Chapter Text
Giyuu didnt have a particularly exciting life, it had become a routine at this point.
Wake up, go to work, finish work, go home, go to sleep and then wake up again.
Others would find it tedious, but Giyuu liked the stableness of it all, no surprises, he knew nothing bad would happen.
------------------------------------------
It was a slow day at his work. A small icecream shop on the beachfront. Which was surprising considering the weather, Giyuu just guessed no one was ready for icecream.
Oh well. He could just sit and stare at the ocean.
He thought that he knew the locals pretty well, until he spots an unfamiliar mop of snow white hair. It belonged to a very well toned man carrying a surfboard across the beach. Giyuu stared, trying to figure out if this was a new face or just someone he didnt recognize.
"checking out guys on the beach again, god Giyuu you should really get a life"
that was a familiar face, one he new all too well. His coworker and roommate, Shinobu.
"I'm not 'checking him out' I just dont recognize him"
Shinobu simply sighed and patted his head
"who else do you know who has hair that white, literally no one"
Shinobu was right. Like usual. So giyuu decided to ignore her in favour of looking at the new guy. He had very pale skin with scars etched across his body and face. he was also very muscular and very good at surfing.
While Giyuu was busy 'recognizing' the new face, his newer coworker Tanjiro and started his shift.
"are you looking at the new guy Giyuu, he just moved in it really close to my house"
"careful tanjiro, Giyuu might start stalking him"
"what! giyuu would never do that!"
"I'm just joking, giyuu wouldn't do that... would you?"
"no I wouldn't, I'm not gonna stalk a guy who I I've only seen once"
Shinobu ruffled Tanjiro's hair and went to sign off
"I'll see you at home giyuu"
Giyuu nods in response, he had become used to the way their shifts work now.
*ding dong*
Giyuu looks towards the door, a tall scary looking teenager had come through. He also had an unrecognizable face, He was rather tan and had a very noticable scar stretched across the bridge of his nose and cheek. the boy also had what looked a mohawk blown around in the wind.
"oh genya hi!"
Tanjiro greeted the kid like they'd know each other for years. And the kid immediately looked flustered, the skin of his face going red and his eyes averting. Tanjiro merely laughs and asks the boy what icecream he wants
"uuhhhhhhh..... what do you reccomend?"
"hmmmm, my sister really likes salted caramel, my youngest brother likes chocolate, my other sister likes boysenberry ripple.. oh and my other brother-"
Giyuu cuts him off, he knows how many people Tanjiro can list when hes on a roll.
"um I'll just have strawberry"
"OH that's my favourite flavor"
The boy looks very happy to be getting an icecream until he gets to the register.
"ohhhh noo, I left my wallet in the car. Just hold on I'll grab my brother's"
The boy runs off, very obviously embarrassed and annoyed with himself.
He returns with the whate haired man he saw surfing. He was alot prettier up close.
His eyes were like a violet colour and he had very long eyelashes, they complimented his face very well. His hair was very white and put in a tiny ponytail held up with a small bright pink hair tie. He was also shirtless and very muscular, it seemed like he worked out alot. But opposite to his brother his skin was very pale, almost like he couldnt tan. Giyuu watched the small droplets from his hair cascade down his face and drip onto his chest, it made him ten times more attractive.
"Get the right amount of money next time dipshit"
His voice was deep and smooth, almost like a velvety sound. If that was possible.
"I said that I just left my wallet in the car, i have the money"
He watched as the white haired man shoves the money into his brother's hand, and the boy walks over to the counter. Awkwardly exchanging the money for icecream. Giyuu also notices the tiny contact between the hands of the boy and Tanjiro's hand. He smiles, it'll be nice for Tanjiro to find a friend who doesn't scream or cry all the time.
Then the white haired man makes eye contact with him. Giyuu knows his face is heating up, he cant help it, this man is too attractive. He smirks at Giyuu and leaves with his brother, Giyuu is in shock, that is probably the first time someone has ever hit on him before. And no other the man he was pining over for like twenty minutes.
"hey giyuu, I can introduce you to him if you want"
Giyuu couldn't even register Tanjiro had spoken, he was too fixated on the white hair slowly bobbing away back to the ocean.
God he was absolutely fucked.
Then his brain finally registered Tanjiro's words, he could introduce them...
"yes please introduce me"
Giyuu spoke way too eagerly, but he didn't really care, he just wanted to see the elusive white haired man again.
----------------------------------------------
Once he got back home, Shinobu and her 'friend' were talking in the kitchen. Standing very close to each other. However once they noticed he arrived they both moved back a little.
"mmmmmmm, I saw the cutest guy today, he has white hair and heaps of scars on his body... obviously not as cute as you"
She grins at Shinobu and pulls her closer.
"oh yeah I saw him too"
"yeah Giyuu was staring at him from the store like a creep"
"he came into the store after you left"
"oh did you say anything to him"
"...no"
"just what I thought, you really need to speak more often, me, Mitsuri and Tanjiro are like the only people who have ever heard you speak"
Just as Giyuu was about to retort
"no the people you serve instore dont count"
"aawww shinobu-chan dont be so mean to himmm"
Giyuu left to get changed out of his uniform, in the peak of summer, the polyester doesn't do anything to cool you down.
He returns without a shirt, and melts onto the couch.
"put on a shirt you whore"
Giyuu just ignores his roommate's words, sinking further into the couch and spreading out as much as possible. The back of his neck was basically dripping with sweat, maybe he should cut his hair. But until then he pulls the hair tie off his wrist and puts it into a high ponytail, away from the base of his neck.
"oh"
Giyuu remembers something
"about that guy, apparently he moved in near Tanjiro, and they know each other now"
"aahhhhh really, I wanna meet him"
Giyuu silently agrees and goes back to lying on the couch, the small rotating fan occasionally blowing air onto his bare stomach.
Giyuu: hey do you think you could introduce me to that guy
Giyuu decided he was going to take the initiative, unlike his last crush who he only spoke to three times before he moved away.
Giyuu often thought about his old crush, every single day he would come in and get an orange choc chip double scoop at exactly 3 PM wothout fail. Even when his mother died, he still came into the store, his face was puffy and he didn't day a word. But he still went to get his icecream; Sometime his brother would come too, They were almost identical, same face, same eyes, same hair, the only difference was personality.
Tanjiro<3: Oh Yeah! I'd be glad to. Next time you don't have work, I'll bring you down to the beach
Tanjiro<3: Zenitsu nezuko and Inosuke will probably come too
Giyuu: no problem
He had work tomorrow but not the next day, so it was something he could look forward too.
"why are you smiling, stop it you look weird"
Shinobu stared at him, waiting for an answer while simultaneously trying to figure out why he was smiling.
"You're meeting up with the guy aren't you"
Giyuu was shocked, how could she tell just by looking at him?
"thought so, it's good you're actually doing something about your pitiful love life"
And there it was, Shinobu couldn't ever compliment him without and insult attached.
"awww good for you giyuu, you better tell me what he's like once you hang out"
Mitsuri however loved to compliment people, and giyuu was glad for it. He doesn't know how he would be survived without ever getting a compliment that wasnt back-handed; Contrary to belief, Giyuu likes to be praised, it seems like he doesn't care but he does.
"is Mitsuri spending the night?"
Giyuu wants to know if he needs to wear his noise cancelling headphones.
"yupp"
Giyuu needs to find his noice cancelling headphones.
-----------------------‐-------------------
Thank God Giyuu managed to get to sleep relatively quickly. When he woke up they had already left, Giyuu doesn't know where they go but hes glad to have the house to himself for a bit.
He decied to take a shower, he needed to wash his hair anyway. Once the water was running and he had stripped down to his boxers, he started at himself in the mirror. He was gaining a bit of weight, he didn't care though. He had given up his extensive training regime ages ago and was happier for it; trading hours of working out everyday for just a run every second day.
Once the mirror had clouded with steam, he pulled his boxers off and stood in the shower, The almost scalding water cascading down his back and dripping from his hair. Giyuu was infatuated with water from a young age, always doing bits of research on oceans and lakes; how they're formed, what lives there, ect.. And he still loves the beach. However now there is a new thing to like about the beach, the white haired surfer. Giyuu can't wait to talk to him.
Giyuu's hair took ages to dry, unfortunately due to that he had to have a shorter shower so he wouldn't be late for work.
He wonders whether the white haired guy will be at the beach today, Giyuu really hoped he was. He thought more about how to become friends with the surfer as he drove to work, what could he talk about with him, what was his favourite food, Giyuu ponders.
Today his shift was with Murata. A long time friend/coworker, Murata had known him long enough to see his lowest point in life, like when Sabito had died and he fell into a deep depression and considering suicide. But he would never really ask him to hang out one on one. Coworker relationships are a funny thing.
Since no one was turning up, Giyuu stared out the window. There he was, his favourite surfer. He watched him get out of the water and head over to a towel, However on that towel was another person; He could only see the back of them but they had long silver hair.
Giyuu was crushed, of course the surfer had a girlfriend. As he watched them talk and laugh, Giyuu himself was almost close to leaving.
No, why did it matter if he had a girlfriend, If giyuu just wanted to be friends, then I shouldn't matter right? But Giyuu wanted to be more than friends. Besides he didn't even know if the White haired man was gay or bi.
What kind of mess at Giyuu got his feelings into.