genya x reader

Trigger warning: injuries, tiny blood mention, swearing, reader is a crybaby lol

At that moment, the Butterfly Estate seemed to be huge. The door took forever to open, and the dimly lit corridors felt never ending. I couldn’t even hear my own thoughts; my heart was way too loud, beating so wildly against my chest it felt like my ribs could snap at any moment.

“Genya, Genya.” All I could do was whisper his name like a chant as Aoi opened the door to the infirmary with a serious look on her young face. Sure enough, there he was; laying down on a bed that seemed a little too small for his frame, his body covered in sweat, fists tightly clenched. He turned to face me when I walked through the door, my face immediately dropping. He looked like he was in pain.

“Genya.” I cried again, hurrying to his side. My hand found its way to his sweat soaked hair, which I carefully moved away from his face. He must’ve been feeling seriously sick, allowing me to touch him like that; at any other time, I would’ve probably been slapped away. He remained quiet, no longer looking at me.

“I was so worried about you! One moment you were fighting next to me and the next thing I know, you’re going berserk like that!”

Aoi left a pot filled with cold water and a cloth on the bedside table next to me before exiting the room, knowing I’d take care of him without skipping a beat. I rapidly wetted the cloth, wringed and folded it before placing it on his forehead.

“Th-they say you tried to eat one of them.” I murmured. It was true, I had seen it with my own two eyes. But I refused to believe he’d do something like that, no matter how hard things were. I had fainted no more than five minutes later, when the water and bug Pillars arrived to help us with a particularly aggressive demon that had been terrorizing a small rural town.

“…I just wanted to get stronger.” He finally broke the silence. Tears filled my eyes again at his confession. I was so scared for him; not only had we taken a serious ass beating, but he had consumed part of a demon and, according to what I was told after waking up at Oyakata sama’s estate, he had momentarily acquired abilities similar to those of a monster. I had seen it for a second, his black eyes, sharp fangs and crazed expression, like he was out of himself.    

“But you’re so strong already…”

“Just what are you talking about?!” He interrupted me, raising his voice loud enough to be heard all around the estate. “I cant even use any breath, and I’m such a shitty  swordsman I have to relay on a stupid gun! How the fuck am I supposed to become a Pillar like this?!”

“M-maybe you don’t need to become a pillar.” I mumbled. If looks could kill, the one Genya shot me at that time would’ve sent me flying over the Sanzu River. His bloodshot eyes sent a shiver down my spine; I had never seen him so angry before, not even during the countless missions we’d taken together.

“I don’t need to become a Pillar?” He asked bitterly. “I’m never going to be accepted by my brother if I don’t! Of course I don’t expect you to understand how I feel though, Miss (preferred breath style).”

His words hurt me like knives; deep down I knew it wasn’t really him talking, his emotions were taking over him, thoughts of anger, self depreciation and guilt taking its tall on the scarred demon slayer. But damn did it hurt to hear such things coming from the person I loved the most.

“Tell me then! I’m just trying to help!” I realized I was starting to get angry too.

“You wanna help? Just stop pretending like you care about me, damn it.” He spat, taking the cloth away from his forehead and throwing it against the wooden floor with so much strength for a moment I feared he’d break it.

“Why are you being so mean? Would I be here if I didn’t care, Genya?”

His lower lip trembled for a moment, but his furious expression didn’t change.

“Quit acting like you fucking know me. You don’t know shit”

“Just stop being an asshole and admit you made a mistake!” I yelled before I could control myself. “I know you’re in pain! I know you’re suffering and scared! But you don’t have to go through that alone! Why can’t you see how much I love you?!” I sobbed, covering my face with my hands.

“(Y/n) …” He whispered.

A moment after that, a pair of strong arms was wrapped around my body. His hand, callous yet gentle, caressed my head as I hid my face in the crook of his neck, my shoulders shaking as I cried.

“I was terrified, I thought they had turned you into one of them.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” He kept repeating as he held me tightly against his body.

“Even if you are special and can absorb them like that, do you have any idea of what that could do to your body?”

“… I wanted to protect you.”

I looked up to meet his eyes; he was blushing. I pressed my forehead against his, closing my eyes.

“Don’t put yourself at risk for me, dummy.”

“Don’t tell me what to do.” He barked. “I was kind of freaking out, okay?”

“Thank you” I chuckled, my tears long forgotten by this point. “Maybe when your body gets better… we can go see Oyakata sama, tell him about your new skill. I’m sure it’ll be of great use for him.”

“Really?”

“Of course, I’ve never seen anything like that before. Definitely a skill for a pillar” I opened my eyes and smiled at his surprised face. I brought my hand up to his face and rubbed the dry blood off the corner of his mouth. “C’mon now, get back to bed. Aoi will kill me if she finds out I let you up.”

He laid down again, dragging me with him. The bed, that was already small for him, felt tiny for both of us. Our bodies were entwined in a mess of sheets and limbs, my head resting on his chest as his arms still enveloped my form. After a couple minutes of comfortable silence, Genya called my name.

“(Y/n)?”

“Yes?”

“… I love you too.”

“Thank you, my Pillar.”

He reached down to kiss my forehead delicately, and my hand looked for his in the dark. He quickly locked his fingers with mine. I ended up falling asleep surrounded by his warmth, feeling his chest go up and down with every breath he took, and his heartbeat matching mine.Needless to say, Aoi wasn’t happy when she found us the next morning.

Author’s note: hey hey hey! Candy here again! What do you guys think about my first drabble? Of course it was going to be an angsty Genya one. Just a lil comment tho, I don’t really know much about the situation in which Genya found out about his ability, so I kinda just made some stuff up lol. Also, I feel like he’s a bit ooc here oops. Requests are open so hmu!

hi!!!!! can I please request for a minhyun college au? I am addicted to your writing (･´з`･) thank you in advance xxx

for nu’est ive decided it’d be cool to make them all medical students!! so consider it residency-college!au LOL~

specialty: minhyun is doing his residency in dermatology  

is known as the “pretty boy” of the unit and other residents are always joking that patients favor him because,,,,,,,,well one he has gorgeous skin,,,,,,,but everything else about him is literally just as gorgeous

is really sweet and tries his best to be polite,,,,,,even if taking another 10 hour shift is literally going to Kill Him,,,,,minhyun just smiles and is like : ) it’s fine : ) im fine

his superiors like him the most and their favoritism shows because guess who doesn’t get yelled out for taking a five minute snack break? it’s minhyun

but even though he comes off so mannered and mature,,,,,he has a lil nerdy side,,,,,like his phone background is always his cute niece and him but one day someone noticed that his lock screen was literally a screenshot from the transformers movie,,,,,,,like,,,,,,,,,

everyone keeps asking if he’s dating and minhyun is just like,,,,i,,,,,d,,dating?!?!?!?! and they’re like oh my god you have the face and you’re telling us you haven’t used it yet

and minhyun is like ?!?! i use it everyday to eat, to read - and everyone is like oh jesus no that’s nOT WHat we MEANT

but if anyone as much as dares to try to do ‘corrupt’ minhyun (as dongho affectionately refers to it) minhyun just turns pink and bites his lips and is like i!! don’t know anything about that,,,,,

boy is already in residency and sometimes if a patient get too close he has to excuse himself,,,,,,,soft boy

speaking of dongho and the rest of nu’est they all do residency in the same hospital so every now and then they’ll meet up to eat lunch outside

and everyone swoons because they’re the ~visual residents~ a group of goodlooking guys in white doctors coats,,,,,,what a dREAM

and then dongho gets crumbs all over his scrubs and minhyun is like come here i need to clean it - don’t you dare run from me- come bacK

is really good at his job though, so much so that people are like he doesn’t even need to do residency he knows sO MUCh

graduated at the top of his class in med school, still studies as diligently as before, literally takes notes on e v e r y t h i n g the doctors say

jr jokes that when minhyun opens his own dermatology clinic he should give all of them face lifts but minhyun is like,,,,,,,,im not doing that im doing immunodermatology wanna hear what i learned about leprosy-

jr: i gtg rn i was just trying to make a joke i am so sorry

anyway you also work in the hospital,,,,,but not as a resident or anything you’re actually in the tech department

and you know about minhyun because how can you not,,,,,but also,,,,,,,,he’s called the tech department like a minimum of twenty times a week because for some reason he’s super smart

but takes like ten years to type in a patients chart notes and he’s always getting a bit confused with the hospitals interface

and you,,,,,,,dont mind being the one called to help him i mean like have you /SEEN/ him  

just standing beside him is like basking in the sunlights glow and u dont mind. not one bit. tbh u r not gonna like lie when u see a call from the dermatology dept u basically fight people for the phone

buuuuut you also know that it’s a one sided kinda thing,,,because minhyun could have anyone,,,,,,,literally 

u can tell from the fact that his lab coats pockets are always full of candy, letters, and more that both patients and staff give him and yeah it makes ur heart sink a bit but like,,,,

whatever the short moment where you get to stand beside him at the desk and tell him (for the 15th time) how to reset the scheduling system works like,,,,,it’s enough

which is why when you get called down again, minhyun voice sounding apologetic over the phone u cheerily tell him it’s no problem - you’ll be right down to see what happened 

but since the elevator is taking too long u decide to go down the stairs where,,,,you hear voices echoing as you get closer to the floor ur supposed to meet minhyun on

and???? they sound familiar,,,,,one is obviously dongho’s,,,,,and the other???? minhyun?

and u stop your steps,,,listening to their echoing words 

“are you going to ask them? minhyun it’s been two weeks since you decided to say something and you’re still putting it off.”

“,,,,,what if they don’t like me-”

“NO OFFENSE BUT THATS NOT POSSIBLE”

you blink,,,,wondering if you’re hearing another voice,,,,,and it is,,,,this one belongs to another resident. ren

“minhyun, seriously you’re handsome. i dont say that a lot. but ur handsome. very handsome. look at me minhyun does it look like i would lie.”

and finally,,,,the calmest voice of the bunch belong to jr: “you should go for it. i think they like you too.”

and you’re not sure what else they say because the door opens and a couple of nurses rush by you, their footsteps making noise

and in your head you’re wondering,,,,,,who is it that minhyun likes,,,,,,,

but not wanting to get lost in your thoughts you rush down coming out into the dermatology dept and seeing minhyun leaning against the wall near the elevators. 

you pat his shoulder,,making him jump a bit and the both of you breaking into blushing apologizes but then he mumbles that he’s pretty sure something is going on with the vital monitor

and you go inside the room to check it out

and as you’re doing your work,,,,you don’t notice minhyun bite his lip,,,,shy eyes trying to avoid your figure in the center of the room

quietly fidgeting with his name tag pinned to his collar

and when you turn, smile on your face “done! it just got unhooked-”

“are you free,,,,,on sunday?”

minhyun’s sudden question catches you off guard and you’re like w-what?? and he’s like,,,,,,,, “i-,,,,i have a shift,,,,but i can- it ends at 8 so i could take u to dinner,,,,,maybe,,,,,-”

minhyun,,,,with all his pretty features and polite personality cannot seem to stutter out a date invitation 

but,,,,you also cant believe ur ears???? the person minhyun liked?????was you???

and you’re like “d-don’t you not have many free days? you should rest-”

“it’s ok! i want to,,,,,spend it with you.”

there’s something of a shy smile on his face,,,,but his eyes are nervous and you’re always feeling your palms sweat

because god u really want to say yes,,,,the happiness in your stomach is turning to butterflies,,,,,but you also know that minhyun should rest

so you go “ok,,,,,but how about we do something simple,,,,like watch a movie at my place?”

and minhyun almost turns cherry red at the mention of coming over and he refuses,,,,,saying it’d be un-gentlemen-y of him but ur just like pleassse it’s fine

safe to say you guys do have that date at your place but you purposly pick a boring movie so minhyun falls asleep fifteen minutes in and you let the tired med student sleep soundly on your shoulder as you do your own thing

and ofc when he wakes up minhyun is a mess of “im sorrys” and “im not a creep i promise” but u just laugh and tell him it’s ok,,,,,it was a perfect first date because u were able to see him rest

which honestly just makes minhyun’s heart flutter even more about you,,,,,on the way home he texts ren and is like “i think they’re an angel,,,,,,,”

dating med student!minhyun is slow at first because he’s surprisingly shy about pda or skinship,,,,,to the point where when he first holds ur hand he has to let go 5 minutes later and be like “its not that i dont want to,,,its just,,,,,my hand got sweat and i didnt want u to think thats gross-” and u had to grab his hand back and be like idc if its sweaty i want to hold it forever, minhyun once he gets more comfortable has a habit for always dusting off your uniform or tucking strands of your hair back because he thinks u look cute when ur all neat and whatnot, tbh dongho and jr tell minhyun it might be a lil weird but u like it,,,its minhyun’s personality so u accept it, since he works super long hours u dont really get to see each other often but minhyun really likes it when u text him what ur doing after work esp if u include pictures, at first he’d just be like oh! cool :D or looks yummy! but as you two get closer he’ll kinda be a little sappy saying things like even your silhouette is pretty or i wish i could be beside you right now, a constant struggle is showing people photos of you and minhyun together looking cute in the hospital lobby doing peace signs and ur like that’s my boyfriend! and people are like no no no thats a celebrity honey and ur like,,,no,,,,,no he’s my bf,,,,,,,basically people r just really shocked because minhyun’s visuals are no joke, whenever someone confesses to minhyun whether it’s a patient or a staff he gets all embarrassed but also secretly reaLLY likes saying he has a significant other that he is head over heels for, ren makes fun of him so much for it he imitates his voice and calls out ur name and is like head !!! oveR HEELs~~~!! and minhyun is like pLEASE and ren is just kiss kiss love love u two are sooooo corny, on an anniversary minhyun had work but he sent you a video of him playing on the piano and singing your favorite love song and it legitimately made you tear up, does this thing where when he gets really really tired he’ll never admit it but one kiss from you makes it feel like he can take on the WORLD, an exchange resident named aaron comes to visit and minhyun introduces you to him and is like he’s my bff and aaron is just like “so what base have you and minhyun reac-oK FINE I WONT ASK”, those rare times where residents get more than a day off minhyun always insists on doing the absolute most for you and sometimes you have to literally argue with him to let you do something because he works so hard you want to support him and make it easy, you cooked for him once and you can’t tell if him telling you he LOVED it was fake or real,,,,,,,you guys got matching sweaters from the nu’est boys as a gift and they’re bright pink and corny and minhyun refuses to wear them until you giggled and put it on and minhyun melts for anything you do so he was like ok FINE, surprised you once by pulling you into a storage closet at the hospital and letting a hand slip up your shirt and you were like minhyun?? ?against his neck and he,,,,,couldn’t keep it up you felt his cheeks go hot and he was a stuttering mess like ten minutes in but he was also like i just,,,i really wanted you i dont know what came over me ,,,,,WHAT A FREAKING CUTIE AMIRIGHT THO,,,,promises that once he is done with residency he’s going to get a good job and take you on vacation for never leaving his side through the hardest years of his life and you just kiss his nose and tell him not to worry about it,,,,,but seriously the only thing on minhyun’s mind sometimes (which he finds fascinating) is how much he really rEALLY wants to make you happy,,,,,,,,,,he wants a future,,,,with you 

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