Zanka x Reader x Eishia, Suggestive, Aged up, MDNI (request) maybe ooc
The barracks were quiet tonight. Moonlight filtered through the broken windowpane, casting long, sharp shadows across the floorboards of your room. For once, the chaotic energy of the Cleaners had settled, leaving an atmosphere heavy with a silent, all-encompassing tension.
You were sitting on a small stool, cleaning your boots. Suddenly, a large, firm hand closed over yours, halting your movement.
"That’s enough work," Zanka ordered. His voice was low, rough, and utterly commanding.
He stood beside you, forcing you to look up at him. His piercing gaze brooked no argument. Without asking permission, he gripped your waist with possessive strength and effortlessly lifted you onto the desk facing your bed, bringing you level with his eyes. He stepped between your legs, trapping you against his hot, solid body. His proximity was overwhelming...a silent declaration that, tonight, you were under his control.
Before you could process his boldness, the door creaked open slightly. Eishia slipped into the room. Upon seeing the intimate position you shared with Zanka, her cheeks flushed a deep red. She tried to step back, nervously fiddling with the hem of her clothes.
"Oh... I’m sorry, I... I didn’t mean to interrupt," she murmured, her voice trembling and her gaze lowered, too shy to meet your eyes.
"Come in, Eishia," Zanka commanded, never breaking eye contact with you. His tone wasn't an invitation, but an order. "You know perfectly well we were waiting for you."
Eishia swallowed hard; she was visibly nervous yet drawn to the atmosphere. She walked slowly toward you both with timid steps until she stood beside Zanka. Without letting go of you, he extended an arm around her waist, pulling her firmly into the space the three of you shared. Eishia let out a small gasp at the sudden hold but didn't resist; instead, she pressed against Zanka’s side, seeking refuge in his strength while looking at you with a mix of shyness and desire.
"You’re very quiet," you said, enjoying the way she blushed even deeper.
"It’s just... you look beautiful in this light," she whispered, gathering a bit of courage. With trembling fingers, she reached out and caressed your calf, slowly tracing her way up your thigh. "I just wanted... to be close to you."
Zanka let out a low laugh, a dark, satisfied sound that vibrated against your chest. He took you by the chin, forcing you to meet his gaze, while Eishia’s fingers continued their suggestive ascent, sending waves of heat coursing through your body.
"Tonight, you won’t think of anything but us," Zanka declared, leaning in until his lips brushed against yours, stealing your breath away. "Forget the outside world."
Seeking the security of Zanka’s presence, Eishia stayed close as the quiet of the room enveloped the three of you. In that moment of calm, the intensity of the day’s work faded into the background, replaced by a silent connection and the shared understanding between you.
Zanka is a nice guy but he is also and asshole. I think he would treat his partner as kindly and at his most gentle capacity possible.
He has never really been “taken care of” by someone he cared so much about before, like Riyo and Enjin found him and Enjin was his idol but you were so much more than that.
He got giddy thinking about you and you had this way of twisting things he saw as bad into something he could be proud of.
Like how you were all in the car back from a mission, it was Gris driving, you in the passenger seat with Zanka, tomme and follo in the back. Usually you two would sit together but the three latter were a lot more tired than you and Gris so you two chatted in the front.
When Zanka was nodding of against the car window ready to pass out he hears you say something that stuck with him.
“I don’t get the shame with scars and that like I have so many from fights and missions and I am PROUD! Besides everyone with scars are hotter”
“It’s like a power thing, like I almost died and I’m still here” Gris adds onto it with his own enthusiasm.
“You get me dude!”
And after that Zanka didn’t feel as much shame when he had to go to the infirmary. He loved you and the way you see things so if you believe that scars are positive then they have to be! So now if he ever got a scar after a mission he is being a lil freaky with it.
‘Is Y/N gonna think I’m cooler now??! EEEEK’
“Whatcha thinkin’ bout buuuddddyy?”
“ARGK-!”
———
We all know he loves being praised and complimented due to his low view on himself but you actively always choosing to be next to him feels like a win every time, WHO CARES IF YOU ARE HIS PARTNER YOU LOVE HIM SO SO MUCH HE COULD CRY! (You sat next to him)
Now here comes a full three times Zanka realizes he won in life!
1. He was in the dining hall and there were surprisingly a lot of cleaners in there eating their last meal of the night. Enjin, Gris and Bro were all being loud and laughing at the end of a long table while scarfing down their food, Riyo and semiu were chatting as they loaded up their plates and Remlin was spending the night with the other kids so they, Rudo, Guita, dear and Amo were sitting together and screaming like the adults taking care of them.
He was waiting for you to show up, even if you went to talk to the girls or the kids or throw in a comment with the older guys. Zanka wanted to make sure you were eating before he started so if he noticed you forgot to go eat he could go fetch you without stopping his meal time straight away.
Then a plates clatters next to him.
“Hm?” A little kiss makes it onto his cheek making him blush immediately.
“Hey babe, how has today been treating you?”
Okey now you guys celebrated your one year anniversary like 3 weeks ago, statistically and arguably he should not feel giddy you say next to him. AND HE DOES NOT.
But you holding his hand across the table does.
“Rudo ‘s bein’ a pain in my ass-“
2.
You guys were on your way to a mission and it was gonna be a long ass drive. About 2 hours so enjin and Gris agreed, let everyone chill out and sleep the first safer hour but the second Enjin will drive to keep everyone awake.
So as you all make your way to the car Zanka opened the door and jumped in to take the middle seat so you could have window.
“Actually babe can I sit middle?” Which made him question why because you always wanted to look out the window to mission but he jumps out and lets you climb in.
“Sure but I thought you liked looking out the window?”
“Nah I like leaning against the window.” Zanka jumps in after you as you both fastened you seat belts “but I sleep better if I lean on you anyways, the glass hurts after a while”
Then you leaned on his shoulder and he could hear Enjin and Gris snickering at him but like-
He did NOT care.
3.
When there are rainstorms instead of trash storms it was actually peaceful. People could easily get better drinking water and the few places of green could bloom a bit stronger.
And again HE KNOWS HE IS BEING RIDICULOUS BUT LET HIM BE, every time it would rain at night you would run over to his room if you weren’t already there because you claimed “rain cuddles hit different”. So now every time he hears the rain he waits up until you notice, because it like a you want it and he is happy to supply but like- like.. like it’s- you that wants it the most.
Besides it’s one of the quiet reminders that you will seek him out for comfort and gawd DAMN IT he loves to be wanted by you!
But it’s getting kinda late and you haven’t show up yet so either you weren’t in the mood (not possible) or you fell asleep before it started (very possible). So he kinda gave up and fixed his bedding to tuck himself in and fall asleep- a bit disappointed but eh you can’t win em all.
KNOCK KNOCK
Well apparently you can.
Because you come rushing in and dramatically close the door with both your arms fully extended making you lose balance, ending up wiping out and slamming your ass you the ground.
“Pfft- babe what are you doing?”
Before you answer you skaddle up from the floor to his bed and rip open the sheets to dive in this bed and wrap your arms and legs around him.
“Now you listen here, motherfucker and you listen good” You say as you put your forehead right onto his giving you two cyclops vision of each other.
“Okey- pfft-!” Zanka was trying so hard not to laugh as you looked at him with a dead serious expression.
“If we ever get night rain ever again and I almost fall asleep I need you to get my ass here as fast as you can or I am gonna assume you don’t love me- you do love me don’t you??”
“HAHahahha!… ha.. hehe.. More than anything.. <3”
Then you nuzzle in under his chin.
“Good cuz I sure as heck ain’t letting you go!”
———
Mind you he does all this sweet shit with you but the second he has to deal with Rudo it’s like god pissed him off on purpose just to make him angry.
In conclusion Zanka wins all, fuck all you bitches, you ain’t got nothing on him.
the lights were off, the room silent and your body sore from a rough day of training.
you were doing it again. purposely trying to quiet the part inside you that kept hurting in the only way you know — by forcing your body into constant pain, into constant movement and exhaustion.
you laid silently on the bed with your thoughts running 180 miles an hour. over and over you replayed those memories, thought over those times that have passed and what you wish you could do to those around you when it became too much.
the physical exhaustion kept you in check.
everyone around you tried to diagnose you with some sort of mental disorder, like this was a way to hurt yourself, when in reality you were saving them from your own hands.
the only one who got you was zanka. curled up against your side, his own exhaustion already having put him to sleep. these quiet moments with him was the only thing that made you calm down without forcing your body to keep fighting.
and you know that these nights were the only thing that made zankas own head quiet down for a bit.
despite it all, you two had eachother.
this is short and purely self indulgent . i miss her </3 i haven't been on here in days , i'm so sorry !
4 hacks para magpapansin kay crush
4 hacks to get noticed by your crush
okay, it’s not like zanka nijiku’s getting desperate. but, he’s been wanting to rip his hair out for the months he’s been pining on you, waiting to get noticed but to no avail.
so when riyo, an ever so nice best friend of his, noticed this, she was sure there to help.
and she told him four ways to get noticed by you. zanka had no idea if they would work—he thought them stupid… but it wouldn’t hurt to try, would it?
number 1. banatan mo (go at it with them/attack them)
attack them, not physically, but with a spark of words.
“hey,” zanka called out to you, and you hummed in response.
“…nice belt.”
you looked at zanka, tilting your head to the side slightly in confusion. “thanks…?”
did hack no.1 work? probably did not…
because you weren’t wearing a belt.
number 2. eye contact, konting smile—alis agad ng tingin (eye contact, slight smile—then look away)
this would insinuate a ‘spark’ between the two of you, riyo had said, waving a finger ridiculously close to zanka’s face.
zanka saw you from across the room and waited for you to look back at him. luckily, riyo was beside you, and she had seen zanka enter the room.
riyo pointed zanka to you, and waved at the boy. you did the same, but was once again left confused when zanka flashed a very quick smile (and we all know how awkward smiles can get in the cleaners hq… #uhm), then looked away and ran in panic.
“is he okay?” you asked riyo.
the red haired girl took a deep sigh and smacked her palm on her forehead. “nah, he’s a loser.”
number 3. humingi ng maliit na tulong kahit kaya mo naman (ask for help, even if you could do it)
‘there will be satisfaction once they’ve helped you.’
“can ya pass me the water pitcher?” zanka, who sat beside you in the dining area, asked.
“uhh, sure.”
you hesitantly reached over and pushed the pitcher towards him, which… was closer to him than to you.
“thanks,” zanka acknowledged, then poured water in his cup then offered to pour on yours too—you gladly accepted.
that’s kind of weird, you thought.
ah, i didn’t fuck that up now, did i? zanka relished the thought of accomplishing one hack properly.
and lastly, number 4. dalasan ang pagpapakita (show yourself to them often)
it’s more comfortable when you’re familiar with each other.
now, this is something zanka could probably do without panicking. and it’s not that hard, considering you’re in the same headquarters, and often see each other, anyway.
but lately, you just pop out of nowhere at random times, and zanka can’t help but jump on his feet whenever that happens.
because he’s supposed to be showing himself to you, and not you showing up for him.
it gets more awkward as the days go by, and zanka decided maybe it’s time for him to stop his crushing on you so he can function again like a real person. he can’t afford to be distracted in his job, he said.
“zanka,” you called out to zanka, but the blond kept walking away, fast in his feet.
you ran after him, and once you’ve caught up to him, you grabbed his wrist and forced him to face you.
“have you been ignoring me?”
“what? no, i— sorry, i’ve got to go to august.”
“zanka.”
he sighs in defeat. “yes?”
“wrong way.” you then pointed to your back, the right way to where august is always coped up.
“right.” zanka nods in embarrassment. “right, yes, there. thank you.”
he didn't dare look at you as he made his way towards you. and as he passed by, you called out again.
“i like you too,” you blurted out.
it was a bargain. or at least, that's what you thought when you first went over your plan to just randomly confess to this awkward boy. until riyo couldn't bear to see you both pining for each other anymore and just snitched on zanka to tell you that he was head over heels for you.
“w…what?” zanka looked back at you like you just told him you were leaving the cleaners.
“i like you. too,” you repeated.
zanka's eyes widened in understanding, completely ignoring the fact that you were implying you knew all along that he liked you too.
“i— i like— i like you. very much,” zanka stumbled over his words. “yes, i do like you. come out with me?”
you nodded with a smile, restraining your laughter. oh, how cute he is. “sure.”
a huge, beautiful and genuine smile formed on zanka's face.
“yes! you—i— wait…” realization seemed to have finally hit him. “...did riyo tell you?”
you nodded cautiously, though you still had a huge grin on your face.
zanka felt rage come up to his head, remembering clearly how riyo promised to not tell a single soul about what he felt towards you… not even you.
somewhere in the headquarters, riyo sneezed out loud.
zanka might be cursing riyo out of embarassment right now, but he'll thank her later for finally getting you two together.
after all, riyo's tricks did work. and not only were he noticed by you, his crush, he also managed to get to be with you.
It had taken Zanka fifteen days to finish the doodles he was drawing for you.
After every training session, he would lock himself in his room and sit at his desk with a single thought. To be able to capture your beautiful smile on paper.
But he wasn’t really good at it. And that frustrated him.
You, on the other hand, were an artist in every sense of the word; even Remlin would wander around the HQ just to draw with you and chat about their upcoming murals.
"Knock, knock," you said, opening the door to Zanka's room one of those nights. He was sitting at his desk, surrounded by crumpled paper balls overflowing from the trash can next to him. He was clutching his head with both hands, holding a small pencil in one of them. You could have sworn you saw him wanting to pull his hair out. "Zanka, what's wrong?"
He startled; he hadn't heard you come in, and as you approached the desk, he could only cover what he was doing with his body.
"Nothing, nothing," he said quickly. "What are you doing here?" His voice sounded higher than usual.
"I was waiting for you for dinner; everyone asked about you." You placed your hand on his shoulder and tried to peek through the small gaps he left open. "What do you have there?"
You were faster than he expected and managed to grab the small sheet from his desk. He tried to snatch it out of your hands, but besides being fast, you were agile and managed to dodge all his attempts, letting out a few laughs in the process.
When you finally got good lighting and could take a proper look at what he was doing, your eyes widened more than usual, your mouth formed a big "oh," and Zanka's face twisted in embarrassment.
"Don't look at it, please," he hid his face in his hands, flopping down onto the bed.
"Zanka, this is..."
"Don't say anything, I shouldn't have done it in the first place."
"It's so pretty," you finally let out. You sat next to him and encouraged him to look at you. "It's me, right? It turned out perfect."
He looked at you through his fingers, covering his flushed cheeks and clearing his throat.
"Are you kidding?" he grumbled. "Those doodles?"
"Yes, you have talent," you told him with a smile, though in reality, you wanted to choke back a laugh. The drawing itself wasn't perfect, but he had made it for you, so of course it was a masterpiece.
You leaned in to kiss his cheek, and he smiled for you. After you repeatedly told him he had done a great job, he finally stood up with pride and accepted all the kisses you had for him.
After that day, the two of you would gather some afternoons in your room to draw whatever together. Zanka even accepted a few tips to keep improving and be able to give you "something worthy of you," in his own words.
On top of Semiu’s desk, magazines were scattered all over, together with mission reports and documents highlighting cleaners on demand.
Enjin happily swiped through the pages with a grin as the woman who's supposed to be on the counter is gone, out of sight.
“Tsk, this is takin’ so damn long." Zanka let out an annoyed sigh, three slit brows colliding under that one chunk of blonde hair in front of his face.
"Heh, and guess what? We also need to wait for a few minutes in the car.” Riyo added.
"Zanka, look, ain't this sexy?”
The tattooed man proudly showed a page of a half naked woman, only wearing a pair of matching lingerie and a little bit of jewelry.
The tassel-eared boy's face contorted in disgust, he's never the one to be interested with those types of stuff, or maybe he pretends not to be. Who knows?
But then, the boy's deep blue eyes widened, his hand flying to grab the magazine with a lil too much eagerness.
"Hot stuff, right?” Enjin chuckled, but Zanka wasn't looking at the woman Enjin's pointing out!
He's looking at you. Just next page.
Advertising a cologne for some high-end company here in the ground.
Zanka's eyes squinted as he practically shoved the magazine on his face to confirm that it was you.
Delicate layer of make up on your face, while the low cut of nightgown you're wearing left your cleavage intentionally on display.
His breath catches in his throat at the sight, every inch of exposed skin, his eyes drank it all like a starved, dehydrated man.
The strap of the night gown slipped off slightly at your shoulder as you posed, pursing your lips as if to kiss the elegant perfume.
You look just as dreamy as he last saw you do, still the prettiest girl Zanka had ever laid his eyes on.
What did he miss?
How come is his classmate back in the hell guard academy now in a magazine?!
Part 2 of Being Zankas girlfriend but jabber notices you
Part 1
———
You were stuck with Enjin and the kid that refused to move. Like he had just been sitting in his corner for a good 10 minutes just looking at you two.
”..Im gonna go and see if i can find the others”
”Have fun boo”
As you turn around you could hear how the guy that was hiding started screaming after you and how you couldn’t leave. But like let’s be honest Enjin can deal with him, the guy is 17 and looks 12, not your problem.
But your actual problem is finding everyone else especially Zanka. You were the one who had to care for him after his last fight with Jabber and even though you don’t know if they ended up together, there is a good chance Jabber would seek him out.
So now you are walking around the tunnels of where ever the fuck you where hearing struggles through the walls and the occasional rattle of the place (probably dear getting pissed off) until you hear crazy laughter.
Now you know that’s Zanka’s voice but Zanka doesn’t laugh like that. You start running in the direction you hear him from, jumping over bumps and trash in the way to get to him as fast as possible. Then when you finally find him you see him laying on the floor with a raider laying next to him, both laughing?
”Zanks’.. like really?” You say confused at the sight of your boyfriend having what looks like a fun trip with this random guy.
The laughter stops from them both but as Zanka doesn’t move, the stranger jumps up on his feet.
”lil late to the party, babe”
You raise your jinki and activate it.
”Are you Jabber..?”
After that the guy starts giggling and jumping on his feet.
”OOOOHH YA KNOW ME?? My man here must’ve told ya-” he kicks Zanka in the shoulder. ”So you two really a thing?”
The question halts you for a bit, why tf would he care? Psychopath in the flesh.
“Yeah?.. Why- WHY DO YOU CARE??!”
He activates his mankira again and drags the blades across his face, barely grazing it. Jabber jumps on top of Zanka making the man on the floor cough up blood and walks towards you.
“So you must really hate me then, huh? HIHI I CAN SEE IT ON YA! OH YOU JUST WANNA RIP ME TO PIECES!!”
He lunged at you with his claws ready to swing at you. But his jinki doesn’t connect to you instead you get behind him and slam him into the floor making his claws lodge into the ground deep enough that he struggles to get them out.
He turns around and gets chopped in the throat and slashed across his chest by your jinki making him fall back.
“You fast as shit! Damn!”
The fight between you goes on for a while, him slashing at you, missing, you hitting him, he falls, he makes some comment on how hard he is, you want to throw up. He might have nicked you once or twice but he wasn’t fast enough to actually cause damage or poison you. Then it all abruptly ends with a gun shot and jabber falling to the ground.
“Sorry I was so late” Riyo shows up walking into the room/corner you guys were fighting.
“Don’t worry girl, I didn’t know how to hurt him without him busting a nut at me so I was kinda stuck” You walk away to grab Zanka and hoist him up with his arm around your shoulder before picking him up bridal style.
“..eeuuugghh…”
“I know baby, I know..” You say as he leans his head against your shoulder. His assistaff makes it into his back holder to make sure you don’t lose it
“Let’s get out of here, this place is so fucking creepy”
As you follow Riyo out you walk passed Jabbers body laying on the ground laughing quietly to himself. He looks up to you ready for you to try and hurt him or kill him OR SOMETHING. But you just look down at him, smile and walk away.
“..tch.. man come on..”
———
The day after you are sitting with Zanka in the the HQs hospital room. He was obviously down and didn’t really wanna talk to anyone but the self deprecation was so prominent on his features you had to say something.
“Zanki, stop with whatever is going on in your head, you know it’s not gonna fix anything” You grab his hand.
“I know I know it’s just..”
“Just what?”
He finally shifted his gaze to you. “I want to be strong enough to protect you but you had to come and save ME.. a good boyfriend shouldn’t need his partner to come a carry him like a baby outta danger”
“Oh baby..” You shift into the bed to be closer to him and to hold his face with your other hand that he eventually leans into. “We are both cleaners, we are supposed to be strong together. I need to be able to help you just as much as you help me. Like what am I supposed to do if I get ambushed by a herd? Not much, that where I need you and people like Jabber is where you need me”
You bring is face closer to yours and kiss him slowly and gently. “That’s why we work so great together <3”
His smile melts into his face as he holds your hand closer to his cheek. “You’re right, but I promise I’ll get stronger and you won’t have to do all the lifting yourself again”
You lean in and kiss his forehead. “That’s what I like to hear-“
then your collar rings. “Oh sorry love”
“Nah don’t worry, go on”
You answer with a tap “Hello?”
“Hey mama, whatcha ya wearing?”
..
“WHHAAAAT??!!”
“HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET YOUR BLOOD ON THIS??”
“You slashed me good so you down or what?”
And that’s is how Zanka ripped the collar of your neck and broke it in half.
The last time you’d seen Zanka, his face had turned bright red with embarrassment. You had suggested painting his nails...just for fun.
"You could even match Enjin," you’d blurted out back then; he’d insisted you were crazy and fled the room.
Now, he was standing in your doorway; his cheeks were just as flushed, but the difference was that he was pouting slightly while crossing his arms.
"Maybe just the pinky," he murmured.
"Are you sure? What will Enjin say?"
You found it amusing how his eyes widened whenever you mentioned the possibility of looking like Enjin, but you said nothing more. You took his hand and pulled him over to your bed, where you both sat facing each other.
"You won't tell Enjin, right?" he blurted out after a long silence, while you rummaged through a small case for the polishes in your collection.
"Of course not, pretty boy," you smiled. "It’ll be our little secret."
You leaned in and planted a sweet kiss on his cheek; he smiled back as his eyes examined the small, colorful bottles.
You took his hand; although his fingers were slender and looked delicate, you were surprised by the toughness of the calluses on them. Working with Assistaff must have been grueling labor.
You picked up a dark blue, almost black, polish and started on his pinky nail. Zanka watched out of the corner of his eye as you worked. You were incredibly patient with him; every time you finished one nail and moved to the next, he’d let out a heavy sigh...almost like a yawn, but you’d just smile, making his heart do a little flip.
Finally, you finished the first five nails, and he paused to admire your work before automatically holding out his other hand, ready for you to take care of that one too. You didn't hesitate for a second and went back to work.
"Not bad at all, that color really suits you," you said when you finished, putting the polish away in the small case.
"I think you're right," he said, admiring both hands. "You're good at this."
"Years of practice." You gave him another kiss on the cheek. "Now, come here."
You practically dragged him by the collar over to the small vanity next to your bed, making him sit on the stool beside it.
"I'm sure a little color would do you good."
Zanka let out another heavy sigh and simply closed his eyes, accepting his fate.
"Fine, but don't even think about using any shade of pink on me, I really don't like it."
