Hayakawa Family

Hayakawa Family is the friend ship between Aki Hayakawa, Denji, and Power from the Chainsaw Man fandom.

Canon
All three meet while working as devil hunters in Public Safety. When Makima pairs Denji up with his first partner, Aki Hayakawa, they have a very rough start. As long as they’re partners, Denji is forced to live at Aki’s place, sharing the living space and food with him. Soon enough, through Aki’s advice, Makima introduces Denji to Power, another devil hunter who is also a devil herself residing in human’s body (a fiend). At first, he thinks she’s a little crazy, and when she blames him for what she did herself in front of Makima, Denji is angered and deems her a liar. Power moves in with Denji and Aki and bring her cat Meowy with her, now they live together, all four of them. They bond during their first mission as a team. When the devil promises to let everyone go if they give Denji to him, Power agrees, but Aki does everything he can to not let this happen. Eventually, Power warms up to Denji, and Denji starts showing that he cares about her despite the fact that she once tried to kill him (to rescue her cat Meowy). When the international hunt on Denji is on, Aki comforts Denji and tells him one day the price over his head will be lifted and they will be able to live normally.

After the Darkness Devil’s attack, Makima suggests she and Denji take a trip alone, just the two of them. She almost manages to seduce Denji, but he rejects her, saying he cannot leave Power, since after the attack she's always afraid and needs him by her side constantly. When Aki asks Denji why he didn’t go with Makima, he says tha he doesn’t know. Aki is smiling, so he knows Denji’s answer and doesn’t even need to hear it. Aki and Denji decide to take turns watching over Power, they sleep in three hours shifts. When Aki goes to Hokkaido, he prepares meals for both Denji and Power so they can heat them up later. The two protest and say they want to join Aki on his trip. They leave Meowy with Kishibe and get ready to go. During the trip Denji watches over Power, and Aki watches over both Denji and Power. They arrive at their destination and go see Aki’s blood family grave. Later they stay at an inn for a night. During their dinner, Power refuses to eat her vegetables again, and Aki offers to share them with Denji.

Later, when Power is asleep, Aki admits to Denji that every year he comes to visit his family’s grave his heart is filled with sadness, but this year he was with them, so he didn’t even have time to feel bad. After the trip is over, Kibishe returns Meowy to Aki and calls it his cat. During his conversation with the captain, Aki asks if Division 4 can be withdrawn from the hunt for the Gun Devil. Kisihibe seems surprised, since taking part in taking this devil down was the only thing Aki had ever wanted. Kishibe says that even if they kill the Gun Devil without Division 4’s involvement, Aki, as its member, won’t have access to that information for it will be classified. Aki agrees to this condition nonetheless. When Kishibe asks about Aki’s decision, Aki remembers Denji and Power dead in Hell, and says he got cold feet.

When Aki arrives home, he is greeted with a meal that Denji and Power cooked for them (stir-fry with bean sprouts, sausage, eggs, and soy sauce). Aki notices odd ingrediants in the dish, like tree branches, but eats it anyway. He vomits, and Power and Denji proudly proclaim that now all three of them have done that. After the dinner, Aki notes that Power stopped screaming in her sleep. Later Denji and Aki wash the dishes, and Aki says that he will resume working and asks Denji to look after Power. Denji assures him that they will be fine.

Fanon
The friendship between Aki, Denji, and Power is well received among the fandom. The relationship is often interpreted as "found family" that Aki got after he lost his own, and since Power and Denji never really had theirs.

Fandom
FAN FICTION