Random Kny One Shots [Requests Closed] I thought you loved me pt.2 | {SaneGiyuu/SaneKana}

Theme: Confusing angst? Idk how to describe this, at one point it gets more silly/fluffy and then lapses back into angst

Note: The pt. 1’s picture was SaneGiyuu I think so this one was going to be SaneKana

but then i found this part of the manga AND IK THEY’RE TALKING ABT MASACHIKA BUT I HAD TO USE IT BC KANAE WAS THERE AND LIKE–

—Y’all it’s not ShinoGiyuu they’re just besties 🤩

watch me listen to the most calmest songs while writing this

Tags: @Raexlyn2Mo0n (also thank you for the discussing this w/ me :3)

“What’s wrong, Tomioka?”

Giyuu shrugged. He was sitting on the futon laid out for him in the room. 

Shinobu knelt down next to him, raising an eyebrow. “You’re supposed to be resting.”

“I tried,” he mumbled. 

“Then try harder. What’s keeping you awake?” she asked. 

“Nothing.”

“Then sleep.” She pushed him down, making him fall back onto the blankets. 

He sighed, staring up at the cealing.

“Either you tell me what’s wrong or I’m going to force a sedative into your throat so you sleep,” Shinobu said, after a moment of silence.

Giyuu groaned and sat up again, glaring at the ground. “It’s nothing,” he repeated.

She made to move to the door, as if she was going to get the sedative, and he grumbled. 

“Fine,” he said. “Your sister is dating Shinazugawa, right?”

“Mhm?” Shinobu went back next to him, sitting down in front of him.

Why was he telling this girl about this again? 

“I…” He hesitated. Would she get mad at him? “I didn’t know.”

“Okay?” She raised an eyebrow. “Do you like her?”

“What? No!” He almost laughed at the absurdity. No, not her. “I kissed Shinazugawa yesterday,” he blurted out, burying his head in his hands. 

“What?! But he’s dating-… Oh. You didn’t know,” she said.

“I didn’t know until today.” 

“Why would he… Did he let you kiss him?” she asked, concern written in her features.

He looked up, his eyes meeting hers. “He initiated it.” 

The concern morphed into confusion and then to anger and Shinobu shook her head rapidly, as if it would stop the truth from being true. “Why..?”

“I don’t know. Do you know how long they’ve been dating for?” he asked, trying to find some hope in the situation. If it’d been for long, or even just a week ago, that’d mean Sanemi had cheated. He’d cheated on Kanae with Giyuu.

“For a while,” Shinobu murmured. “Kanae didn’t tell me till recently but she said it’d been for some time. They didn’t tell anyone yet since they figured they’d rather find if they still wanted to be together before telling anyone or something.”

“Oh.” 

“Mhm.”

They went quiet, unsure what to say. And then Shinobu said, “Alright, you try to rest. I’m… going to talk to Kanae.”

“Wait!”

“Hm?”

Giyuu hesitated. “Tell her I didn’t know she was dating Shinazugawa when we… it happened. I didn’t. If I had, I wouldn’t have let him do that,” he said.

“Of course.” She gave him a vague smile and left, closing the door behind her.

×××

“Kanae, listen to me, Shinazugawa cheated on you,” Shinobu said, her expression oddly serious. 

Kanae raised an eyebrow. “I understand you’re not the most fond of him but I’d appreciate it if you didn’t go that far,” she said, sighing.

“I’m not-“—she sighed—”No! He is, Kanae, really. I’m not lying and making stuff up! Yes, he’s a bitch and I hate him, but I wouldn’t do anything to stop you from being happy unless it was genuine,” Shinobu said, crossing her arms. 

A crease of concern formed in between Kanae’s brows and she paused. “I… don’t think Sanemi would do that,” she murmured.

“He did.”

“With who?” Kanae asked, quietly.

Shinobu sighed. “Tomioka-san. He didn’t know you two were dating until today. He’d thought that Shinazugawa was single and… Tomioka realized you two were dating today, I suppose. He’d seen the two of you at the park and had figured it out.”

“What did they do?” Kanae said, almost dreading the answer.

“As far as I know, they simply kissed. By the way, in case you think Sanemi pushed him away or something, he was the one that kissed Tomioka.” Shinobu’s gaze hardened and she glared at the ground. “We need to talk to Shinazugawa.”

Kanae shook her head, backing away slightly. “He wouldn’t do that, right?”

“You think Tomioka would lie about it? It seems logical for someone to lie to break them up so they can end up with one of them, but Tomioka doesn’t appear to be a person who’d do that, no? I had to force it out of him anyway,” Shinobu said, a hint of a smile forming on her face before dropping away.

“I… doubt Tomioka-San would do that. Truly. But… Sanemi? He’d… do that?” Kanae asked meekly.

Shinobu sighed. “Only one way to find out.”

Almost as if on cue, Sanemi walked down the hallway the two were talking in and gave them a curious look.

“Is everything alright? Why do you two look so stressed?” Sanemi asked, moving to wrap an arm around Kanae.

Kanae flinched away and Sanemi raised his hands in surrender. 

“Sorry… What happened?” he asked uncertaintly, backing away slightly to give Kanae some space.

“To put it bluntly, a source tells us that you’re cheating on Kanae,” Shinobu said, her eyes narrowed in suspicion, trying to read Sanemi’s expression.

Sanemi’s eyes widened and he shook his head rapidly. “The hell? I wouldn’t do that!” he said, sounding incredulous.

“Hmm, so you never kissed Tomioka?” Shinobu asked, raising an eyebrow, her hands on her hips.

Kanae stood by the side, looking nervous and unsure of herself.

“Tomioka? Fuck no! Why the hell would I kiss him?” Sanemi spat, crossing his arms. 

“I’ll give you credit for your acting, but Tomioka told me earlier about it. And he’s not one to lie about this, I’m sure,” Shinobu said, her voice irritated.

“I didn’t! And with him, even less so!” Sanemi rolled his eyes, backing away subtly.

“You think he’d lie about it?” Shinobu shot back.

“He did! I did not kiss him,” he grumbled.

A door opened and the three turned to it.

Giyuu trudged towards them, looking tired. “Why are you shouting?” he mumbled. Then he saw the three of them and their expressions and started to back away. “I’ll… go.”

“No, uhm, can you… stay here?” Kanae asked, reaching towards him then, thinking better of it, dropped her arm to her side.

Giyuu hesitated but then sighed and nodded, moving forward. 

Shinobu raised an eyebrow at Sanemi. “Will you care to explain now?” she asked.

“There’s nothing to explain,” Sanemi said tensely. “I didn’t kiss him.”

Giyuu flinched. “What are we talking about?” he asked uncertainly.

“You,” Shinobu said, “and Shinazugawa.”

“Oh.”

Kanae looked down.

Sanemi’s eyes narrowed. “There’s nothing between us. He’s delusional,” he said, irritated.

“I’m not!” Giyuu said, huffing childishly.

The scarred Hashira rolled his eyes. “Whatever makes you sleep better at night.”

“Don’t be rude,” Kanae scolded. 

Sanemi sighed.

“Okay, why don’t we start from the beginning,” Shinobu said, poising a hand on her hip like an annoyed mother, despite being the youngest there. “Tomioka?”

“Hm..?”

“Tell us your side of the story,” she said, leaning against the wall.

“O… Okay,” Giyuu mumbled. “Me and Shinazugawa kissed yesterday and today I found out that he and Koch-… Ehm, Kanae are dating.” 

“Bullshit,” Sanemi muttered. 

Kanae looked nervously between the two.

“Shinazugawa, you go next,” Shinobu said, raising an eyebrow at him when he stayed silent.

“I never kissed that dumbass.” 

“Hm, and Kanae? Your thoughts?” Shinobu asked.

“I… Both of their… what they said are plausible. I don’t know,” Kanae mumbled. 

Giyuu looked down. “If you’d rather believe what Shinazugawa said, I wouldn’t mind. I’m sorry for getting in the way of your relationship,” he said quietly.

Kanae shook her head. “If what you said is true—”

“—and it’s not,” Sanemi interrupted.

Kanae gave him a look that silenced him, allowing her to continue. “If what you said is true,” she repeated, “then I’m not sure what I’d do with… our relationship. I just… don’t know if I could go on, knowing full well he kissed someone else during the time we’d been dating. A man, if anyone…” 

“I understand,” Giyuu said, nodding slowly. 

Shinobu stayed silent, giving the three Hashira a bit more space now that she’d started them off.

“I didn’t kiss him! I swear, Kanae, please, believe me,” Sanemi said, stepping towards her. He was starting to sound desperate. 

Kanae stepped back. “I don’t know what to believe,” she admitted. 

“Trust me!” Sanemi pleaded.

Giyuu watched him, his eyes catching onto the way Sanemi’s hand clenched at his side, knowing full well he might not win her trust over.

“I just… I trust both of you, as people. I can’t… choose,” she mumbled. 

Sanemi went silent and he averted his eyes.

Shinobu sighed, knowing that they’d hit a dead end again. “Alright, let’s go through this a different way.” 

“Why do you have to help, you’re not involved and you’re not a Hashira, for fucks sake,” Sanemi spat through his anger.

“Sanemi! She’s my sister!” Kanae said, looking almost hurt, though the words had been directed to Shinobu.

“Yes, that. And also because the three of you aren’t making any progress on your own,” Shinobu said, rolling her eyes. “You need fresh eyes, that’s what.” 

Sanemi grumbled but didn’t say anything more of the matter.

“Right. Tomioka, do you like Shinazugawa?” Shinobu said, changing the subject.

Giyuu, who had been mostly listening through the conversation, looked up at his name. “What?” 

“Do you like him? You kissed him, no?” Shinobu said, tilting her head slightly.

“We did not kiss,” Sanemi said. 

Shinobu ignored him, her gaze set on Giyuu.

The other two Hashira stared at him and he cowered under their gazes, though none of them were taller than him; Sanemi was practically around his height, if slightly taller, so he didn’t count either.

“You can tell the truth,” Kanae said reassuringly, as if she wasn’t asking someone if they liked her boyfriend.

Giyuu hesitated, his eyes flicking down nervously. “Maybe,” he said eventually.

Kanae let out a breath and Shinobu clapped her hands, clasping them together. “There, that wasn’t too hard, hm?” she said, smiling at him. “Very well. Kanae, you like Shinazugawa, correct?”

Her sister nodded.

“And Shinazugawa, which of them do you like?” Shinobu said.

Everyone’s gaze was on Sanemi now and he swallowed, hesitating for a beat. “Kanae,” he said. 

Shinobu paused. “Hm, and is the hesitance because everyone’s watching or because you also like Tomioka?” she asked, putting emphasis on the word ‘also.’ 

Sanemi narrowed his eyes but didn’t answer.

Giyuu stared at him curiously. It wasn’t so hard to say he didn’t like him. He’d already said he would never kiss him, so what was so hard about this?

Kanae appeared to be thinking the same thing because she said, “If you like him, please do not be afraid to say so. Whether it’s because you dislike me or because you like the both of us… Lies only hinder our trust (kotlc ref???/hj), Sanemi, please. It’s okay if you say so.” 

Shinobu nodded along with her words. “You should be glad she’s giving you so many chances, Shinazugawa. I would’ve dumped you right then and there,” she said, a smirk lilting her lips for a second.

Sanemi glared at her. “Fuck off.” He turned to Kanae. “I… do like you. I could never dislike you,” he said, conspiciously avoiding saying anything about Giyuu.

“And Tomioka-San? What do you think of him?” Kanae asked, more curiousity in her voice than a sense of distrust or hurt.

Giyuu watched Sanemi closely, waiting with a bated breath. What did he think of him? Why had he kissed him?

“H…He…” Again, Sanemi hesitated, his gaze dropping to the floor for a beat before back up to Kanae. He turned away from her. “He can go fuck himself,” he murmured.

Giyuu sighed internally, though he should’ve expected this and no more, no less. Of course that would be the answer. No matter what Sanemi thought, he wouldn’t say anything more. He wouldn’t dare, especially not in front of the Kocho’s and their stares.

Shinobu, on the other hand, had other thoughts about this so-called statement. “You keep hesitating, Shinazugawa. Be truthful.” She narrowed her eyes then, glaring intently at Sanemi. “What do you think about Tomioka.”

Sanemi let out an exaggerated sigh. “I already said what I think about that piece of shit!! Stop asking,” he snapped.

“I said, you constantly hesitate before you say that. If you don’t like him, just say it! What’s there to think about?” Shinobu asked, irritated.

“Shinobu, it’s okay,” Kanae said quietly.

Giyuu nodded in assent. “He doesn’t like me, he already said that. I should leave,” he murmured.

Shinobu raised an eyebrow. “Fine, then one last thing.”

“Hm?”

“Shinazugawa, you did kiss Tomioka, right?” Shinobu asked, turning to Sanemi again.

Sanemi paused. “Why are we back to that question? I already said I didn’t,” he said, apt on his response. (that doesn’t make sense does it)

“Yet Tomioka says you did. He says you kissed him. It’s not that hard to just say you did,” she said. “Kanae already accepted that you might’ve, so why don’t you just admit it? It would’ve made everything go by more quickly.”

Sanemi glared at her, momentarily forgetting about the others. “Because Kanae would fucking break up with me if I said I did!!” he shouted. Then, realizing what he said, shut his mouth and turned away. 

“See? That wasn’t so hard?” Shinobu said, her tone mocking.

Kanae opened her mouth several times to say something, faltering each time.

Giyuu averted his eyes. “I’m sorry,” he mumbled, though none of it was his fault. 

“Don’t be,” Kanae assured him.

“Should… I go now?” Giyuu asked, almost hopeful. 

“No,” Shinobu said abruptly, placing a hand on his arm. “Both of you, do you still like him? Somehow?” 

Kanae and Giyuu nodded slowly, uncertain where this was going.

“Shinazugawa?” she asked. “Do you like either of them more, or did you lose feelings for the two or…?” 

Sanemi hesitated. “Yes.” 

“What do you mean, ‘yes’?” she asked irritably. 

“I still do.”

“That’s not explanatory enough, but I’ll take it. Now,” Shinobu continued, “Tomioka, Kanae, are the two of you up to being… chosen? As in, would you mind if he picked from the two of you who he’d rather date? At least, assuming Shinazugawa’s still hung up on the both of you.”

Kanae and Giyuu nodded again simutaneously.

“Well, Shinazugawa, why don’t you pick then?” Shinobu said, looking like this was almost amusing to her. “I can give you three some space here.” She turned and marched away, leaving the three Hashira in silence.

“You can pick Kocho-san,” Giyuu said, after a beat. “I know you’d rather date her, so…”

They lapsed back into silence before Sanemi shook his head. 

“Can I just… apologize first?” he said quietly. 

The other two looked at him in surprise.

“Uhm. Okay?” Kanae said. Giyuu nodded.

“I’m sorry, Kanae, for… that. I didn’t mean- No, well, I did. I just… I don’t know. I don’t know what got into me. When I kissed him,” Sanemi mumbled. “I do love you. I kind of just… got ahead of myself.”

Kanae gave him a wavering smile. “It’s alright, Sanemi. You love him too, don’t you?” she asked. 

Sanemi hesitated, then nodded. It was a small motion but it meant everything to Giyuu and he stepped back, processing this. 

“You… do?” he asked. 

Sanemi let out a sound that sounded like a mixture of a sigh and a groan. “Sure.” The answer was vague but it was still a yes.

Giyuu gave him a ghost of a smile. “Hm, you can pick Kocho-San, you know,” he murmured. “That’s enough for me.”

Kanae shook her head. “No, I don’t mind if you pick Tomioka.”

Sanemi rolled his eyes. “We’re not getting anywhere. Besides… how am I supposed to fucking pick?”

“You’ve been dating Kocho-San for a while and only had a slight interaction with me, I think she’d be the easier pick,” Giyuu encouraged.

“But sometimes new is better! He may get bored of me eventually, or maybe he already did, so he’ll want you instead,” Kanae urged. 

“I’m sure I was just a small thing of trying something new, he won’t want me for long,” he insisted.

“He wanted to try something new because I was growing uninteresting to date so he’ll go back to you,” she said. 

“Uhm… You know you’re debating about how I feel?” Sanemi asked, staring at them.

The two flushed and apologized quickly.

Sanemi laughed. “You’re both so similar,” he said, more to himself then to them.

“Is that why you liked both of us?” Giyuu asked curiously.

“Like,” Sanemi corrected. “Present tense. And… no. You’re different from each other as well. Personality-wise.”

“I can see that,” Kanae agreed. “Tomioka-San is talking a lot more than usual today.”

Giyuu blushed. “I… there’s a lot to say,” he murmured. 

“Indeed,” she said, nodding.

Sanemi sighed. “Can I wait to choose? I can’t really… just… choose,” he mumbled.

“Mhm, of course,” Kanae said cheerfully.

Giyuu nodded. “I still say you should choose her, though. She seems the most logical solution.”

Kanae poked him playfully and he shrugged.

“Well, it doesn’t make it easier,” Sanemi said. “It’s like saying, ‘I hate you,’ to whoever I don’t pick.”

“I mean you technically already told me that, so I don’t mind,” Giyuu said, smiling slightly.

Sanemi shook his head. “Fuck you too.”

Shinobu, who seemed to have been eavesdropping, appeared back in the hallway. “You three are so incompetent sometimes,” she tsked, shaking her head.

Kanae pouted and Giyuu ignored her.

“Shut up,” Sanemi said. 

Shinobu grinned. “Welp, now that you three have resolved it slightly, why don’t we leave Shinazugawa to question his life deci- I mean, to think about it. Nee-San and Tomioka-San, you two can train or something. I’m going to go train as well.” 

“Okay!” Kanae said, smiling. 

“I’ll go home,” Giyuu offered. “I have something to attend to.” 

“Alright, then it’s settled.” Shinobu pushed Giyuu out the door and shooed Sanemi away. “Sayonara, Tomioka! I’ll see you a different day.” 

Giyuu nodded and the door shut. 

He sighed. That had to be the most eventful hour of his life. 

××× 

Shinobu sent out a crow to Sanemi and Giyuu a week later, telling them to go to the Butterfly mansion to discuss the topic once more. 

She said Sanemi had had enough time to think about it but the Hashira suspected that she was simply growing impatient, though she had nothing to do with any of this. 

So, Giyuu and Sanemi made their way to the Butterfly Estate, anticipation running through their breaths as they both arrived at the same time. 

Shinobu greeted them, smiling in a way that made Sanemi uncertain whether he should’ve come or not.  

“Hello,” she said. “Kanae’s on a mission, it being nearly sunrise, so she’ll be back in a bit. Her mission wasn’t too far. Come inside.” 

Giyuu walked in and Sanemi followed, closing the door behind him. 

“Are either of you hungry? I can make some tea and something small of a snack, if you want?” Shinobu offered. 

“I’m fine,” Giyuu said. 

“Same.” Sanemi looked around, his mind racing. The hell was he supposed to say? 

There was a loud pecking at the window and Shinobu turned, noticing the crow who was trying to enter. 

She opened the window, letting in the poor crow. 

“What’s wrong?” she asked, stroking its feathers carefully. 

The crow looked hesitant at first, but of course it might’ve been because it was currently gasping for air.

“Flower Hashira, Kanae Kocho, was defeated by Uppermoon Two. You must attend to her immediately,” the crow cawed, after a beat. It continued on saying her location but the three had already made their way out of the Butterfly Estate, rushing to the said place.

Upon arriving, Shinobu sprinted to her elder sister who lay on the ground, blood coating Kanae’s front. 

“Kanae!” Shinobu and Sanemi shouted in unison, fear lacing their voices.

Shock filtered through Giyuu’s expression and he hovered behind the other two as they crowded around the fallen Hashira.

{Word count: 3315}

I’m evil

I’m also lazy

and we’re at 3000 words 

bye bye luvs

i’ll write a pt.3 eventually :3