Shifting For You//Kurapika X Nonbinary Reader ONE-SHOTS

Chapter 1.

To go to a place where you could be with anyone. Real, fictional, a drawing, you could be with anyone, anywhere. A place you could stay for as long as you want. A place where you could look however you want. A break from reality. Sounds like a dream, an impossible one at that. Or so I thought.

Outside Perspective

"Shifting, what's that?"

"It's basically a way for someone to go into the world that they desire, so in our case, the anime world of our choice!"

"That's not possible"

"Yeah it is, there's a lot of people who've done it. Even I did it!"

"Ok sure, whatever"

"Y/N!! At least let me explain how it works, geez lighten up"

"Ok fine, I'm sorry it's just the idea seems to, unreal"

"Ok ok, so basically there are different methods to this but for now, I'll just use the Raven Method"

Scrolling through your For You Page on TikTok, leaving the words of your best friend barely audible. Each time you scroll you're left with edits, fanart, and imagine TikToks, all of one person. Well, I guess you wouldn't call them a person per se.

I wouldn't be surprised if TikTok goes through my history and shit, I mean I guess everything is recorded nowadays.

As you sat in your wooden chair with a flattened cushion, crosslegged. You listened to small fractions, snippets of what your bsf (best friend) was saying.

"Yeah, that's pretty much all there is to it. I mean it's pretty complicated, but once you try it gets a whole lot easier" 

"Hm, oh ya sounds complicated"

"You weren't listening were you?"

"Um, maybe there was a loud turtle next door and I couldn't hear everything"

"HUUUHH! BITCH THERES NO FUCKING WAY THERES A TURTLE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX!!" 

"Pfft I'm sorry I just couldn't help myself, hahaha"

"Damn, your way too sarcastic for your own good, haaaaa"

"So, tell me where did you shift?"

"I, for one shifted to MHA"

"Ohhhhh, to see Mr. Low On Therapy (bakugou for those who don't know)"

"Duh, also because I wanted to go see the class 1A in action, you know so I can stay in the back and be moral support"  

"Pfft"

"So, I know who you wanna go see, what'll you do when you see him if you decide to listen to me and try to shift"

You stop for a second and think about what might you do. The idea still seemed impossible, so what was the point in trying something that is guaranteed to fail miserably.

But, you couldn't help but think deeply about the question.

At the moment you were coming with a blank slate, still unsure of what you might do if you saw the one that you hold dear.

"Well I'm not sure yet"

"Oh, well that's ok! You'll figure it out! Until then I'll help you shift, even if you don't believe me right now"

"It's not that I don't believe you It's more like I don't believe the concept"

"I get it, but tryyyy!! Pleaseee don't you want to see your husbando?"

"Of course I do"

"Then let's not keep him waiting and get to practicing!!"

"woopdydoo"

"HAHAHA"

You smile to yourself.

I'm lucky to have you with me

What were you getting yourself into, all this work for someone who you'll only be able to see through a screen and in books. You can't even interact with that person. So, why would you even try? Because you were just that desperate to see your dear Kurapika.