Hello how are you ♡ Can I ask for headcanons with Akashi, Midorima and Imayoshi and how would they react with their partner who is Chinese and doesn't know how to speak any language and speaks very little of the boys' language? It would be fun to see their reaction when they see their partner speaking Chinese in front of them. Thank you so much if u see this and have a good day or night 😊
ohhh this is such a fun request, so thank you for it!! 💕 I used to learn mandarin chinese when I was in middle school so I kinda have a soft spot for Chinese culture now hihi <3 so here's your request, hope you like it and sorry for taking so long!!
わからない - 我不知道 // KNB Headcanons
Context: in which reader only speaks chinese and the boys have no clue what they're saying. (Also, title reads "wakaranai - wǒ bù zhīdào", meaning "I don't know" in japanese and mandarin chinese respectively)
Pairings: Akashi, Midorima and Imayoshi x gn!reader
Warnings: just fluff and a bit of crack, very safe for all publics!
Let me just say first, to imagine that this man doesn't already know how to speak Chinese is kinda hard
Like as the heir of an important family, he has to speak multiple languages
So in his case, I'd say it's more that he's not fluent in Chinese more than him actually not speaking of word of it
In any case, he makes it his mission to resolve that communication issue
Language? That'll never be a barrier for him
See, Seijurō speaks gentleman
No need for you to know what he's saying or vice-versa because boy literally doesn't have to talk to treat you like a queen, yk?
But sometimes you kinda have specific demands and there he actually has to listen and translate
Because he's a genius, the little Chinese he already knows + his ability of picking on context cues help him understand you without much translation needed
And in the rare case he's wrong, he'll note down the words and phrases he didn't get so he can enrich is vocabulary
He thinks it's more important for him to adapt to your language than for you to adapt to his
Like he doesn't want to burden you with learning a new language just for him
But if you actually want to learn Japanese, Akashi is the man!
He can be a tough teacher and something that's easy for him, might not be for the common person, which he has a hard time wrapping his head around
All in all, language is not really an issue for him
Best believe he's learned how to say "我爱你" (wǒ ài nǐ) first thing because he's a romantic like that <3
Shintarō never thought he'd like someone he couldn't understand, yet here he is
Maybe because you're so damn nice and pretty that he gets your vibe without even talking to you
But he didn't start dating you as soon as he took a liking to you; it's very important for him to be able to communicate with you first
So he started straightaway with learning as much as he could of Chinese language and culture
Listened to you very carefully to know which dialect you were speaking so he could learn this one specifically
He kinda got mad at some point during the process of learning, though, because some characters are the same and have the same meaning in both languages, but they're not pronounced the same
But he pulled through just so he can talk to you properly and get to know you better
When you tell him you're gonna learn Japanese, he's very supportive
He'll always correct you when you make mistakes though, which gets a bit annoying
But you know it's from good intent so that's alright
Will absolutely pester you about Chinese Zodiac so strap on, darling
Man will end up basing his luck on a mix of both zodiac signs and he'll definitely do the same for you 😭
Oh, so you don't speak his language and he doesn't speak yours?
That's absolutely not an issue to my man here
He actually finds this quite amusing
He relishes in all the miscommunications that happen between you, that's just entertaining to him
But he'll eventually start to realise that it's a bit of an issue on the daily
Especially because he's such a sweet talker and a sacarstic dude that he kinda gets frustrated that he can't communicate that to you
So when it comes to learning Chinese, you can bet he crams a lot so that he can be fluent enough to be witty
Gives you a hard time learning Japanese, though
He's the kind of fucker that has fun using complicated sentences and figurative language just to make you confused
So the only way to strike him back is by talking to him in dialect and phrases
Loves this little game of "who's gonna make the other more confused"
Leave it to Imayoshi Shoichi to make language barrier entertaining 🙄
