The Whole Being Dead Thing
(Uploading this here for those who don’t wanna, like, go on AO3 lmao)
The fact that the landlord had failed to mention that the walls of his home were consistently, bitingly cold would never fail to piss the fire wielder off
Sure, blankets had helped ease the chill that seeped into his bones in the evenings and nights, but it still lingered, nipped at his muscles
He swore he'd heard his name in the darkness of night, the voice that uttered it honey-sweet and charming
He was probably imagining things
Probably
Tonight had been different, though, Touya'd been on his way to his living room, low-budget sitcom buzzing on the television, before he felt something dreadfully fridgid brush by him, heard the faint shuffling of wings
Wait, what the fuck?
He blinked, once, twice, hardly registering the touch
Hardly registering that it was a ghost
He exhaled sharply, before striding over to the couch, he was far too exhausted for the discovery his house was doubtlessly haunted
There was that sickeningly sweet voice again "Aww, you're just gonna avoid your best friend like that? How sad"
Touya nearly choked on his spit at the sight before him
Wind-tousled blonde locks, and golden eyes met his turquoise spheres, though the man in front of him...
Was transparent, hardly tangible
Shivers rolled over the fire wielder's spine in waves
He was face to face with a ghost, and he could hardly react, as if his brain ceased to function anymore, the phantom chuckled, soft and sickly sweet “Bird got your tongue, hotstuff?” yep, his brain had stopped functioning
“What the fuck?” was all Touya managed
“Mm, funny you ask that” the other male responded, grinning now, the look frustrated Touya to no end and he glared at the ghost. A pause, then the ghostly man continued “Well, ya see,I need energy to survive, living energy, and...you seemed like the perfect snack”
“The hell? I ain’t your snack, Casper the Friendly Ghost. Fuck off” Touya snarled, face twisting into a grimace as he glowered at the avian, Keigo’s grin grew wider “Mmh, wouldn’t be too sure about that, hotstuff”
There was a wave of the ghost’s hand, as if dismissing him, and then the feeling of falling hit him like a truck, his stomach swooped, and he...was shrinking, growing smaller and smaller in size “Are you fuckin’ kidding me, fix me right the fuck now or I swear to god-” Touya was cut off when he was hoisted into the hair by wispy digits, the ghost smirked below him “You swear to god you’ll what? Hm?” the ghost inquired, his tone was saccharine and playful
The smaller of the two huffed as he was dangled over the ghost’s face
Fight or flight kicked in for the fire wielder too late before the avian phantom had opened his jaws beneath him, tongue dripping with glowy, green drool connected the muscle to the roof of Keigo’s maw
And he was being lowered straight into the depths of it
“Whoa, whoa, wait! What the fuck’re you doing?! Put me the fuck down!” Touya started, writhing in Keigo’s grip, only for the ghost to hum and drop him within the maw fully, the transparent maw closing around him with a echo-y click of teeth, the slimy muscle poked and prodded at him curiously, green slime seeped into his clothing, causing the tiny to gag inwardly
What the fire wielder failed to notice, was that the green drool had been absorbing his energy, it only dawned on him when he discovered how weak his limbs felt, and now...he could hardly squirm against the ghost as it...he-
A loud glrk began to usher the smaller human into the ghost’s throat, Touya yelled out in frustration before the airy muscles hungrily dragged him down, he was able to see the outside of the ghost’s esophagus. Wrapping his head around the fact he was being devoured by a ghost did not bode well with him, in the slightest
A few more successive swallows, and he’d been pushed uncluttered, spacious belly of the phantom “What the fuck was that for!? You could have gotten energy without,I don’t know, not eating me!”
Keigo chuckled, pushing at Touya gently, the walls squishing around the tiny fire wielder in some uncanny way “I’m well aware of that, hotstuff, but I knew you’d be delectably squirmy! And I wasn’t gonna pass that up so easily!”
Touya groaned, giving a halfhearted shove to the walls around him, he couldn’t complain much. His surroundings weren’t suffocatingly hot or tight, they just. Held him, like a thin blanket, they were comfy and the coolness soothed the heat beneath his skin, with a huff, he settled into the weightless flesh around him. God, this was so weird. And closed his eyes, he was highly aware the avian phantom wasn’t gonna allow him out for a while...and a nap was well deserved.
Keigo smiled warmly as the tiny human settled within his belly and eventually fell asleep, allowing a few echoing purrs to roll around Touya in the translucent organ. Patting at him softly before he leaned back in mid air, allowing one hand to rest behind his head, the other settled over the smaller of the two
He was content.