Kind of inspired by the picture ^
Theme: Fluff
{Takes place right after the upm meeting abt Daki and Gyutaro’s deaths}
“Akaza-dono~” Douma said, poking the shorter male’s side over and over.
“What?” Akaza snapped, moving out of reach from Douma.
“Can you hang out with meeee?” Douma whined, moving back to the other’s side.
Akaza sighed deeply and turned away. “No. Now shut up and leave me alone.”
He dashed off but Douma, being a rank higher than him, managed to catch up easily. “C’mon, Akaza-dono! It’ll be fun!” he insisted, tugging on the striped demon’s haori.
“No.”
“…PLEASE!” Douma whined, following Akaza around.
The way the blond was acting was so childish and it made Akaza’s face break into a small smile. Douma was just like a little kid and it almost made Akaza give in. Almost.
“Yeahhhhhhh…No. I need to go on my mission now, so just leave me alone,” Akaza ordered, although he didn’t think the other would listen. He turned to look at Douma, but he wasn’t expecting to see him staring at Akaza, mouth open wide in surprise. “What the- What’s wrong with you?” Akaza asked, stepping back.
“You…smiled,” Douma said. He grinned-a real one, this time-and was at the other upper rank’s side in a second.
He picked up Akaza by the waist and smiled. “You smiled…! And at me!“
Akaza struggled to get out of Douma’s grasp, but he was too strong. He slumped slightly, annoyed. “Let me down, you idiot! And I did not smile.”
“You did! Do it again! C’mon, Akaza-donooo~” Douma urged.
Akaza rolled his eyes and tried once again to get out of the higher ranked demon’s hold. And again, he failed. “Ugh, no I need to go now. Just let me go already,” he said.
Douma shook his head. “Not until you smile for me again!”
Sighing, Akaza said, “Only if you let me down.”
“…Fine.”
Letting the shorter male down, Douma patted Akaza’s head and said, “Alright! Smile for me!”
“Ugh, no.”
“But…you said you would!”
“…no I didn’t.” Akaza turned, his back to Douma.
“You did too!”
“Did not!”
“Did too!”
“Did not!”
“Did-” a hand was placed on Douma’s mouth before he could finish. “Hm?”
“Oh shut up, fine. This is getting annoying anyways,” Akaza grumbled.
Douma’s eyes lit up. “Really?”
Akaza nodded begrudgingly. “But if have to give me a reason to smile, otherwise I won’t.”
Douma nodded enthusiastically. “Okay, okay!
Akaza waited for something to happen, and he was confused when nothing did. But then Douma said, “Close your eyes.”
“Hell no! What’re you going to do to me, you creep?!” Akaza exclaimed, backing up several paces.
“I’m not a creep!” Douma whined.
“Right. Anyways, I am not closing my eyes, who knows what you might do to me,” Akaza said, crossing his arms.
“Oh. Okay,” Douma said, slightly disappointed.
He stepped forward, placing his hands on the shorter of the two’s shoulders so he couldn’t escape. “It won’t be bad, I promise!” Douma said.
Akaza sighed but didn’t try getting out of his grasp. He shivered slightly as Douma’s cold hands moved from his shoulders to his waist. “What’re you doing…?”
“Nothing bad!”
“Douma…”
“It’ll only be a moment!”
“…Hurry up, then.”
“Okay!”
Douma moved closer and leaned down. His face was barely and inch away from Akaza’s (A/N I almost wrote ‘and inch away from Doukaza’s 💀). Douma smiled and moved even closer, only a breath away now. “Pull away if you want…” he whispered.
Akaza didn’t move.
Douma smirked slightly and then, to his surprise, he felt warm lips meet his as Akaza tiptoed slightly, kissing the other fully on the mouth. It took Douma a second to process what was happening, but once he did, he was quick to kiss back, his hands curling around Akaza’s waist. He felt warm arms wrap around his neck as the two buried deeper into the kiss, their breath in sync, their body, the movement, everything. It was…perfect.
But then Akaza pulled away and the feeling was gone. Mostly, at least. A lingering touch still stayed on both of them.
Akaza felt his face heat up as Douma looked him over, trying to find a small movement, something, to clue him in. Tell him how Akaza felt about all of this.
And then he remembered the whole reason he’d done this was to make Akaza smile. But…he wasn’t smiling. Akaza was looking away, face (adorably) red. But…not smiling.
Maybe it wasn’t enough, maybe the upper 3 wanted more. But, more of what? He didn’t have more to give.
Douma sighed deeply and went to turn around, feeling defeated. A hand was placed on his arm and he saw Akaza looking at him strangely. A familiar look. What was it again? Where had he seen it before?
Although…he’d seen the same expression on somebody else’s face, but he hadn’t felt the same as he did right now. This feeling was new. Fairly new.
“I…” Akaza mumbled. He looked away. Actually, on second thought, maybe he shouldn’t say anything. Who knows how Douma would react. Besides, the taller of the two couldn’t even feel emotions! That kiss couldn’t have been real, could it?
“Hm?” Douma cocked his head to the side, confused.
“…Nothing.” Akaza sighed and turned.
“Akaza-dono! Wait, before you go,” Douma started, grabbing Akaza’s shoulders to keep the other to stay.
Surprised, Akaza stayed still, wondering what happened.
“Can I ask you a question, first? No wait- Two?” Douma asked, quietly.
The redhead nodded. Douma smiled brightly, not that Akaza could see.
“Okay! My first one is, there’s this thing I’m feeling, and…I don’t know what it is. I’ve never felt it before!” the blond said.
Akaza stood there for a moment, waiting for Douma to go on. When he didn’t he said, “You have to be more specific. I don’t know what you mean.”
“Oh! Well, it was when and after we kissed that I felt it,” Douma said.
Akaza was silent, wondering what it could be. Disgust? Rejection? Fury? He doubted Douma had felt either of those before.
“So…my face felt all warm like I was close to a fire. And then my heart felt like…I was sick, maybe? Or like…you know when you’re human, you can only run for a certain amount of time, and you have a limit. Your breath gets shaky and stuff, but your heart rate goes up, too. So that’s what I felt. I also felt…warm inside. Like, after you eat a sick human, and like they’ve got a fever so they’re all warm? But a good kind of warm, I think. Not like how they taste all weird because of them being all weak, but like…when you’re cold and you drink something warm and you feel better! That’s what it is, I think,” Douma rambled.
He paused and looked at Akaza, waiting for a reaction. But he was standing so still that Douma was about to ask if he was even alive, before Akaza turned abruptly, his face seeming to be so red it would explode. “Akaza-dono? Are you okay?” Douma asked, concerned.
“What you’re feeling. What you’re feeling, it’s- It’s…” Akaza said, unsure whether he should go one or not. Unsure whether Douma was just playing with him or something.
“It’s what? Tell me, I want to know!” Douma pleaded.
“…I think it’s love,” Akaza whispered. He said it quietly, hoping Douma wouldn’t hear him, but all the same wishing with all his might that he would.
He looked up to see Douma staring at him, wide-eyed. “Woah… Really?” Douma breathed.
Akaza cocked his head to the side. “What?”
“I can feel love?” Douma exclaimed, making the strawberry hair-colored male jump.
“I guess?” Akaza muttered, perplexed.
Douma looked like an excited puppy, eyes shining. He jumped up and down, cheering. “I can love!! Master said I couldn’t, but I can! People said if you don’t have it given to you, you can’t feel it, but I did!”
Akaza was beyond confused now, as he watched the other uppermoon act like an overjoyed child, as he seemed to be celebrating.
“Wait,” Douma said, pausing.
“What?” Akaza asked.
“Maybe I was given love!!” Douma said. Suddenly, he turned and grasped Akaza’s hands. “Akaza-dono. Do you…love me too?”
Feeling his heart rate speed up, the striped male flushed and he tried getting out of Douma’s hold. But, feeling vulnerable and weak at the moment, he wasn’t able to and settled for looking at the ground.
“Hm? Hm? Akaza-dono~” Douma whined, “answer meeee.”
“I…-” Akaza was silent, thinking things over. Could he handle rejection? Or would it be too much. Maybe, though, he could see what Douma would say. Rejection wasn’t the worse thing that had happened to him before.
Besides, he’d handled rejection before. By Kyojuro! So surely this wouldn’t be too bad, right? Except…he’d barely met Kyojuro, and he’d known Douma for over a century. He’d been able to kill Kyojuro after the rejection, but killing Douma wouldn’t be possible. He hadn’t risen in ranks faster than Akaza had, because Akaza had won.
Maybe he couldn’t handle it.
Wait.
Douma has said, “Do you love me too?” to him. Not, Do you love me. There was a ‘too’ in the question. Which meant…
Douma loved him. He actually did. Maybe Akaza could do this. He would. He had to.
And this way, he would have somebody who he wouldn’t lose. He’d lost Kyojuro and…somebody else. So, this was it. He wouldn’t lose Douma, they were both demons and the third and fourth strongest in the world.
Douma was getting slightly impaitent, but he stayed quiet letting Akaza mull over his thoughts.
“I do,” Akaza said quietly.
Douma leaned forward. “What?”
Akaza growled under his breath. “I’m only going to say this one more time. Don’t make me repeat it.”
Douma nodded.
“I do,” he said more firmly.
Douma stayed still for a second, taking a moment to process what he’d just heard. “Really?!” His face seemed to brighten up, and Akaza couldn’t help but smile.
Douma grinned even wider at the sight of the shorter male smiling. “I’VE GOT A BOYFRIEND AND I MADE HIM SMILE!!” he shouted happily.
Letting go of Akaza, he ran in circles around and around, laughing and shouting.
Akaza started, surprised. “Wha- I NEVER SAID I WAS YOUR BOYFRIEND, YOU IDIOT!”
Douma stopped. “You didn’t?”
“No! I just said ‘I do,’ not ‘I’ll be your boyfriend!'” Akaza exclaimed.
“Oh.” Douma looked down, and he looks so miserable and sad that Akaza sighed and gave in.
“Fine. I’ll be your boyfriend, but stop shouting! People might hear you and see what’s happening!” Akaza ordered.
“Oh. YAY!!!” Douma said, excited. He ran over and hugged the other tightly.
Akaza sighed but hugged back. Douma picked him up and smiled at him.
Wrapping his legs around Douma’s waist, the upper three leaned against the older of the two, sighing contently.
It worked out in the end. Douma wouldn’t die, neither would he, and he could have a ‘happy ending,’ not that there would be an ending, of course.
“Wait,” Akaza said, remembering something.
“What is it?” Douma asked, looking at his boyfriend.
“You said you had two questions, what was the other one?” he asked.
“Oh! I was going to ask if you could be my boyfriend!” Douma said, nodding to himself.
Akaza frowned. “But you said you didn’t know what the feeling was, how would you know to ask that?”
“I don’t know, I just wanted to ask that for some reason, but it all makes sense, now!”
“Oh.”
“Mhm!” Douma smiled as Akaza relaxed against his body. “I love you, Akaza-dono!” he said, caressing the other’s cheek.
“Mm…I love you too,” Akaza mumbled burying his face in the crook of Douma’s neck.
Content, Douma started walking, finding a good place the two could stay when the sun came up. “Akaza-dono?” he asked, when he found himself in a small hut. They could stay here, if Akaza approved of it.
When the other didn’t respond, Douma looked down and saw the Akaza was asleep. “Oh…” he said softly, “sleep well, Akaza-dono.”
He settled Akaza onto a bed he found in the hut. Sitting next to it, he waited for his boyfriend to wake up as the sun started to rise outside.
Word count: 1,943
{This one is longer then the others-! ✨
Hope you liked it!! Btw, I wrote half of this last night and the rest this morning (rn) so uh something might not add up, sorry- I also don’t edit, so… 😓
Oh and- PLEASE GIVE ME REQUESTS. Idk what to do, maybe a KokuZan one?}
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