Adapt. // kny x insert m!reader

16 - REHABILITATION, II.

Y/N was woken up by Mitsuri's loud squeals, which were very much audible despite Giyuu muffling her mouth with his hand. Somehow Muichiro was still sound asleep- it wasn't the usual time either of them would wake up, it was earlier. The 3 other pillars went to check on them after a while and they saw the two cuddling, so the Love pillar couldn't help it and bursted out squealing in excitement. "What the hell...?" The (h/c)ette grunted quietly, slowly opening his eyes, only to barely be able to see anything by how his face was pressed against Muichiro's chest. "Great, now you woke them up Tsuri-chan.." Shinobu said quietly, sighing at her friend. "Mui's still sleeping... You three better get the hell out before I wake him up and tell him that you were watching us sleep..." Y/N threatened, listening as the door to the room closed again with a soft creak. The 3 pillars had successfully escaped Muichiro's wrath, while Y/N just laid there, flustered. His mind was finally clear enough to process the situation he was in, probably a few hours ago, by now. He thought back to the affection he had recieved from the, normally closed-off, boy. How sweet and soothing Muichiro had been and how safe and calm his presence made Y/N feel. The older boy still felt very safe right now, since he was in the Mist pillar's arms. It was the very first time he'd ever trusted someone other than his own self to take care of him- he was always the one who had to protect himself or others, definitely failing in the process, until recently that he because a Demon Slayer. He could actually get used to this warm and overwhelming feeling of safety and happiness he felt around the airheaded male, but it was definitely something that he wouldn't get much of, for now. He just went back to sleep, a small smile decorating his features.

Muichiro woke up hours later, waking Y/N up in the process. His senses never failed him when it came to waking up on time for things, today being no exception. He shook Y/N awake, gently, earning a loud whine from the older boy. "Rehab training." The ravenette said, his voice monotone even in the morning. "I don't wannaaaaa..." Now, that was odd. For Y/N to protest against training it wasn't common. Usually the (h/c)ette would go out of his way to do extra training, but now he straight up says that he doesn't want to train? "Why?" The mint-eyed boy asked, tilting his head. Y/N just stayed silent for a bit, thinking of how to explain why he didnt want to train. "...I don't want to humiliate myself again.." The teen admitted, turning to face the other way. "I promise you aren't humiliating yourself. Just because we're laughing at you it doesn't mean that we're making fun of you. We just think you struggling is sort of funny, because you make weird faces and noises." The Hashira said bluntly, pulling the blanket Y/N was covering himself up with off him. The older sighed and sat up slowly, getting off the bed and walking towards the training grounds, his head hanging low. He walked towards Mitsuri, who couldn't help but notice his low mood. She would've asked, but it didn't feel right to do it then. She just proceeded with stretching out the poor boy's body, while he held an emotionless expression, despite the pain he was feeling. When the stretching was over with, he had to play tag, but Shinobu just told him to proceed to the teacup game with Giyuu again, first.

The game went smoothly, Y/N did better than yesterday. He did get splashed a bunch, but he also splashed Giyuu with medicated water even more. The sheer speed rate the boy was regaining his strength at was very impressive. Of course, when you have the foundations, rebuilding your strength from there should be easy, but that was just ridiculous. He even splashed Shinobu once! He sort of felt happy, but didn't show it. He didn't know why, but he felt like if he kept his poker face on, he would do better and it seemed to be working. Last game was tag. Again, Y/N did better, but he was still having a hard time catching up to Muichiro, the boy was simply too fast on foot. He did tag the younger once, though, so he was fairly proud of that. Muichiro did move towards a wall deliberately at some point, purely so he could see Y/N do that wall thing again. It did happen- both of them were on the floor a second later. "Why did you do that? The (h/c)ette furrowed his eyebrows, staring into the emotionless teal orbs of the Mist pillar. The younger just shrugged and pushed Y/N off him, getting up. "Are you going easy on me or do you just not learn from your mistakes?" The e/c boy continued, annoyance written all over his face. "You're going to wake me up at 6 every damn day at least make it worth the time I could've spent resting." The boy said in furry as he stomped out of the room, to wash the disgusting smell of the medicine off himself. The 4 were left in the room frozen in place, completely dumbfounded by the sudden outburst.