KAITO: SHADOW GARBAGE AU EDITION OPEN POST

[was_no_monster]

Because sometimes you love both the split personality and inner demons tropes way too much, and there's only one way to handle it.

THE AU IS RIDICULOUS, but all you really need to know is Kaito got humanity's malice dumped into his head along with ridiculous power, and his way of coping with both that and the trauma involved was to shove it all in with everything else he represses the heck out of and then completely dissociate himself from it. End result: what he thinks of as his inner monster has completely split off into a personality of its own, following the imagery and pattern left behind by the Shadow from that one time the Vocaloid Dressing Room had a Persona event.

(Please don't judge me.)

Feel free to pick a scenario, if you can't think of one just blank tag this sucker and I'll come up with something!

Warning! There will be a decently high probability of maiming in this post! If you're not okay with that, that's cool; just let me know in a comment header or something and I will have normal Kaito intervene. (Alternately, if you want to get mauled... well. All you have to do is ask :))

Comments

[coaldhearted]

I don't know! I don't want to order you around or hurt you but I don't know how to stop doing it accidentally! If I just stop talking will it be better!?

/2

[was_no_monster]

[ wails, somewhere between a whine and a hearbroken howl ]

No! No, it wouldn't, it wouldn't, I—

[was_no_monster]

[ and that is when he abruptly collapses against Harvey, human again with his arms wrapped around his neck instead of his teeth ]

[coaldhearted]

[Stays a wolf beneath him, still tense and panting, but he doesn't flash fangs at him or bark again, so he's definitely feeling less threatened.]

Then what am I supposed to do?!

[was_no_monster]

...Tell me not to follow any of your orders unless you tell me they're orders first. Including- including that one, you'd have to tell me it was an order first...

[ trailing off unsteadily. that isn't his Shadow anymore, but he's still badly shaken ]

[coaldhearted]

[Whines, dropping his chin so he can lick Kaito's cheek, apologetic]

I order you to ignore any orders I give unless I say they're orders first.

[He's scared again, but it's of himself, deeply uncomfortable with wielding this power intentionally.]

[was_no_monster]

[ scratching at Harvey's ruff, starting to calm down ]

...If I have to obey orders, I'd rather at least one of us be in control of what I'm being told.

You're still cute.

[ relaxing the rest of the way when that comes out easily, letting himself slide off of Harvey to curl up against his side ]

[coaldhearted]

[Rolls onto his side and curls up into a tight ball, hiding his face under his fox-like tail.]

I'm sorry.

[was_no_monster]

[ continues petting his neck and jaw with slow soothing strokes ]

I know. It's— I'll be all right. Something like that I normally... I wouldn't even mind it much.

[ that's not entirely the truth— he would, he'd just have better control over his own feelings about it. just like Harvey would normally, too. ]

...I'm sorry, too. For asking you to be responsible for this.

[coaldhearted]

He thought we could handle doing at least this much for you... I did too but I guess we were both wrong about how much we think before we talk.

[was_no_monster]

...

I wasn't. I was... I was expecting you to make mistakes, because you aren't perfect, and I asked you anyway.

[coaldhearted]

...Then why did it hurt us both so much when I did?

[was_no_monster]

Because you care about hurting me.

[ and he's grateful for that, even as he wishes it wasn't something hurting Harvey ]

And I can expect to be hurt, and accept it. But my Shadow can't.

[coaldhearted]

[whines again, shoving his head against Kaito's chest.]

[was_no_monster]

[ ruffling him more, trying to soothe them both. ]

...I'm sorry. I should have said something, instead of just setting you up to fail.

[coaldhearted]

Aah. Well. It happened.

[was_no_monster]

It did. But it won't happen again.

[coaldhearted]

...Okay.

[was_no_monster]

[ cuddles will continue until morale improves. sighing. ]

[coaldhearted]

[morale may improve slowly]

[was_no_monster]

[ good, because neither of them are okay with allowing your send off to be on that note.

eventually rolling back a bit and shifting into the wolf again, deliberately belly-up ]

[coaldhearted]

[Doesn't appear to know what to do with that, fussily creeping closer]

[was_no_monster]

[ but what if

what if I swallowed my pride and licked your face .-/. ]

[coaldhearted]

[... Makes a questioning noise, sitting up.]

Kaito?

[was_no_monster]

[ fussy jingly legpaddle and flops over onto his side

he doesn't exactly feel guilty or embarrassed, but there's a definite sense of consternation over not really having meant to throw that tempter tantrum at all. ]