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• Like Real People Do (Alluring Rewrite) by melancholiccurse

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, Multi
  • Work in Progress

  10 Aug 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Tomioka Giyuu/Reader
  • Tomioka Giyuu/You
  • Uzui Tengen/Reader
  • Uzui Tengen/You
  • Uzui Tengen/Original Female Character(s)
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou/Reader
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou/You
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou/Original Female Character(s)
  • Kanroji Mitsuri & Reader
  • Iguro Obanai & Reader
  • Tokitou Muichirou & Reader
  • Himejima Gyoumei & Reader
  • Kochou Shinobu & Reader
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi & Reader
  • Demon Slayer Corps Hashira | Pillars & Demon Slayer Corps Hashira | Pillars
  • Tomioka Giyuu & Reader
  • Uzui Tengen & Reader
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou & Reader
  • Background Kanroji Mitsuri/Iguro Obanai
  • Douma (Kimetsu no Yaiba)/Reader
  • Tomioka Giyuu/Uzui Tengen/Rengoku Kyoujurou/Reader
  • Reader
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Characters
  • Demon Slayer Corps Hashira | Pillars
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou
  • Uzui Tengen
  • Tomioka Giyuu
  • Himejima Gyoumei
  • Tokitou Muichirou
  • Iguro Obanai
  • Kanroji Mitsuri
  • Kochou Shinobu
  • Douma (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Enmu (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Other Character Tags to Be Added
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Alternate Universe - College/University
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
  • Stalking
  • Pedophilia
  • Pedophile Douma (Kimestu no Yaiba)
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Depression
  • Anxiety Disorder
  • Separation Anxiety
  • Possessive Behavior
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Reader-Insert
  • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
  • Female Reader-Insert
  • AFAB | Assigned Female at Birth Reader-Insert
  • Tomioka Giyuu is Bad at Feelings
  • Protective Tomioka Giyuu
  • Uzui Tengen is a Little Shit
  • Protective Uzui Tengen
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou is a Ray of Sunshine
  • Protective Rengoku Kyoujurou
  • bi-weekly updates
  • POV Alternating

  Summary

  At twenty-one years old will you finally allow yourself freedom or will the past come crawling back to swallow you whole once more?

  Read Tags, Reader has a name, Alternating PoVs. Bi-Weekly updates.

  REWRITE OF ALLURING!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  11,229

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  2

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  148

• Alluring by melancholiccurse

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, Multi
  • Complete Work

  20 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Douma (Kimetsu no Yaiba)/Reader
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou/Reader
  • Tomioka Giyuu/Reader
  • Uzui Tengen/Reader
  • Iguro Obanai/Kanroji Mitsuri
  • Iguro Obanai & Reader
  • Tokitou Muichirou & Reader
  • Tomioka Giyuu/Uzui Tengen/Rengoku Kyoujurou/Reader
  • Demon Slayer Corps Hashira | Pillars
  • Original Characters
  • Reader
  • Rengoku Kyoujurou
  • Tomioka Giyuu
  • Uzui Tengen
  • Iguro Obanai
  • Kanroji Mitsuri
  • Kochou Shinobu
  • Tokitou Muichirou
  • Himejima Gyoumei
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Douma (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Enmu (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Stalking
  • Douma is a Little Shit (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Protective Tomioka Giyuu
  • Obanai and Tokito are like brothers
  • College AU
  • Modern AU
  • No Kamaboko
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • Reader is mentally ill
  • No Smut
  • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
  • Reader-Insert Has a Name
  • Female Reader-Insert
  • AFAB | Assigned Female at Birth Reader-Insert
  • POV Alternating
  • Insecure Reader-Insert
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Song: A Pearl (Mitski)
  • Anxiety Disorder
  • Depression
  • Aged-Up Character(s)
  • Slow to Update
  • Muichiro is aged up so he can fit in with the Hashira
  • All Hashira are all 20-21
  • Mother Mitsuri is there for reader
  • Reader is a lil emo
  • Texting
  • Tomioka Giyuu is Bad at Feelings
  • Possessive Uzui Tengen
  • Protective Rengoku Kyoujurou
  • Pedophilia
  • Pedophile Douma
  • Self-Harm
  • Explicit Language
  • reader is oblivious
  • Vague description of Reader bc I am lazy
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Bad Spelling & Grammar
  • Out of Character
  • Reader kinda down bad and oblivious bc its reader
  • Reader-Insert
  • Reader-Insert Needs a Hug
  • Reader-Insert is Bad at Feelings

  Summary

  Kyojuro, Tengen, and Giyu all fall for the edgy cutie who is very.. very traumatized.

  Reader has a name
  Switching POVs
  Read Tags for warnings
  Song: A Pearl by Mitski sums up Readers mindset
  

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  49,641

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Comments:

  7

  Kudos:

  22

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  1,665

• Mysterious Woman by melancholiccurse

  Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Multi, F/M
  • Work in Progress

  06 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Kaeya (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Diluc (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Albedo (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Baizhu (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Pantalone (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Capitano (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Il Dottore (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Ying | Lumine/Reader
  • Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Venti (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Lyney (Genshin Impact)/Reader
  • Reader
  • Original Genshin Impact Characters
  • Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
  • Pantalone (Genshin Impact)
  • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
  • Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact)
  • Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact)
  • Albedo (Genshin Impact)
  • Baizhu (Genshin Impact)
  • Arlecchino (Genshin Impact)
  • Lyney (Genshin Impact)
  • Kaeya (Genshin Impact)
  • Diluc (Genshin Impact)
  • Capitano (Genshin Impact)
  • Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
  • Paimon (Genshin Impact)
  • Romance
  • Reader is Not Traveler (Genshin Impact)
  • Reader-Insert
  • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
  • Reader is Visionless
  • Reader is Overpowered
  • Female Reader-Insert
  • Realistic Isekai Effects
  • Reader is sadistic
  • Reader-Insert Has a Name
  • Eventual Smut
  • References to Depression
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • Reader is a Musician and Dancer
  • Song Lyrics
  • Not Beta Read
  • Vague Description of Reader
  • Out of Character
  • Miscarriage
  • Pregnancy
  • Isekai and Transmigration
  • Isekai
  • reader is stubborn
  • Slice of Life
  • Self-Denial
  • Slow Burn
  • Slow Romance
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Angst and Feels

  Summary

  You were a beloved master of the Arts - You were known musician. Odette Roux. Now you were stuck in a video game with no sight of leaving. What will you do now?

   

  Genshin Characters x Fem!Reader
  Reader has a name & Reader is Overpowered
  Not Canon compliant although there may be spoilers on Character identities if you are not far in lore.
  Reader Description in notes. Characters may be OOC, Apologies for that

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  28,149

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  16

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  1,844

• Deaths Karma by melancholiccurse

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)  

  • Not Rated
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  24 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi/Reader
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi & Reader
  • Shinazugawa Genya & Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Kochou Kanae
  • Kochou Kanae's Reincarnation
  • Kochou Shinobu
  • Kochou Shinobu's Reincarnation
  • Shinazugawa Genya
  • Shinazugawa Genya's Reincarnation
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Reader
  • Modern Era
  • Demon Slayer Reader (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • POV Alternating
  • Soft Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi is Whipped
  • Alternate Universe - Reincarnation
  • Reincarnation
  • Awkward Romance
  • Reader-Insert
  • AFAB | Assigned Female at Birth Reader-Insert
  • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi is a Good Sibling
  • Genya is slightly aged up

  Summary

  Second story to Deaths Front Door - Must read that first

  After three lifetimes, Sanemi finally found her. His lover from his life as a demon slayer, he made sure to not have any regrets in this life

  Reader has a set name - POV Alternating
  Slow Updates

  Series

  • Part 2 of You Always Had My Back

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,909

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Kudos:

  11

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  284

• Deaths Front Door by melancholiccurse

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  15 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi/Reader
  • Shinazugawa Genya & Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Reader
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Shinazugawa Genya
  • Kochou Kanae
  • Kochou Shinobu
  • Tomioka Giyuu
  • Original Characters
  • Tokitou Muichirou
  • Himejima Gyoumei
  • Kanroji Mitsuri
  • Kokushibou | Tsugikuni Michikatsu
  • Slow Burn
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Unrequited Love
  • Major Character Injury
  • Angst
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • You May Cry
  • Reader-Insert Has a Name
  • Female Reader
  • Reader is kinda creepy
  • Sanemi fw it lowkey tho
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi is Whipped
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi Needs a Hug
  • Reader is a slayer and OP because I said so
  • Pre-Infinity Castle Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Red Light | Entertainment District Arc Spoilers (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Kamaboko Squad isn't mentioned much besides Genya bc I feel very maternal for him
  • Tanjiro and Nezuko are mentioned solely to kick up Infinity Castle

  Summary

  Your family was dead, pushing yourself into the only thing to take out your anger on. You become a demon slayer but you're weak. You could never gain any bit of muscle, why not try poisoning yourself?

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  Heavy Spoilers for Infinity Castle on some people living or dying
  Warnings for mentions of self harm, suicide and the reader being careless with her life.

  Series

  • Part 1 of You Always Had My Back

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  10,775

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  22

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  1,112