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[was_no_monster]

because I've had a ton of ideas for like. ridiculous reverse AU type things (Miku is the vampire instead of Kaito etc) or one shots in current AUs that couldn't "canonically" happen and need a place to play them out 8|a

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robot!Miku because why not

[icecreamtopping]

weird Eve no Jikan AU... thing because also why not!

[was_no_monster]

[it's nice that you can always find pictures of cute animals on the internet, no matter what weird alternate universe you find yourself in]

Re: weird Eve no Jikan AU... thing because also why not!

[icecreamtopping]

Kaito~ I made you milk tea.

[was_no_monster]

—Ah? ...Lily, I told you you didn't need to do things like that for me...

[taking it anyway '/-']

[icecreamtopping]

[yay |3 sitting down next to him]

And I told you that I liked doing things like that, so it's fine ♥

[was_no_monster]

Mmm. ...It just feels like I'm taking advantage of you. I want us to be equals, not...

[icecreamtopping]

...I know. We had that talk, remember?

[pausing for a moment, and then reaching up to pat his face. being allowed to touch other people is an interesting novelty that she's pretty sure she likes, even if figuring out when it's appropriate adds another level of complexity to interacting successfully...]

But we also talked about what our being different would mean if we decided to date.

[was_no_monster]

...I don't think raising my voice to that other customer for his "humans partners are best for humans" nonsense was exactly an in-depth discussion, Lily.

[icecreamtopping]

I dunno, you were pretty eloquent! All "love is love no matter what kind of heart it lives in" and "if it's really love, then the ways that you and your partner are different are just as precious as those things that are the same"~

...Kaito wasn't lying about that, was he?

[was_no_monster]

[alsdjfsdf 8( taking her hand]

What— no, no, of course not! But... I'm sorry, I don't see what that has to do with this.

[gesturing with the mug she'd brought him]

[icecreamtopping]

...

[holding up their joined hands]

What if I told Kaito that things like this weren't necessary? We're not programmed to need touching the way people are, you know, or even to like it.

[was_no_monster]

...

Do you want me to stop?

[icecreamtopping]

Nope! Because I know what it means for a human to want to do things like that. When Kaito does that, he's saying "I love you." ♥

...And, y'know. Even if I don't like it for myself the way another human would like it, I do like knowing that when I cuddle with you it's a way I can say "I love you" back. Both because that's what another human would be saying when they did it, and because it's doing something that makes Kaito happy.

Do you get it?

[was_no_monster]

[...there is something rattling around in the dumpster outside his particular hole in the wall. not very loud, mind, but between his better-than-average hearing and his conscience (it has to be an animal of some sort) he is having no luck sleeping through it. it's so close to morning, though; if he goes out to check, he might be spotted...

a particularly loud scrabble and thump make up his mind for him, however. hauling himself up and lumbering outside to check]

[icecreamtopping]

[the sounds stop as he nears; whatever is inside has obviously heard him approaching]

[was_no_monster]

[oh, this should be fun. heaving the dumpster lid up—]

[icecreamtopping]

[the actual trash level is fairly low, so it's easy to make out the perpetrator. it's a greyish-silver colored fox, and it takes one look at him and starts making an angry coughing, whining noise at him from the corner it's backed into]

[was_no_monster]

[sdklasjdf what. that's... honestly one of the silliest things he's ever heard. pretty obviously not a happy noise, though, from the set of its ears and those teeth...

gently, keeping his tone as calm and friendly as possible]

Hey, now. If you continue with that, you'll wake up the rest of the neighborhood early.

[icecreamtopping]

[khehk! khehhk khehhk khehhk... khehhk...

...

staring at him]

[was_no_monster]

[...that's rather charming. shifting sloooowly toward the side of the dumpster it'd backed into]

Do I have your permission to assist? I can't image that you would want to stay in there.

[icecreamtopping]

[:s on one hand you're talking to me like a person and generally attempting to be helpful. on the other, you are a big scary person yourself and we're in a crappy part of town and I'm stuck in a dumpster.

lllleaving her teeth showing just in case he gets any ideas, but does not resume gekkering]

[was_no_monster]

I'll take that as a yes, then. How did you end up in there, anyhow?

[extending his hand, palm down, for it to inspect at its own pace]

[icecreamtopping]

[just as slowly approaching him as he did her, her ears firmly plastered down as she sniffs at the very tips of his fingers—

...what? what in Inari's name— is he dead? but he doesn't quite smell dead, only like a graveyard... not human though. definitely not human.

relaxing a bit] Mwrrr.

[was_no_monster]

Ah, I'm afraid I never had a chance to learn how to speak fox. I'm fairly fluent in dog, however; hopefully there are enough similarities that I'll be able to pick it up quickly.

[now, the real test. will you let me try to pick you up?]

[icecreamtopping]

[... FINE, I guess :V although yup ow okay I definitely did something to one of my front legs tumbling in ow ow ow 8(]