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[thesilvermoonrays]

@csmicshq || Takumi

"Aw, shaddap."

Ears had gotten flat. Being teased because he couldn't actually handle a bow was embarrassing. A total novice, unlike what he'd claimed. He hadn't been supposed to be asked to prove it! Careful hands knew the right way to hold one, but aiming? Patience in honing in on your target? A quick eye? A quick eye was the only one of those things Inuyasha had. The hunt he'd aimed for, a bird... the arrow went flying off in the completely wrong angle.

Hopefully it wouldn't hit anyone with its incredible speed. Hopefully...

Then his eyes snapped open. The sound of Takumi doing the exact same, and... getting multiple hunts in three shots. How the fuck did he do that? Such an admirable trait, such skill. Inuyasha forgot his own embarrassment. A skilled hunter respected a skilled hunter, plain and simple.

"...Keh. Show off." His pause was short. Left no room for retort. "I can clean 'em, though. That was... pretty fucking incredible. I'm glad you're on my side. Claws and a sword don't mean shit if someone swiftly fires an arrow through your heart before you can reach 'em."

[thesilvermoonrays]

@csmicshq Said:

can takumi make steamed milk ? no but :pleading:

Are You Inuyasha's Type?

"You're the archer, no puttin' yourself on the front lines. That's my job. We watch each other's backs. That means you stay in my sight. You're only in danger if I get killed first, got that?

And stop pointin' it out when I fucking smile. It's embarrassing."

Just keep being the reason I can again.

[thesilvermoonrays]

@csmicshq Said: ​❝ beach trip ? ❞ — from takumi 🥺

  𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑  THEMED  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄  𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒.

"...Sure, why not?"

The beach had its uses. Cooling off if the waves weren't too strong. Some places sold shaved ice, and since Takumi was human, he'd probably be allowed to buy some. Dunking raw meat into the ocean and cooking it. Free seasoning, who needed salt when the ocean was naturally salty? It was too deep, with nothing to jump off of, thus, Inuyasha couldn't fish in the ocean.

His claws were still perfect for it, but he couldn't swim. No matter how badly he loved ocean fish compared to river fish.

"Since we're close, anyway. It's not like stoppin' for a few hours is gonna make any real difference. I can smell salt and water mixed together. Humans can't drink saltwater, right?" As a hanyō, saltwater wouldn't kill him. But humans didn't have that luxury.

Granted... Inuyasha couldn't drink saltwater, either. Somehow he doubted any dog yōkai could. With such a strong sense of taste, the natural salt was in such high quantities, it made him gag the second it hit his tongue. There was no hope for the water making it close enough for him to swallow it.

"It's too hot today." Says the man in layers upon layers of silken robes. He was already walking in the scent's direction. "Hope it doesn't get much hotter. In case y'haven't noticed, my body can't sweat. That's the thing that cools humans off, ain't it?"

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@csmicshq Said: "I'm tougher than I look." — from takumi

"Is that so?"

Like he was afraid of arrows anymore, just in case this human turned on him. He felt as though he worked better solo, but being forced to work with someone had its strengths. Someone to watch your back. Inuyasha wouldn't have gone so far as to say it felt like safer work when it was a stranger, but he would definitely say he was glad to have a break from pure loneliness. Even sitting here by something as simple as a campfire.

"I'll believe it when we find that fucking demon terrorizing children's dreams. That bow of yours better fire fast." Inuyasha was stripping a hunt of its fur. Then he could roast it for them tonight. "Y'know... I'm pretty good with a bow myself." No he's not. He'd been taught by an old flame how to hold one. But this was a stranger, he had to build himself up.

"But my sword is special." Give himself a way out of having to prove what wasn't there. "What was your name again? Takumi, right? Why the hell're those people so dead set on havin' you come with me?"