[comfort. that's what kuro represents, it's what nazuna represents, but he. doesn't want to think about nazuna so much, it hurts to. so kuro is comfort, is home, and he's always been that way.
leo turns around and wraps his arm around his waist, burrowing into the other. it's a quiet bit before he speaks, a little muffled.]
Me an' Nazu broke up. Baba's gone. Tsuka-tan found out about my lies. [...] I'm in an emotional affair with my ex.
[he's laying it all out. take your pick.]
listen, I have needs and ch*wy just gonna have to respect them
[ With a slight shift, arm lifting to accommodate for Leo's movement, Kuro releases the big sigh as he curls possessively tight around him. Tora moves to drop his head on Leo's hip, staring with big, soulful eyes at them, like he's concerned, too.
He knew that his grandmother was dying, the same way he knows his mother was. The rest, maybe he hadn't known, but he's going to support him, regardless. Hearing about Tsukasa is the least surprising.
... his ex is also not that surprising, either, given who Leo is. He just has so much love for everyone, letting go of the people in his past is fairly difficult in the long run. ]
What happened with Tsukasa? [ Somehow, that seems the easiest to address first. Maybe the most shallow wound of them all, despite how raw the relationship with his brother has been. ]
Just that. He caught me somehow. [...................] Well, I... had a fight with my parents, when I went to see Baba before she passed, and he overheard me talking to them...
[like he had years ago, just before leo left and didn't return.]
We're... okay, kind of..? I don't expect him to forgive me, and he wants us to be better people together, but it still... hurts. What he said, how I made him feel, how much I hurt him by being so stupidly selfish.
[by running away, by seeking his own path instead of the one their parents laid out.
(he remembers his parents words too. was living with them so awful? was it so terrible that he'd had to run away the way he did? no, but...
...)]
I hurt my parents too. All I do is hurt people when I act for myself. It sucks.
[ History repeats itself, doesn't it? Kuro makes a soft noise in the back of his throat, responsive and acknowledging everything that Leo is saying - prompting, almost. He brings his hand up when he can feel that guilt in the weight of his words, familiar with it, in his own way. Because maybe he didn't suffer through the same experience, but he's intimate with guilt.
His fingers comb up from the back of Leo's neck, into his hair. A soothing gesture as he holds him in his arms. ]
It's okay, to be selfish. Sometimes we need it. [ Voice soft, low from his chest, he squeezes the back of his neck. ] But when it hurts other people, we need to own it, y'know? And if he's gonna give you the chance, you gotta take it, Leo.
You don't gotta grovel for forgiveness. Apologizin' with words is pointless when actions don't back it up. You be better people together, though, and I think he'll be happier for it.
[very soothing. he closes his eyes when it starts up, breathing out softly as he curls up more against kuro.]
Think so too... Mm, I'm already tryin' to change a bit, you know..? Or I was anyway. [hhh.] For Nazu's sake. But I-- I still wasn't--
[leo bites back the words, inhaling sharply. that's... not the reason and he knows it. it'd be unfair to drag his continued insecurity into it, when he'd always been more than enough for nazuna. he exhales after a moment.]
Anyway. I'm gonna. I don't wanna run anymore, Kuro. M'tired of it. Hurtin' people and all. I just... wanna find someplace I belong, [a small crack,] or with someone that makes me feel that way. I'll do anything for that.
[ Something in his heart breaks, hearing those words and feeling the way his body reacts to his breaths, his words. Fuck, fuck if Leo doesn't deserve the goddamn world for as big as his heart is. He deserves someone to love him with all of their hearts, the same way he'd so obviously devote himself to another person.
His hands shift, and he goes to scoop up his face so he can pull back just enough from where he's wound up curled against, around, Leo. ]
Change for your own sake, Leo.
[ Softly, fleetingly, Kuro presses a kiss to the top of his head. To the peak of his forehead. To the space between his eyebrows. A slow, lingering trail of affection. Of reassurance. ]
Become the person you wanna be for your brother. For your parents. [ He bonks their foreheads together, eyes focused on him. ] Become the person your Baba knew you were gonna be. But change for your own sake, not anybody else's. 'cause you've got a place here, with me 'n Suzu, whenever you need it.
And I'm not goin' anywhere, okay? [ His thumbs sweep over his cheeks. ] I'm here to help you find that bigger someplace, 'n that somebody.
[kuro always knows what he means when he says one thing, even if it's not clear to anyone else. that, and the gentle trail down part of his face, springs new tears into his eyes, caught by kuro's thumbs as if by habit. no, definitely by habit.
he groans, lifting a hand to beat kuro's chest pathetically. like, pathetic even by his own standards.]
God, I wish I could fall in love with you sometimes. It'd be a lot easier.
[but it. probably wouldn't be like this, if he was. so he shakes his head of the complaint and thought, moving to hang his hand off kuro's wrist loosely.]
... Thanks. Sorry for bein' a baby. I've... been stayin' with Miai's lion, takin' care of him since that guy asked me to while he's doin' this and that, but I'll come back here too. I don't wanna worry you and Suzu-tan any by being out where I shouldn't be.
[ When you spend so much time with someone, you learn them. And even with how much of an eccentric Leo is, Kuro knows him. The way he catches his tears is by practice, really, though it's a little bit of consoling others, too. He finds himself in this position a lot, trying to be a rock in a storm.
He doesn't mind. A part of him thinks it might be him trying to make up for his past sins.
But. Change for your own sake. His advice comes from experience, in the end. ]
Pretty sure it wouldn't be. [ Pap. He disregards the feeble fist against his chest, smoothing his hands back along his jaw. There's love for Leo there, but he's not in love with him, either. He gets it. ]
That sentence is honestly not the weirdest thing I've heard out of you. [ Staying with a lion. Jesus. But the levity fades a little, and he slowly narrows his eyes at him. Kuro can smell the alcohol, and see the rumpled state of him, so he knows he's going to have to make sure he gets a shower in - maybe a bath. ] You wanna talk about that, too?
[no, leo gets it. he loves kuro, he loves him a lot, but he couldn't ever be in love with him; once upon a time he admired him and tagged at his heels, had his first kiss taken, things like that... but in love? never.
(maybe he couldn't be in love with nazuna, either. maybe he just loves him. does it still hurt, if that's the case..? there's a clear difference in how he feels around nazuna and miai, but--)]
Sure. Miai offered it after I came around to cuddle with Alex-tan to deal with feelin' shitty about my parents. We... ended up talkin' a lot. Like, actually talking, not the "talking" we used to do.
[the thing with their mouths that was Distinctly not talking but was certainly not staying still.]
I met him earlier at a bar too, we talked a bit then and kinda got into a spat that turned out alright. Mm... When I met Miai, I fell head over heels, you know? So we sort of got into a relationship before we were like, actually friends. We didn't really learn the things we needed to, like how to talk and what to do if one of us is bothered by somethin'. Young and stupid and thinkin' things were okay.
We've been talkin' on and off about that sort of thing, though. Since Tanabata. [... man, that was a time ago... and guilt for that night chews at him.] I made him make some promises if he really wanted to try bein' with me again at some point, and I said some things I shouldn't have too. We cleared the air last time I saw him, and...
[gggggod, only god and kuro can judge him, these are the two men that are able to. leo's cheeks are red from more than just crying now.]
... And I mean, we're friends. Actual friends. But we also both wanna... try again, sometime. Even if it doesn't work out [even if they'd both like to] it'd be proof that we could do things right. By ourselves and each other, 'cause he does love me and regret what happened and I-- I love him too, Kuro, it's pretty shitty that I've been in love with him even when I was with Nazu, but that's...
[just how it is. how he is.]
M'glad Nazu broke up with me. [he's not.] He deserves someone that can give all of their heart to him, not just what's left over.
[ Silent and patient, Kuro watches Leo's face as he listens to him explain his entire situation with Miai. He's known that Leo knew him, but it was only in recent observation that he's pieced out that Leo knew him. It's put things into context for him, the more he's seen in the group chat and on Retrospec and just in person.
(He thinks of the auction, and it's the situation they're in right now that keeps him from snorting incredulously at the memory, Jesus - )
But the only sign of judgement is a tick of his eyebrow upwards, his fingertips tapping gently against the back of Leo's skull as if he's weighing the merit of saying something scolding.
In the end, he doesn't. Not really. ]
Your heart's bigger'n people realize. I figured that out pretty early on that you're fast to love, 'n you love deeply, even when it's not in love. [ With him. With Nazuna. Hell, even Tsukasa. Leo breaks off pieces of his heart and gives them readily, in some cases, and it scares him - how deeply he loves is also as harshly as he's bound to get hurt if he doesn't take care.
Here they are, with heartache and an emotional affair that Leo is neck-deep in. ]
We all do shit that's young 'n stupid, though. Preachin' to the choir there. But if you know what you're doin', or at least you guys've talked about how things went, how they could go, then it's... not okay, but there's somethin' there that's better'n what you had before, and it could be okay. 'cause you've actually talked about it.
'n Nazuna... [ A tender subject. Despite the feelings he's had for Nazuna - you'd think he'd get over them after a decade of being ghosted, right? that really worked out - he was happy for them dating. They're two of his favorite people, his most important, beaten out only by his sister, and they deserved happiness. Whether it was with each other or not.
He's not happy for them having broken up, because their hearts are both big and giving. He can imagine that there's guilt on both sides. ]
Maybe you can have the same chance with Nazuna you've got with Garyuu. But there's nothin' wrong with steppin' back when you've got so much goin' on in that heart 'n head of yours. [ One hand draws back, to rap the back of his knuckles gently against Leo's forehead. ]
[kuro makes sense as usual... rather, he puts things into a nice, clean order without leo's thoughts wrapping around themselves like an ever-consuming snake. he gives a soft whine (kuuuroooo~) and hugs him again, letting himself think against the other.]
... I wanna take a vacation to that pretty water place... Get away from everythin' here for a bit. But I've gotta take care of Alex-tan, and I still wanna... stay with Nazu, too, that place is too big for one bunny, you know..? He'll get lonely.
[even if it hurts. he's still going to support nazuna and stay with him and... mmmmm, he's back to whining a little.]
Can't everything stop for a little bit~? Use your big strong body and block time~.
[ With a huff and a roll of his eyes at the whining, Kuro lets Leo latch onto him before the huff becomes a snort of laughter. If they could take a vacation, he'd have been on one a long time ago, he thinks.
But for as much as he tells people to not push themselves too hard, he does it plenty himself. He takes breaks, sure, but he doesn't take vacations. Especially with the people he wants to take care of.
Case in point: ]
Could take a group vacation. Put a rule on no drama, otherwise I'll chuck 'em into the water 'n leave 'em there. For now, though...
[ He rolls over, right onto Leo. It's obvious that he pulls his weight so that all 200-something pounds of him isn't pressing down on his skinny frame, but he settles his bulk just right, blanketing him away from the world. ]
[leo wiggles fruitlessly, not squished at all, but settles after his efforts are for naught. mm~. it's nice, just him, kuro, and tora. mostly him and kuro.]
Nn. Thanks. Group vacation sounds fun, I miss hangin' out like that.
[and sneaking off with different people.............. maybe he won't do that.]
[ Tora has settled into the antics just fine, used to them. He wiggles so he's not crushed, but winds up climbing up onto Kuro in the process, laying with his body on the backs of his thighs.
Whatever, his dog has perched on him in weirder spots.
But this close, looking at Leo, Kuro gives him a bit of a stinkeye - as if sensing that thought. ]
Nobody'd be lonely, 'n it'd let us all resolve any issues we might have, y'know? M'sure that we could figure out somethin' for the lion in the meantime.
[geh.......... that look..... he's looking away from it.]
Alex-tan... should probably live somewhere better than an apartment. I think Miai thinks so too, but I don't wanna give him up~. He'll be lonely~. Alex-tan and I are family~.
[ Leo looks away from it, and he leans in to press his broken nose into his temple. Not judgy, but a little yeah, don't think I missed that. ]
Yeah, s'not where a lion belongs. Be happier havin' bigger space, 'n places to run around. You 'n Garyuu could go visit him, too, he wouldn't really be lonely. I don't think, anyways.
[he knows, he knows... leo leans up fondly to nuzzle kuro as if assuring him that he wouldn't. not intentionally, anyway.]
Well~, I can tell you as a lion that maybe he wouldn't... as long as one of us visited him often enough. Miai could probably become a lion handler if he tried, but if he can't for some reason I'll just get into it myself. ♪
[leo... with a pride of lions at his disposal... so much singing to be learned.]
[ There's a lot of trust there - Kuro butts their heads together like two cats, snorting a little bit. He knows, too. That's why he tries to look out for him the way he does. ]
You'd have a lot of singin' there. Get some baritones for your cat choir. [ ... he also knows him well enough to know where his brain would go first.
He pulls back to look properly at him, shifting his weight again so he can get his weight up on an elbow for a moment to prop his chin in his hand. It's a familiar angle, but Kuro thinks fondly of it the same way he teases Leo fondly. ]
I can help you look, if you wanna. Find someplace for him to go so you 'n Garyuu can figure somethin' out.
[don't call him out like that.................... but from the grin on his face he's already got a plan to test for that, just like he'd done the city cats. kuro knows him too well and he honestly loves it.
it's a nice view, too, and leo lets his arm hang familiarly from the other's neck, content like this.]
Would love it if y'did, Kuro. He's a real money sucker to feed, see, even if me and Miai're splitin' half and half on child custody right now. I insisted since he shouldn't have to pay alone.
[because they're friends, because leo loves alexander as much as miai does.]
Sorta short on funds right now 'cause of it, but it'll be fine. ♪ I know how to make a bit of money on the side.
[ This is better than that heartbroken Leo that'd been in his bed, curled up with Tora and sad-eyed. This cheeky, mischievous Leo is probably his favorite, even if it's resulted in quite a few situations that Kuro's had to dive head-first into to save his as.
(See: bar fights Leo's started and Kuro's finished. See: Kuro leaping into a bullfighting ring with a flaming bull to take Leo's place. See: Kuro wanting to give him the goddamn world, if he can.) ]
Lion's not exactly a housecat, so I can bet it'd be eatin' up a lot of funds to take care of him. I'm sure they've got some kinda wildcat sanctuary that we could find, y'know? Introduce him back into the whole pride thing that lions usually got goin' for 'em.
[ He reaches his free hand out, weight now on his elbow and forearm, flicking some of Leo's wild hair off his forehead. ] Save you some money, get him some enrichment, continue sharin' custody.
Mm~. Didn't think of that, might be a nicer idea than a zoo. Way better than the circus outside Recolle too, that place is... Nnn. [he scowls, shaking his head.] Anyway~, did I ever tell you I joined a cult?
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no, that's. a little something he might've. not. said anything about, ever. and now he's just casual about it.]
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leo turns around and wraps his arm around his waist, burrowing into the other. it's a quiet bit before he speaks, a little muffled.]
Me an' Nazu broke up. Baba's gone. Tsuka-tan found out about my lies. [...] I'm in an emotional affair with my ex.
[he's laying it all out. take your pick.]
listen, I have needs and ch*wy just gonna have to respect them
He knew that his grandmother was dying, the same way he knows his mother was. The rest, maybe he hadn't known, but he's going to support him, regardless. Hearing about Tsukasa is the least surprising.
... his ex is also not that surprising, either, given who Leo is. He just has so much love for everyone, letting go of the people in his past is fairly difficult in the long run. ]
What happened with Tsukasa? [ Somehow, that seems the easiest to address first. Maybe the most shallow wound of them all, despite how raw the relationship with his brother has been. ]
fight the man
[like he had years ago, just before leo left and didn't return.]
We're... okay, kind of..? I don't expect him to forgive me, and he wants us to be better people together, but it still... hurts. What he said, how I made him feel, how much I hurt him by being so stupidly selfish.
[by running away, by seeking his own path instead of the one their parents laid out.
(he remembers his parents words too. was living with them so awful? was it so terrible that he'd had to run away the way he did? no, but...
...)]
I hurt my parents too. All I do is hurt people when I act for myself. It sucks.
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His fingers comb up from the back of Leo's neck, into his hair. A soothing gesture as he holds him in his arms. ]
It's okay, to be selfish. Sometimes we need it. [ Voice soft, low from his chest, he squeezes the back of his neck. ] But when it hurts other people, we need to own it, y'know? And if he's gonna give you the chance, you gotta take it, Leo.
You don't gotta grovel for forgiveness. Apologizin' with words is pointless when actions don't back it up. You be better people together, though, and I think he'll be happier for it.
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Think so too... Mm, I'm already tryin' to change a bit, you know..? Or I was anyway. [hhh.] For Nazu's sake. But I-- I still wasn't--
[leo bites back the words, inhaling sharply. that's... not the reason and he knows it. it'd be unfair to drag his continued insecurity into it, when he'd always been more than enough for nazuna. he exhales after a moment.]
Anyway. I'm gonna. I don't wanna run anymore, Kuro. M'tired of it. Hurtin' people and all. I just... wanna find someplace I belong, [a small crack,] or with someone that makes me feel that way. I'll do anything for that.
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His hands shift, and he goes to scoop up his face so he can pull back just enough from where he's wound up curled against, around, Leo. ]
Change for your own sake, Leo.
[ Softly, fleetingly, Kuro presses a kiss to the top of his head. To the peak of his forehead. To the space between his eyebrows. A slow, lingering trail of affection. Of reassurance. ]
Become the person you wanna be for your brother. For your parents. [ He bonks their foreheads together, eyes focused on him. ] Become the person your Baba knew you were gonna be. But change for your own sake, not anybody else's. 'cause you've got a place here, with me 'n Suzu, whenever you need it.
And I'm not goin' anywhere, okay? [ His thumbs sweep over his cheeks. ] I'm here to help you find that bigger someplace, 'n that somebody.
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he groans, lifting a hand to beat kuro's chest pathetically. like, pathetic even by his own standards.]
God, I wish I could fall in love with you sometimes. It'd be a lot easier.
[but it. probably wouldn't be like this, if he was. so he shakes his head of the complaint and thought, moving to hang his hand off kuro's wrist loosely.]
... Thanks. Sorry for bein' a baby. I've... been stayin' with Miai's lion, takin' care of him since that guy asked me to while he's doin' this and that, but I'll come back here too. I don't wanna worry you and Suzu-tan any by being out where I shouldn't be.
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at bars, and clubs, with little care to himself.]
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He doesn't mind. A part of him thinks it might be him trying to make up for his past sins.
But. Change for your own sake. His advice comes from experience, in the end. ]
Pretty sure it wouldn't be. [ Pap. He disregards the feeble fist against his chest, smoothing his hands back along his jaw. There's love for Leo there, but he's not in love with him, either. He gets it. ]
That sentence is honestly not the weirdest thing I've heard out of you. [ Staying with a lion. Jesus. But the levity fades a little, and he slowly narrows his eyes at him. Kuro can smell the alcohol, and see the rumpled state of him, so he knows he's going to have to make sure he gets a shower in - maybe a bath. ] You wanna talk about that, too?
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(maybe he couldn't be in love with nazuna, either. maybe he just loves him. does it still hurt, if that's the case..? there's a clear difference in how he feels around nazuna and miai, but--)]
Sure. Miai offered it after I came around to cuddle with Alex-tan to deal with feelin' shitty about my parents. We... ended up talkin' a lot. Like, actually talking, not the "talking" we used to do.
[the thing with their mouths that was Distinctly not talking but was certainly not staying still.]
I met him earlier at a bar too, we talked a bit then and kinda got into a spat that turned out alright. Mm... When I met Miai, I fell head over heels, you know? So we sort of got into a relationship before we were like, actually friends. We didn't really learn the things we needed to, like how to talk and what to do if one of us is bothered by somethin'. Young and stupid and thinkin' things were okay.
We've been talkin' on and off about that sort of thing, though. Since Tanabata. [... man, that was a time ago... and guilt for that night chews at him.] I made him make some promises if he really wanted to try bein' with me again at some point, and I said some things I shouldn't have too. We cleared the air last time I saw him, and...
[gggggod, only god and kuro can judge him, these are the two men that are able to. leo's cheeks are red from more than just crying now.]
... And I mean, we're friends. Actual friends. But we also both wanna... try again, sometime. Even if it doesn't work out [even if they'd both like to] it'd be proof that we could do things right. By ourselves and each other, 'cause he does love me and regret what happened and I-- I love him too, Kuro, it's pretty shitty that I've been in love with him even when I was with Nazu, but that's...
[just how it is. how he is.]
M'glad Nazu broke up with me. [he's not.] He deserves someone that can give all of their heart to him, not just what's left over.
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(He thinks of the auction, and it's the situation they're in right now that keeps him from snorting incredulously at the memory, Jesus - )
But the only sign of judgement is a tick of his eyebrow upwards, his fingertips tapping gently against the back of Leo's skull as if he's weighing the merit of saying something scolding.
In the end, he doesn't. Not really. ]
Your heart's bigger'n people realize. I figured that out pretty early on that you're fast to love, 'n you love deeply, even when it's not in love. [ With him. With Nazuna. Hell, even Tsukasa. Leo breaks off pieces of his heart and gives them readily, in some cases, and it scares him - how deeply he loves is also as harshly as he's bound to get hurt if he doesn't take care.
Here they are, with heartache and an emotional affair that Leo is neck-deep in. ]
We all do shit that's young 'n stupid, though. Preachin' to the choir there. But if you know what you're doin', or at least you guys've talked about how things went, how they could go, then it's... not okay, but there's somethin' there that's better'n what you had before, and it could be okay. 'cause you've actually talked about it.
'n Nazuna... [ A tender subject. Despite the feelings he's had for Nazuna - you'd think he'd get over them after a decade of being ghosted, right? that really worked out - he was happy for them dating. They're two of his favorite people, his most important, beaten out only by his sister, and they deserved happiness. Whether it was with each other or not.
He's not happy for them having broken up, because their hearts are both big and giving. He can imagine that there's guilt on both sides. ]
Maybe you can have the same chance with Nazuna you've got with Garyuu. But there's nothin' wrong with steppin' back when you've got so much goin' on in that heart 'n head of yours. [ One hand draws back, to rap the back of his knuckles gently against Leo's forehead. ]
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... I wanna take a vacation to that pretty water place... Get away from everythin' here for a bit. But I've gotta take care of Alex-tan, and I still wanna... stay with Nazu, too, that place is too big for one bunny, you know..? He'll get lonely.
[even if it hurts. he's still going to support nazuna and stay with him and... mmmmm, he's back to whining a little.]
Can't everything stop for a little bit~? Use your big strong body and block time~.
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But for as much as he tells people to not push themselves too hard, he does it plenty himself. He takes breaks, sure, but he doesn't take vacations. Especially with the people he wants to take care of.
Case in point: ]
Could take a group vacation. Put a rule on no drama, otherwise I'll chuck 'em into the water 'n leave 'em there. For now, though...
[ He rolls over, right onto Leo. It's obvious that he pulls his weight so that all 200-something pounds of him isn't pressing down on his skinny frame, but he settles his bulk just right, blanketing him away from the world. ]
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[leo wiggles fruitlessly, not squished at all, but settles after his efforts are for naught. mm~. it's nice, just him, kuro, and tora. mostly him and kuro.]
Nn. Thanks. Group vacation sounds fun, I miss hangin' out like that.
[and sneaking off with different people.............. maybe he won't do that.]
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[ Tora has settled into the antics just fine, used to them. He wiggles so he's not crushed, but winds up climbing up onto Kuro in the process, laying with his body on the backs of his thighs.
Whatever, his dog has perched on him in weirder spots.
But this close, looking at Leo, Kuro gives him a bit of a stinkeye - as if sensing that thought. ]
Nobody'd be lonely, 'n it'd let us all resolve any issues we might have, y'know? M'sure that we could figure out somethin' for the lion in the meantime.
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Alex-tan... should probably live somewhere better than an apartment. I think Miai thinks so too, but I don't wanna give him up~. He'll be lonely~. Alex-tan and I are family~.
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Yeah, s'not where a lion belongs. Be happier havin' bigger space, 'n places to run around. You 'n Garyuu could go visit him, too, he wouldn't really be lonely. I don't think, anyways.
I only know how one lion works. [ fondly ]
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Well~, I can tell you as a lion that maybe he wouldn't... as long as one of us visited him often enough. Miai could probably become a lion handler if he tried, but if he can't for some reason I'll just get into it myself. ♪
[leo... with a pride of lions at his disposal... so much singing to be learned.]
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You'd have a lot of singin' there. Get some baritones for your cat choir. [ ... he also knows him well enough to know where his brain would go first.
He pulls back to look properly at him, shifting his weight again so he can get his weight up on an elbow for a moment to prop his chin in his hand. It's a familiar angle, but Kuro thinks fondly of it the same way he teases Leo fondly. ]
I can help you look, if you wanna. Find someplace for him to go so you 'n Garyuu can figure somethin' out.
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it's a nice view, too, and leo lets his arm hang familiarly from the other's neck, content like this.]
Would love it if y'did, Kuro. He's a real money sucker to feed, see, even if me and Miai're splitin' half and half on child custody right now. I insisted since he shouldn't have to pay alone.
[because they're friends, because leo loves alexander as much as miai does.]
Sorta short on funds right now 'cause of it, but it'll be fine. ♪ I know how to make a bit of money on the side.
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(See: bar fights Leo's started and Kuro's finished. See: Kuro leaping into a bullfighting ring with a flaming bull to take Leo's place. See: Kuro wanting to give him the goddamn world, if he can.) ]
Lion's not exactly a housecat, so I can bet it'd be eatin' up a lot of funds to take care of him. I'm sure they've got some kinda wildcat sanctuary that we could find, y'know? Introduce him back into the whole pride thing that lions usually got goin' for 'em.
[ He reaches his free hand out, weight now on his elbow and forearm, flicking some of Leo's wild hair off his forehead. ] Save you some money, get him some enrichment, continue sharin' custody.
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[that's
no, that's. a little something he might've. not. said anything about, ever. and now he's just casual about it.]
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[ Kuro was going to comment on the zoo, on the circus.
He stares instead. ]
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