, it’s really cloudy tonight.
you were astonished as to how he easily perceives the structure of his surroundings and the things in front of him.
you weren’t even thinking when you suddenly talked to him.
“himejima-san, it’s amazing. y— you can easily navigate through this forest.” you complimented, realizing in the middle of the sentence that your mouth was speaking your mind, but just decided to follow through.
“mhm. i have a hearing that i enhanced in order to live normally in this world.” he answered, without stopping his feet. “you seemed to have hesitated in continuing your sentence. i can hear that you didn’t mean to say those words out loud.” he added.
he has good hearing, he said? maybe he’s using it like echolocation? or is it really echolocation?
he suddenly stopped walking that alerted you.
you immediately went into a fighting stance, ready to cut up every single of those sickening creatures that might show up out of nowhere.
“a single thought of a demon makes your thoughts in disarray. your hatred for them is reflecting with your every move, yet it’s holding you back at the same time.” himejima blurted out, not moving an inch from where he was.
“what?” you asked him, with an annoyed face.
“(y/n),” he turned his body halfway and faced you. “your hatred for them is holding you back.”
his words strike a nerve in you. you knew he wouldn’t be able to see your offended face, so you had to use your words.
“i’m sorry, himejime-san, but what do you know about me and the things that i experienced? you’re being extremely rude for our first work together, don’t you think?” you refuted, releasing your hold on your katana grip.
she’s upset. himejima noted in his mind.
“i’m sorry for that. i didn’t mean to upset you.” he apologized.
you were still a bit offended by what he said, but knowing that you can’t move freely in this darkness and he can, you knew arguing with him is not the wisest thing to do.
“i see.” you replied and looked away.
he smiled. he knew it wasn’t a genuine reply from you, but he was at fault here, so didn’t pried more.
he continued walking to where he could feel the presence of the demons.
he also realized that should’ve chosen a friendlier topic to strike up the conversation. he didn’t want to make the first collaboration with the hashira that he’s most interested in awkward, so he tried continuing the talk.
and he did so lousily by mentioning that insight he had about you being hateful to the demons.
after the first time he ever heard her talking to the cat, he was always praying that his crow would not come to him and report that this fellow hashira died in the middle of completing a mission.
especially when you said those words to the cat, he felt like he needed to always keep a close look at you or else you could lose yourself.
it might’ve been just imagination and self-interpretation, but still. still, he was joyful when you attended the monthly meeting of hashiras for the sixth consecutive time.
he then remembered something kanae told him last meeting.
“how are your tsugukos doing?” he asked, hoping that this time it’s the right topic.
“my tsugukos?” you repeated.
he was right on the target. he could hear how your heart skips a beat with excitement when he mentions them. it was like you forgot that you were angry at him in the first place.
she must’ve cherished them so much.
“mhm. tell me about them.” he replied, smiling while walking straight.
huh? what kind of information does he want me to tell them? uhh…
“they said they want me to bring some dangos on my way home again. i bought them some yesterday and they really liked it.” you revealed.
“yeah. dangos are delicious.” he replied briefly.
“...”
is that what he wanted to hear or not? why isn’t he saying something?
walking in complete awkwardness, you decided to talk more about your disciples.
“well, you see. my youngest one is still training his swordsmanship, but i can definitely tell. he’ll be a much greater swordsman than i am. he told me he’ll wait until he’s 15 years old and then participate in the final selection. my oldest one is just waiting for the final selection to happen. he’s a great swordsman too, but his quick decision thinking and ability to apply them into action is his edge— ah.” you suddenly realized how much you were talking and got carried away. “sorry, i said too much.” you continued.
“no, i don’t mind.” he comforted you.
“oh, thank you.”
the walk was a bit quiet for a moment. himejima was contemplating whether it’s good to bring up something he noticed, or just let the conversation end there.
he risked it.
“but, when you mention the final selection. i can hear you’re a bit worried.” he said, hoping that you won’t get mad again.
instead, he heard your chuckles.
“your acute hearing sure is a bad match-up for those who want to keep their secrets, aren’t they?” you laughed.
“you’re right. i was the one who trained them and refined them to be the greatest swordsman that they could. but, deep in my heart… i’m always thinking twice whether to let them participate there or not. the exam is dangerous. unless you’re ready to give everything you got and throw everything away at the same time, you won’t survive there. i know it well because i experienced it too with my friend. she was the only reason i managed to endure those grueling seven days. if it wasn’t for her, i would’ve given up right on the first day.” you babbled.
his short hums and nods tell you that he was listening intently to all of it.
“i know my two students are different from me. they’re not the type to give up on the first day, but i still can’t help but to get worried. i’m scared that they won’t be back on the morning of the eighth day. but, i also don’t want to stop them from their ambitions. i also want them to achieve their dreams and reach their goals, so i won’t stop them. i’ll protect them until they reach it. i know they’ll make me proud, just like how i am proud of them.” you finished with a smile on your face, thinking about the moment when you welcomed them back once they passed the exam.
you look up at himejima and he was looking back at you with a smile, even though you can only see white in his eyes, you know his smile is pure and genuine.
“i’m sure they are also proud to have you as their teacher.” he replied.
your eyes widened as you felt your chest get excited.
“r-really?” you sheepishly said as you looked away.
you know he couldn’t see your face getting pink, but you just can’t help it.
why is he smiling so softly like that? i’ve never seen him even crack a smile before. it’s weird that i’ve seen this guy cry first and smile next.
preoccupied with your thoughts, you suddenly bumped on his muscular back when you didn’t notice that he suddenly stopped walking.
“there’s a demon coming.” he announced.
alerted, you immediately grabbed your sword. you took your fighting stance ready to face any demon that may come from any direction.
“behind.” himejima uttered, which you quickly responded to.
“got it.”
you quickly turned around and found a demon lurking up a tree. once he made eye contact with you, he immediately jumped at you.
“whoo! another female with that clothes! i’m so lucky these days! keep coming!” he shouted as he tried to slash you with his sharp claws.
you kept your stance.
once he entered your reach, you drew your blade and used your breathing.
the water breathing was originally your style, but as time passes you upgraded and turned it to ice breathing. you’re still rough around the edges as sometimes, your body subconsciously uses one of the techniques from the water breathing.
you managed to finish him off with one technique. his body plops on the ground, while his head tumbled next to a tree.
“huh?” he muttered, failing to realize that he had been beheaded.
he watched as his body slowly turned into ashes. his eyes enlarged, his teeth grinding against each other. he moved his focus to the two hashiras talking.
“your breathing is indeed fascinating. it’s promising.” himejima praised.
“thank you so much. i’m still getting used to it, but i’m working hard on it.” you replied, putting back your sword into its hilt.
“i look forward to it, (y/n). i hope i’ll be there when you finally master that intriguing breathing.” he said and was about to start walking deeper into the woods.
the two heard the demon who's in the middle of incineration, growling his words towards you.
“argh! damn! i can't believe i got beheaded by this mere woman! die!” he uttered, the veins in his eyes almost popping from anger.
you looked down on his head and stared at him with a disgusted face.
“this mere woman didn't even break a sweat in beheading you.” you said, “hurry up and die, demon.”
just conversing with this creature makes your skin crawl with revolt. you turned your head in front and was about to take a walk, when he said something that grabbed your attention.
“ugh! kokumo-sama’s waiting for my hunt tonight!” he intoned, looking desperate and scared. “he’s going to kill me if i don’t present him something! he’ll get mad and report me to that guy!” he added.
huh? ‘kokumo’? did i hear that right?
suddenly, himejima felt it again. the same sound coming from your heart that he heard when he saw you tonight.
he turned around to see you, frozen with a shocked look on your face.
you turned your heel to the demon, walking to him without wasting any time. you grabbed his rough hair and pulled it up until his eyes were on the same level as yours.
“now… what did you just say…? who’s waiting for your hunt…?” your words, chopped yet firm.
you never broke eye contact with him. your orbs are staring at him as if you could see even his past life as a human.
this demon was on the verge of mental breakdown, scared that he might be killed for not offering a human flesh but then realized that dying would mean he’ll be free from the fear from both kokumo and that guy, kibutsuji.
he thought that even with all the humans he killed and ate, he’s given the chance to have a peaceful passing on.
yet, here you are. glaring at him with such cold and hateful eyes.
he felt shivers down his spine, even though it’s decapitated already. even kokumo never looked at him with this much spite.
“i— i…” he stutters, “k… kokumo…” he finally answers.
“red haori.” you said, he nodded.
“vertical line marks from his eyes downwards...” he nodded.
“... lower rank 5.”
he shook his head sideways.
“no… lower rank… 2… now…” he corrected you.
you were right.
not only were he still alive, he even advanced in ranks. he moved up to the position of the demon that you killed with your best friend.
you stood up, still carrying his head in your hand. you raised your arms and asked him.
“where is he?” you questioned.
you completely ignored himejima’s presence. you didn’t have time to think about him while your reopened deep abomination towards that particular demon.
the incineration reached the demon’s jaw and mouth that he couldn’t answer your question. you looked at his body and saw that hands had turned into ashes already.
“damn! use your goddamn eyes and tell me where he is!” you shouted and grabbed his face with your other hand.
“where is he?!”
himejima was surprised, not only by the volume, but with the shakiness driven by hate in your voice. he walked to you and held you by your shoulder. only to be brushed off by you almost immediately.
“tell me where he is!” you shouted again to the demon with trembling eyes.
finally, he moved his eyes. he looked over your shoulder, 5 o’ clock from your position.
without wasting any moment, you threw his head away and started running to where he told that demon was.
with no choice left, himejima decided to follow you.
he knew you couldn’t see that much in this darkness and he was right. you stumbled, tripped and everything, but you never stopped running. you will not until you find that demon.
earlier, he noted how the sound your body emits was in disarray. just like how it is every time he meets you. he thought chanting a calming prayer for you would work, but he knows it’s only temporary.
every time a demon enters your mind, you immediately feel hate and repulsion. your hatred for them is so deep and it was engraved in every cell.
you were not the type to talk about your past, so kocho couldn’t tell much to him about what happened to you that made you hate demons this much.
sure, everyone in the corps despised them too. but, he wanted to know the reason for your feelings. that must’ve been the reason why he’s always watching over you and searching for your presence during the monthly meetings.
though, now’s not the time to ask for the reason.
right now, he can hear how disturbed your mind is. your breaths are short and fast. you're so focused on reaching the destination, that you couldn’t hear him calling for you.
“(y/n), slow—” before he could even finish what he was saying, you stopped running.
he tried to feel his surroundings. he’s sure that there is a demon close by, maybe the reason why you stopped.
meanwhile, your eyes narrowed in annoyance. in front of you is a demon who’s out to hunt, not the person you’re looking for.
you unsheathed your sword and immediately pounced on her.
“don’t get in my way!” you screamed while running towards her and slashing her neck.
not even sparing her decapitated body a glance, you continued running forward. himejima was calling for your name multiple times while still following your trails, yet it never reaches your ears.
i’m going to kill him!
i’m going to kill him!
that demon who took my father’s life!
these thoughts filled your mind while running past trees.
you’ve met with three more demons, but it only added to your exasperation seeing that they’re not the demon you wanted to see.
it’s actually not just three. himejima fought demons that were coming from different directions. you were so focused in front of you that you weren’t paying attention to your surroundings except for what's ahead of you.
during your interaction with the last demon, there were a lot of demons. himejima got so tangled up in defeating every last one of them, that he just saw you back still running straight in that direction.
he had no choice but to leave your side for a while, even if it put his heart in a nervous state.
he wanted to protect you, not because he thinks you're weak and does not have the ability to protect yourself, but because right now, you’re in a complete mess. he’s afraid you might not make a sound decision because of your emotion and then find you lifeless there.
with the amount of his co-slayers dying left and right, the thought of you dying is what he hates the most.
he doesn’t understand it too, but maybe the excitement and him looking forward to every monthly report meeting and, especially, the giddy feeling he felt when you arrived tonight and he realized that you two will work together is connected to it.
yet, here you are, you ran and ran, until you reached a spot where a huge boulder was in the middle of the trees.
there, a demon was sitting on top of the rock. sitting cozily there while around him was a pile of human flesh, probably from other demons that offered him their hunt in order to not be killed.
red haori…
vertical lines from his eyes downwards…
and…
lower rank 2…
ahh…
suddenly, it’s all coming back to me.
“(y/n), run! i’ll distract him!”
“what are you doing? i told you to run!”
“this is not the time to be stubborn, (y/n)! run!”
“huh? your legs?”
“please, just bear with it for a while and run!”
“okay, thank you for listening one last time…”
the demon notices your presence. he looked down and saw a demon slayer catching up to her breath and looking rather nastily towards him.
“now, now…” he muttered, changing his position and leaning forward. “it’s been a while since i’ve seen an alive human here that’s not an offering.”
i’m going to kill this disgusting trash. you thought as you went and jumped close to him without even thinking.
naturally, he managed to read your move and kicked you on your stomach. your body came flying back, earning you a few scratches and small open wounds.
you struggled to stand up as you held your sword firmly and looked at him.
he stood up too and effortlessly jumped down the boulder. he took his time walking close to where you were.
you stayed on your feet, glaring and pointing your blade at him.
“you did well managing to come here without serious injury—” he suddenly halted his movements and took a good look at your face. “well, well. i might be wrong, but we’ve met before, right?”
you narrowed your eyes.
he then laughed maniacally.
“a few years ago, a parent and his child were peacefully living in a small house.” he started to narrate.
“when one night, a demon arrived and ruined their lives!” his hands were moving in the air in a dramatic way, along with his facial expression.
“but! he was a devoted father! he doesn’t want to lose another one of his family, just like what happened with his wife…” he continued, yet this caught your attention.
how…?
“that’s why he had to distract the demon while his injured daughter ran away.” he glanced at you and smirked.
“he was left alone with the demon without knowing he was the demon’s real target! your father’s a marechi after all!” he revealed.
you widened your eyes, promptly you went and attacked him with one of your breathing forms.
but, he was able to deflect it.
of course, he’s not like those demons you killed on your way here. this guy is at the top of the chain here. what’s more is that he’s second rank in the lower moon.
“how did you know about my mother going missing?” you asked him.
he tilted his head in confusion and sighed.
“gosh… you’re not that good up here, are you?” he said, pointing to his temple. looking at you with a pitiful expression.
“what?!” you refuted, burrowing your brows together.
“how did i learn about it? who else would know but the victim themselves, witnesses and… the culprit.” he grinned widely.
“i mistook your mother as the one who had a marechi blood, but when i came back the next evening. it turned out that you moved somewhere else to look for your missing mother that was already in my stomach! hahaha! thankfully, i was able to find your father again. i didn’t care about you, so that was the only reason you’re still alive right now.”
your sight almost turned blurry.
she wasn’t missing nor did she run away because she got tired of living a poor life. it was this thing in front of you who took her away from you and your father.
my mother…
my father…
this demon took my family from me…
i’m going to kill him.
i’m going to kill him!
your body moved on its own. you closed your distance and tried to cut his neck, but to no avail. you failed to cut him down, because he hardened his neck.
your blade and his hard body exchanged blows. yet, it seems like you’re the only one taking the damage.
your attacks, though surely were supposed to be strong, were affected by your rapid and reckless spontaneous decision. it was erratic and weaker in force.
but, that didn’t mean he would hold back with his attack against you.
in such a short time, not even five minutes passed, you were covered with bruises and injuries. not that you had even the smallest amount of attention to look at it.
as you were blown away by his punch, you immediately got on your feet and tried to unleash another technique.
he must admit that even though it’s evident that you’re not thinking straight, your attacks are still affecting him.
until, he chanted the words ‘blood demon art’.
ah… that’s right, he still hasn’t used it. even though i’m beat up already. but, i can’t stop my body.
i don’t want to stop.
the only thing on my mind is wanting to see his head separated from his body.
i want to avenge my parents.
i don’t care if i wound up dead, as long as i manage to do it.
“blood demon art: countless projectiles.” he said and numerous long, black lines like the ones on his came appeared.
they moved towards you at an unbelievable speed.
nevertheless, your body was on auto-pilot. you still moved forward and still wanted to cut his head.
i don’t care anymore.
“(y/n)!”
suddenly, himejima appeared in front of you deflecting all the attacks coming at you. somehow, it irked you.
“please move aside, himejima-san. i’ll kill that demon myself. don’t get in my way.” you claimed and stepped forward.
himejima tried to analyze your condition.
you were breathing heavily and it seems like every inhale is hard to do. he could hear the faint gushing sound of your blood coming out of every wound you have.
“i’m sorry, there were a lot more demons here than i thought and they stalled me.” he explained, but you didn’t respond.
“(y/n), i’ll take it from here—”
“i said i’ll kill that demon myself!” you turned your head to him, glaring at his face. “i don’t care if i die as long as he dies too!”
before he could even reply to you, you took off and charged at kokumo one more time.
kokumo released another attack, with nothing but death on the demon in front of you in your mind, you failed to recognize his plan.
you were surrounded by almost infinite numbers of projectiles. there’s no way you could dodge all of them.
“die!” kokumo exclaimed proudly.
i’m done.
you closed your eyes to brace yourself on getting punctured by the projectiles, but it never came.
you decided to open your eyes and found kokumo turning around as he just realized where you were. you looked up and saw himejima and his side profile as he carried you in a bridal style. he set you down and leaned your back on the boulder’s surface.
he managed to cancel his attacks in such a short time. you thought as he wiped some of the blood on your face. you wondered how he knew there was blood on your face, but you can’t question him about something like that right now.
“why are you throwing your life away so easily like that?” he said under his breath, you almost didn’t hear him. he looked rather sad rather than upset.
“it’s my life. i’ll decide when i’m throwing my life away or not.” you replied and looked at kokumo who’s getting more irritated that he’s having a hard time already with you and now someone who’s a lot stronger came. “and right now, i’m willing to throw it away as long as i kill that bastard.” you added.
you were about to stand up once again when you saw kokumo pounce on where you two were, but himejima stopped you.
“stone breathing second form: upper smash.” he attacked.
he managed to hit kokumo when he threw his spiked flail upwards and pulled the chain rapidly to create a force once it hit its target. he also threw his axe and was able to cut deep through his left chest across his right chest. this caused kokumo to jump backwards as he heals himself from wounds that the spikes gave him.
“don’t get in my way, himejima-san! i’ll be the one killing him!” you shouted as you shakily stood up. using your hand by holding on to the boulder to balance your body, while your other hand is still firmly held on your sword.
himejima didn’t say anything, he didn’t look back at you. the sound of his chains getting dragged back to him was the prominent sound that you heard at that moment.
“do you not treasure your life?” he asked.
why does he keep getting in my way and asking me that? i already told him earlier that he doesn’t know anything about what i experienced and leave me alone!
fine!
“my family has been killed by that guy. my best friend was also killed by the former lower rank 2. i’ve been left alone because of these demons and you’re asking me if i treasure my life?!” you snapped at him, not noticing how your tears gathered around your eyes.
“everyone that i cherished has been killed and taken away from me already! i don’t care anymore! i don’t want—” your tears have started falling.
your emotions pouring out like an overfilled cup, but his next question left you speechless.
“aren’t your tsugukos waiting for the dangos?” he uttered, shifting his body to you.
“huh?”
it seems like your world has stopped spinning. you stood there silently with wide eyes.
my tsugukos…
akiro… kenji…
“master, this dango’s really delicious!”
“you should try some, master!”
“hey! kenji! that’s mine!”
“eh? master wanted to eat some too!”
“why would you get it from me then?”
“i already ate all of mine. i can give this to master, right, ‘akiro-niisan’?”
“tsk. go ahead. just know it’s not because you called me ‘nii-san’.”
“yeah, yeah.”
“master, please be careful on your mission today!”
“get back to us in one piece. i’ll take care of kenji here, so don’t worry.”
“and, please bring some dango again, hehe!”
your knees suddenly gave up, you sat on the ground, staring at the bracelet that they both made for you. they jokingly said that it will protect you because they made it, but still you wore it. because of the same reason.
they made it. for you.
kokumo finished healing himself and tried to use his projectiles again, but himejima, before kokumo finished his attack, flung his chain and chopped one of kokumo’s legs. he fell down and hid himself using a fort that he built with his blood demon art right there and then. at least, himejima knew that he wouldn't run away.
“you said…” himejima started. you raised your head and looked at him with blurry eyes caused by tears. “...that you’ll protect them until they achieve their goals and dreams.”
you shook your head in denial, wanting to refute what he was about to say but no words came out of your lips.
the picture of akiro and kenji seeing your crow arrive and thinking you’re back. but, then breaking down in tears once they’ve heard your passing kept replaying in your mind.
“are you going to throw away your life knowing your students are waiting patiently for your return and they welcome you back like always?” he asked, grabbing the chance that kokumo is hiding himself and walked to you.
he kneeled down on his one foot in front of you.
“no! no!” you finally spoke, bawling. you grabbed ahold of his green haori and looked up at him.
“i don’t want them to suffer! i don’t want them to feel hurt again! i don’t want them to be abandoned yet again! they’re finally happy and smiling! i don’t want to see them crying again! they’re my only salvation left here in this world! i don’t want them to be left again.” you sobbed as you snuggled your face on his chest.
his large hands landed on your hair and back, pushing you closer to him providing you comfort and ease.
but, the picture of them crying wasn't leaving your mind.
i’m sorry… i’m sorry… i’m not going to throw my life carelessly anymore…
i’ll be home later with the dangos that you two wanted, so wait for me.
you pulled away from him and wiped your face. you were still sniffing, but you were sure it wouldn’t be in the way of your breathing technique.
“i’m fine now.” you told him and he just nodded.
he stood up and stepped backwards. you looked at him when you saw him do that. you glanced at him with a confused look.
“i won’t get in your way anymore.” he said with a small smile.
“why?” you questioned, not understanding why now.
“i’m not hearing that your mind is in disarray anymore. you can do it.” he encouraged and clasped his hand together again.
you smiled.
i see. so that’s why…
you looked at kokumo, he just removed the fort he made. with an enraged face, he chanted his art technique yet again.
but, you didn’t care. not even when you’re injured and full of wounds. you closed your distance with him. when you calculated the right distance, you stopped walking.
originally, my ice breathing had only four forms. it’s a breathing that only i used, so it’s hard to make forms.
but, i have this attack in my mind. i never executed it, even in practice, but i’m getting a feeling that i can do it.
“ice breathing fifth form: complete stillness”
it was a technique that makes the surroundings around you, with a certain distance, frozen. this makes them immobilized for three seconds.
but those three seconds are just what you need.
i’m sorry, my dear best friend, mom, and dad.
i always thought that once i kill this guy, i’ll join you there. but, it seems like i won’t be able to now.
you see, i have two children looking forward to my return.
i’m sorry and thank you for being my will to live. i’ve found another reason to continue living too.
kokumo’s head rolled on the ground and his body soon fell over, but just as you. the exhaustion finally caught up to you.
the difference between your body and kokumo’s is that his body fell flat on the dirty soil, while yours was immediately caught by himejima, carrying your body in a bridal style yet again.
you tried to open your eyes, you barely managed to. when you saw himejima’s face, you smiled brightly.
“himejima-san…” you called with half-lidded orbs.
“hm?” he hummed, gazing down at you. after he checked that kokumo’s body had started turning into ashes, he started walking out of the forest.
“i killed him… without dying…” you said proudly.
“you’re right. i’m relieved we’re going out of this forest both alive. you did so well. i’m proud of you.” he complimented without skipping a beat.
something did skip a beat and it’s your heart. hearing his genuine compliment and relief, puts a blush on your cheeks even though your body is so tired.
what’s more is that you’re worried that his acute hearing caught that.
ugh, so embarrassing. i’ll just pretend to be asleep.
you rested your head on his shoulder and tried to make it seem like you’ve fallen asleep.
cute. himejima chuckled silently.
…
“master?” akiro uttered confusedly.
it was already dawn and they were both up. kenji heard what he said and excitedly went to the door to welcome you.
“eh?” he said, just as confused as the other boy.
himejima-san???
you still had your arms wrapped tightly around his neck, but this time out of embarrassment.
i didn’t think he would walk me back to my house while carrying me!
please put me down!
but, i can’t say it!
people are staring!
you peeked and tried to look if you were close to your house already. your crow did the work of guiding him to where your residence is, because you realized he’s going to carry you, so you hid your face.
you saw akiro and kenji on the front door with confused looks on their faces.
“h-himejima-san, we’re close to my house already, so you can put me down already. i’ll walk on my own now—”
“no. you hurt your feet in the fight, you’re not supposed to be walking.” he cut you off and continued walking.
he heard a conversation about their ‘master’, so he knew what direction he would be going.
he stopped right in front of them, looming over the two children with his enormous height. they were obviously frightened.
“p-please give us back our master.” akiro asked.
“what did you do to our master?!” kenji interrogated, while akira shielded him securely behind him.
akiro examined the man carrying you and noticed that he was wearing the same uniform as yours and his golden buttons.
you tapped on himejima’s back, signaling him to let you down. finally putting you down carefully, supporting your back as you get on your feet.
you looked over to akiro and kenji and smiled.
they were still confused, but slowly made their way to you.
you kneeled down. for their ages, they’re quite tall, making you gaze up at them. you opened your arms and pulled them into an embrace.
“i’m home…” you whispered, hugging them even tighter.
the two children were surprised, you’ve come home from missions, easy and perilous missions, but you never came home in this manner.
akiro was about to ask what happened when he heard you sniffle. he worriedly peeked at the younger one and was about to ask if he knew what’s happening, only to see him bawling already.
“wahhh! why are you crying, master?” he cried, snuggling his face on your clothes.
“mhm-mm.” you shook your head. you withdrew from the hug, but kenji didn’t want to let go, that’s why he continued hugging you.
“nothing. i’m just happy i was able to come back home.” you answered him, caressing his head.
you looked at akiro and put your hand over his cheeks lightly.
“akiro, where’s my ‘welcome back’?” you asked, chuckling softly.
he doesn’t understand it.
the reason why you came home crying, why you’re doing this, and why you’re being like this.
he doesn’t understand why it makes him feel relieved that you look like you’ve finally lifted off of the heavy weight on your back that you never talked about.
he doesn’t understand why you’re looking at them like your world is them.
he doesn’t understand why he feels so overwhelmed seeing you like this when he doesn’t even understand anything.
yet, he can’t stop his tears as you wait for him and stare at him tenderly.
“w… welcome back, master.” he welcomed finally as he nestled himself next to his brother.
you looked behind and met himejima, crying as usual, as he listened to the three of you.
“himejima-san. thank you for making me realize i have something to protect.” you thanked him, smiling and hoping he could hear your genuine grateful feelings.
he smiled, though tears continued flowing.
“no…” he replied smiling and suddenly remembered something.
“more importantly,” he lifted his hands and you laughed.
akiro and kenji looked up while wiping their tears and they suddenly lit up.
“shall we eat this now?” he raised the bag on his hands and inside are dangos that are waiting to be consumed.
“dango!” the two boys said in unison.
kenji ran to him and himejima gave him the bag. the boy happily cheered, completely forgetting how scared he was by the person in front of him earlier. himejima just ruffled his hair and kenji pulled him by his fingers to come inside the estate.
akiro helped you get up, you limped while walking and accidentally let out a hiss in pain. until, himejima once again carried you.
“himejima-san! i’m fine! oh gosh…” you said to him.
he raised his brow in confusion.
“you’re obviously not.” he muttered matter-of-factly.
“akiro—” you were about to say to akiro that you can just ask akiro to support you while walking, but the kid was not there anymore.
you looked at the front and he was there with kenji, who was delighted by the dango, and akira was giving you a teasing look.
that kid!
ugh… it’s so embarrassing!
it’s even more embarrassing knowing he can surely hear how fast my heart is thumping right now!
“me too…” he suddenly spoke.
you glanced up at him.
“thank you.” he thanked you.
“huh? why? i didn’t do anything though…” you were muddled by what he’s saying.
the corner of his lips moving upwards, it’s not visible but from your position, it’s easy to point out.
“i also realized that i have someone to protect outside of my responsibility as a demon slayer.” he said.
“huh?” i did that? “when did i—”
“for the next hashira meeting next week, i’m hoping for your presence there in a full condition.” he said while he set you down on the tatami floor.
akiro and kenji went to get silverwares to eat the dangos, leaving both of you alone in the living room.
“i’ll try my best to recover fast.” you promised, looking at all your wounds and injuries that were already aided by the kakushis, that you didn’t hear what he whispered.
“...say it to you.” were the only words you caught.
“what was that?” you asked him, but akiro and kenji came back from the kitchen.
“let’s eat this now before it gets chewy.” he redirected your attention.
he sat in front of you while akira occupied the left side of the table and kenji did for the right side.
the boys started eating and exclaimed how delicious it was. you decided to eat some too, picking up one stick and gently taking a bite.
himejima silently listened to all of you enjoying the taste of the sweet. he smiled as he focused on your voice.
“please eat up, himejima-san.” you offered him, reaching for another stick and gave it to him. “it’s really delicious.”
“i see. i’ll try some too, then.” he said and took a bite. “it really is delicious.”
“see!” you chuckled.
it made him smile and thought to himself.
‘during those seven days before the meeting, i’ll be sure that what i’m feeling is much more than wanting to reason for your hatred for demons. so, please be there when i finally get the courage to say it to you.’, that's what i said earlier, but now i’m certain.
it wasn’t a kind of worry you will have for your colleague.
i wasn’t familiar with this feeling, so i thought it was just normal.
i’ll just pray she’ll accept my feelings.
‘(y/n), i know you don’t need protection. you’re strong after all. i’ll still promise that i'll always protect you and those who are precious to you.’
i want to say that to you.
but, not now.
you’ve just realized that witnessing these two precious boys' growth are worth living for and you should only be focusing on that for now.
“i look forward to that day.” he muttered to himself and took another bite.
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it's the weekend and you decided to spend your time at your boyfriend's house. his family is out of town and he said he's bored.
but part of the reason you went there is to try out the "calling your boyfriend another name prank". you wanted to know how he'll react so you concluded to do this today.
you two are now on the couch watching netflix, while he uses your lap as a pillow. you have been thinking of the right time to carry out the plan, but you can't seem to find it.
“i'm getting hungry.” he muttered out of nowhere.
this it is!
“me too.” you replied to him, putting your hand on your tummy. he noticed that and then he thought of burying his face onto your stomach, and he did.
“what do you want to eat?” he asked, making your tummy feel the vibrations every time he speaks.
“hmmm... i don't kno— ah! how about chicken wings?” your eyes glimmered at your suggestion. he looked up at you and smiled, agreeing with you.
he reached for his phone and started to search for somewhere to order, still laying on your lap.
“ah, also can you order drinks too, kyousuke? oh— mhm.” you 'innocently' asked him, while your eyes are focused on the tv.
the bomb has been planted.
“oka—” he halted his mouth as soon as he reviewed what you just called him.
he raised his eyebrows and furrowed it, giving you a 'what-did-you-just-called-me-?' look.
you bite your lower lips, trying to hold back your laughter as you can feel him staring at you from his position.
when he didn't get a reaction from you, even with that glaring he did. he fixed his form and forcibly made you look into his eyes.
“excuse me, ma'am, but what did you call your boyfriend?” he asked seriously, pressing his palms deeper on your cheeks.
“uh? rin?”
“oh no, that's not what you named me just now. who is this kyousuke bastard? you even realized you said the wrong name.” he said, freeing your face and standing up.
“kyousuke? i don't know anyone named kyousuke. i don’t know what you’re talking about.” you said putting up your act.
after you said that, he just sat back on the couch, but now with a grumpy face and mood.
“when's the food coming?” you asked, changing the topic.
“never.” he shortly answered.
“what? why?” you paused the movie and shook his arms playfully.
“i don't know either. why don't you ask the kyousuke guy? maybe he knows why.” he answered, he stretched his arms and turned his back and played something, anything on his phone.
omg, is he mad? damn, he's mad, but...
“bwahahahahaha!” you suddenly burst out laughing while you hit his back. “rin! oh my gosh— hahahaha!” you were completely broken because of his reaction to the prank.
“what is wrong with you? suddenly calling me names and now laughing out of nowhere!” he said removing your hitting hand off of his back.
“oh, rin.” you wiped the tears of laughter in the corner of your eyes and hugged him, taking him by surprise. “my wittle rin is jealous, aren't you?— bwahahahahaha!” you burst out again.
you just can't get your mind off of how cute it was, considering suna rintarou rarely showed emotion on his face.
“it was just a prank, rin. sorry, sorry.” you confessed.
he finally sank in his mind all the videos in tiktok he saw, where they prank their boyfriends and how can he fail to forget that set up?
“i'm never ordering you chicken wings again.” he said suddenly that made you crack up again.
“so, you still ordered it for me, rin.”
suna swears in his mind that he'll get you back. not now, but he definitely will.
kuroo tetsurou
you are the manager of the nekoma boys volleyball club and lately, your boyfriend, the nekoma's captain, kuroo tetsurou has been teasing and getting on your nerves for the last couple of days and you decided to take revenge today. with the help of kenma on what you will do, you two took the idea of calling him by another name.
after changing, you stepped into the court, as usual, kuroo sent a flying kiss to your position as soon as he saw you, but you dodged the air as if you were not accepting it. kuroo knew what he was doing for the past few days, so he was not offended by it, instead, he just laughed his ass off.
right after you filled their water bottles, coach nekomata called in for a ten-minute break. you were distributing it when kenma gave you a sign that right now is the perfect time to commence the plan.
after you gave kenma's bottle, you extended your arms to your boyfriend and he just smiled widely and you're sure he's planning something again, just like how he is doing recently.
he suddenly held you on your wrist and pulled you to his chest, and the reason he keeps on doing this teasing is because of the genuine response he's receiving from you.
“w-what?!” you slapped his arms, even with a blush on your face.
he lifted your chin and angled your face, instinctively you closed your eyes and pooched your lips, but when no contact happened, you opened your eyes and saw him already rolling on the floor.
this jerk... hah! sorry, but i won't let things go your way this time!
“gosh! you keep on teasing me these days, rai! i'll definitely have my revenge soon.” you declared and made your way to pass yaku's water to him.
kuroo blinked once, blinked twice and thrice, but nothing changed. did you just call him 'rai'?
he regained his posture and was about to reach out to you, but the break was already finished.
you clenched your fist, bit your lower lips and even felt your nose enlarging now and then, trying to contain your laughter as you see kuroo keeps glancing at you, every time he can.
wah, this is the best revenge.
“ouch!”
everyone was alerted by the cry and it turned out kuroo was hit by taketora's spike because he was not paying attention. coach nekomata told him to go check it in the clinic and asked you to come with him. you worriedly led him to the infirmary and unfortunately, the nurse was out, so you just decided to wait for them while you try to keep him in the right condition.
“are you worried?” kuroo asked you, while you trace his head if there's any bump.
“of course, i am. are you crazy?” you answered annoyed at his question.
“no, you can't. your boyfriend will get mad.” he said, trying to sound different.
what— ah. he's still there, he seems alright already.
“what are you saying? you're my boyfriend.” you said blanky.
“i am your boyfriend?! sorry, but my name isn't rai! newsflash my girlfriend is cheating on me with a jerk named ra—” you quickly covered his mouth, looked around and at the door.
“idiot! you're too noisy! we're in the infirmary!” he removed your hands from his mouth and pulled you to a hug. a tight one.
okay, now i feel bad.
“i was just trying to prank you, tetsu. you've been under my skin recently and i thought i will get back at you. sorry.” you said stroking his hair. he tightened the hug and you leaned down to kiss his hair.
“okay, cut!” you two flinched when you heard someone clapping and looked behind you. yaku, lev and kenma were there standing at the door.
“you two took so long to come back.” yaku looked so disgusted, lev wondering what the hell is happening and kenma just looking away.
“watching you two being lovey-dovey disgust me from the bottom of my heart,” yaku exclaimed.
“really? didn't know you have a heart, yakkun.” you replied.
“eh? yaku-san, you don't have a heart?” lev asked, intently.
“lev, shut up.” kenma muttered, looking like he'd have enough of lev.
“what do i do? my teammates are jealous of our relationship.” kuroo said and sighed.
“like hell we are!” yaku protests.
tsukishima kei
the finals are coming up and you and your boyfriend, tsukishima kei, decided to study together, so you can ask him if you ever don't understand something. he's fine with it, so now you're in his room holding your notebook with a scowl on your face.
“what's wrong?” tsukishima asks as soon as he looks at your face.
“i don't understand anything at all.” you plopped on the table and buried your face in the book.
“want me to teach you?” he asked as he browsed his notes. you shook your head still on the table.
“no, i need a break.” you said and stood up. you throw yourself on his bed and reach for your phone.
“we just started ten minutes ago, you know?” he smirked as he wrote down pointers for you.
“shut up.” you pouted and tapped on the tiktok icon on your phone.
not even a minute passed, a video played on your fyp and it was about pranking their boyfriends by calling them by a different name. thankfully, you're wearing earphones so, he can't hear what you are watching and chose to do it to your own boyfriend.
you exit the app and place your phone on his nightstand. you sat down again at the table and opposite to him, he raised his eyebrows.
“i thought you were going to take a break from the ten-minute study you did?” he teased you.
“well, i just decided to be a good student starting now, so i'll be doing my best to study.” you stated hiding your dark plan behind the face you're putting up.
after minutes of pretending to study, you took your notes and sat next to him.
“hey,” you started. he looked at you and placed his hand on your hip.
“mhm?” he hummed.
wait, he's being touchy and sweet right now, should i continue or abandon the plan for now? argh! whatever!
“i can't understand this, can you explain this to me, furuya?” you said pointing something in your notebook.
i did it! how will kei react?!
it took a few seconds before tsukishima spoke up.
“first, you need to do this…”
huh? no response? you sighed. i knew it, he wouldn't react to something like that, he probably thought i just called him by another name by mistake.
after he explained what you asked, you just decided to really study now, and an hour passed.
“how about we take a break?” tsukishima suggested. you just nodded, you felt like all your energy was just sucked out of your body. “i'm going to go get refreshments.” he said standing up and walking to the door.
“okay.” you replied, your eyes already gave up.
“just lay down on the bed if you're too tired, i'll be back, akemi.” he said.
you opened your eyes wide and looked at his way hastily.
“kei, what the fuck?!” you cursed, completely shaken.
“huh?” he asked you, even tilting his head.
“who is this akemi girl you just called me?!” you walked to him, your eyebrows furrowing together.
“akemi? who's that? i don't know any akemi.” he answered.
“no, you just called me akemi!” you defended.
“i really don't know, maybe you should ask that furuya guy?” he said, crossing his arms and leaning on the door.
“huh?” furuya? “gosh, kei!” you hit his chest and glared at him.
he laughed looking at you, worried about who the akemi he just called.
“damn you.”
“too bad. i didn't fall into your trap.” he said and walked to the table.
“i'll have my revenge next time, just you wait.” you said, determined that you'll get a reaction from him in the future.
“are you sure you should say that?” he leaned down and grabbed his phone that was placed in the pot.
“what do you mean?” you wondered.
"kei, what the fuck?"
"huh?"
"who is this akemi girl you just called me?"
"akemi? who's th—"
you widened your eyes and your blood rose to your cheeks as you heard your voice.
“kei! delete that!”
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“what should i do?” you sighed.
you hold the box with your office belonging inside tighter.
why’d they suddenly choose to lay off their workers?
i know they’re just a small company, but that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be considerate of their workers. they forced us to resign without even giving us a heads up first.
you all better make sure my back pay is well computed and correct in amount.
you sighed again.
past few weeks have already been so hellish and now this?
another deep exhale came out of your mouth.
“well, for now, let’s get yourself a meal, (y/n).” you told yourself to get off some steam because of your ex-company.
with your back slumped, you walked around the shopping district to find yourself some delicious food. your eyes wanders around to the variety of showcases put in front of every shop.
nothing really piques your hunger.
while walking, your orbs captured a shop across the street.
“cake shop?” you whisper.
sweets are not really my forte, but right now, i’m salivating for some.
hmm…
okay, (y/n). let’s get us some cake.
you waited for the traffic light to change before walking to the other side of the street. you went straight to the shop and looked at their “today’s menu” board.
chocolate mousse…
sounds delicious.
you fixed yourself and were about to open the door when someone suddenly talked beside you.
“hey…”
you quickly turned around and found a chest, or even lower. you looked up and saw a purple head gazing at you.
titan!
“y-yes? are you talking to me?” you asked.
he nodded his head.
“can i come with you?”
“huh?”
a few seconds of silence.
you both stared at each other without muttering a single word.
when you realized he’s not going to elaborate further what he means by that, you took it upon yourself to ask him.
“um, sorry. what do you mean by that? you want to come with me?” you pointed at the shop. “you mean here?”
he nodded again.
“okay…? i guess… i don’t see any problem with that.”
can’t you just go in by yourself?
you pushed the door open and he quietly followed you behind.
does he just want someone to open the door for him?
you released the door when he got inside. you walked to the counter and finished up your order. they gave you a number and you went to find a seat, but…
why is he still following me?
when you found an open table, you took a seat. unsurprisingly, he did too.
what the hell is wrong with this guy?
“um, do you still need something else?” you asked him.
he was taking something out from his duffle bag. it was a candy snack. he opened it and took some in his mouth.
“why are you asking if i need something else? are you a waitress?” he said with a straight face and continued munching his snack.
“what—”
“why do you have a box full of office things? did you get fired? don’t mind.” he cut off with a monotone voice.
what’s with this guy?
“you know, i don’t have the energy to argue with someone right now. please spare me from your snarky remarks.” you said and looked away.
“i wasn’t trying to be snarky, though. that was meant to be comforting.” he replied, his snacks that he just opened, already finished up.
“you thought that was comforting?” you raised your one brow and looked him dead in the eyes.
he nodded. you sighed and shook your head in disbelief.
really… what the hell is wrong with this guy?
you looked at him while he searched for something to eat in his bag that will satiate his hunger for now.
what else does he want?
hmm…
from the looks of it, he seems like an athlete— no, he’s definitely an athlete. his height gave it away.
basketball or volleyball? i wonder which sport he plays.
what if he actually plays baseball? haha. that would be a plot twist.
“why are you staring at me? hm… did you fall in love with me?” he muttered as he munched continuously.
“ah—! of course, i didn’t!” you refuted and immediately looked away.
damn, i didn’t even notice i was staring for that long.
well, that sure was embarrassing, but i can’t believe he can straight-faced call out someone and ask them if they’ve fallen for him.
i don’t know if he’s just one confident man or just straightforward. or a jerk.
“table number 23.” a man holding a tray said.
you both looked at his direction and saw him already putting down your food.
“enjoy your food.” he muttered before turning around.
your eyes formed hearts in it as soon as you saw the cake in front of you. you were so focused on it you almost forgot you’re sharing a table with an unknown person.
you peeked up at this said person and was surprised by the amount of food in front of him.
“what is this? are you going to eat all of that?!” you asked.
“i've actually held back on ordering because we have an official game later.” he said and started eating the fruit cake first.
“what?! you have a game later?! how laid-back can you be to be eating right now?!” you asked him. it's as if the freaking out that he should be feeling is now transferred to you.
“look.”
he shook his head and showed you his phone.
the screen showed messages and call notifications from who seemed like his coaches and teammates.
“they're looking for you already. god, some of them are already cursing you out.” you uttered as you read.
“i snuck out. but it's fine, because aka-chin is still in the plane because their flight was canceled for a few hours.” he explained.
“aka-chin?” you tilted your head.
“our captain. we're playing with some foreigners who wanted to have some revenge on us. we've already beaten them like five years ago and now they said they're getting their payback.” he added.
“heh… what sports are you playing?” you inquired.
“basketball. hey, aren't you going to eat? if you're not eating yours, then can i have it?” he said and went to try to snatch your plate, but you immediately evaded his long-ass limbs.
“no! i'm going to eat this! stop stealing my cake!” you defended your pastry and hid it away from him.
he pouted for a bit before focusing back on his own food.
you then didn't waste another time and started digging on your chocolate mousse cake.
“mhm! so delicious!” you rejoiced as you took the first bite.
so, he plays basketball. wait… i think i heard some news about that in the past. foreigners playing against japanese players…
“ah. vorpal swords, right? your team's name.” you questioned and he just nodded as his mouth was full.
wow, i can't believe i'm eating with someone who basically represent our country—
“wait, why were you waiting outside in the first place?” you said.
he looked at you.
“because i didn't want to eat alone.” he plainly said.
“yeah, everyone can guess that. but, why'd you have to eat with me?” you asked and took another bite.
“because everyone else came in with their partner and you were alone. i don't want to stand out by coming in alone.” he answered as he finished another plate.
no, your height alone can steal everyone's attention.
“oh, i thought you wanted to eat with me because when you saw me you fell in love.” you joked, trying to get back at him for his joke earlier.
“i didn't fall in love with you at first sight, but i think i'm starting to.” he said without missing a beat, not even stopping his hands from stuffing his mouth with more desserts.
“you—! don't go saying things like that! jeez, you'll create some misunderstanding!” you pointed at him, flushed with his sudden bluntness.
he looked at you confused.
i'm serious, though. he thought, but decided to brush it off and just continue eating.
you started fanning your hands over your face to create some air.
“gosh, it's suddenly so hot.” you segues.
suddenly, his phone rang with a notification.
“ah. aka-chin has already arrived.” he said sadly.
noticing this, you smiled comfortingly at him.
“are you going now?” you asked him.
he nodded.
he immediately readied his things and finished his food. he stood up and slings his bag on his shoulder. he looks at you and slightly bow his head.
you smiled at him.
“thank you for accompanying me.” he thanked.
“bye-bye. thank you to you too. somehow, i forgot my problem for a while while talking to you.” you told him as you hit the box with your foot which is the problem you're referring to.
you waved at him and he turned around. he took one step towards the door then he suddenly turned around.
“what? did you forget something?” you asked.
“next week. same day and time. i'll be visiting this place again. can you accompany me again that time?” he said, looking at you earnestly.
“what? is this your way of asking me out on a date?” you teased.
even though it's faint, you can definitely see how his ears slowly turned red.
you chuckled.
“sure. i’d love to accompany you.”
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