Pairing : Tomioka Giyuu + Sanemi Shinazugawa
(Can be read as platonic or romantic)
Caregiver: Tomioka (emo)
Age regressor: Sanemi
Normal au
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"FUCK"
"Shinazugawa!-"
Sanemi growled as he lunged towards the demon, gripping his sword tightly as he decapitated the beast. The demons body stood still as its head slowly fell to the ground. Naturally, it was enraged. It started yelling curses and obscenities at the two hashiras. Giyuu wasn't paying much attention as he put his sword back into it's carrier. Sanemi was just grinning at the monster. His sick smile stayed until the abomination said something out of pocket to him.
"CURSE YOU. CURSE YOUR UGLY ASS. I HATE YOU, I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU WITHOUT FEELING DISGUSTED."
Giyuu went up to the talking head and kicked it hard to the other direction, as it disintegrated into nothing. He then looked over at Sanemi, whose smile seemed to have fallen from his face, he looked rather pissed off now. "You know, Shinazugawa... he's wrong about what he just-"
"Shut up! I don't care, let's just... let's just go find an inn to stay in so we can leave in the morning."
"Oh, okay, but you looked a bit-"
"I WASN'T!"
"Oh, okay."
Sanemi just clicked his tongue in an annoyed manner before gripping Giyuu's haori and dragging him to the nearest town they could find.
A couple of minutes later they reached the town. Sanemi wasn't dragging Giyuu anymore, but was still holding onto him so that he wouldn't get lost like usual. Sanemi wasn't the type to feel self concious, but he could feel lots of stares on him and whispers. This kind of thing sometimes happened, but it made him feel extremely bad afterwards. Today, they seemed extra judgemental. Even after he saved their asses from a demon, how ungrateful.
"Hey, Sukoni, look at that crazy looking jackass!" A teenager said to his friend.
"Shh, quiet down! What if he hears us, he looks so scary looking..."
"Oh come on! Have you not seen him? He's so ugly it's crazy, with those kinds of scars he could be a zebra!" The younger male laughed as his friend cowered behind him, looking scared of Sanemi.
Giyuu glared at them before bringing Sanemi closer to him. Sanemi now felt even worse, he tried covering his face with his hand to hide it, but Giyuu slowly removed it. "You don't need to cover it Sanemi, they're just a bunch of horrible kids."
"But what if I scare someone." Sanemi still managed to keep his tough demeanour, but it was hard for him, since he was starting to get choked up.
They both went to the inn, Giyuu went up to the receptionist. It was a very nice inn, however, people were still staring at Shinazugawa, and at that moment, it made him want to disappear. It was going fine until he overheard some of the other receptionists.
"Did you see that guy?"
"Hm? Which one..."
"The one with the ugly hair! He really needs a comb."
"And those eyes... they're horrendous!"
"Should we give him a hair brush?"
"No! He looks too weird, I don't want to go near him!"
Shinazugawa put his head in his hands, starting to tear up a bit. He quickly wiped his eyes when he heard Giyuu walking towards him, he felt more little ever since the insults started getting hurled towards him.
"Hey, Sanemi, our room is ready." Giyuu told him. Sanemi just nodded before standing up and letting Giyuu lead the way. He started feeling younger, which unfortunately made him feel more sensitive.
"Ewh, why does he look like that?"
Nope. That's it. He's done.
They both eventually reach their room. Giyuu had a bag on him, since he knew he was going on a longer mission. He organised his things before looking at Sanemi, who had his head down.
"Hey, Sanemi? Are you-"
All of a sudden, Sanemi started crying, he slid down the wall and buried his face into his knees, sobbing and whimpering. Giyuu's eyes widened as he rushed over to Sanemi, putting his hands on his shoulders. "Hey hey, Sanemi, what's wrong?" He asked, trying to get an answer. He knew something was off ever since the demon said stuff, but he didn't think it would lead to a full blown meltdown.
"E-everyone thinks I is a monster. They c-call me ugly!"
"Oh baby, they're just being mean, you aren't ugly at all.
"...they think I scary." He said while he was still sobbing.
Giyuu felt extremely bad for Sanemi. He was normally used to being feared upon, but since he was feeling little, he seemed to be more sensitive to the harsh insults he received today. He wiped Sanemi's tears, even though more just came.
"Hey, how about we go bathe, yeah?" Giyuu said, nodding towards the two wet spots which were visible on Sanemi's pants from all the crying. The little just nodded and stood up, following Giyuu to the bathroom. After a while, both of them came out, feeling a bit more fresh and relaxed. Giyuu helped Sanemi wear his yukata the way he usually likes it, more hitched up his arms and the chest area exposed. As Giyuu turned away to see if he could find any of Sanemi's little space gear, Sanemi quickly closed up his yukata and pulling down his sleeves to avoid his scars being seen. He didn't want to feel like a so called 'zebra'. He also took a blanket from the nearest futon and covered his face and head.
Giyuu turned around, he found Sanemi's fluffy bear, but looked a bit puzzled when he saw Sanemi. He went over towards him and sat down with him. He removed the blanket from Sanemi's head, causing the little to gasp and try cover his face with his hands.
"Sanemi, don't do that." Giyuu said as he removed Sanemi's hands from his face, causing the little to pout.
"You aren't ugly, you're a very adorable baby, people just want to find reasons to make you feel bad, but whatever they say is false. You're a very handsome boy, don't forget that."
Sanemi started tearing up again, because of the affection he was receiving.
"Hey, don't cry, see? Pluto doesn't like it when you cry, because he becomes sad too." Giyuu said as he waved the stuffed dog in front of Sanemi. Sanemi giggled and took the toy, hugging it.
Giyuu smiled at Sanemi, before ruffling his hair a bit, making Sanemi look a bit anxious of Giyuu's reaction. Anxiety turning into relief when he said "I love your hair Sanemi, it's so soft.."
Sanemi wasn't ugly, bit people could really make him feel that way. Thank God Giyuu exists.
