here’s a little something i’m working on - a demon slayer fanfic featuring my oc x kokushibo. mentioned the gist of the plot in another post here. this is an excerpt from the ending of what will be a long fanfic from kokushibo’s pov. wrote & edited this in 15 minutes so please be nice 🥹🙏
Being free from the constraints of the midnight sky and displaced from his 480 year role as an Upper Moon meant a lot of things for Michikatsu. Opportunities were endless and as much as grief remained for a human life once lost, he did believe there was room for his new human life to reconcile with such tragedies at time’s telling. He wouldn’t repeat past mistakes. He would embrace change. He would embark on a new journey with his soulmate.
It was a newfound comfort and gracious mercy that sprung from the unconditional love that was once foreign to him. Yuuko had also become less wary, gradually comfortable. Even though, their past before this point was complex.
And if there was anything that Michikatsu knew of comforts, it was that too much of it gave easier way to complacency.
His lover had reverted into old habitual patterns comparable with those of a juvenile. Even Muichiro had certain awareness of appropriate conduct. And he was almost a decade her junior.
Frequently, Yuuko would lament about her lack of strength and lounge around in a pitiful state as sudden fatigue overcame her. Her elder housekeeper had to brew her some special soups and concoctions that somehow required freshly caught wildlife almost daily from heaven knows where. Muichiro frequently tagged along to help locate them, claiming to be of much help enthusiastically as he wanted to bond. A false supposition. Instead, the former demon found himself parenting a teenager that had his head in the clouds wandering aimlessly one moment whilst demonstrating his asocial attitude and budding delinquence in the next. Other times, Yuuko would lament at her lack of choice in kimonos, believing them to be too unsuitable for her tastes. She insisted on wearing his haoris everywhere leaving him with a dearth of clothes to wear. Most of the time, Michikatsu had to remain shirtless as he personally trained Muichiro. He could see Yuuko and her young handmaid giggling from nearby each time. What a horrible influence on the teenager his soulmate was being. Proper girls should not be ogling over men.
Michikatsu was left unamused with her antics… and everyone else’s. Her actions were unsuitable for a woman of her stature, a former Hashira with the bearings of a noblewoman in education. For her to be lacking in any manner was preposterous. Yuuko was more than capable enough to solve these problems by herself. It frustrated him to no end as he caught her laying in her futon at random hours of the day, playing with her pet kittens and cooing over their cuteness, or languidly relaxing back in a zaisu as she read.
Such idleness. Such childishness...
Of course, Michikatsu had long since realised that Yuuko's weaknesses were conditional. It took the first visit he made to her parents for it to register that it was because for the longest time, Yuuko couldn't have afforded to be immature for anyone else. There needed to be a form of strength within her at all times, even at her most vulnerable, even at her youngest.
Only now, in her soulmate's arms, could she finally experience peace.
It was why one morning, as the sun dawned and brightened up the once dark, midnight sky, Mitsukatsu reconciled with himself that he didn’t exactly mind these sudden moods and the occasional indolence of Yuuko's - he liked the desire for dependence on him rather than need for separation from him.
And, as it would seem, Yuuko rather liked this practice as well. He could never mistake the weight of her gentle, loving gaze and warmth of her snuggled form these many nights, even with closed eyes and sleepy mind.
... Honestly, what a bothersome soulmate he had.
happy wife means a happy life. poor kokushibo, having to deal with the ptsd that came with yuuko consistently experiencing eldest daughter woes. that said, please note that this wasn’t beta read, and my oc is still in the process of being created. i also had sworn off writing for a long while before this (due to depression and my own personal feelings of inadequacy) so i’m still getting my groove back 😅 that said, i hope you enjoyed it 🥹🌸
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