Hell on Earth (Sukuna x Reader) PREQUEL

Chapter 14: Be Somebody

"Ah, young love..."

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Third Person POV

"You're doing that thing again, princess."

Sukuna rapidly snapped his fingers in front of (y/n)'s face as she had a red-bean bun stuck in her mouth. (Y/n) blinked a couple of times before giving Sukuna another one of her unconvincing excuses and the red-eyed male watched her ramble with his head leaning on his hand.

It was one more month until (y/n)'s wedding and the young royal seemed more and more distant. 'Distant' may not even be the right word, it's more like...

Unattached.

Since the day she was sick, the (h/l)-haired female seemed to be back to normal- exempt the days where she is sometimes flustered and panicky for some unknown reason- but there are days where she returns to her disassociated self. It wasn't as bad as it was a month ago but she just seems to be... contemplating for moments on end.

And it was annoying.

But Sukuna didn't mind as much compared to when it first started happening. For the most part, she was back to her usual, cheery self and he just assumed her quietness was due to her marriage.

"-and you and I became one of those spiky fruit thingies-!"

"Are you talking about a dragon fruit?"

"Is that what they're called?" (Y/n) tilted her in head in wonder, "B-But yeah! That was my daydream..."

Sukuna only sighed as a response and watched the town as (y/n) quietly ate her food. The (h/l)-haired maiden mumbled something to herself about 'being weird' and 'act normal' but the pink-haired curse paid no attention to her. Instead, he put down the steamed bun he was eating and glanced to his side.

'Weird...' Sukuna thought and glanced to the other side which was behind (y/n), 'I could've sworn I felt something watching us...'

"You okay, Suki?" The (h/c)-nette asked with curious (e/c) eyes.

"Yeah," the tall male murmured and used his thumb to casually wipe away the red-bean paste on the side of (y/n)'s mouth, "You're such a messy eater."

"Hmph," (y/n) pouted and wiped her cheek with her yellow kimono sleeve.

Ba-dum

'Hm?' Sukuna swiftly rotated his upper body behind him only to be faced with an empty field of grass, 'My gut is telling me that something is wrong... but what?'

"Sukuna...?" The young girl questioned worriedly.

"Don't worry about me," the red-eyed man lightly flicked her forehead but was blocked by (y/n)'s hand at the last second, "I just thought I heard something."

"Eh?"

"It's nothing," Sukuna shrugged and (y/n) nodded her head.

Ba-dum

'There it is again,' Sukuna scowled at the unsettling feeling that he cannot seem to let go, 'Where the hell...?'

"C'mon let's go," The pinkette hastily stood up, grabbed (y/n)'s hand, and began to speed walk towards the town.

"H-Huh?" (Y/n) asked and quickly ate the last of her steamed bun as he dragged her away, "Where are we going?"

"Just want to walk around," Sukuna casually replied, not wanting to worry her any further, "We haven't done that in awhile."