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   It'll Be Different (This Time) by Saccharine_smiles

   Fandoms: Chainsaw Man (Manga)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Angel Devil/Hayakawa Aki
   • Denji & Hayakawa Aki & Power
   • Angel Devil (Chainsaw Man)
   • Hayakawa Aki
   • Denji (Chainsaw Man)
   • Power (Chainsaw Man)
   • Kishibe (Chainsaw Man)
   • Makima (Chainsaw Man)
   • Fix-It
   • Canon Compliant
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Found Family
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Touch-Starved Angel Devil (Chainsaw Man)
   • Angel Devil Can Touch (Chainsaw Man)
   • eventually
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • First Kiss
   • Getting Together
   • Eventual Smut
   • Mutual Pining
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Minor Character Death
   • (It's Makima)
   • Chainsaw Man Manga Spoilers
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Porn with Feelings
   • Vaginal Sex
   • Happy Ending

   Summary

   As he watches Angel stand almost knee deep in the water, bathed in sunlight and happy, Aki realizes two things.

   One is that he is hopelessly in love with him.

   And two-

   “I never thanked you,” Aki winces at the way his voice cracks, and Angel looks up at him from where he’s crouched to watch the small fish swim by. He’s visibly confused, tilting his head enough that the tips of his hair dip into the water. “For saving me that day on the beach.”

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