Ardent Hope: Chainsaw Man x Male Reader Insert.

9. Party.

The mattress of the bed never felt this comfortable. Days had passed since the Eternity Devil incident, days in which (Y/N) almost never got up from bed. Although Denji was the first one to fall to due to exhaustion, the result of the overuse of his powers, as the Hellfire Devil made him aware, was excruciatingly painful and exhaustive to his human body, and these days (Y/N) was able to experience firsthand the effects of his flames. Every fiber of his body felt tired and the constant mingle of fire burning through his muscles was enough to make him not wanting to move at all from the comfortable mattresses of his bed. He made to let everyone know that he was okay, and just needed rest for a couple of days before getting into action again.

There were a couple of times were Denji would come to his room to talk about his situation and joke around for hours, and others were Aki would try to teach him how to read with a cup of tea, stating that he felt quite bad after hearing from Power that he couldn't do it, and (Y/N) imagined this was his way to thank him for, along with Denji, getting them all out of the Eternity Devil's realm.

 However, Power had been the first one of them to tend his wounds, and the one that kept him company the most throughout the days he kept recovering, mostly because they shared the room, so she was able to stay with him the longest alongside Meowy. It was definitely weird for both of them not to be acting like cats and dogs constantly wrestling over small things, although as the days kept passing by, they slowly got more comfortable around each other.

Still, (Y/N) couldn't help but notice something strange about all of this. Power seemed strangely nervous whenever she was around him, constantly fidgeting with her fingers or trying to focus on other things, and sometimes she would blank out completely, apparently lost in a deep train of thoughts, from which she would only snap back to reality after a handful of seconds or until (Y/N) caught her attention via snapping his fingers in front of her or calling her name.

As expected, Aki was the only one to keep going on devil extermination missions alongside Himeno. Often, he would come up with news about the Gun Devil's fragments and kept them informed about the mission progress when they all were on the table. He made comments about Arai and Kobeni, saying they were already going to quit from public safety, stating the encounter with the Eternity Devil left them traumatized, something that didn't quite impress anyone there. He said Himeno would miss them, and mumbled something about trying to persuade them to come back, but it wasn't until the next day that he revealed their new plans to them.

"What do you mean a newbie welcome party?" (Y/N) was particularly confused by the term.

"Himeno was telling me how the fourth division never all gotten together in one place. She thinks this could be an opportunity to bond as a team, and to try and get Arai and Kobeni back into public safety as well." Aki said.

"Count me in! That way I'll be able to remember Himeno about our deal!" As expected, Denji was pretty excited about the whole party thing.

"Oh, parties usually go along with great food on the menus! The food better be great for having to endure a party with you all!" Power was pretty excited too, for entirely different reasons.

"I think I'll pass, actually. I don't exactly do well with crowds, and I think I should rest for a couple of days more." (Y/N) told them. Aki looked at him for a moment before a brilliant idea came to his mind.

"Power, I'll promise you a double ration of fried chicken if you can convince (Y/N) to attend to the party." Needless to say, Power wouldn't stop bothering (Y/N) since that very second.

In the comfortable silence of the night and the commodity of the sheets, (Y/N) laid down on his bed once again. He had tried everything to try and get Power off of him, and the idea of taking a bath to get rid of her worked like a charm, as she scurried to the living room the moment she heard the shower head. Apparently, she had not heard him leave the bathroom, so (Y/N) sneakily went inside their bedroom praying for Power to not be there already.