#i also want giyuu and sanemi bond (post canon) over their reckless behavior regarding their own life

[reicchel]

When Sabito died, Giyuu was utterly sad... He felt so sad that he thought he would never leave that bed again, and yet... something took over that sadness.

He hated himself. Why did he survive? He was weak and couldn't protect anyone he loved. He didn't deserve to live. He didn't deserve to be part of the Demon Slayer Corps. Why did he live? It was useless. He would probably die, anyway, by the hands of the first demon he'd encounter, like he almost did at the Final Selection...

So he took his unsheathed sword and parted, sure to never return to the place that nested all of his regrets...

New hc: giyuu starts going on missions bc he hoped for someone or something to take his life in his stead, bc he was too coward to do it himself (he didn't want to break his promise to sabito, even if he didn't want to go on either). It just made him angrier that he actually killed the demons. He probably instinctively saved his comrades in arms and then got angry at them bc he saw himself in them (the weak one that needed to be protected). But beside anger, he grew numb and learned to bury all his feelings, and eventually turned into a demon slaying machine, killing so many demons that he earned the Water Pillar position.

Urokodaki always knew giyuu was the best of his students and knew that was the only thing keeping him alive... even against giyuu's own wishes to fail and fall. But urokodaki was sad that giyuu had lost his smile and all hopes for the future...

#kny talk #tomioka giyuu #kny hcs and shenanigans #.....okay i made myself sad now :( #i also want giyuu and sanemi bond (post canon) over their reckless behavior regarding their own life