Sukuna's Offering | Sukuna x (f)Reader

| Rose-Colored| Mega Chapter

Hey Babes~

I know it took longer then originally planned but the long awaited mega chapter is here! Thank you guys so much for 10k reads, it's still unbelievable to me and I'm glad you're all enjoying so far. This chapter has a little bit of everything in it except for smut (sorry that'll be later). I cut the chapter just before 4K words because it felt like the perfect place to end for now. I hope you enjoy!

~UhmmSan

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"Ehh? You're glowing tonight" Cione sat down beside you handing you a cup. As you took it from him the warmth began to thaw your cold hands. "What is this? It's smells amazing" carefully you blew on the hot liquid before taking a small sip "mmm it tastes amazing too". "Lycoris made it, something about the taste of harvest" he sat back looking out the opened front door of the temple with you, even though it was the middle of the night the forest was lit up by the full moon. Fall had started to set in and the surrounding trees and plants were changing their colors, even under the blue light of night their leaves remained vibrant changing the once lush green oasis into a sea of fiery reds, oranges, and yellows. As the crisp wind blew through the leaves it added to the illusion, making the leaves flicker and crackle like dancing flames. "You're up awfully late" pulling your blanket around you tighter you shifted to lean away from him. "Well it's the only time you're not locked in your room" he sat his cup down in front of him while he wrapped a dark brown fur pelt around his shoulders.

"I'm sorry, about what happened. I should've talked with you and not been a cocky asshole" you could tell he was looking at you but you kept your gaze forward, choosing to focus on the leaves rather than make eye contact with him. "It's fine, I don't really want to talk about it anyway" lying through your teeth you just wanted him to leave you alone. You were still bitter about what happened and even though you knew it wasn't solely Cione's fault, he was the easier one to blame instead of facing the real problem. "You're full of shit" he picked up his cup while shifting back to look out the door once again, his harsh words burned through you much like an actual fire "if you were fine then why become so cold towards Lycoris and myself? Why hide away in your room and only come out at night?" A pit grew in your stomach that began to send you into a panic attack as you tried to figure out what was the best thing to do. Even though you wanted to run you knew continuing to avoid everyone wasn't going to work forever.

"Fine, I'm not fine" since looking at Cione would only make you cry as you tried to explain everything that was torturing your mind, you brought your knees to your chest. Hugging them tightly you buried your face as you took a deep breath to somewhat calm yourself down "I'm so stupid, I got caught up in some stupid story where I thought someone might actually care about me. I romanticized everything in my mind and truth is it's all bullshit". Taking in deep breaths you were focusing on gaining back your composure before continuing your rant, instead though you could feel Cione shift closer to you. "Don't fucking pity me" you hissed through your held back tears but like he always does Cione ignored it, placing his hand on the back of your head. "In some messed up kind of way, I think he does care for you" he tangled his fingers into your hair while lightly rubbing the back of your head. "Is that supposed to be encouraging?" "No, it's just some cliché garbage. Honestly though, he's never kept any other sacrifices this long. Hell he even let you live in his temple and fed you. That has to mean something right?"

Cione seemed just as confused as you as he continued to rub your head "continuing with the cliché garbage, sometimes it's hard for us to accept what our reality is. Some people drink their pain away while others spread their pain in hopes to lessen their own. We all tend to look at the world through our own rose colored glasses I guess. Unfortunately though someone or something always comes along and pulls those glasses off, letting us be blinded". A soft laugh escaped you as you sat up and turned towards Cione "you're right.. that was really cliché garbage" elbowing him lightly you knocked the annoyed expression off of his face "thank you though, for trying to make me feel better". "What do you mean trying?" He pushed you over before standing up and making his way to the door, closing it. "Listen, if anyone gets how you feel it's me. Although I can't say I've fucked Sukuna, I made a deal with him too and everyday I'm one step closer to having to live out that deal. I went through something similar awhile back, I made myself believe that he actually trusted and he would forget our deal. He doesn't forget though. So you can be miserable in the meantime, or actually enjoy what time you do have".