Not like this
Rengoku Kyojuro x GN! Reader
He needs to learn how to stop Breathing, and focus on breathing.
Tags: fluff, slight angst, Kyo survives Mugen train AU
Word count: 0,8k
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AN: Written as Christmas gift for the dearest @benkeibear - Merry Christmas, love!
“No no, you need to do it like this… See?”
Kyojuro nodded, uncharacteristically silent as he focused on your hands. You pulled the string of wool through the created loop slowly so he could catch your movement. Around and around and around and through. Right. Easy.
“Try it now.”
He took the hook and half-finished product from you and briefly marveled at the difference in size of your hands in comparison to his own. He repeated your action slowly and carefully, showing you the result right after, waiting for your appraisal.
“Very good!”
Kyojuro beamed, the room seemingly warming up with how he radiated joy. “Thank you, my love!” He went back to his crocheting, looking like an old wife for all he was a powerful and highly intelligent man. It was endearing to see him squirrel away while working on a simple scarf with a little hook and his giant hands as tools.
It was by his own prompt that you were teaching him your hobby; Kyojuro had all the time in the world on his hands now that he could no longer fight. The fight against Upper Moon 3, Akaza, had cost him an eye and half his core muscles - many things became difficult to do for the great warrior.
One of such actions was getting up from his futon. You had been lucky Tengen was over to help when Kyojuro came home the first time, or he would remain bed-bound for weeks. A short trip to the woodsmith, and a group of kakushi carried over a western type bed Kyojuro didn’t have to get up from. Even then, he required ropes which now hung from the ceiling to help him sit or lay down.
Now, thanks to all the free time he had lounging at home, when not instructing the young trio, he took up multiple stress-free hobbies that he could perform sitting down. One of which was crocheting.
“How does this look?” Kyojuro showed you a neat row of the pattern, his face smiling but his eyes slightly anxious.
There was nothing to fear, he was excellent despite - what you felt like - your horrid teaching. “It looks amazing! Well done,” you grinned after inspecting his work. It filled you with pride and happiness to share this with your husband. You had never felt warmer.
You both had been at it for another half an hour when you heard his breath come out in a wheeze. Kyojuro dropped the yarn and started to cough weakly. Immediately, you fussed over him, massaging his back muscles just like the doctor taught you to help him steady his breathing.
Your heart squeezed painfully.
“Shh, my love. Breathe for me,” you soothed him softly while the wheezing and coughs slowly ceased.
Kyojuro was never going to be able to use Total Concentration Breathing after his injury, that was an irrefutable fact. Just - sometimes he got lost in the 'mundane' he forgot he shouldn’t, couldn’t, do it anymore.
He slumped against your side in exhaustion, his frame shaking slightly under your careful embrace.
“I’m sorry, love… I lost focus again,” Kyojuro admitted with a slight flush on his cheeks, though the rest of him had gone white as a sheet from the pain.
“You have nothing to be sorry for. Do you need something to drink? Painkillers? A snack?”
Normally, he would perk up at the mention of food, but he just blinked tiredly at that. “I’m okay now. Just need some rest.”
Kyojuro was not okay. You laid him down and stood up to get him medicine and tea. Before you could take a step, his hand tugged on your nightgown. “Hm?”
“Please, stay…” He had rolled over onto his side, now able to do so since his abdomen gradually healed.
You hesitantly sat at his side and carded your fingers through his soft hair. “You should take the medicine Kocho-san got for us,” you whispered softly, as if any louder volume would spook him. “You will feel better after.”
“It makes me feel odd, like I’m not entirely myself.” Kyojuro tugged on your clothes again, urging you to lay down next to him. “I’d rather stay awake and aware.”
You complied, facing him and pulling him closer so you could watch for any minute expression on his face indicating distress - if any appeared, you would get up regardless of his protests.
Your husband gave you a gentle smile, his face gaining back some healthy color to it as you both rested for a while. A shaky hand came up to caress your cheek - the gesture full of adoration and love, nearly bringing tears into your eyes. Kyojuro’s devotion was practically visible to the naked eye.
“My love, will you teach me how to paint?” he murmured.
You hummed your agreement, making him smile a little wider.
“Good. I want to capture your loveliness on canvas. I want you to see what I see when I look at you - for there is no greater beauty than you.”
His words made blood rush to your cheeks.
Silly man.
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Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Sensei | All For One & Yoichi | First One For All User
Characters: Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia), Sensei | All For One, Yotsubashi Rikiya | Re-Destro, Meta Liberation Army (My Hero Academia)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dark, Alternate Universe - Pre-Canon, Dystopia, Sensei | All For One Being an Asshole, Possessive Sensei | All for One, Manipulative Sensei | All For One, Vault Time, Platonic Yandere, Yandere Sensei | All For One, Caretaking, Captivity, Medical Abuse, Mental Institutions, Hero Sensei | All For One, But that doesn’t mean he’s good, Suicidal Thoughts, Yotsubashi Rikiya | Re-Destro Being a Creep, Timeline What Timeline, AFOBEE2023
Series: Part 19 of Author Makes the First One for All User Regret Living AUs
Summary:
In another universe, All for One sided with the government in exchange for all the quirks he desired. And, of course, their lack of interference as he looked after his poor, unstable little brother.
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anyways here are some headcanons i have for percy's appearance
crooked nose, has been reset more than once
he tries to slick his hair back but it doesn't cooperate that way. it's got enough of a curl to it that it doesn't like to stay in place. post-campiagn he grows it out.
he's got a little gap in his teeth. just because i say so
he blew a hole through his left hand & lost two fingers from it. he wears a prosthetic ( was thinking about there being some lore flavor about the fingers not being able to be grown back bcs he lost them with the list but we'll see )
the prosthetic is diplomacy. it can hold electric charges which he can use in a fight. percy's got scars all of his arm from misfires with his prosthetic. he could have probably gotten healed, but never asked for help
he wears his coats to hell & back. the collar is always lined with fur because otherwise, he enters Sensory Despair
he is 6'3", also because i say so
he generally wears gloves if the weather permits
Percy gets a million new scars after glintshore. that air elemental picking up all the glass shards really did a number on him ( among so many other things )
if you push his hair around you can see where anna ripley put a bullet through his skull
most of the time he's got painted nails though they chip easily because of the nature of his work
his eyes are the Greenest Green it's almost unnatural. when he was younger they were a more natural shade but after taking warlock abilities from orthax there is a visual effect on them
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