Sukuna x Reader

                                    

                                          
Reborn.  Reincarnated.  Reawakened.  Whatever it was, I felt it deep in my chest as if a string was being yanked.  I awoke with a jolt, tears streaming down my face from whatever dream I was having before I was woken up with this bone jarring ache in my body that screamed for me to move.  
For a moment, I was merely in shock, unable to move a single finger.  I briefly wondered if I had sleep paralysis but no, this feeling was much bigger than that.  It was like I never realized how much I was missing until now...and it felt like I was missing a lot but I couldn't tell what specifically.  
I finally managed to sit up with a gasp, clutching my shirt over my chest as I panted slightly to get air in my struggling lungs.  What even was this?  I went down a list of quick theories.  I could be having a heart attack or a panic attack, maybe I was hyper dreaming or caught in a dissociating cycle.  
But no...this ran through my veins, not just in my head.  Even though I was confused of what this feeling could be, it felt familiar.  Another theory popped into my head but I brushed it off painfully.  I wouldn't let myself even consider that an option.  I had lost him a long time ago and I was cursed to never see him again.  To think he had been brought back would only reopen an old wound I had spent forever closing up.  
I wiped my tears from my face, wondering if the dream I had already forgotten had been about him.  I didn't dwell on it though.  Thinking would only get me in trouble and hurt all over.  It was okay to miss him but not at 3am when I was most vulnerable. 
I was about to lay back down to try and sleep through this gut wrenching feeling when I heard an insistent knocking on my condo door.  With a groan, I rubbed the remaining tears and exhaustion from my eyes before standing up.  Another sharp pain spread through my chest at the action though it seemed to be pulling my body in a way, in the direction of the knocking on the door.  
Gulping back whatever reservations I had, I decided that I was a curse and could handle whatever was behind that door.  The worst case would be a sorcerer but I've dealt with plenty of those before.  It would be easy to slip away if I had to.  It would just suck to give up this place when I just moved in.  
Each step I took towards the door, the pain in my chest changed to an echoing throb.  When I stood directly in front of the entrance where the knocking was becoming more and more consistent and desperate, I paused and placed my hand to my chest.  The throbbing was so loud that it sounded like a rapid heartbeat, something pulsing just under my skin that made my whole body heat up.  
Whatever was behind this door was connected to me in some way.  Whether it was a positive or negative thing, I would find out soon as I placed my hand on the knob and twisted, letting the door swing open.  The door hadn't even been opened all the way when something crashed into me, knocking me to the floor as a weight settled over me.  
"You thought you could hide from me."  An achingly familiar voice whispered into my ear, setting my body alight as tears sprang into my eyes immediately.  I looked up, seeing a face and body that I didn't recognize but the eyes of a past lover that I had dedicated myself to, mind, body and soul.  
"Sukuna...?" I breathed out shakily, trying to keep my hopes down but they were bubbling up along with a heart broken sob as I clung to his new form.  His unfamiliar hands held me, his new face moving to press against my shoulder.  His body may have been different but it was him.  My soul knew deep down that this was Sukuna, my love from so long ago that I was certain I had lost to the sands of time, yet here he was with me again, holding me like he used to.  
"I promised you I'd never leave you.  I meant it y/n," he whispered in my ear, his voice the one thing that remained the same physically.  It was still raspy and sounded like home.  This time there was even an extra amount of emotion in it that made my chest tighten in yearning.  
My own arms wrapped around his shoulders to hold him close as I hesitantly ran my fingers through his hair.  It felt weird with him in this new vessel but it was better than nothing, so much better than the shadow of him I had been tearing myself apart to wish for.  
"Just letting you know now, I refuse to kiss you in this vessel," I chuckled softly through my tears, watching him as he leaned back to frown at me before rolling his eyes.  I poked his nose with a smile, the brightest smile I've worn on my face since the last time we were together all those years and years ago.  
"Next time take someone's body who's older, you weirdo," I stick my tongue out at him playfully.  
"Forgive me but I was working with what I had," he grumbled before resting his body down on mine with a pout.  I settled for running my fingers through his hair and massaging his scalp gently, just relishing in our souls being so close together once again.