feral kou AUs for shutsdown

[miraculess]

AND AGAIN :')

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[miraculess]

That isn't your business.

[shutsdown]

It is too. What do you know about me? If the answer is that I fell through your roof, and only that, then you can't say things like that.

[miraculess]

I know you asked me who I was as though I had to have an answer.

[shutsdown]

The ones after me would have one.

[miraculess]

[ a pause ]

You aren't the only one with others after you.

[shutsdown]

I could tell. ...I'm not here to harm you. And I don't care what you are. Thank you for bandaging me.

[miraculess]

[ shifting unhappily under the blanket, rearranging it a bit ]

...you're welcome.

[shutsdown]

Take care. [and he's standing with some effort.]

[miraculess]

—you're leaving?

[shutsdown]

What good will my staying do you?

[miraculess]

What good will your going do you?

[shutsdown]

I'll be harder to track.

[miraculess]

... aah.

[ great. she worked herself into nearly a panic for literally nothing. ]

This isn't a safe neighborhood, particularly if you look like you might be an easy target. ...Be careful.

[shutsdown]

I'll do my best to blend in. [it's... interesting, how it almost seems like she'd wanted him to stay. but stupid. still, it gives him room to do a stupid thing himself. yuki had always liked kou to pat him on the head. and recent events don't feel real enough yet for him to realize that thinking about that isn't okay. so he reaches to gently pat where he thinks her head is, under the blanket, just two pats.]

[miraculess]

[ she's tall enough that even curled up under there like she is, missing is pretty much an impossibility. the pats land, and she goes immediately tense with a sudden intake of breath. ]

...

[shutsdown]

[aaand turning to go. it's not like he has belongings to grab or anything.]

[miraculess]

[ she's doesn't even dare to breathe again until she's sure he's gone, and then she starts shivering and can't make herself stop even when she doubles over and holds on to herself. the last time someone had touched her like that had been...? ]