closed | the things he won't do to me.

[wolfcorgi]

who: koga oogami + ritsu sakuma.
when: late june/early july idek.
where: the coven's infirmary.
what: gay shit and some serious talk ig.
warnings: it's gonna be embarrassing.



[ the past couple of days have been absolutely infuriating; this weird sickness hit him unexpectedly (or so koga likes to believe), and it had been bad enough that he had been sent to the coven, to be watched over closely. the first few days came with some protest, of course, but eventually, he had ran out of energy to say or do much of anything at all. it's a loss that tastes bitter in his mouth, but he accepts it as it comes.

(for now.)

he wraps himself in the blanket he was given, and in the extra blanket he had asked for, body temperature far colder than it should ever be. it isn't as bad, he likes to think at times, because at least there's familiar faces around. there's pipsqueak, who surprisingly works here? and there's— ]

Oi, Ricchi. The hell you doing here? [ that one pause before koga allows himself to be honest. you know the one. ] Ya didn't get hurt or sick, right? You're real damn fragile as it is already, so don't go around gettin' yourself in trouble or something.

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[wolfcorgi]

[ he doesn't protest against that proximity, the same excuses applying; he's weak, ritsu's hurt, it's not like they haven't been this close, before. it does feel weird, to some extent, that maybe this is going to become a pattern, and somewhere deep, koga wonders if ritsu is choosing him as some sort of replacement for isara. they're nothing alike (maybe only, as ritsu points out, where they both think he's too fragile), but the nature of this place and the changes they're both undergoing again, perhaps it's making koga too soft. he doesn't mind how ricchi sees him right now, with grey or purple-ish hair. if it brings comfort, for only a moment, then he'll swallow his complaints and go along with it.

(it's warm here, either way. he misses this.) ]

Ain't you gettin' too comfy with these changes? Ya ain't a— [ a rabbit, he wants to say, but the word dies in his throat. it sounds like refusal. it sounds like he doesn't approve of what ricchi's becoming, of these clear traits that don't belong to him, but are part of him, now.

so he doesn't say anything. let this topic die, for all he cares. ]

I'm not, [ he knows what is being asked of him. he knows what ritsu is implying, and koga doesn't like that he welcomes the warmth that comes with the arm around his waist, that he inches closer to ritsu. he seeks normalcy through it. ] But I ain't no monster either.

[ he says it, and yet, it doesn't sound convincing. it doesn't weight heavy like it would, stomping on the ground with all his strength to deny it, because deep down, he knows the truth. he does, and doesn't accept it, but when he's like this, weak and bedridden, it feels too real. ]

[nemuru]

[ he's not a rabbit, right? he knows he isn't, but he is. no matter what rei wants to say, that they're human - they've always been human, no matter what their family parades, no matter what they parade - this city makes monsters of the best of them.

not that he ever imagined he'd be a rabbit but, well- you can't choose. ritsu lets koga inch closer, willing to sacrifice, a little, his personal comfort for his classmate's. it makes it easy to rest his head on koga's shoulder, anyway, to take note of his vitals and smell like this. compared to the infirmary, it's achingly familiar, even with the stink of sick and the city - or maybe he can just remember what home smells like better when he's close like this. ]

You gotta be one or the other, Corgi. Anyone who's not a monster's got magic, and that makes 'em closer to witches. [ but they both know that, and the only reason he says it is for emphasis' sake. ] I'm not gonna laugh at you, y'know. Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, or whatever... 'sides, it's better if you don't fight.

[ a pause, before he continues on a soft exhale: ] It. Better if you don't fight it. I kinda went a little nuts on the full moon 'cause I didn't... I don't wanna be this, yeah? No more than you do. But it's nothin' I can do anything about, Corgi. I'm just gonna keep changing more and more, and maybe one day I'll be a giant dumb bunny, and I won't be able to go home 'cause I'll just be too different, and-

[ his throat tightens, and ritsu grits his teeth. swallows past it, and buries his face into koga's throat. ]

...Never mind, isn't important. I'm just sayin' I don't have any room to make fun of you, and... We're classmates or friends or whatever, right? Mmm, Maakun'd say we should help each other out in situations like this... That kind of thing.