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“Most of my family hasn’t even seen my face, I don’t understand why you think you should be allowed to see it.”
“I’m your wife Kata! Don’t you think I deserve to at least know what my husband looks like? We’ve been married for like, what, almost eight months now??”
“Yes, and I’d like to be married for a little longer too so that’s exactly why I can’t show you what’s underneath my scarf.”
“Oh come on Kata! I can see your dick but your mouth is off limits!? It can’t possibly be that bad!” y/n was practically yelling at this point. She had tried her hand at getting Katakuri to show her what was underneath that scarf for a while now. And even though she knew she shouldn’t continue prying at the thing that he was so uncomfortable about, she couldn’t help but be curious about what the lower half of her husband’s face looked like after all these months of living together…
Katakuri was getting annoyed. She knew this more than anyone. And Katakuri knew that she knew exactly that and was using it to her advantage. She knew what buttons to press and Katakuri was really regretting opening up to her as much as he had right now.
He knew that he couldn’t keep his face hidden from his wife forever; but somewhere along the way he had actually developed a weak spot for the woman he had been forced to marry and the two of them actually grew to have quite the healthy relationship despite their rocky start together. This fact only made it harder for him to show her what was underneath the fabric hiding his face. He knew he looked like a monster and just made people run in fear upon seeing his mouth and he just couldn’t bear to think that she would have the same reaction upon seeing it as everyone else had…
“I’m only doing this to protect you,” he said, doing his very best to not raise his voice at her now he was noticeably getting ticked off more and more by the minute she kept going on
“No Katakuri. You’re only doing this to protect yourself. You always act so almighty and perfect but you’re just a pussy who’s scared someone will laugh at you, isn’t that it?”
That was it. She had pushed his buttons just a little bit too hard and he snapped as she called him out in such a manner “Fine!” he yelled, immediately seeing her flinch back upon seeing him so angry but not stopping despite it “You wanna see what’s under this so badly!? Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you!” he continued lashing out at her as he ripped the scarf from his face, revealing his scarred cheeks fully and the two sets of fangs sticking out of his mouth. The panting from his sudden outburst slightly revealed more pointy teeth inside his mouth as well.
Suddenly realising what he had done, Katakuri couldn’t look her in the eyes and he tried turning his face away from her, trying his best to make himself as small as possible (which isn’t particularly easy when you’re as tall as he was).
“Kata…” her soft voice made him direct his attention back to her, turning his face more towards her again so she could fully see the monster that he was.
He closed his eyes, not wanting to see the expression on her face. He just knew she was gonna react just as badly as anyone had ever reacted to seeing his face, except maybe his twin brothers, Perospero and Brulee…
But as he waited for her reaction, nothing came. Had she just left? He wouldn’t even be too surprised if she did… But he hadn’t heard her leave, surely he would’ve heard the door open if she truly left him like this.
Then suddenly, a soft touch to his cheek. He opened his eyes again and was met with her face close to his, wearing a tender expression on it as she had cupped his cheek with one of her hands and gently stroked the scarred tissue on it with her thumb.
“Oh Kata…” she said as he finally mustered up the courage to look her in the eyes again. “Is this really what you needed to hide from me and everyone else? You’re so handsome, I can’t believe you’re so insecure about these..”
“Y-you don’t think I look like a monster? Or a pelican eel? Or-“
“Kata no, of course not. You’re still my mochi, with or without fangs. Besides… I think they really suit you…” y/n told him with a slight blush dusting her cheeks.
Katakuri wasn’t sure what to say. No one had ever reacted the was she had done. Sure, the siblings that knew about his secret didn’t really mind and Brulee had told him that he was fine just the way he was, with or without his fangs. But this? Telling him that he looked so handsome with them and that the look really suited him? No one had ever been this positive about them…
“Mochi come here,” she said as she took his hand and tugged on it to pull him with her on the bed in her bedroom.
Mochi… She only ever really used that nickname for him when they were cuddling or if she was feeling really tender. He would never admit it out loud, but he actually quite liked it…
Katakuri silently followed her lead and sat down on the bed against the headrest. Soon enough, his wife was on his lap and wrapped her arms around him. “y/n what are you doing?” he asked. He shouldn’t be too surprised since moments like this happened more often and he always welcomed them, but the two of them had been arguing just a few minutes ago..
“Giving you the love and attention you deserve,” she simply stated as she continued hugging him.
“You’re really not scared?” he dared question her again, making her direct her eyes upwards so she could look into his. While she was definitely a lot taller than the average human, she still couldn’t compare to Katakuri in height and only reached up to his chest when standing at full height, which made that she was looking up a lot to face him properly.
“I gotta admit, I was a bit shocked when you suddenly yelled at me,” she told him “but this?” she motioned at his face “is far from enough to scare me. Like I said, I think you look really handsome even!”
A few moments of silence from both of them passed before y/n built up the courage to finally ask “Can I kiss you?”
Of course… They might’ve been married for almost eight months now and had been pretty intimate with each other many times before now, be it cuddling or getting a bit more heated, but never had he removed that damn scarf before. And never had she had the chance to kiss him properly. He’d gotten his fair share of forehead kisses and liked giving headpats in return instead of kisses, but admittedly, he kind of wanted to kiss her as well now that she finally knew what his mouth looked like and had accepted him as such…
“Are you sure?” he still asked “I don’t want to hurt you with my teeth…”
“Oh you’re such a softie Kata. You’re always worrying so much about hurting me. When will you start learning that I’m not so weak that you can hurt me so easily and think of yourself a little too. Now do you want me to kiss you or not?”
“Yes…”
She was always so brutally honest. It could really tick him off at times, but other times, like this one, he couldn’t be more thankful to have a woman like her at his side.
Slinging her arms around his neck so she could more easily pull herself up to reach his face, she started by pressing kisses to his cheek. Following the scarred tissue all the way from his ear down to where his fangs escaped his lips.
She could feel Katakuri shift uncomfortably underneath her when she got closer to them, and knew he was still scared that he’d somehow manage to hurt her with them.
To still his fears entirely and let him know just how much she loved them, she cupped his cheeks to keep his face still and gently pressed a kiss to each of the large canines sticking out of his mouth. Before he even had the chance to recover from her sudden action, she finally pressed her lips to his own. He was like putty underneath her and she could clearly feel his body relax under the kisses she gave him.
It took him a little encouragement, but eventually he felt comfortable enough to initiate some kisses himself.
“I love you Mochi,” y/n told him as she pressed another kiss on his lips right in between those fangs “I wish that you could see yourself the way I do…”
y/n rested her head against Katakuri’s chest, drawing some shapes mindlessly against his chest as she continued “You work so hard to keep up your reputation of being the strongest and most perfect person around but I wish you realised you don’t have to be perfect to me.”
She could feel his breathing slow down and even out bit by bit. He still hummed as an answer and the hand rubbing her back softly told her he wasn’t asleep yet, but he was relaxed enough to drift off soon enough.
“I love all your imperfections Kata, that’s exactly what makes you perfect to me. I love the way you get excited about donuts, I love how much you care about your siblings, I love the silly little songs you sing in the shower when you think no one can hear you,” his breathing stopped for a second in surprise when he found out that she had been hearing him sing in the shower for who knows how long now, but quickly continued on in its slow pace when she continued. “And I love your cute little fangs so much too Kata. So please, next time don’t try to hide stuff from me for eight months until I pester you enough to finally show it to me, okay?”
No reaction…
“Kata I know you’re not asleep yet, don’t act it to get away with this.” y/n sat more upright to inspect the ‘sleeping’ man under her. He didn’t seem to react to her anymore and his breathing was perfectly evened out.
“Kata?” she tried once more but didn’t get a reaction out of him. Even when she lightly poked him the man didn’t even as much stir.
The girl smiled to herself. Normally Katakuri never let his guard down enough to fall asleep with someone else in the room, even if that person was her. It seemed that finally showing her what had been under that scarf all this time really took a weight off his shoulders and her positive reaction to his secret had definitely brought them closer together if Katakuri was able to just fall asleep around her like that.
Curling up against the sleeping man in her bed, y/n closed her eyes to get some sleep too. She could definitely get used to sleeping together with her giant husband like this, and she was glad she had pestered him to show her his secret so much since it had ultimately led to the two of them growing a little closer to each other again…