soft!kuna when youâre upset and not answering your phone
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kuna: open the door. you blink at your phone.
itâs barely eight. you havenât answered anyone all day. not your friends. not your roommate. not even him. another buzz.
kuna: i know youâre in there.
you sigh, drag yourself out of bed, and crack the door open. heâs standing with a grocery bag in one hand and two drinks balanced in the other.
âhey, ma.â sukuna studies your face for all of three seconds before his expression softens.
âyouâve been crying.â
you immediately look away.
âyeah?â he raises an eyebrow.
you glance back up at his face, trying to keep your face indifferent. sukuna looks back at you with a unbelieving face.
âyouâre annoying.â you huff, stepping aside so he can come in.
âiâve been told.â he carefully sets everything down on your table like heâs done it a hundred times before.
âbrought you dinner.â
ââŠi wasnât hungry.â
âthatâs my girl. always rolling her eyes at me.â
despite yourself, the corner of your mouth twitches. sukuna sees the change in your expression and smiles.
âryo, you point out every time i almost smile.â
âyes you can.â you groan, flopping back onto your bed.
he disappears into your dorm kitchen for a minute before coming back with two forks.
âeat with me. i didnât buy you food and come all this way for nothing.â
you donât reply, biting your tongue gently.
hearing him say that makes you look up. sukuna almost never says please.
he sets down the food he brought, and the two of you eat in comfortable silence. well, at least comfortable for him. for you, every bite feels like work.
after a while, he sets his fork down.
you shake your head. âdonât know what to say.â
you hesitate, of course you do. why should sukuna have to listen to all your stupid problems?
sukunaâs hand reaches out, placing it over yours.
ââŠeverything feels wrong.â you whisper.
he nods, and doesnât interrupt.
âiâm behind on assignments and i feel like i just keep messing things up. with my friends, and my family itâs justâŠi donât even know why iâm crying anymore.â your voice cracks on the last word, and you hate that it does.
you hate crying. especially in front of him.
unfortunately, you canât stop the slow flow of tears streaming down your face.
before you can even think of apologizing, sukunaâs already reaching over. his thumb brushes slowly across your knuckles.
âyouâre allowed to.â
âto have bad days. everybody has days where everything feels like shit.â
he gently squeezes your hand. all you do is stare at him. your heart aches.
âbeing⊠like this.â
âdonât. donât apologize for needing comfort.âsukuna says it so simply. like it never occurred to him that youâd think otherwise.
he reaches over and gently tucks a loose strand of hair behind your ear.
âi donât only wanna be around you when youâre happy, ma. i donât want you to have to pretend in front of me. you can be vulnerable, you know. i wanna be around all of you. especially the sad parts.â
âiâm trying not to, ryo.â
âcome here.â he whispers, opening his arms slightly.
you lean into him, and his arms are already wrapping around you, hugging you carefully.
never too tight. never like heâs trying to fix you. just enough to remind you he isnât going anywhere.
sukuna rests his cheek against the top of your head.
âyou know what weâre doing tomorrow?â
âwhat?â you mumble into his hoodie.
âabsolutely nothing.â he responds, his fingers threading through your slightly tangled strands.
ââŠnothing? that sounds boring.â
âexactly.â sukuna smiles against your hair. you think for a bit.
âwhatever you want, ma.â
âof course, sweetheart. but youâre not allowed to think about school for one night.â sukuna added, looking down into your eyes.
âthatâs impossible.â
âgood thing iâve been told iâm very persuasive.â
you pull back just enough to look at him.
thereâs a soft and reassuring smile on his face.
sukuna presses a small and gentle kiss onto your forehead.
âi love you, sweetheart.â
âi love you too, ryo.â
and for the first time that day, the room didnât feel quite so heavy.
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