teanopi asked:
hear me out: natsume sakasaki, angst or h/c. how would he deal with his feelings not being requited? how would it affect him?
natsuphoria answered:
you are so evil for requesting this >:( /lh
natsume + unrequited love
reader : gender neutral, no pronouns used
type : headcanons
warnings : ANGST NO COMFORT. unrequited love (you dont like natsume back)
word count : 280
- appearances are very important to natsume. he’s extremely aware of how he’s perceived, and he has a front on nearly all the time. he has an image to maintain both onstage and off – it’s only very rarely that anyone gets to see the boy underneath it all.
- he lets the facade slip with you, just a little. it’s an experiment to see how you’d react. would you accept him? would you think he’s… disappointing? he needs to know, if he’s going to place his heart in your hands. you’re so important to him after all.
- so when all’s said and done, and it’s clear that his feelings aren’t reciprocated, there’s a part of him that feels… betrayed. not by you, not by anyone else, but himself.
- he’s betrayed himself. he gets to feel both the guilt of the sinner and the anger of a boy who unfortunately fell in love – is that such a crime? – and it almost renders him paralysed.
- natsume’s emotional walls stretch to the clouds – he trusts his own judgement more than anything. he took a calculated gamble letting his walls down with you, but it turned out to be fruitless. useless.
- yet he’ll try to act like he always does around you. shrug off every memory of a longing look or a fleeting touch he had given you. push away a daydream about holding your hand and feeling your warm cheek underneath the pads of his fingers. well, that’s just how things are, aren’t they? he can’t make you love him.
- so he tells himself that he can easily get over you. you were just a silly little crush, nothing more.
- and yet he can’t help the pang in his heart when he sees your sweet smile.
taglist : @tokusaatsus@avigenshin@sleepypengwin