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chuketsu‌:

Himiko tilted her head back, looking at Ash with narrowed eyes.

“You’re clearly a weirdo,” she huffed. It took one to knew one, though. “Normal people get freaked out, only abnormal people react differently.”

She had plenty experience with both types of people, so she felt that her assessment was clear. His words only further proved her point, though it brought her no satisfaction.

Himiko would have fully turned away, trotting back into the darkness of the evening, were it not for Ash’s further assumption. The villain paused, having to consider what he said.

“Tomura-kun would get mad at me,” she finally mumbled, not caring whether or not she would be heard. “He gets so worked up over a little stabbing…”

Now she was just standing around, grumbling to herself; clearly, she was just as abnormal as she claimed Ash to be, though she had long ago accepted that fact about herself.

“I already know I’m a weirdo.”

Ash had been called far worse than a weirdo. He had no problem at all wearing that title proudly. He tried to picture what normal would be like, but the only image he could conjure was Eiji’s smiling face.

Except he knew Eiji was not just a normal person, because Eiji was everything a person should be. He aws far better than the vast majority of normal people who simply looked down at him, or cast their eyes aside.

“I’m a killer just like you. A mad person too who can kill others and think nothing at all.”

He wondered why he could be so honest in front of a complete psychopath who did not seem to care about anything at all, and what that said about him, but he did not want to follow that train of thought for too long.

It would be like throwing himself in front of a train. “You should be more considerate about your man’s feelings. I’d never treat my man like that.”

#chuketsu

bubonem‌:

She, too, had been called a cat on many occasions, along with other and far more unsavory words. She figured this brat would be the same, though she would not want to think of him any longer after this moment.

His yelling, even when she was checking out, however made such ideas a moot point. The cashier must have been used to dealing with difficult people, as they made no comment about the ruckus or Eto’s annoyed expression.

“It’s a fine book,” she said, wanting to leave things at that. Of course, it wouldn’t be that simple. Nothing ever was for her.

Even when she tried to leave, Eto was blocked. Of course, she could kill him where he stood, but that would likely only cause more trouble than the energy it would take. The idea certainly was tempting, though…

“If you want my attention so badly,” she finally said through gritted teeth, “then why don’t you walk with me?”

As soon as she posed the question, Eto used her skills and short height to her advantage– she practically ran out of the store, intending to leave the boy in the dust. He was a human, after all, there was no way he could keep up with the speed of a half-ghoul.

“You look tired. Did you throw your back out trying to carry those books old woman? Don’t worry, I’ll carry them for you. I’m a polite boy after all.” Ash said, not breaking stride at all as he rushed after her.

He did not need to match her speed he just needed to predict where she would go. A moment later he was standing in an alleyway holding his arm out. They were both stray cats who wandered the jungle, he knew they would rely on the same paths through the underbrush.

“Come on, come on, let me carry your bags for you.” Ash usually never tried this hard around adults. He distrusted the whole lot of them. Even police men and reporters were no good most of the few except for a few select occasions.

However he had recognized something familiar in this woman’s eyes. He felt the need to assess whether this would make her a threat to him or not. Or, perhaps he was just being childish and annoying her as revenge for ignoring him.

He was still a growing boy after all, even though he had grown up all too fast.

#bubonem

meowmoru‌:

maybe he should go a bit easy on the kid. he went through hell after all, and it would just be inconsiderate to act like the elder person. it’s just probably a habit or so, sonce he’s been raised like that. he heaved a sigh, and lips turned into a smile. “you’re the fool here”, he muttered with a snort.

“are you like robin hood? you seem like robin hood to me” — maybe it would surprise ash that eiji knew about robin hood. he may be from japan, but western folklore and fairytales were nothing new to him. he shrugged and grabbed ash’s hand, gently squeezing it. “well, you may take me whereever you like! i will follow you whereever you go!”

“I’m a fool for you at least.” Ash said the line without thinking. He had gotten far too into the conversation. Talking with EIji was so natural. Everybody else he had to analyze every detail with that super computer brain of his and assess the threat. He had to wonder what they were looking for from him. “I...ignore I said that. That was dumb.”

With Eiji it was different. All he ever thought was what does this flyboy see in me. There was absolutely nothing Ash could give him but still that boy stuck around. “Will you watch my back Eiji? You’re the only one I want to look at me.” There was no one else in the whole world left for him, not since Shorter and the rest of the gang were no longer here... especially Shorter. Entirely gone from this world. “Just don’t stare too hard.” He said suddenly turning around and sticking his tongue out at the other boy again, not being able to handle the serious weiht of the moment.

#meowmoru

bubonem‌:

With speed that was obviously not befitting of a human – much less the ‘old lady’ persona that she barely put on – Eto snatched back the book and stuffed it into her basket.

“How rude,” she clicked her tongue in annoyance, narrowed eyes glaring at Ash from behind her large, round glasses.

“If you consider yourself a cat,” she began. “Then you can starve in the alley.”

Though she had no desire to cause a scene, such a thing might become inevitable. Really, she hadn’t experienced this level of purposefully obnoxious behavior since…

No, this boy was not like that man. That was an absurd thought, even for her.

Without another word, she turned again. If he would be so foolish to annoy her again, Eto decided she would have to resort to drastic measures.

“I don’t think of myself as a cat at all. It’s just what others call me.”

Ash watched her move faster than a human ought to move. There were trained gangsters and mercenaries he had seen move slower, and yet this little old lady had outfoxed all of them. They would probably be jealous, if someone paid to take human lives was petty enough to get jealous of someone who was stronger and better at killing than him.

“If I was dumb enough to starve to death in an alleyway, I would have died a long time ago.”

Ash said as he kept his smug expression on his face, quite the satisfied cat even though he hated being called a cat. He saw as she turned and instead of reaching out for her merely called out after her.

“You’re from the streets I know it. How else did you pick pocket my wallet just now when you were snatching that book back?” Ash smiled at her. “Come on, it’s not often I get to meet fellow stray cats, let’s get along grandma. I can talk about books with you, how do you feel about catcher in the rye?”

Now he was just mewling for attention, though, he gained a little bit of satisfaction knowing he could be a thorn in the side of such an oddly powerful entity. People with power tended to be petty like that.

#bubonem

chuketsu‌:

The sinister smirk she wore immediately disappeared as her expression fell flat. That was boring, she thought, hoping to see a far more interesting reaction than the one she got. Even as her cheek bled, she looked more akin to a pouting chin than a homicidal teenager. What annoyed her further, of course, was that the other blond looked just as bored as she was.

“I doubt that,” she finally spat out, leaving Ash to decipher for himself what exact words of his that she was referring to.

All she had wanted was something to alleviate her boredom– what was wrong with that?

As annoyed as she was, she still paid careful attention. She was no fool, after all. Himiko gave a soft huff, shoving both hands, knife included, in her jacket pockets.

“Is that your way of saying you want to get to know me? That’s hardly the last thing people say after I’ve stabbed them.” Usually they didn’t say anything, but, that was besides the point. “No thanks, you’re boring.”

Ash was too used to violence. The extreme violence that he had grown up in and endured, everybody else never believed him when he started trying to describe it. They said that nobody can recover that fast, that they wouldn’t be alive, and that was exactly it if he had not forced himself to recover he would not have lived.

He wondered if the girl in front of him went through a similiar kind of experience. She seemed completely desensitized to violence. It was just an idle wondering thouh. He was not going to stick his neck out over it. There were enough blades pointed at his neck already.

Even if they were gone he could still feel them there. Cold steel pressing against his neck, cold breath breathing down it. “Wow, it’s almost refreshing that you have no interest in me. Thanks. I’m glad there’s at least one person who agrees with me there’s nothing special about me. One person who will leave me alone.”

Ash was mostly talking to himself at this point. “You will leave me alone right? After all if your boyfriend sees you trying to stab a pretty boy like me he’ll think you’re cheating on him.” That was just a guess. She seemed like the type of person to follow backwards logic like that... maybe he should be worried that he could understand her logic that easily... maybe but he always had 1,000 more pressing things to worry about.

#chuketsu

meowmoru‌:

he didn’t understand this kid sometimes, but that was just ash. he was a wandering miracle, and everytime eiji thinks he cracked the code it turns into a different combination. it’s frustrating, but it also helps him understand ash more and more. eiji cuddled into the jacket, blushing as he caught ash’s scent. it was a satisfying and calming scent.

“court jester?”, he huffed, “i’m only worth a court jester for you?” the black haired pouted, “is it because i make you smile? that’s why i’m becoming a court jester?”, eiji started laughing, “you are despicable, ash!”

“Oh, I thought your response was going to be ‘Ash I’m happy just to see you smile I don’t mind becoming a fool for that sake’.” He teased again, only teasing, he did not think Eiji got any happiness from seeing a person like him smile. Cats only smile to show their fangs to others, or so he had been told.

“I am despicable, I’m the most despicable person of them all, after all I want to hoard all your attention to myself even though I’m completely undeserving of it.” Ash said, proudly, proclaiming it to the street as if it were a royal order. He held his hand out to Eiji. “I’m not a king, not even royalty, nothing but a no good thief who survives taking from others. So, can I take your hand?” He was just playing around. The fact that he had asked Eiji Okumura of all people for his hand never occured to him. it was like second nature, something he did not even think about, like if I don’t grab his hand he’ll probably get lost or something. Or perhaps the other way around, Ash would get lost without that hand to guide him, that had that reached out for him unfalteringly.

#meowmoru

bubonem‌:

Eto rolled her eyes, unable to mask her annoyance– she could, of course, but found no necessity in doing so. He just saw through the superficial and momentary facade of Takatsuki Sen, a mask which was currently paper thin. Eto didn’t care about it, not now at least.

“If you’re looking for a friend, then you’ll have to look elsewhere. I’m a very busy woman.”

She wasn’t, of course, but he didn’t know that. Her current plans were simply to go home and read the book she was about to purchase, her only company a large, rotund cat. Anyone standing in her way of that was an enemy.

“I’m a well behaved person, unlike yourself. Now if you’ll excuse me…”

“I already knew I was a brat, you should buy a book for new insults while you’re at it, old lady.”

Casual as ever Ash glanced over her. Simultaneously every sense in him was screaming that he would be devoured if he continued to poke the bear in front of him, and yet at the same time he could not bring himself to leave this woman alone. Perhaps because there were so few people in this world that were like him that he did not truly loathe. Perhaps because he did not care too much if he lived or died.

No, you should be more careful. If you died while Eiji was around he would probably be sad. A small voice, like a nagging wife echoed in the back of his head.

Ash turned his attention to the lady again and reached over her shoulder. “Fashion Cats, a cat’s guide to fashion? Oh, so when you say you’re busy you’re one of those old ladies who spends her time dressing up her cats? You know, I’ve been compared to a cat in the past too, I’m a lonely stray cat who needs attention please don’t ignore me.”

#bubonem

exbourreau‌:

HOW MANY TIMES HAS IT happened now? others rounding the corner, simply to be greeted with a group of thugs so eagerly awaiting their arrival and what coin they might have to weasel from them in threatening words. even so, it had not truly been her business while she finished her errands, and yet it was these warnings which she would attempt to give… if only they did not fall on deaf ears. ah, not that those muggers were truly keen on her forewarning them, either. she could only wonder how long it might take before they might interfere to put an end to it, prepared to handle the situation when it arises.

❝ Don’t go that way. Those people… they’re waiting to mug others. ❞ simply stated, casting a golden glance toward him before the direction where they lie in wait for unsuspecting civilians as footsteps scuffle near by.

「 @straylynxstrut 」

What was this? A nice person? A do gooder? Statisically speaking, considering that his brain ran on pure statistics alone whether he wanted it to or now, always crunching raw data and calculating risk based on past experience Ash could estimate that there were probably good people in the world besides Eiji. However, while it was feasible he did not want to test that hypothesis.

“Well if they’re mugging people that’s fine. I oversaw a gang that did petty crimes like that in the past too” He said, not even bothering to hide his true nature, his true pettiness. Only house cats bothered to keep their claws conceal. “As long as they’re not killing people I should be fine. Don’t worry so much, if I had an innocent person worrying over someone like me, then I’d be even worse than those muggers.” He already considered himself worse, after all he took more than wallets from the people who tried to get in his way.

#exbourraeu

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relatable ash

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— sleepy ash *:･ﾟ✧

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chuketsu‌:

“Says you,” Himiko childishly retorted. Obviously, she didn’t find stabbing someone to be a ‘gross’ affair, but that was her opinion.

She was eyeing him down now, analyzing the person she saw in front of her. The villain made no attempt to hide what she was doing, either, now that he had annoyed her. By her logic, whatever happened to him after this point was his fault.

Himiko’s pout only furthered at the other blond’s mockery, but only for a moment. It was soon replaced with a calm expression, and even a faint smile.

“That’s fine, you can be that way if you want.”

She moved, as if she was simply going to turn the other way and leave Ash be; instead, she spun on her heel, pulling out another knife as she moved. With far more speed than she displayed only a few moments ago, Himiko surged forward until the blade of her second knife rested against Ash’s cheek.

“Or, you can give me back what’s mine.” Though she did not say such words, her tone was a clear indication that should he refuse her again, Himiko would take the blade back by force.

“Fine, take it back.”

Ash said as he suddenly took a step back away from her, and then threw her own knife back at her. He deliberately missed, it only scratched the side of her cheek and embedded itself into a telephone pole.

“It’s not like I’m a hero or anything, in fact I’m a gang leader. I’ve probably stabbed as many people as you have, but that doesn’t mean I appreciate getting stabbed.”

Ash said, as he gave her an unimpressed look and cradled his cheek in one hand. He even flicked the bangs of his hair away before assuming such a sassy pose. His eyes watched her, the nonchalance, the casual conversation he was making, it was all an act. He knew exactly how to deal with dangerous teens, and he expected attacks like this to be coming at all times.

However, if he told Eiji that on the way home he had stabbed a girl to death before she stabbed him, Eiji would probably be upset. As long as they were in this city away from New York’s corruption he wanted to keep things as clean for Eiji as possible.

“It’s rude to stab somebody without getting to know them first, you know? That’s just advice, from one blonde to another.”

#chuketsu

bubonem‌:

“Oi!”

Eto immediately frowned, momentarily allowing her genuine feelings slip through the mask of Takatsuki Sen. It was brief, however, so instead she ensured that the boy who was continuing to annoy her would only see an author’s annoyed expression rather than potentially homicidal aggravation.

“Put me down.”

She could have used her strength to snap his wrist, but, that would likely only cause more of a scene. If she didn’t desperately desire the book in her hands, she would have risked it.

“A gang?” She echoed, finally wriggling free of the blond’s grip. “Do I look like I’m someone who involves herself in deviancy?”

The answer to that question was actually rhetorical, but Ash didn’t know that. Eto would prefer to keep it that way, so she scoffed at him as she made another attempt to buy the book. She was so close…

“Because I know the eyes of somebody who grew up on the street. You’ve been watching me like a bird of prey this entire time.”

Ash said, behind the annoyance in her expression and the feigned innocence he could see something much more sinister. All of the warmth that was there, it was like it only existed to hide an ice cold void. Like there was nothing at all behind that face, absolute zero. At least that was his read, and while he was poetic, Ash was not a person who was open minded, he made judgements immediately and tended to stick to them for life.

Of course he was a genius so most of the time those judgements were never wrong. “For instance right now, you have a look like you could snap my arm in half if you wanted but you’re holding back... how strange.”

Ash put her down finally, still looking at her. “Are you just too polite or something?”

#bubonem

meowmoru‌:

“a hard time? i’ll… pretend i didn’t hear that”, he replies with a huff. ash is trying to tease him and eiji is obviously having none of it. he just hopes that ash doesn’t know that he’s currently the one to get teased on, because eiji is like that. if there would be anything eiji could fight him with, then it was the same weapon: teasing.

eiji knows of ash’s antics, he had spend enough time to pick up on them back when they were still in new york. “you are not helping, ash”, he says, keeping on going with the banter. but he couldn’t hold it anymore and starts snorting. “gosh, this is awful”, he then says, but then smiles at him. “i would have become hopeless without you if you wouldn’t be here”, eiji then admits, then wraps his arms around him, while cheeks turn a bit warm and red. “i’m glad you are here, too.”

“I’m being very helpful. Teasing you helps me calm down. I’m helping myself.” Ash said, appearing confident suddenly. In reality he was out of his depth, at least with all the horrors on the dark side of new york he was familiar with them. He was not exactly looking forward to witnessing all the unseen horrors of a completely new city. Ash always carried himself like he had survived the worst, but the fact that it could get worse scared him... he could lose Eiji.

At least he finally had something to lose though. Ash took off his jacket, and put it over Eiji’s shoulders. .He did not even think of what the gesture might mean, he just wanted to reassure the other boy that he was protected. “You don’t know, maybe I’ll be king of this city by sundown and you can be my court jester. Just keep showing me that pouting face you make, it always makes me smile.”

#meowmoru

bubonem‌:

“I work out.”

Eto could not help but smirk, both at the reaction that was elicited, and the pleasure she took in punching someone who annoyed her. From all accounts, he seemed to be nothing more than a human boy; which, made it all the more comical to her that he would so rudely try to take what was her’s.

“You’d do well to learn some manners, young man.”

“I would suggest starting off with learning how to use your inside voice. This store is supposed to be a quiet place for readers.”

She turned, her prize safely in her possession, and made a direct start for the check out line. Eto needed the book for her new collection, there was hardly anyone she would give it up for– especially if that person was a brat.

The boy had been forced to learn everything else early. He really did have no time to learn manners at this point. He sat their still in shock as the woman wandered away from him. He had forgotten about the book at this point, while he was intelligent he had never been able to make full use of those traits.

Handling a gun had always come more in handy to him, he had never even been able to attend school for very long like a normal child. Reading was just a relaxing hobby but at this moment he saw something familiar.

A strong person, and one who had probably become strong in order to survive. It was hard for him to put into words, the aura of this woman was just familiar to him. It matched his own. If he was a cat, then perhaps she was sme raptor bird flying around others looking for corpses to pick from.

He rushed forward after her and before she could even get to the counter he grabbed her by her overalls and lifted her into the air.

“Big sister you shouldn’t run ahead like that, what would I ever do if you got lost.” Ash said in a pleasant voice. “Hey, you’re quite strong big sister, do you want to join my gang?”

He was not entirely serious, he just wanted to see how she would respond.

#bubonem

chuketsu‌:

Himiko was bored.

It was odd how often such a thing occurred, despite being kidnapped to a bustling city for the second time. So, naturally, she sought out some entertainment.

Wandering about for a bit, she finally found a potential target– another blond, someone who seemed reserved. Maybe, just maybe, he might be someone worth her time, even if it was a fleeting exchange. She moved forward, not even trying to hide her presence– if he didn’t notice her then, then he would be boring, she thought.

“Hm?”

Oh, that was a surprise…

Himiko frowned, standing back upright as she glared at him.

“Jeez, what’s your problem? Give that back, it doesn’t belong to you.” She positioned her fists on her hips, now clearly pouting. “I’m a natural blonde, what kind of question is that?”

“Really? This is your knife? Wouldn’t it become mine when you stuck it in me... stuck it in my body... stuck it... wow there’s really no way to say that without sounding gross.”

Ash observed on the spot, seeming like a normal boy for a moment, before his eyes focused on Himiko again. He was a lot different from most people who went through their days doe eyed, his were the agile eyes of a wounded predator, desperate to sink his fangs into others to survive.

In his offhand where he was keeping the girl’s knife, he spun the knife around between his fingers. WIthout even really thinking, he made a flashy show of how dexterous his fingers were, passing his spinning knife between each of them before finally catching the knife again and holding it high in the air away from her.

“I don’t think you deserve this knife back. Your knife technique is way too sloppy. You don’t even respect this knife properly. It likes me as it’s wielder more, because I’m better than you at handling at blade.”

Ash said, before sticking his tongue out to make it clear he was mocking her. If he was going to have his day interrupted by a run of the mill mugging he would at least have a little fun.

#chuketsu

@chuketsu

Ash had been walking home. He paid little attention to the city, because this was not Manhattan, not his city. The only point of familiarity he had within this city was Eiji. Eiji was the only thing that was his.

He just wanted to walk home uninterrupted, but it seemed even in a different universe Ash could never catch a break. He saw a glint of silver, and reflexively dodged out of the way. He grabbed the fingers holding the knife that stabbed him, and the quickly pried the knife out of her fingers. He did not want to start another lifelong grudge in this moment.

“Sorry, I don’t really feel like getting stabbed today. Try me later...” He said, sounding more annoyed than anything else.

Then he noticed the person who had tried to stab him, a girl with blonde hair but foreign features. “... Is your hair dyed?” He was a rude boy, but to be fair she had started it first by trying to stab him.

#chuketsu

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