#🥰: swordsman nanami

[kagejima]

I can just imagine Swordsman!Nanami being Bodyguard!Sukuna's dance partner as he teaches this brute how to ballroom dance before the birthday ball.

hhehehehe FHAJDFHJDALKS I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

if you want to know more about Bodyguard!Sukuna, you can find the first few posts here and here and here!

If you are interested in them, we also have Swordsman!Nanami and Blacksmith!Osamu that we will gladly direct you to the posts / tell you more about them if you wanna know!!!!

Also Wendy and I were NOT expecting this royalty!au to get as popular as it has, so bear with us bc some of these might be out of order (like this one, the birthday ball already happened in the above posts), we've been yelling about the whole plot for like hours over the last couple of days lmaoooo.

Also also Bodyguard!Sukuna is also true form Sukuna big as a reminder!

more thoughts under the cut (female reader)

Bodyguard!Sukuna who has watched you day in and day out with your princess lessons. There's so many things you have to learn - world history, agriculture, politics, proper etiquette... It makes the poor man's head spin.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who can't deny that one of his favorite lessons for you is watching you learn how to dance in order to be ready for your birthday ball. You practically float around the floor with your instructor as he counts out the rhythm for you and praises you for being a natural.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who wishes that it was him holding on to your waist. Him holding your hand. Him being able to gaze into your eyes as you move across the floor.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who has the smallest smile cross his face as he imagines it.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who pays close attention to what the instructor is saying. Who pays close attention to the counts. Who pays close attention to each spin and gesture.

Bodyguard!Sukuna who feels his heart hammering in his chest as his friend, trainer, and confidant Swordsman Nanami raises an eyebrow at him the next day after he hears his request.

"You want me to teach you... how to dance?" Nanami repeats, folding his arms across his broad chest.

"Yes." Sukuna nods.

Blacksmith Osamu, the man who owns the forge they're standing in right now, can't help but start laughing.

"That'd be a sight..." Osamu grins as he wipes his hands with his rag, "It wouldn't look right. She's so much smaller than you, ya brute."

Sukuna ignores Osamu's jab, his eyes never leaving Nanami.

Nanami almost feels bad for the much larger man because Osamu is right. It will look funny to have a man who's size resembles more of a beast's than a human's dancing with the princess, but he sees the sincerity and hope in Sukuna's eyes as he stands before him.

Nanami sighs and stands up from the post he's leaning against.

"Very well. Did you learn anything from watching the lessons?"

Sukuna rambles about counts, something about "a... waltz, he said? I think he said waltz..."

In the short time that Sukuna is answering, Nanami realizes he knows nothing at all.

"Let's start with the basics."

Sukuna tries not to be embarrassed as Nanami tells him to put his hand on his waist and hold on to his hand. It's such a simple thing to do, but it still is awkward.

"You need to be more gentle..." Nanami gently chastises him when he notices how Sukuna's grip on his waist tightens, "The princess and I are not the same. You must think of her as porcelain. You must treat her with care. Imagine that I am her."

Osamu snickers over off to the side, and Sukuna glares at him.

But poor Sukuna becomes frustrated all too quickly with the steps, trying to lead, trying to remember the count in his head and not saying it out loud. He drops his hands from Nanami's as if they've burned him when Nanami corrects him for the fourth time.

He's never done this before. Who did he think he was, trying to learn this? He was never going to be able to dance with you at the ball anyways, so why even bother?

He groans in frustration and steps away from Nanami and to the edge of the forge, looking out into the town.

He looks up towards the castle and he knows what awaits him when he returns a few short hours from now. Everyone will be busy preparing for your ball on the eve of your birthday and for the arrival of your suitor.

Even you. You're probably dancing with your instructor right now, gliding around on the floor like an angel.

Sukuna is brought back to reality when he feels Nanami's hand reach up and touch his shoulder.

"Do you want to dance with her?"

Sukuna sees it in his head. Sees the way you would smile up at him, sees the way his hand would hold yours so firmly but gently as he guided you around the floor. He sees it all so clearly.

"Yes." Sukuna answers softly.

"Then you have to learn. Now come back. Let's try again."

[kagejima]

My inbox! I love what you sent in and will respond shortly, but in the meantime… Can we talk about how swordsman!nanami only knows how to dance because seamstress!reader taught him when they were kids? The first dance you ever taught him was after your pretend wedding when you were both five. And every year, on that day, he'll pull you aside, just for a few moments, to recreate that special memory. He’ll claim that he needs to brush up on his dance skills whenever you ask him, but he knows he’s lying to himself. Every year on that day, he dreams about having a simple life with you, giving up his sword for farmer’s tools. But, he thinks your dream isn’t him; it’s the job you have now. And, he’ll gladly put aside his feelings to watch you shine. But for those few minutes when you’re swaying in his arms, he lets himself indulge in the idea of being more to you. Being, your everything.

I LOVE SWORDSMAN!NANAMI SO FUCKING MUCH, HE'S SO IN LOVE WITH SEAMSTRESS!READER IT'S UNREAL, IT MAKES ME CRY REAL BIG FAT TEARS OHMYGODFADFSDJ I WANT CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND LOVE LIKE THAT

straight up sobbing about how he recreates it with seamstress!reader every year. i think he gets really sweet and sappy about it since he remembers the day, and on that day he wakes up and he's all smiling and happy and everything and he tells bodyguard!sukuna there's no training for the day and sukuna is like ".....why not" and nanami's smile disappears abd he is like "mIND YOUR BUSINESS. GO GUARD THE PRINCESS" fhadjfsdlkfhasjfhaufhalweufhraw

and so nanami makes like a whole thing of it!!!!!!!!! he goes into the town and gets you a fresh baked pastry from the baker and some pretty flowers for you :(((( he shows up in the castle garden where he knows you'll be at this hour bc you like to take a little walk in it every morning before you start the day!!!!! AND HE'S ALL SMILEY AND ASKING IF YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE, I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. HE'S SO CUTE.

[kagejima]

Swordsman!Nanami who, ever since his first trip away, makes it a point to bring back his childhood love a handkerchief from every location he’s sent to. He can’t afford much, but no matter how busy he is, he always returns with a small square of fabric for her.

Little does he know, she sews the handkerchiefs together to make a large quilt, which she uses on the days he’s away.

DO WE SHARE A BRAIN OR DO WE SHARE A BRAIN

i shit you not, i was like " i bet that she sews them all together!!" AND THEN I READ THAT SENTENCE 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I'm going to sleep now so I'll put links later, but this is about Swordsman!Nanami and Seamstress!Reader.

It's a whole... its a whole thing. This AU is a whole thing. Bodyguard!Sukuna's there, Blacksmith!Osamu's there. We came up with like three other couples for it too but we haven't written those yet. Anyways, ask either Wendy @northofneverland or I about it, we'll get you to where you need to go gjsjfjjej.

more thoughts under the cut (female reader)

They're all sorts of different colors, all sorts of different qualities of fabric - nothing about the quilt is cohesive, it looks so ugly, it does a terrible job at keeping you truly warm at night.

But its beautiful to you.

And that's all that matters.

You've found a best friend in the princess and she asks why you sleep with such a sad thing when you have much nicer bedding.

She changes her mind quickly when you explain what Nanami does and what he gives to you each time he returns from a trip.

So it's no surprise to you that the next day, large and awkward yet such sweet bodyguard to the princess, Sukuna, knocks on your door before asking permission to enter.

He sees the quilt folded neatly on the edge of your bed, and nods knowingly.

"Ah. That must be what she was speaking of last night."

You feel embarrassed at the news of your personal life being discussed by the princess to others, but you know she doesn't really mean any harm.

"Is there something that I can help you with?" You ask him as he stands there awkwardly in your doorway.

"Yes," Sukuna nods, "Nanami asked for me to give you this."

Sukuna pulls out a paisley blue handkerchief from one of his pockets.

Another piece of fabric to add to your collection.

But you find it strange, he's still here in the castle's vicinity. He hasn't had to leave for a trip in weeks.

It's then when Sukuna hands it to you that you see why you've received a random one this time.

Embroidered in the corner are Nanami's initials.

He wanted to show you how far he's come in you teaching him your craft.

[kagejima]

Ok! But! I have been thinking about swordsman! Nanami all god damn morning and its not even 8am

Swordsman! nanami who protects his little baker because some idiots are trying to rob her😭😭 and no one steals nanamis bread lmao

His sweet little baker who begggss him (possibly bribes him with pastries) to teach her to protect herself cause he won't always be there. So he teachers her how to use a sword or dagger

GIRL WHY IS YOUR BRAIN SO BIG AND SQUISHY AND LOVELY!!!!!!!!

PSPSPPSPPSPPSPSPSPPSPS WENDY PSPSPPSPSPPSPSPPSPSPSSPPSPS @northofneverland