(open) tripping over skeletons along the way

[stealhearted]

Who: akira kurusu & you!
What: eating chocolates, becoming catboys, making bad life decisions.
When: throughout the month
Where: here and there and everywhere and also akechi's house.

Content Warnings: none yet, will update as needed.



[ a; these are just a couple of my cravings ]

[ Akira is standing there holding a piece of chocolate. This is not unusual, but he's just standing there looking at the chocolate with a completely confused look on his face, looking around periodically like he's expecting it to be revealed that he's on a prank show or something.

But nothing is happening. The chocolate sure looks tasty, but he's a little hesitant, so he addresses the nearest person: ]

... hey, wanna split this with me?

[ You know, in case it's cursed, because that makes sense. ]

[ b; but i got cat class and i got cat style ]

[ Have you ever seen a cat? Great! Have you ever seen a man? Even better! Have you ever seen a catman?

Akira hadn't, actually, until he looked in the mirror not long after eating a cursed chocolate (he'd known it was going to bite him in the ass somehow) and had found himself with some distinctly feline characteristics. Two tufted black furry ears, a furry tail, some pointier teeth and nails than he's used to. The works. He's glad Morgana isn't here to see him, but--

Well, it could be worse, right? Which is exactly what he thinks, up until he's walking down one of the streets and then stops dead, pupils dilating as he tracks the descent of a small bug of some kind. His tail lashes. He crouches.

He grabs the bug on the first attempt, and -- Akira don't eat it! ]

[ totally open log, have at! if you'd like to plot a chocolate effect, you can PM this journal or (perhaps more reliably given DW) hit me up on discord@ yukimarimo#2784. i'm happy to throw up personalized starts if anyone needs! ]

Comments

[virtuosital]

[She makes a confused sound when he reaches over her head, and then she is abruptly aware of the ears when he starts petting one, and he own tail puffs up and extends straight behind her. She only moves the ear he was petting out of his hand to whip her head around and look at the tail. Her eyes are wide and her tail is puffed about three times its size when she looks back at his request.]

[And she doesn't judge! But she does start giggling.] Oh-- my gosh, senpai. That's so cute.

[stealhearted]

I understand more about Morgana now. [ He carefully lets go of his tail, like he didn't just spend a few minutes chasing it at a very subdued and leisurely stroll. Less of a chase and more of a walk, really. ]

Yours are cute, too. [ A beat, and then: ] Akechi's going to be so mad I shared the chocolate with you.

[ Akira does not sound terribly sorry. As far as status effects go, this is much better than... anything else that could have happened? ]

[virtuosital]

[She scrunches her nose when she smiles, and nods.] Me, too. Though I don't think I ever saw him chase his tail.

[Her hands go up to her ears and she cups them, pursing her lips, and tries to angle herself to see them in the lenses of Akira's glasses. As his final statement dawns on her, she looks mortified.] ...oh no, does he like chocolate?? I should have let you keep it for him.

[stealhearted]

[ Akira actually lets out a slightly startled laugh, because that's a much cuter mental image -- Akechi being jealous of chocolate -- than anything else. ]

No, he's going to tell me I recklessly endangered you and we got lucky... But I really wanted to eat the chocolate. [ It's fine. Akira is usually reckless, and it usually works out more or less. It could be worse. ]

Do you want to find a mirror so you can look at them?

[virtuosital]

[She frowns, then, puffing her cheeks out.] We're both perfectly capable of handling ourselves, [So says the girl who dissociated so badly she let a therapist convince her it was a good idea to pretend to be her dead sister for over a year, but, details.] But maybe we should find more of it to offer him while wearing hats. He'd be adorable with cat ears.

There's-- yeah, come here. [She loops her arm through his at the elbow and pulls him behind her to whatever has been designated as her space within Household Royal, and stoops to look at the ears in a little mirror she has. She stands straight again a moment later to look at the tail, smiling widely.] I would almost be okay with these staying longer than however long this chocolate is in our systems.

[stealhearted]

Once I messed his hair up and put my glasses on him. It was really cute. I think he considered violence. [ If Akechi hadn't been in the middle of the 'I'm just a benign detective' act, Akira's pretty sure he'd have gotten decked. ]

Maybe the cryptid man will give me another chocolate and I can convince him to join us. [ Neither of these things will literally ever happen. ]

[virtuosital]

Oh my God, senpai you did not-- [She believes him, truly, that's exactly the sort of thing Akira would do, but no wonder Akechi is so constantly cantankerous with him.]

Does he like cats? Maybe the cat-version of puppy eyes will help.