i call this dynamic “misogynist vs the girlboss he desperately wants to get pegged by”
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This is one of my fav concepts on them now🥰
Based on this
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Tanjirou is really happy to see Tokito again; he seems to be doing great, even after all that happened in the swordsmith village.
And now he can be trained by him, even if it's just for a while; Tanjirou knows he's very talented, he watched him train with the Yoriichi type zero after all.
"Tanjirou!" Tokito beams; his smile becomes impossibly wide and his eyes glimmer with happiness. "I was waiting for you!"
Such undivided attention makes him feel a little bit flustered, especially because the other slayers around are staring from one to the other like they can't believe what's going on.
"I'm glad you're feeling better!" He mumbles after a couple of seconds.
Tokito nods and tells the others they can take a break. Then he approaches Tanjirou immediately and asks him if he's hungry.
They eat together in Tokito's room while the others stay outside.
Since Tanjirou has noticed that none of the other slayers are shirtless, he puts his own uniform back on. Tokito pouts.
"You can train shirtless if you want, Tanjirou!" Tokito says, eyes roaming all over his body; maybe he's making sure Tanjirou doesn't have any injuries or perhaps he's just curious about the new scars.
"No... it's okay," Tanjirou rubs the back of his neck. "I'd feel weird if I'm the only one like that."
"I can ask the others to–"
"No, it's fine!"
The training session is hard, but Tanjirou likes it; he knows he'll become a lot better that way. Besides, Tokito is an excellent teacher.
At night, Tanjirou goes to the room where all the slayers are sleeping and puts his own futon in the middle of the floor.
"Kamado..." one of the slayers whispers shyly, as the ones around look at him with curiosity. "Could you please tell the mist hashira not to be too harsh on us?"
Tanjirou considers it for a couple of seconds, before turning around in his own futon.
"It's also difficult for him because he's training all of us without a break and then he goes out at night. Maybe he's patrolling the area or something, but he must be exhausted too and yet he's doing this for us, to prepare us for what's about to come."
The others listen to him with their undivided attention and nod.
"Well, at least tell him to be kind with his words, please?"
"I could... but I'm not sure he'll listen to me," Tanjirou says. Besides, Tokito has been a lot nicer to him lately... He has made a lot of progress already.
"Are you kidding me? He adores you!"
"He doesn't–" Tanjirou gets cut off by the noise of the sliding door being open and suddenly, Tokito is standing next to him.
"Tanjirou... come with me," Tokito says, grabbing him by his shirt. "I can't sleep alone."
"Alright..." Tanjirou smiles, thinking about how much Tokito has suffered before becoming a hashira, maybe he misses his family. He understands that completely.
He's about to grab his futon when Tokito takes him in his arms, giggling and carries him towards his room.
"But my futon!"
"Mine is big enough for both of us!" Tokito smiles again, fluttering his eyelashes at Tanjirou.
It's true that his futon is a little bit bigger than the others, but they have to lie really close to each other anyway.
It's alright because Tokito seems to enjoy cuddling with Tanjirou. He buries his face in the curve of the redhead's neck and nuzzles against him every now and then as he purrs like a very content cat.
Tanjirou is happy to help; he even runs his fingers through the Pillar's hair until they both fall asleep.
When he wakes up, Tokito is walking back into the room with breakfast; he looks impossibly happy and even kisses Tanjirou's forehead before kneeling next to him to eat.
Tanjirou wonders why they don't eat with the others, but he's too hungry to ask at the moment.
They dress and go back outside only to see the others are already stretching; Tokito keeps a hand on his waist the whole time and for some reason the others get flustered when they notice it.
"Good morning!" Tokito smiles at them, shocking them for a second; usually he only smiles at Tanjirou. "I had an amazing night! I hope you did too!"
Some of the slayers choke and others turn red before looking away from them. Tanjirou is not sure what's going on.
"Well, I have to prepare everything for today's session!" Tokito grins, before kissing Tanjirou's cheek. "I'll see you later, Tanjirou!"
Only when he's back inside the others seem to relax and look back at Tanjirou with curiosity.
They're still blushing though.
"So did you..."
"Or did he... I mean, how did it work?"
"Was it good? Well, he seems in a good mood so I guess–"
A female slayer hits the ones who were asking questions on the back of the head.
"I apologize on their behalf, Tanjirou. They don't have manners... but we know it's not our business."
Tanjirou is so confused that he doesn't know what to say or do other than nod.
They keep looking at him and Tokito in a funny way for the rest of the day, especially when Tokito touches him, but Tanjirou has no idea why they're so curious about that.
It gets even worse the next day because Tokito asks him to go to his room again.
Maybe the others want to be Tokito's friends too? He'll try to come up with something so the others can make friends with the mist hashira as well.
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shu yanyan is a victim of a severely hostile work environment and no one notices 💔, she gets THROWN OFF A BUILDING, wre is like “shucks L bozo” but if HIS boytoy malewife gets his hand and wrist (that can grow back) get cut off, literally an entire biome and ecosystem is getting destroyed
Yin Yu’s thoughts on Xie Lian?? (looking for xieyin crumbs 🥺🤲)
Yin Yu: After getting to know his highness more…I can say that I understand why my lord loves him so deeply ..
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Tanjirou has noticed that the mist hashira likes to stare at him a lot. He has no idea why, but it mustn't be something bad, otherwise Tokito himself would have told him already, right?
"Tanjirou!" Tokito grins, rushing towards him as he enters the backyard.
The redhead smiles back, feeling relieved for a moment. It seems the whole "staring" at him thing is nothing he should worry about. The mist hashira probably does that with everyone else.
He gets tackled, but the ground is covered in grass so it doesn't hurt him at all. Besides, it seems Tokito is trying to be careful.
When Tanjirou feels Tokito nuzzling against his cheek he can't help but giggle.
They stay like that for a while, mostly because the Pillar refuses to let go of Tanjirou.
"Aren't you hungry?" Tanjirou asks with curiosity, quirking up one of his brows at him.
"No," Tokito pouts, almost stubbornly, and wraps his arms around Tanjirou even more.
The redhead laughs and decides to humor him and stay for a while like that; he notices that a couple of slayers and kakushi keep looking in their direction every now and then.
It doesn't bother him, he knows the Pillars are famous among all the slayers, so it must be because Tokito is there with him.
They only get up because Tanjirou tells him he's hungry, but Tokito follows him, holding his hand all the way back inside.
The mist hashira looks particularly happy that day; Tanjirou is glad because he knows Tokito doesn't have any family left.
He notices that the Pillar doesn't eat that much, but he doesn't seem to be as hungry as Tanjirou so the boy decides not to worry about it.
Then, Tokito stares at him again.
"Do I have something on my face?" Tanjirou asks with an amused smile because he's sure now that must be it, right? He probably has something on one of his cheeks...
Tokito shakes his head before putting both hands on his chin and sighing dreamily.
"I like to stare at you because you're beautiful."
Tanjirou almost chokes on his tea. His face turns red in seconds and he blinks in the Pillar's direction, still not believing what he just heard.
"Thank y-you, Tokito-san. You're pretty too."
Hearing the mist hashira giggle makes him feel more flustered, so he focuses on his meal instead.
"Sadly, I have to go," Tokito laments as soon as he spots his crow. "But I'll come see you again."
Tanjirou nods, smiling back, before his grin gets replaced by a surprised expression when Tokito takes both his hands and holds them close to his chest.
"I'm going to marry you, Tanjirou," the Pillar promises, making Tanjirou gasp. "You'll be my beautiful husband soon."
Tanjirou doesn't know what to say... is he... he's clearly joking, right?
However, when he's about to ask, Tokito leans closer to give him a quick kiss on the lips.
"I'll bring your first courting gift soon!" The hashira grins happily before getting up in order to follow his crow.
Even though part of him still doesn't believe what just happened, Tanjirou realizes that he's not opposed to the idea.
He needs to tell Nezuko as soon as possible.
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Hua Cheng cuddling with Yin Yu, his head on YY's chest, fingers entangled in his robe while his servant is sleeping, breathing slow and steady, calming.
When YY wakes he finds HC asleep on him, his face the same color as HC's clothing he tries his best not to wake his Lord while brushing his bangs out of his sleeping face.
Third prompt done for the TGCF Rarepairs Gotcha
The prompt given was anything Xieyin (platonic or romantic)! I was really excited to work on this prompt, they make an incredibly cute ship imo ☺️
New au idea: Cumplane in Every Universe (except svsss)
Au where Bingge sets off to find his own Shen Yuan after that extra, thinking it will fill that hole in his life and in his heart. He ends up finding many Shen Yuans in many universes. But here's the thing. As much as I love the idea of Bingqiu as soulmates in every universe, I love the idea of cumplane soulmates more.
Every universe Bingge goes to has an obstacle, a shitty little author guy, attached to his a-Yuan. Sometimes they're just bros, frenemies, sometimes they're dating or even married depending on how much freedom the universe and circumstances have given Shen Yuan to confront his sexuality. But he's always there. And the trouble is, it's not like he even cares that much about Bingge romancing Shen Yuan. He's fine with getting cucked or third wheeling, but he likes his life with Shen Yuan, is comfortable in it, and will not take the hint to leave. And Shen Yuan, for all his bitching, is attached to his airplane bro, so Bingge cant just off the guy if he wants to get into Shen Yuan's good graces and romance him.
So he devises a plan to break them apart by finding a match for this airplane guy, a lover who will successfully detach him from Bingyuan's relationship, so they can be left in peace. But each person he finds for him is worse than the last; he's coming at this from the completely wrong direction of tossing his ex-wives at him and hoping someone sticks. Meanwhile Mobei-jun is just there, a portal away, wondering wtf is going on with his boss, but not caring enough to provide input.
Hualian: two guys who seem kinda normal at first blush but then you have a second conversation with them and you realize what absolute freaks they are especially for each other. Luckily they steadfastly refuse to discuss bedroom matters with others (bc you are unworthy)
Wangxian: you meet these two and you’re like oh ok. This one’s the freak and this one’s the guy who keeps him in line. But then as you get to know them you realize more and more that the roles might actually be reversed from your first impression. And THEN you come to the inevitable conclusion that they’re both freaks and nothing is keeping either of them in line except the will to fool others
Bingqiu: hopelessly undisguisable freak4freak. One look at these guys and you know something’s up. You talk to them and just Know that they have kinks you’ve never even heard of nor do you want to. You live in fear of trying to hold a conversation with them.