#kazurei buddy daddies

[zsbrainrot]

I’m gonna try and Participate in Flufftober this year!

Day 1: “I’ve Got You”

@flufftober

[formerlyz]

So I watched the entirety of buddy daddies yesterday and I’m not well so this is how I’m coping anyway have a little fanfic.

No More Bathtubs

Synopsis: Rei has a nightmare and goes to Kazuki’s room for comfort.

Word count: 617

Warnings: Referenced gunshot wounds, minor spoilers

Kazuki awoke to the sound of three quiet knocks on his bedroom door and the creaking of the hinges moving.

“Did you have a nightmare?” He asked, still half asleep. There was a pause.

“Yeah…” Kazuki’s eyes snapped open at the deep voice he wasn’t expecting. He looked up to see his partner standing in the doorframe.

“Oh hey… thought you were Miri” Kazuki said, sitting up. He winced as the movement irritated his wounds from the previous week.

“She’s still asleep, I just checked on her.” Rei said, moving to sit on the edge of Kazuki’s bed. Kazuki reached over to turn on the lamp on his nightstand. In the soft yellow glow he could see that Rei’s eyes were bloodshot and ringed with dark circles.

“What’s up? You ok?” Kazuki ventured. Rei didn’t respond, and instead just laid down on his side next to Kazuki. “What, the bathtub not comfy enough for you tonight?” Kazuki joked. Rei shook his head, staring blankly ahead of him at Kazuki’s pillow.

“I don’t want to sleep alone” He finally mumbled, so quiet that Kazuki almost didn’t hear him.

“Want me to bring Miri in here and we can all sleep together?” Kazuki offered, knowing that Rei wouldn’t be able to pick her up with his wounded arm and that she was damn near impossible to wake up. Rei shook his head again.

“No…can I just…is it okay if I…” Rei stopped. Kazuki’s eyes widened as he saw his partner’s shoulders start to tremble. He knew that growing up, Rei was never allowed to cry or show any sign of weakness, so Kazuki was shocked to say the least. After a moment, Kazuki smiled softly, pulled his comforter up to cover Rei, and turned his lamp back off.

“Alright. It’s cold tonight anyway.” Kazuki said as he laid back down. Rei gave a small nod, silent tears still streaming down his cheeks.

Kazuki pulled Rei into his chest, careful to avoid the bullet wound in Rei’s arm. Rei paused for a moment before relaxing into Kazuki’s chest, no longer trying to hide his sobs. They stayed like that for a while, Kazuki letting Rei cry as long as he needed too.

Eventually, Rei’s breathing slowed and the tears stopped coming. Kazuki thought he might have fallen asleep until he spoke.

“I dreamt that I didn’t make it in time. That Ogino…” Rei whispered. He didn’t have to finish the sentence. Kazuki gently put both his hands on Rei’s face and pulled back so he could look into his partner's steel gray eyes.

“But you did. I’m here. And I’m not going anywhere. Okay?” Kazuki said softly, wiping a tear away with his thumb. Rei bit his lip and nodded.

“Okay.” He said, leaning forward to bury his face in the crook of Kazuki’s neck. He breathed a sigh of relief as he felt the warmth of Kazuki’s skin against his own.

“This is nice…” Rei said without really thinking. Kazuki chuckled, shifting to lay on his back.

“It is. You’re like a human radiator.” He said as he got in a more comfortable position. Rei followed, curling up at his side and resting his head on Kazuki’s chest. Kazuki’s arm stayed around Rei shoulder as Rei gingerly stretched his wounded arm over Kazuki’s chest.

“Can…we do this again tomorrow night?” Rei ventured.

“Sure.” Kazuki said, his eyelids getting heavy. “No more bathtubs.” he mumbled as he drifted back off to sleep, a content smile on his face.

“No more bathtubs.” Rei repeated to himself, feeling warm inside at the thought.

For the first time in his life, Rei truly felt safe as he fell asleep to the sound of Kazuki’s heartbeat.

[tacobellabeanburrito]

Aww you guys are such a cute couple! Which one of you is the red one and which one of you is the blue one?

[silversoulstardust]

kazurei truther rise up

[gunstellations]

family habits...?

read L ← R

[chippuyon]

kiddie au for fun

[pinktoonie]

Buddy Daddies (2023)

[skullpuke]

buddy daddies finale got me messed up so I speedran this

[hubbydaddies]

My god, these two are so fucking gay-

Original post here.

*Edit: they’re wearing each others clothes by the way.

[aleespace]

NO BUT LIKE THE WAY THEY PUT THIS PHRASE ABOUT KAZUKI GOING OUT FOR DRINKS WITH THE GIRLS AND THEN SHOWINGS US BOTH OF THEM WEARING WEDDING RINGS???

AND STILL THERE'S A PEOPLE BITCHING ABOUT HOW THE END WASN'T GAY ENOUGH, IS THIS NOT GAY ENOUGH FOR YOU???

[virgothozul]

[tazernatic]

[lilyginnyblackv2]

Now that Buddy Daddies is finished, I’m gonna say it: SPOILERS!

Buddy Daddies really is for the aces, aros, queerplatonic partners, and platonic life partners out there. 

I know, 100%  that there are going to be some people out there that are going to say, “See! It really was just queerbait all along” or some who are going to bemoan the fact that there were no declarations of romantic love or kiss or whatever. I’m sure this part right here:

Miri: “Didn’t you slip out yesterday to go drinking with a girl again?” 

Caused some frowns and I do get it. Because of this, the queerbait and Kazuki and Rei are just friends dialogue will continue and follow the series around. But, this episode has made it clear that Kazuki and Rei love not only Miri, but each other as well.

They are a work partners (相��� - aibou)

They are partners raising a child together. (相方 - aikata).

They’ve moved (I’m pretty sure their diner is in Okinawa for reasons I’ll get to in another post), they’ve opened a business together, one which has a part of Kazuki’s last name in it (来栖 - Kurusu is his last name, the 栖 (su) part of his name means “nest.”), and Rei’s words to his father: Miri, Kazuki, and I share a bond stronger than blood. 

They are a family. They love each other.

Of course, friends can be a part of a family. Friends can love each other, but there are also reasons why people who are in situations like co-parenting, queerplatonic relationships, platonic life partnerships, and etc. don’t refer to their bonds as friendships and the people they are co-parenting or in a partnership with as their friends, but as words that give some space for those grey areas in-between.

Friendships are strong, deep, and beautiful. Platonic love is love and is powerful.

But, there are definitely still different sets of expectations and boundaries that come with friendships vs. other relationship dynamics. 

Kazuki and Rei’s situation falls outside of the usual friendship expectations and boundaries and sits somewhere between that, family and partnership.

I know this topic has been talked to death about. But, I felt like I needed to write about and address it one final time since Buddy Daddies has come to an end (though, who knows about a potential Daughter Daddies!) Especially after Miri’s line to Kazuki. (I feel I could also go into open relationship dynamics, polyamorous relationships, and etc. but that feels like it would be derailing). 

Basically, I just wanted to get one final post out on this. I was very pleased with this ending episode. It made my heart so happy and warm, and I know I’ve said it before, but this series really speaks to me as someone who is aroace. Aroace characters and our relationship dynamics have basically no rep, so even if this series wasn’t intended to be written with a queerplatonic relationship dynamic in mind, they ended up writing a beautiful depiction of one that makes me and what I would want from a relationship of some kind, finally feel seen.

[lera-draws]

:0!

(im back- sorta)

[emeraldsworld]

you are not immune to miri propaganda

[chippuyon]

I have something worth protecting too