puppycrush2 | week four

[Poor Minami.

Tsukasa moves to meet him, but is immediately distracted by what he has to say.]

Huh?! [keep it down, Tsukasa, this is a shrine.] Why? I thought Tengu were like...

[Uhhhh, dig deep, they've done some mythological shows, but usually they kept it simple for the kids--]

... well, I didn't think they were that dangerous, anyway.

Mmmn, they're Gods of something or another but they bring misfortune a lot. That's why it's so dumb that he cares. And this one's really possessive.

[ says minami who absolutely does not have those tendencies himself, nope.

he intertwines their fingers together quickly, to distract himself from the less pleasant sensations he's feeling. also fit, which is as far as I can tell a skirt, but demons don't have gender norms so fight him. maybe the true scandalous thing is minami showing belly at a shrine... ]

That poor girl.......

[Tsukasa says, failing to see the obvious irony.

Anyway, he makes his way for the fortunes, digging into his pockets for any yen he has rattling around.]

Let's see... shall we draw a fortune for each of us, then? [Do demons even care about fortunes... It's not like Tsukasa cares either, specifically, it's just Something You Do at the shrine. He's always had the viewpoint that he'll make his own future happen, regardless of fortunes.]

Well now she only has one type of haunting to worry about.

[ so it's fine.

minami nods, waiting patiently as he's never bothered with money in his life. ]

Mmhmm! But how do we do it?

[It's okay, Tsukasa will deposit the proper amount of money for both of their fortunes in the honor-system box and then reach for the container with the omikuji fortune sticks.]

You'll shake this and draw a stick from it. That will determine which fortune you get.

You first, and then I'll draw mine.

[Then they can go grab their fortunes together, and see how they did.]

[ he hesitates just a moment in grabbing a stick, wondering if it's going to electrocute him but #yolo.

it does not! ]

Thirty-one. I thought I'd get four or nine.

[Huh...]

Well. It keeps things interesting, at least.

[Tsukasa pulls his own, peering at the eleven he received before he shrugs a bit and moves for the actual fortunes.

how does minami do]

Now that I think about it, it was fortune telling that initially led to us talking more.

No, that was me! I would have found another way to meet up with you if it wasn't fortunes. Once I know what I want, I don't give up.

[ wanted in a different sense than he does now, but still wanted.

now for his fortune— 末小吉, small blessing. ]

Hehe, I'll make this small luck into big luck!

[Automatically:]

That's the spirit!

[.................. oh. Then the rest clicks

Wait.

Then--]

So even back then, you already-- [See this would sound romantic but Tsukasa is well aware that Minami means only his soul at that point.]

Mmmn, wellll. [ tilting his head to the side, that feels like so long ago now. ]

I guess I was more really interested? But I'm not gonna let something I potentially want slip by just because I'm not 100% sure yet. So yeah, I'd have made some other excuse to visit you, unless you gave me a reason not to.

But if we're talking about when I knew I really wanted you, that's more fuzzy... normally I just know? And I did but it felt different.

[ a breath in that doesn't really fill his lungs any, but he doesn't notice. ]

I think I actually liked you first, before I realized your soul was what I needed. I've never actually liked someone, so it made my head hurt. I tried to convince myself that just meant that I wanted to eat you, but that first time I put you to sleep and didn't do anything meant that wasn't true.

So it was around then, but I didn't really realize until you performed for me. But I didn't know how to deal with how it made me feel at all. So I guess...I knew that I liked you and wanted you first, so wanting to eat your soul was never the real reason why.

[ ...that's so embarrassing to say, but he's come to terms with it. maybe it's a bit romantic too, in that minami's heart beat his stomach to the punch.

ah, he can feel how flushed his cheeks are. ]

Even now it makes me feel—dizzy. [ that's why he feels so lightheaded right? and not the thin air of the shrine? ]

Tsukasa— [ minami is light, but he stops just short of fainting, leaning most of his weight onto tsukasa instead. ]

[Okay, there's a lot to pick apart there--(it wasn't his soul that Minami was after first? He'd always thought--)--but there's no time for that, because then Minami is slumping and Tsukasa reaches out automatically to wrap an arm around him and keep him upright and slumped against him.]

Ah--Whoa! Hey!

[Okay, he knows Minami is bad with emotion, but not to the level of fainting bad. That means it must be the shrine, right? Minami truly was downplaying how much of a toll it was taking, then...

He shakes his head to himself and immediately starts to maneuver the both of them back towards the shrine entrance, an arm around Minami's waist to keep him upright.]

Honestly, you should have said something.

[It's a good thing Minami is small and therefore easy to manhandle.]

[ minami's in no condition to really protest with how his head feels like it's made of cotton, so he comes along with no resistance. him being bite sized has many uses. ]

Mmn, but there wasn't a Kalifa tree here so...

[ he figured it was fine?

nevermind that he would have done the same thing even with it. ]

[Tsukasa frowns at that, guiding the way out of the shrine and to a bench further down the path.]

I want you to take care of yourself, okay? We could have always tried to go on another date later.

Mmmrngh. [ the strongest sign of protest he can muster, fear him.

he'll sit down on the bench with no fuss as long as he can curl into tsukasa in the process. ]

I was watching how I felt...I just got distracted.

Distracted by your own feelings... honestly.

[He sounds fond, though, and as ever, he has no problems with Minami being his overly affectionate cat self at him on this bench.]

Take a minute and breathe until you're feeling better.

Shut up... [ things he should be doing and which he does do after. he's nuzzling in further also.

the problem is the more he breathes and gets a sense of his head, the more he feels embarrassed about everything. he's supposed to be a strong demon!

...he's less embarrassed about the feelings, but only marginally so. still. ]

[How very scary.]

I should be scolding you more, in all honesty. At least tell me honestly next time we shouldn't go into a place like a shrine.

[It's not like it's a hardship for him!]

I can go! [ he shouts that and then has to take a few deep breaths afterwards because he's an idiot. ]

I just can't hang around too long. The air's bad for me, but I have to deal with worse in Hell when Seiya comes after me.

[idiot. Tsukasa just arches an eyebrow at that, looping an arm loosely around Minami.]

You aren't listening. [The chiding is gentle, though, and warm, like all things Tsukasa does.]

I don't want you to put up with things simply because you can, if they make you uncomfortable or aren't good for you.

I would much rather do something else with you.

[ he was definitely about to protest again, but that simple action settles him. this feels nice even if his lungs still feel weird. ]

...fine. But I want to do everything with you.

Then we'll do everything!

[Really, what else could you expect Tsukasa to say. He's Like This.]

But in more reasonable doses, that's all. I'll need you to speak up to do that, though. Will you do that for me?

Mmmnnnnph! [ he's dying (affectionate). ]

This is why I fell for you, even before I was sure if your soul would work for what I needed. [ god, he was just saying that and now his cheeks are hot again for non asphyxiation reasons. ]

...but yeah. That makes me happy. Really happy. More than that, but I don't know how to say it.

[Tsukasa, a stupid boy: "what's why he fell for me?"

Oh well. It's fine. It probably doesn't matter.]

No need to worry. [Earnestly:] You've already said far more than I thought you would, to be honest.

[It's really cute.]

So thank you for that, Minami.

[ lifting his head to pout, because he has his priorities in order. ]

I'm not afraid! I just— [ minami, a stupid demon. ]

—don't understand it yet.

Maybe I'm a lil afraid.

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