celesnite:
@quirkbred
she blinks once, twice, three times before it dawns on her someone’s burning figurative holes into her back. she hadn’t done anything that warranted staring, right? at least, she didn’t think so. she just thought dogs were neat! she missed having one. she missed koromaru. plus, canines were the perfect companion! sure the one kotone was currently cuddling isn’t hers, but she seemed friendly enough! all dogs are good; all dogs are friends.
❝ i’m not dognapping! i’m just cuddling, i swear, ❞ she finally says, smile innocent as the canine in her arms nuzzles further into her hold. “see! we’re friends.”
There's a brief moment, very brief, where Shouto finds himself wondering if this is a regular occurrence, and a normal one on top of that. After all, it's... kind of like stopping to play with a stray cat (even if the stark difference lies between pausing to pet and completely halting to snuggle), right? And then, as he stares, he sees this odd stranger turn, with a look of what can probably be described as guilt written all over her face.
Okay. Arguably, not the same, because she looks like she knows how weird this looks to an outsider.
Maybe just a bit too flatly, he says, “I wasn’t suspicious until you said something.”










