#gotta ruin giyus life brb

[strawberry-lemonade-kisses]

Right Here

The way she looked was breathtaking, beautiful enough to be etched into the stars, remembered by all and eternalized by love. The way the moonlight covered her in a blanket of soft lighting, enhancing every curve and line along her body. Her white haori laid across her lap, her hands curled under it to keep warm,

“Giyu! Come sit with me! Look at how beautiful it is, so calming” she gestures to the field below, the wild flowers glistening in the night's dew, shining against the limited light. He smiled softly, wrapping an arm around her shoulder as he sat down next to her, pulling her against him.

“You are more beautiful, should I look at you?” She pushed him, hiding behind her hair in embarrassment.

“Why do you say these things? stop listening to tengen” She chuckled, leaning back into him as he wrapped his arm back around her, the soft smile never leaving his lips. He hummed, enjoying the warmth she radiated. It was moments like this he wanted to remember, moments where he felt so much love he thought he would die, his heart almost felt like it was beating too fast. Yet, he felt so calm, so at peace, nothing could go wrong, not with her.

"We need to get moving pretty soon. I don't want to keep you from official hashira duties" she pulled her haori off her lap, sliding her arms into it.

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"I'm going in!" She yelled over the screeching of the lower one in front of them. The porcupine quills that had been shooting at them through the whole fight scattered around them, the poison embedded in them made it a minefield for everyone. Keeping low behind the lower one she wanted a surprise attack, keeping an eye on the quills that protected it's back. Giyu went in at the same time as a distraction.

"Water breathing third form: flowing dance" moving his blade and body in a winding motion, Giyu danced along the field, slicing through the quills that laid on the ground, cutting a path to get close to the lower one.

"Frost breathing fifth form: avalanche" using one of the trees for momentum she jumped over the lower one. Raising her blade above her head she threw herself forward, putting her weight into her blade for a powerful downward slice. Time seemed to slow as Giyu watched on, trying to keep the attention on him while watching his lover behead the demon. He was defending himself, blocking and swinging where he could, but it wasn’t enough, the demon's whole body was an offensive technique, even if his hands and eyes were distracted the quills on his back and arms weren’t. The screeching never ceased, the lanky body of quills flailing as it scrambled to defeat anyone it could. With one last burst of energy it flexed, Quills shooting out of its body before it disappeared. The harsh thud of a body hitting the ground was all he saw before he began screaming.

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“I’m scared Giyu, I can’t see anything. Giyu I'm not dying am I?” She reached up blindly, grasping at the air in hopes to find his face. He grabbed her hand out of the air, bringing it to his face as he pressed kisses against her palm

“No, no you're not. It will be fine, I'm right here, don't worry. Shinobu is coming. Just focus on your breathing, you're doing good” he could see Shinobu, passing stuff back and forth with the kakushi as she kept anxiously looking over at him holding the battered slayer in his arms.

“Giyu, Thank you so much for staying with me. Giyu, my sweet Giyu” She spoke his name so softly, giving the little energy she had into comforting him. she coughed, blood slipping past her lips, resting against her cheek. He wiped it with the sleeve of his haori, suppressing the urge to cry. He didn’t want to scare her, it shouldn't be too bad. It was just her face, right? She shouldn't have been too bad. She had to be okay, he had already lost too many people, he didn’t know if he could keep going if he lost her too, the love of his life. Shinobu crouched in front of them, immediately pulling the girl out of Giyus arms so she laid flat.

“Y/N-San i’m going to give you some painkillers and an anesthetic, you're doing a good job with your recovery breathing, just keep going.” Giyu absently moved the black curls out of her face, fixing the snowflake clip holding them in place. Shinobu worked silently, stitching and stapling quickly to shut the large gashes across her face.

"She hit the ground hard so she most likely has some bruising. Her sight though" she sat back on her heels, looking closely at the fluttering eyes of the girl below her. “You can see the entry point here” She pointed at the girl's temple, the bleeding hole that she started dabbing at. “It went through her eye, the nose, and stopped halfway through this one. It's close to the front of her face but.” She sighed, filling a syringe from her medicine bag, carefully checking the measurement. As she pinched at the skin of the woman's arm, injecting the fluid she looked back up. “Her eyesight most likely won’t be there once she wakes up” The kakushi that had followed her waved at the others, calling for a stretcher. “We have to take her back quickly” Shinobu moved out of the day, letting the kakushi get to their job before she turned back to Giyu’s defeated figure, lost in his own spiral thoughts. “Tomioka, She will be fine, the only permanent damage is her eyesight”

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The door to the gardens was open when Giyu entered his lover's room, she sat out on the engawa, the bandages she had been wearing laid discarded behind her as Shinobu sat next to her, talking quietly.

“You're recovering well, the bruising in your ribs is almost gone, and your face has been healing nicely, the scratches aren’t quite healed but your eyes” She paused, inspecting the scar that had formed on her temple. “They are healed” Y/N hummed

“It’s not going to come back, is it?” She turned away from Shinobu, her hands anxiously pulling at her kimono as she waited for the answer she already knew.

“No, you won’t get your eyesight back Y/N, your optic nerve was severed from both of your lenses, I can’t fix that. However, I have reached out to Himejima, to see if he can offer any assistance” Y/N nodded, hazy blue eyes turning towards Giyu as he walked onto the Engawa, placing the tray of Ohagi next to her. After the time she trained with the wind pillar she had developed her own love for the snack, one that he worked hard to perfect, just so she could enjoy it.

“Hi love” he sat down next to her, watching her eyes wander, desperately trying to look for him.

“Thank you Shinobu, for everything” Shinobu rose, offering a curt bow before she made a swift exit, trying to hide the disgust she felt at seeing Giyu’s affections. “Ohagi?” he nodded, only making a noise of agreement when he remembered she couldn’t see that.

“Yes, I figured it could be a get-better gift, since you’re almost done healing!” Her hands moved towards her face, fingers tracing over the diagonal lines that went across her face, feeling at the tender flesh of the fresh scars.

“Almost” She let out a sigh, squeezing her eyes shut. She was upset, she had been since she woke up after the fight. Shinobu broke the news to her, carefully unwrapping the bandages she had over her eyes as Y/N opened them, realizing that it wasn’t a joke. She cried for hours, mourning the loss of something she had her whole life, gone in an instant. Her usual bright personality had been so solemn, so calm, like a once raging ocean that suddenly stopped moving.

“Y/N” He called her name softly, his voice barely above a whisper as he hesitantly reached out to her hand, interlacing his fingers with his own. “It’s going to be okay. I know it seems so dark, so suffocating right now, but we are going to overcome this. I’m right here for you.” she turned her head to his voice, hazy eyes unknowingly locking with his own. Tears had begun forming as she processed his words. “I love you. You can do this” squeezing her hand in reassurance he leaned forward, resting his forehead against her own. She released a shaky breath, thumb running over the back of his hand.

“I’m so scared Giyu. It’s so different, can I still be a slayer, your partner?” her insecurities poured out of her, uneasy words that reflected her own uneasy thoughts.

“You can do anything. I’m not going anywhere”