#kazurei fic

[ylc1]

Chapters: 9/11 Fandom: Buddy Daddies (Anime) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kurusu Kazuki & Suwa Rei, Kugi Kyuutarou & Kurusu Kazuki, Kurusu Kazuki/Suwa Rei Characters: Kurusu Kazuki, Kugi Kyuutarou, Suwa Rei, Kurusu Yuzuko, Suwa Shigeki, Unasaka Miri, OC - Character Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Developing Friendships, Angst and Humor, bad childhood, Pining, poor communication, Emotional Baggage, Angst and Feels, POV Kurusu Kazuki, Character Study, Self-Esteem Issues, Family Issues, Time Skips, Canon-Typical Violence, Developing Relationship, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Underage Smoking, Underage Drinking, Jealousy, Complicated Relationships Summary:

“I might have a job for you, if you're interested in more than scraps,” the man tells him, producing a card from the inner pocket of his coat and placing it on the table, sliding it in Kazuki’s direction. “Tomorrow, 10 o’clock.”   If he expects Kazuki to reach for the card right away, he’s going to be disappointed, the teen thinks darkly. He is curious, but he’s not about to show it and the man chuckles once more, eyes alight with amusement. He taps the card once as he stands up and then turns on his heel, waving goodbye as he leaves. Kazuki waits until the man disappears through the door before finally reaching for the card.   It’s a regular business card, although Kazuki doesn’t think cafes’ owners usually have those. It must be a front for something, the mafia most likely and isn’t that interesting? 

Kazuki is thirteen when he gets an offer to start working for the organization. It goes from there

(AU, different first meeting)

[zsbrainrot]

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@buddydaddieszine

[imaginarylungfish]

just updated my mha and buddy daddies fic recs! i just wanted to highlight two that have become some of my favorites:

for buddy daddies, we have a sfw kazurei 33K word post-canon/pre-timeskip rei-centric slow burn: love, or something like that

for mha, we have a cute and creative nsfw todobakudeku 8K word soul marks fic that really just did something for me: There's A Little Me That Live In You

i have some link click fic recs i need to sort and add to my rec list as well! hopefully i'll do that in the next few days.

as always, thank you fic writers! you make my day (:

[luna0713hunter]

Sometimes,in the late of the night, Kazuki wonders.

Its nights like this where miri is fast asleep on his right;tiny fingers wrapping themselves in his loose tshirt,and her incorrect mumbling and quiet snores filling the silence of the night

Nights like this,where Rei is curled on the other side of miri,dead silent except for the occasional groans when miri hits him in the stomach.

Nights like this,where Kazuki lays awake and wonders,what would his life be if he hadn't found miri?

His life probably would've still been the old dull one he had.

Waking up,cook for Rei,clean abit,and then get ready for their job

He would've probably still be killing.

But...

Kazuki shifts,as much as miri allows him to, until he's facing both Rei and miri.

He smiles;his heart fluttering slightly.

His eyes traces Rei's face,as much as the faint moonlight allows him to,and his smile falters.

What if he hasn't met Rei?

What if....after Yuzuko's death,he hadn't met rei

What if he had wondered off alone

What if-

Kazuki squeezes his eyes shut.

No. He thinks, he wont go that road again

He wont spend another sleepless night thinking about what ifs and what nots.

Slowly,he reaches his hand out,over Miri's small form and grabs hold of Rei's slender ones.

And although a bit cold,Rei's hand is alive against his own.

His eyelids slowly drop,but his hold on Rei's hand doesn't loosen.

And when he feels a slight squeez to his hand,he only smiles,and falls into a dreamless sleep.

[dayninth]

Love the fic so much <333 figure skater Rei is just so beautiful

[comediantragedy]

do you ever find that fanfiction that’s so good that it fundamentally changes your view on that character/relationship forever and you still think about it years later even when you’re not in the fandom anymore

[lady-charinette]

Rei is significantly more relaxed over the years, but the saying "once a hitman, always a hitman" rings true for him.

And Kazuki.

There were instances where they got robbed, or there were attempts made anyway, where Rei's sole working arm was preoccupied, or he found himself in an otherwise vulnerable position.

And yet, no harm had ever come to him, and that was not because of Rei's doing at all.

It was Kazuki.

That man had stored more weapons in the crevices of the diner than Rei had back at their old place, which was an incredible feat to surpass. All weapons were well out of reach and knowledge of Miri (unbeknownst to them, Miri knows all the hiding places) and if Rei were ever in a position to be distracted or incapable of disarming an intruder, he could always count on Kazuki.

The first time happened when Rei was carrying a heavy box and carefully positioning it on his shoulder to heave it on a high shelf. He had heard the intruder, his senses still sharp as ever, but had no time to grab any of the weapons from the kitchen.

But Rei knew, he didn't need to.

The second the intruder whipped out what Rei assumed was a pistol, the same second a gut twisting scream tore from the man's throat and a loud thud followed it.

The would-be robber was sweating (and probably soiling) himself. Kazuki Kurusu stood with one arm filled with groceries and the other holding a loaded gun aimed at the guy's head, a menacing, almost sadistic smile twisting his usually kind features.

Rei smirked and finished heaving up the box on the shelf, very much unbothered by the sight before him. "Ah, did you forget to buy the lemons, again?"

Kazuki's sadistic killer smile vanished and he glanced at Rei with a twitch in his eye. "Did I forget- I'll have you know, Miri wrote down everything we needed! So no, I didn't forget to buy the lemons."

Rei rested his hand on his hip. "Outside?"

Kazuki nodded, gun never once leaving its position aimed at the intruder's head. "Yep, but she can barely wait for dinner so lets wrap this up qui-"

The intruder thought Kazuki was sufficiently distracted to attempt to tackle Rei and at least flee the scene, but as soon as he moved, Kazuki and Rei moved as well.

Rei swiped his feet out and tripped the guy, while Kazuki brutally slammed his foot on top of the guy's head. An audible thud rang through the air when the man's skull made contact with the floor, the cold steel of the gun pressed into his head. "Oi, it's rude to interrupt people while they're talking, dickhead."

Rei was already calling the police, silently lamenting the fact that they couldn't bury him in their backyard. Perhaps his plants would grow faster too that way.

Oh well.

"You didn't buy the lemons." Rei stared blankly at Kazuki while the police escorted the beat up robber outside.

Kazuki's eye twitched again. "MIRI!"

Miri huffed. "I swear I wrote it down, Kazu Papa!"

[kazureicentral]

Season two of Buddy Daddies idea:

Rei receives a mysterious letter addressed to ‘Suwa Heir’, informing him that his father is dead and he’s inherited his business, money and property.

Kazuki juggles Miri’s constant inquiries about her biological family while wonder about his own. (I wanna know about kazukis FAMILY)

Miri starts highschool!

feel like you could go a few different ways with this one

- her love life (bleh)

- her struggles with her career

- her friends

- her hobbies!! I wanna see if she kept drawing

Extra notes

- When Rei first receives the letter he’s really confused because he dropped the Suwa name years ago. REI KURUSU

- Kazuki Finds some distant relative of his and starts piecing the puzzle back together, eventually finding his biological mother and father..

- Miri wins a metal in the academic decathlon, I just think Rei and Kazuki would just push her to do the best. They’re really proud of her for it

- since I think they love at the beach now, the whole family takes up surfing, at first Kazuki and Miri are a little tense but they come around and learn to ride the waves together! Rei’s really bad at it but enjoys looking for seashells in the beach! (I also think he’d like sharks)

[vero-niche]

i am in fact still obsessed with the fact that in ep2 with the drug kingpin (who is in a very similar situation to rei's father) rei suggests "charge in the front and kill em all" which we are meant to take as a comedic "haha he is tactless" thing but. but that is exactly what they do at the suwa mansion in ep12.

rei was actually never that bad at planning but was missing the poise kazuki had too much of until their last mission. they became not only equals but a perfectly balanced pair where both of them could thrive, trusting the other to ground them if needed. man i think i need a minute to explode actually

[plague-of-insomnia]

No Regrets - A Buddy Daddies Ficlet

↱ Read on AO3 ↰

Fandom: Buddy Daddies | Pairing: Kazurei | Words: 196

Summary: Rei's entire life changed when he decided to press that gun to his arm and pull the trigger. And yet he has no regrets.

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Reblogs always appreciated!

[ylc1]

I've just finished writing the last chapter of Nothing breaks like a heart. It's 24 pages, over 15,000 words long and I'm actually happy with it 😊 I normally struggle like crazy with endings, but I'm satisfied with this one even if it took me over a month to finish it (work being super crazy didn't help, last month was absolute hell)

I still need to re read it, edit and make sure it covers everything I wanted (and boy, was there a lot to cover in this chapter!) but hopefully it'll be ready on Monday.

Fingers crossed!

[zsbrainrot]

Happy Buddy Daddies Friday! I decided to draw a scene from the latest addition to my Buddy Daddies Missing scenes series on ao3! 🫶🏻

[zhimaqiu]

Snow muffles everything. It's early morning, Miri still sleeps soundly in her room, neatly tugged in a thick blanket. Her mouth probably opened wide, a trickle of saliva going down her cheek. Even with a window ajar in the living room, no sound comes from the outside. Everything's quiet except for hissing of a pan in the kitchen.

Rei tries to flip a French toast with one hand, the other still hangs lifeless at his right side. He curses under his nose when another attempt ends with a splash messing up his hoodie and the countertop around him. Kazuki looks at him, his eyes wide and innocent, from his breakfast work.

"Need help?" But no response follows. He puts down the knife he's using. "Come on, it won't harm your pride if you say it. Here, let me."

He walks over, stops close to Rei, just behind him, and gives his assist with his right hand and a fork he found on the side. He counts to three and then they flip the toast together. The mixture bubbles a bit, so Kazuki's hand immediately lands on the cork to lower the heat.

"There you go." His words come out gentle, in a similar tone in which he soothes Miri when she's got a nightmare. They sound just next to Rei's right ear as he focuses his gaze on the pan. He continues while doing that: "Nothing scary, right? It's not like it's impossible to do it with one hand, but some toasts are stubborn. You'll get it."

He stays close for a couple more seconds, but reflects himself and walks away, leaving Rei starring blankly at the spot where just a moment ago he saw a red sleeve substituting the arm he had sacrificed. His heart feels softer, like if it was dipped in a sweet coating, but beats so terribly fast he has to take in a sharper breath.

"Thanks," he murmurs as his features melt in the fond feeling that appeared in his chest, not for the first time.

He thinks back to the conversation with his father, when he brought up all the little things that made him fall in love with his newfound family. He also remembers holding Kazuki up in the kitchen back then, their blood mixing as they supported each other.

I knew my partner would come to save me. And he did.

Yes, if something was on, he knew his partner will indeed come to save him. Even if it's just flipping a toast.

[luna0713hunter]

"Kazuki papa!"

A 14 year old Miri whisper/shouts when said man fixes the last touch of her pink dress,his eyes not moving from his hands as he straightens the pretty bow on her hair.

"yeah?"

"When will you ask Rei papa?"

Kazuki frowns (mostly because the bow looks more crooked now) and sticks his tongue out of the corner of his mouth,fingers moving to comb through Miri's brown hair.

"ask Rei papa what?"

"to dance with you,duh!"

He drops the bow to the ground.

As much as he wants to make Miri forget the word "duh",which she uses frequently after learning what it meant,he swallows dryly and lets out a nervous laugh.

"W-why would i do that!!??"

Miri rolls her eyes and Kazuki resists the urge to pull her ear;he doesnt know where she gets her sassy attitude from.

(of course he knows. The way she rolls her eyes is identical to Rei.)

"because!!" She bends down and picks up her bow,and puts it neatly on her own hair without even looking, "you've been planning to ask him for awhile now, weren't you?"

"were you eavesdropping on me?!"

"maybe," and the little rascal doesn't even look guilty. "I've heard how you and the moms talk about this dance for a while now."

And Kazuki wants to be mad. Mad at her for eavesdropping,but he knows she only means well. Its almost three months since the moms,the girls at the bar and even Kyu-chan ,are trying to make him confess.

As they say,this have dragged on for way too long.

But before he can form a response, Miri is walking forward;her arms wrapping themselves around his neck.

"papa,you can do it. You know Rei papa likes you as well."

Kazuki can feel a lump form in his throat,but he only nods and hugs her back.

"I'll try my best."

Miri smiles; bright and excited,and walks toward the dance floor.

"you finally done?"

Kazuki jumps at Rei's smooth voice,and smiles a nervous smile before turning around .

"yeah,where even were you!i was stuck with her bow for-"

And all his retorts die in his throat.

To put it simple, Rei looks ethereal in the faint lighting of the school gym.

With his white suit and high ponytail,he looks elegant, straight out of fairytale. And when their eyes meet, Kazuki's heart flutters in his chest upon seeing the softness and the light in Rei's blue orbs.

He still cant get used to how softer they are after everything they went through.

"Kazuki?"

And maybe its the way Rei says his name,or how Miri smiles at him with thumbs up from across the dance floor,but Kazuki feels his legs move,until he's mere inches away from Rei.

One more step and he can close the gap between them completely.

He holds out a hand toward the younger man, watching how his eyes shift to his own and then the hand between them with curiosity.

"Will you dance with me,Rei?"

And when Rei smiles;all soft and reserved and takes his hand in his colder ones, Kazuki has to swallow around the butterflies trying escape his throat.

"sure."

Maybe he cant confess now,but he'll cherish every second he spends with Rei,until finally,he let's the butterflies fly free.

[dayninth]

[bbfeelings]

I couldn’t stop thinking about small waist pretty face so I wrote a silly little thing inspired by @hubbydaddies’ post. Happy BD Friday!

Edit: a completed version of this fic, Small Waist, Pretty Face can be found here!

After another easy, victorious, and unsurprisingly boring round, Rei checked his phone. 1:28 am. He took a drink of beer and joined another game. The phone on his lap suddenly started vibrating and startled him. Rei killed the game and held up the phone. It could only be one person. There was one person in this world who’d call him.

Kazuki wants to FaceTime.

Rei took off the headphone and carefully pressed the answer button.

What he did not expect was to see Carol’s face.

“Rei-chan—! Took you long enough to pick up!” She whined.

“Um…uh, sorry?”

“He picked up!” Carol announced cheerily, shoving the phone in front of Kazuki.

“Hey, Rei, hehe,” his drunk face was stupidly stupid. “My bad…I had one too many!” His foolish grin under the neon lights was stupidly stupid. Rei rolled his eyes.

”I’m coming home now!”

“Just don’t wake Miri up when you do.”

“Okie-dok, Rei-chan—” The video went blurry then dark; he must’ve dropped his phone. Idiot. Rei sighed. His partner had a tendency to be extra loud and obnoxious when intoxicated. Not that he’d ever awoken Miri with his drunken shenanigans. But still.

An unfamiliar face appeared on the screen. Rei only knew of Carol and Dorothy. “It’s fine! It didn’t break!” She said, and a cheering crowd of girls could be heard from the background. “So this is Rei-chan? He’s so cute!” She exclaimed, “Kazu-san, you never told me he’s this cute!”

Girls swarmed in front of the camera, squealing and giggling, “What a cutie!” “This is the pretty face you go home to? Kazu-san, you sly dog—” “Rei-chan, Rei-chan! Tell us what Kazu-san is like at home!” Rei felt his face go hot. What the hell? “Aww, he’s blushing! We’re embarrassing him! How adorable!” “Don’t worry, we don’t touch Kazu-san! He’s all yours!” The girls laughed.

What the hell?

—

2:07 am

“Rei—the door won’t open,” Kazuki whined over the phone. He’d finally made it back to the apartment building, but he was long gone. Rei sighed as the elevator arrived at the building lobby, “Coming.”

Upon seeing Rei, Kazuki happily draped himself over Rei’s slimmer frame, crying about forgetting how keys work. He smelled of booze and some tacky cheap perfume that made Rei’s nose itch. He cursed under his breath. Seriously. 28 years of age, acting like a hot fucking mess. Kazuki started humming off-key and mumbling some lyrics to himself as they exited the elevator on their floor.

Five minutes later, Rei was standing in the bathroom door, watching Kazuki puking his guts out. Between the dry heaving and whimpering, Rei’d hand him a tissue. He didn’t feel an ounce of sympathy toward his miserable partner. Why does he like drinking himself into oblivion? Getting a bit tipsy, sure, but Rei absolutely hated the feeling of being wasted.

Kazuki crawled into the shower. Rei passed him his toothbrush and toothpaste and left the bathroom. He then returned with a fresh towel, hung it on the door before closing it.

—

2:46 am

Rei made some cup noodles. Kazuki came out and stumbled across the living room with the towel around his waist. The steam coming from the bathroom told Rei that Kazuki took a boiling hot shower, if his red as a cooked lobster body didn’t give it away. He watched Kazuki dropping himself onto the couch and curling up. Rei scowled.

“Oi,” he said as he chewed, “sleep in your own room.” Kazuki retaliated with inaction and started humming and mumbling again. Rei couldn’t risk letting him fall asleep on the couch like that. The bathroom was damp and nasty, and no way he was going to sleep there tonight.

“Get up,” he towered over Kazuki, who was making noises like a complaining 4 year old would. “You’re gonna get a cold.”

—

3:11 am

Kazuki finally got up and made it into his room, but not without Rei basically dragging his ass. “Clothes,” he said. Kazuki obediently reached into the dresser. Rei’s job here was done; he wanted to finish his cup noodles, which was probably soggy and cold by now.

Kazuki turned around and muttered something sing-song-y in Rei's direction as he was about to close the bedroom door.

“…small waist…”

“What?”

“You.” Kazuki pointed.

“What about me?”

Half clothed, Kazuki waltzed over and took Rei for a dance as he hummed; Rei was too tired for this shit. They stumbled around the room. Kazuki’s eyes were half closed and hazy, “…big boobies…small waist…”

Rei snickered. What the hell?

“Wait, no,” Kazuki frowned as if he was thinking hard, if he could even think at all with that soupy brain.

“Small waist…pretty face.” Kazuki resumed his drunken shenanigans. Quickly losing his patience, Rei maneuvered out of Kazuki’s grasp. “You’re gonna wake Miri.”

He pointed again, “That’s you.” Kazuki fixed his gaze on Rei, “Small waist, pretty face.”

Rei felt this utter embarrassment in the form of increasing heart rate and a full body goosebumps followed by a shudder.

While Rei was momentarily immobilized by the sheer humiliation, Kazuki seized the opportunity, launched himself at Rei, gently grabbed hold of him again. He planted a quick but clumsy kiss right on Rei’s lips, inevitably knocking his own teeth on his.

They fell into bed and Kazuki took no time to cling onto Rei, snuggled in while letting out a satisfied sigh.

Rei went blank.

What the hell?