Strawberry Pocky (Kankri x Reader)

Strawberry Pocky (Kankri x Reader)
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You run your tongue gently along the strawberry flavor coated bread stick with a happy giggle, nibbling away at your favorite snack as you sat there on the couch in your close friend’s home. He had invited you over once again to have you test run one of his new lectures he had written, and you had arrived plenty prepared for the task of sitting and listening for the next couple of hours. Several more if he had decided to write yet another sixty page script.

However, it mattered little how long it was. After all, you rather enjoyed listening to your friend talk, even if it was about something you may or may not have interest in. To top it off, you had plenty of your favorite Japanese snack handy, so you were not lacking in the necessary supplies for a good long lecture.

Just as you broke into a new box, Kankri came into the room, carrying what looked to be a hefty script indeed. It was slightly smaller than the last one, which meant he was at least trying to follow your advice on trying to shorten it up so he could get to the point rather than beat around the bush. You didn’t mind listening to him talk for hours, but all too many a time he had lost his audience in a fog when his lectures would drag out.

Honestly, where would he be without you? A heavy sigh escaped your lips as you munched another strawberry Pocky stick. Kankri looked at you with a bit of concern, obviously not approving of all the junk food you had brought with you, but then again he never did understand the appeal of Pocky. He was one of the poor unfortunate souls who had yet to try the greatness that was the almighty Pocky.

“[Name], Must y9u c9nsume s9 much 9f this sugary creati9n 9n a regular 6asis? It’s n9t in any way g99d f9r y9u, that I am quite aware 9f, as it isn’t healthy t9 c9nsume s9 much sweets in 9ne sitting.”

Swallowing the bite you had in your mouth, you look up at him with a smile. Perhaps you would show him exactly how wonderfully your favorite treat was. You had never thought to offer any to him before since he seemed to not be too particularly into sweets, but he really needed to be enlightened as to the holy gift he was missing out on.

“Oh come on, Kankri. It’s really good! Perhaps you should try some before you go off shooting it down for being not healthy. I mean, yeah, it’s not exactly a fresh picked strawberry, but it tastes like one.”

You giggle happily, holding the box out to him. He stares at the box for a few seconds, glancing at you before letting out a defeated sigh. Reaching into the package, he pulled out a single stick, sniffing it a bit, his nose recoiling slightly from the obvious sugar contained in it. Despite his grimace, your hopeful eyes urged him to try it, and he hesitantly took a bite.

A few seconds past, and he didn’t seem like he was about to spit it out, but he didn’t exactly look like he was too fond of the taste neither. When he finally swallowed the bite, simply staring a bit blankly at the snack afterwards, you thought for sure he was going to go on about how horrible it was.

“It’s…n9t 6ad…I guess…”

Your attention perked, a smile returning to your face as you chirped happily with an ‘I told you so’. Watching him slowly and steadily finish the stick, you figured that perhaps you had finally imparted the greatness of the holy snack upon your preaching friend, truly a gift from heaven above.

That’s when an idea popped into your head, one that was not from heaven at all, especially given the nature of the thought. You smirked to yourself, flushing a bit at the idea given that it would likely put your celibate friend on edge, but this seemed like the best time to pull it.

The dreaded Pocky game. You had heard rumors of this ritual from several of your friends, but had yet to try it with anyone. After all, it had the potential chance of ending with you kissing the other participant if it was ever played to the full finish, but you had always swore that you would resist playing it until you found someone you really liked.

Yeah, it was a childish way to get a kiss, but you couldn’t think of any other way to be able to get the uptight Vantas to drop his guard for you. Plus there was the fact that he likely would catch on and back up out of your reach if he knew what you were trying to do and likely start lecturing to you on personal space.

Despite how uptight he was, you still couldn’t help but love him, though you had kept your flush crush a secret from the talkative troll knowing full well his vow. However, if you couldn’t have him in a sense of quadrants as he had taught you about previously, you could at least perhaps steal a kiss in an ‘innocent’ game.

“Hey, Kankri. Before we get started today, do you think maybe you could play a game with me?”

Looking at you, a bit of irritation showing on his face as he glanced at his manuscript, he let out a sigh, knowing full well that if he said no you would do everything to pester him about it until he said yes. It was highly triggering to him when you wouldn’t take any sort of refusal, but he was at least glad that you hadn’t tried to get him to agree to anything questionable at this point.

“As much as I w9uld like t9 start this lec-c9nversati9n, I kn9w that y9u w9uld find it triggering if I were t9 refuse y9ur request. H9wever, 9nce this game is finished, I w9uld like y9ur full attenti9n. N9t that y9u have ever denied me that in any 9f 9ur prev9us c9nversati9ns, 6ut I just w9uld like s9me insurance 9n the matter.”

You nod vigorously, beckoning him to come and sit on the couch, of which causes him to give you a suspicious look upon sitting. His senses that you were up to something were peaking at an alarming rate, so you knew you had to make the rules simple and quick before he could have second thoughts.

“Okay, this game is called the Pocky Game. Simply put we both start eating a Pocky stick and keep going till we get to the middle. If the stick breaks before then, the game ends with both parties losing.”

“S9…f9r any9ne t9 win they have t9 get t9 the middle? What’s the p9int in such a simplistic game?”

An almost dark giggle emanated from your throat as you take out a stick. It seems that he wasn’t getting the key point of the Pocky game.

“You’ll see.”

Taking the frosting covered end of the stick in your mouth, you lean in towards your talkative friend who immediately freezes up. Though you hadn’t explained you were going to be eating from the same stick, having you hold the treat in your mouth with the other end so clearly offered to him was sending the celibate into a stutter.

“[N-N-Name]! Y9u cann9t p9ssi6ly expect me t9 eat 9ff the same sugar c9ated stick as y9u f9r this activity! Such an indecent acti9n is n9t 9nly an invasi9n 9f my pers9nal space, 6ut it is als9 highly triggering!”

You gave a pout, knowing he was likely going to give such a response from the get go, but it didn’t help that he was now refusing to play the game. Damn. You were so hoping to steal a kiss with this. Lowering your head, you engaged the sad puppy look, one of your deadliest expressions that even Kankri was weak against.

This all too obvious when the flustered troll took note of your expression and started to shift uncomfortably a few inches away, looking at you with a guilty conscience. Clearing his throat, he looked off to the side, trying to keep from staring into those pleading eyes of yours as he spoke.

“Y9u…didn’t inf9rm me as t9 the nature 9f this game. Y9u can’t h9nestly expect me t9 participate in it when y9u 9mitted such alarmingly triggering details…”

“But…you said you would…”

You gave a pleading whine at him, continuing to give him the same expression you held as before. His quick glances at you were dragging him further and further down with guilt at going back on his previous word. You had omitted the note on it being the same Pocky stick, sure, but for good reason. He wouldn’t have agreed to this otherwise.

“If…if I d9 this…y9u have t9 pr9mise y9u w9n’t tell any9ne a69ut it. I can’t have any9ne else trying t9 wrap me int9 such an activity… And 9nly this 9nce, understand?”

Eyes widening, you were surprised that he actually agreed to it. You were certain he would stubbornly refuse like he had been doing up to this point, but he was actually willing to play this game with you. Giggling happily, you presented the other have of the stick to him.

“We have to play this to the end, okay, Kankri?”

You could have sworn you heard him gulp when he nodded, taking the other end of the candy in his mouth nervously as he looked at you with a faint blush on his expression. Giving the signal to go, you started to eat away at your end of the Strawberry stick, giggling happily as he followed suit.

However, the closer you inched together, the more you started to feel nervousness rise in your gut, a blush appearing on your face as you saw him eating with his eyes closed, his face cherry red from embarrassment. Kankri was obviously feeling uncomfortable, but you hadn’t expected yourself to feel the same way. After all, wasn’t the whole point of this game to steal a kiss from him?

Proceeding with the game, you found yourself only inches away from him, which allowed you to really get a whiff of his scent for the first time. You thought for sure you could smell something sweet, like cherries or even strawberries, but it could have just been the Pocky.

Inching closer, your face was now starting to feel warm from the rush of blood to your cheeks. You were finding it difficult at this point to focus with so much blood rushing to your head, clouding your mind as you worked towards your original goal. Kankri’s face was possibly redder than yours, seeing how he now almost resembled a tomato, his eyes completely squinted shut as he trembled slightly.

Reaching your hands out instinctively, you held his hands gently, an action that caused him to open his eyes wide, which only widened more as he realized how close you were to him. Before he could back away, the Pocky was gone in a nanosecond, and you locked lips with him.

The Pocky game had ended. That was evident by the absence of the snack you had both been eating up until this point, but the kiss dragged on for a few seconds more until you felt his body trembling. From embarrassment or possibly a rage filled trigger rant, you didn’t know which, but you had to admit that you were satisfied with the results.

Backing up away from him, you blushed in embarrassment as you looked down, fidgeting with your hands as you waited to hear a response from him, anything at all. However, when silence followed, you were plagued by curiosity to look up at the once talkative troll now left speechless from an ‘innocent’ little game.

What you saw caused your eyes to widen with shock. Sitting there before you, the same Kankri Vantas who had protested against this little ‘game’ of yours, was now holding a Pocky stick in his mouth, with the bread portion pointed at you.

Staring at it, you gulped in hesitation. You had taken note that the package you had opened still had quite a few sticks remaining. Did he think the game wasn’t over until all the Pocky was gone? And if that was the case…oh dear. You had practically a whole mountain of them with you here. Did he think the game was meant to include all of it?!

When you weren’t responding, Kankri took the Pocky out of his mouth, frowning and grumbling.

“I th9ught y9u wanted t9 play this game with me. There’s still a l9t m9re 9f these sugar sticks left in this package…n9t t9 menti9n the 9ther packages…”

Yep. He honestly thought the game wasn’t over. And what’s worse, he thought all the Pocky had to be used in a single game. Praise to the mirthful messiahs for this boy’s sheer ignorance. However, before you could correct him, Kankri had already put the Pocky back in his mouth and had leaned in close to you, putting the treat gently on your lips.

Tensing up slightly, you let up a bit of a whimper, of which you could have sworn you saw him smirk in response to. Taking the snack into your mouth, you closed your eyes and started munching, but before you knew it, his lips were already on yours, kissing you firmly. Apparently he had taken some rather large bites to end this round swiftly, but that wasn’t what surprised you the most.

Kankri Vantas was kissing you, of his own free will, and he was pressing his lips firmly against yours. If you were dreaming you prayed someone would pinch you to wake you up from your own delusions, but those thoughts were soon washed away when he back up a bit, grabbing another stick from the box.

He couldn’t be serious, you were already starting to become a heavy breathing mess from this and he was getting another. You wanted to say something, but once again you were cut off by the initiation of the game. This time your eyes were open as you watched him do exactly as you thought he had done before, confirming it with your own eyes.

However, the look in his eyes was what held your focus more than the large bites he took. They seemed almost hungry, and not for the snack you were both sharing. Once again you found yourself lip locked with the talkative troll, but this time he was being a lot more forceful, as you felt his tongue force entry into your mouth dominate your own sensitive muscle completely.

You moaned in response to the passionate kiss as you felt him hold you close, claws running through your hair as he kept you as close as he possibly could. After he broke away, the two of you breathing heavily from the encounter, he once again reached for the box, pulling out another one of your forever favorite snack of all time and presenting it to you as he had done previously.

This time you also participated in taking much larger portions of the snack, closing the distance between you rather quickly in addition to his contributions, resulting in another deep passionate kiss. This one lasting far longer as you felt yourself forced back on the couch, though you didn’t try to resist. You were enjoying the sweet taste of cherries mixed with the sugary strawberries of your God-given snack.

When you broke apart again, he once again grabbed a stick from the box, and like before it ended up with you both tongue tied. Each stick left you moaning and your previously talkative friend purring and moaning as well. You couldn’t be sure exactly what had come over him, but you weren’t about to stop him.

Another stick down and you once again were engaged in a short exchange of moans and saliva, his hands snaking around to hold you close to him. The compilation of all the passionate kisses resulting from this game could have easily been noted as a sloppy make-out session in anyone else’s eyes. He reached for another, but after you had parted you heard him growl to himself in irritation.

The box was empty now. The game was over. You frowned a bit to yourself, disappointed that it was over already, but that lasted momentarily when he went to grab another box, reluctantly getting off of you to grab another box.

“Uh…Kankri?”

“Hmm? What is it, [Name]?”

You paused, wondering if you should just keep it a secret that the game was only supposed to be one Pocky, but you knew full well that if he found out the truth later he would be furious with you. Timidly, you fidgeted and laughed lightly to yourself.

“The game…is only supposed to go for one Pocky stick…not the whole box…or the whole pile of boxed I brought…but I wouldn’t mind…if we kept going…”

The look on his face when you said that was priceless, you wish you could have somehow taken a picture as his eyes widened as far as they could, his pupils shrinking in horrified shock at the realization of what he has been doing. With his face redder than a tomato, he couldn’t even find words for his embarrassment, and simply sat there shaking in what you could only guess was the pre-emptive emotions that would give way to a series of several triggered tagged conversations.

However, he said nothing, just stared at you speechless, unable to budge an inch. You reached over to grab the pack of Pocky he had tried to get his hands on before you revealed this mind-blowing truth on him, opening a brand new pack and taking another stick in your mouth.

“…an9ther r9und…”

“Hmm?”

You could have sworn you heard him mumble something, so you looked up at him to ask, but what you saw caused you to tense up immediately. Kankri was looking at the Pocky in your mouth…no he wasn’t looking at the Pocky…it was his lips that had your attention. No sooner had he licked his lips, you let out a squeak of surprise as he pinned you down on the couch again, smirking at you.

“…I said…an9ther r9und…please…”

With that he quickly munched away at the snack, capturing your lips again hungrily as he initiated another short sloppy make-out, breaking only for air and to get another stick from the box. There was no stopping him at this point, as you both continued to this exchange, now it almost being forced on you by the celibate as you laid there at his mercy.

However, it wasn’t long before the second box was empty, but didn’t stop him, as he effortlessly grabbed another box and opened it. A chuckle rumbled in his throat as offered the other end of a fresh strawberry flavored stick to you, smirking at your blushing form as you nervously took to the other end, initiating yet another round of the Pocky game.

After that round came a third, then a fourth and then a fifth, you eventually losing count after the seventh box. The continuation of this heated game had left you a blushing moan filled mess, your body completely numb to anything other than his touch as he explored your body during each exchange. You could have sworn you felt him pressure against you inappropriately, but you were too enamored by his intoxicating taste that was getting you more wasted than a Lalonde after a couple of martinis.

As another round ended with the emptying of yet another box of Strawberry Pocky, you were left to simmer in the aftermath of the heated exchange of sloppy make-outs, trying to gasp for as much precious oxygen as you could get before Kankri initiated the next round. However, as you were preparing yourself for another assault, you heard him click his tongue in annoyance, his gaze falling on the table where your glorious snack food had been piled previously.

You looked over, and much to your dismay your boxes of strawberry flavored Pocky were gone. All gone, not a single box remained after the several rounds of the Pocky game. Not a single stick left standing after the dreaded Pocky-ocalypse. Farewell sweet Pocky, you will be remembered always.

“I guess…that’s it…huh, Kankri…?”

The hunger filled eyes refocused on you, the smirk returning to his expression as he leaned over you. Gulping down a breath of hot air in your nervousness, you listened to him chuckle darkly as he traced lips with one of his claws.

“There’s still s9me 9f the sugar stick left here…if y9u d9n’t mind me helping myself t9 it…”

Before you could respond, he smashed his lips against yours, keeping you pinned on the couch as he ‘helped himself’. This exchange lasted far longer than any of the previous ones, you both breaking for air, but continuing shortly after as he kept on ‘helping himself’ to the Pocky that was on your lips.

Minutes later he finally stopped, breathing heavily as he rested his head in the crook of your neck, purring happily. You remained motionless under him, unable to fully process what had just happened. It had all started out as a simple ‘innocent’ game, one in which you had only hoped to steal a single kiss from your flush crush, but it ended with you being at the mercy of Kankri’s secret sweet tooth.

Moments later, the silence was broken as Kankri spoke up again; keeping himself nestled in your neck as he spoke.

“…I ap9l9gize if I in any way p9ssi6le triggered y9u…I d9n’t kn9w what came 9ver me...”

You wanted to respond, but a single finger placed on your lips hushed you before you could even utter a syllable. Kankri continued.

“I h9pe y9u didn’t find it 9verly triggering that I wanted t9 c9ntinue that game 9f y9urs… I was…rather enj9ying it… H9wever, it has 6een 6r9ught t9 my attenti9n that there is s9mething 9f a m9re pressing matter f9r me t9 discuss with y9u 6ef9re we carry 9n with the lecture I had previ9usly planned t9 share with y9u…”

Kankri lifted himself up, pulling you up with him into a sitting position. You wobbled slightly, but maintained your balance despite the dizziness from blood rushing from your head. Once you had regained your full composure, you gave your friend your full attention.

“Trigger warnings may include…#c9nfessi9ns…#flushedfeelings…#p9ssi6lerejecti9n…”

Your eyes widened as you sat there, unable to say a word as he continued.

“[Name]… I have 6een n9ticing a l9t has changed lately 9ver the time that y9u and I have kn9w each 9ther. I’ve 6een n9ticing m9re and m9re a69ut y9u t9 the p9int where its alm9st maddening…and I wanted t9 c9nfess that…I feel flushed f9r y9u… I’m s9 un6elieva6ly flushed red f9r y9u…and was w9ndering if…y9u w9uld d9 me the h9n9r…9f 6eing my matesprite…”

Dear Lord in heaven. Thank you for creating the miraculous gift known as Pocky. You practically screamed these praises in your head as your mouth hung open agape at his confession. When you didn’t immediately respond, Kankri started to get a bit nervous, anxiously awaiting a response. However, since you had no words you could get yourself to spit out at this point in time, you simply did the next best thing.

Reaching out, you wrapped your arms around his neck, and kissed him right on the lips. Firmly pressing your own lips against his, no Pocky necessary, you expressed your answer with a full on kiss on the lips. Kankri stiffened slightly, but soon melted into the expression of affection, kissing you back firmly as you engaged in a short exchange as you had done previously.

When you finally broke apart, he stared at you, still waiting to hear you verbally confirm your answer. You giggled lightly.

“Flushed for you, too, Kankri…”

He smiled. A full ear to ear smile as tears welled up in his eyes. Kissing you once again, Kankri held you close to him, not wanting to let go. At this time you tasted more than the sweet strawberries and cherries. You tasted the saltiness of his tears. When you parted, Kankri gave a full-hearted chuckle, earning a giggle from you.

“I guess the Pocky game was fun for you after all, huh?”

He nodded, giving you a quick kiss on the lips.

“Just next time…6ring m9re b9xes…”

“Sure… I’ll bring a truck load.”


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THE END.