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[Well, how is he supposed to resist that? With a curious look, he shakes the bag a little, just enough to rattle the contents inside.]

[ there's silence at first, like the calm before the storm, but a few seconds pass and then there's the loud thumping of footsteps. it comes like a wave and oh boy, here comes about twelve cats all running up to tatsuma, meowing and causing a ruckus because treeeeeeeeeeaaaTTTTTTTTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ]

[YUP THAT SURE IS A BUNCH OF CATS. He reflexively holds the treats up a little higher, not sure if they're the types to try to jump for the thing.

Souji

Help. Please. What does he do???]

[ a few of them are definitely getting on their back legs to try and beg for it. cream-san is one of them but she doesn't stay there long. she actually clings right onto tatsuma's leg and seems to start climbing?? luckily, souji is there so he pulls cream-san off tatsuma to hold her ]

If you want, you can open the bag and throw a treat down the hall. They'll run after it and then you'll be free for a bit.

[He takes Souji up on his advice, taking out a treat and flinging it across the room for the cats to chase.]

Fast...

[Truly, nothing can get between cats and their treats, huh?]

[ they'll come right back after they finish chasing down that treat and it's eaten! be prepared ]

Want to make our escape or do you want to try and stand your ground?

[ souji's got cream-san in his arms (who's squirming because she wants treats too) so they have the main target right here ]

[This is a very good question, and it ends up answered by necessity because that pause has him waiting entirely too long - the cats are nearly upon him again when he tosses another out, and the cats all instantly turn to follow it, tails up high like little fluffy flags.]

--Escape.

[Now that they're sufficiently distracted. He glances around, seeking out an escape route!]

[ souji smiles at tatsuma's answer and after shifting a bit to get cream-san tucked away in a single arm, he uses his now free hand to grab onto tatsuma's ]

This way.

[ he whispers (but like that matters with the cats) and quickly drags him away so they can make their escape! up the stairs and into souji's room where they can shut the door behind them and where the cats cannot enter. ]

[Tatsuma follows quickly enough, feeling a bit bad about the cats who weren't fast enough to catch the treats, but... on the other hand, there's no way he could have kept track of each of the cats well enough to give them treats separately, not like that. He knows when he's met his match, and right now it involves eleven cats.

Once they're in, he breathes a soft sigh of relief, bag still firmly in grip because it's not as though there was any safe place to drop it along the way. Cream-san is surely going to get spoiled rotten here.]

Safe.

Safe.

[ souji repeats with a nod. he walks over to his bed and sits down, patting the spot next for him to signal for tatsuma to sit with him. he then lowers cream-san from his arms to place on his lap ]

Now you can properly meet Cream-san.

[He follows almost immediately, settling on the bed even as he peers at the famous Cream-san.]

She's cute...

[If he holds out a hand for her to sniff, will she accept him?? Then again, there's probably remnants of those treats on his fingers, too...]

[ the smell and residue of the treats help immensely because she immediately goes from sniffing to licking his fingers. mmmm treats :9 ]

Looks like she likes you already. Do you want to hold her?

Mm.

[He nods yes, already reaching out with one hand to pet her and keeping the other low to support her as she's handed over.

And he'll actually pet her for a bit, allowing her to lap off the treat residue to her content before he speaks up again, not even looking up from the cat in his arms.]

Is your neck okay...?

[ ah... as tatsuma asks about his neck, souji raises a hand to gently place a few fingers against the healed burn. he looks downwards with a small melancholic smile ]

It’s all right. It doesn’t hurt anymore.

[ he looks up, smile still remaining ]

It was from an accident.

What happened?

[His voice remains casual as he continues to cuddle Cream-san in his arms. This isn't an interrogation, and he's not about to make it such. How much or how little Souji divulges is entirely up to him, but...

Tatsuma wants to know, if he's willing to share.]

[ should it have been earlier in the year or if tatsuma was just a friend, souji might not have said anything. he had a bad habit of bottling things up, refusing to show any sides of weakness or to let others worry about him. he's been getting much better at it these days, after being told countless times that he's doing no one any favours but himself but it's still hard. to go for years upon years of handling things on his own, he still has troubles opening up but this is tatsuma. in a relationship, they shouldn't hide things, right? and tatsuma has been one of the only people he could open up to, with the things about moving constantly and how he never had any friends before recolle, so this shouldn't be something that he should hide from him. ]

[ so he admits it, his fingers still gently over the healed scar ]

A friend of mine was practising his new fire powers. It was going well at first but he eventually lost control and he hit me. Of course, it was an accident and Yu was nearby to heal me right after, but even our Personas have limits so the scar remained since that day.

[He nods, remembering the power of Souji's Persona that healed him after the accident. He doesn't doubt it was able to stave off the pain of such an injury, even if the mark was regrettably left behind.

He raises his head to look at Souji properly, fingers still curled in Cream-san's fur.]

You aren't upset?

[He doesn't sense any resentment behind Souji's words, at least.]

[ he shakes his head, his hand finally dropping from his neck and moving to pet cream-san in tatsuma's arms. he doesn't exactly look at tatsuma as he speaks, just focusing on cream-san for now, with his voice still having that same tone of melancholy ]

No. It was partially my fault anyway and I knew that he would never hurt me in any other circumstances. Plus, my friend... he took it the hardest. He didn't answer any of his texts and his brother contacted me trying to find him. I had to seek him out in order to finally talk to him and it looked like he didn't get a wink of sleep, so I know how much he regretted it and the amount of guilt he held over the incident. It was just an unfortunate accident and there's no way I could hold that over him.

[ then he gives a small laugh as he says this next part ]

At least the scar will make me look tough and adds character.

[The smile Tatsuma gives in turn is a sad, if gentle one. If it were him, he'd likely do the same - he's not really in any position to judge Souji because of it.

Friends are friends, and accidents? Definitely not something he could ever hold a grudge over.

He'll let Souji focus on petting her on the head, his own hand closer to the base of her neck. Spoiling this cat rotten in the middle of their talks.]

They're nice scarves, too.

[He shifts closer to Souji, all the easier for more Cream-san pets.]

If you show it or not... It's up to you. [He realizes the problems that could crop up from having the scars on display, just as he realizes why Souji didn't want to bring it up in the first place.]

...You look good either way, though.

[It's. An Attempt to lighten the mood just a little.]

[ the attempt is successful because it gets a small laugh from souji. with tatsuma shifting closer, souji leans his head against tatsuma's, resting it there as he continues to pet cream-san (who is loving all this attention she's getting) ]

Mr Hiyuu, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?

Just a little.

[Is his cheeky reply, moving his own head a little for maximum comfortable leaning.]

Is it working?

[ he nuzzles against tatsuma ]

Mm, it is. Consider me head over heels. You may do whatever you wish with me, seductress.

[He hums thoughtfully, though it's interrupted by another huff of laughter at the nuzzling.]

I want to do whatever would make you happy right now.

[Tatsuma that's not...

Well, okay.]

[ aha, souji will flip that. he doesn't mind tatsuma's passiveness but he would like tatsuma to also be a little more assertive as well ]

But what would make you happy? And saying doing what will make me happy doesn't count.

[Ah... It's been turned on him. It has him pausing for a short moment, leaning a little more on Souji.]

I'm happy like this, though. [And that's no lie, he really is content enough. His wants are and always have been simple.]

Being with you is enough to make me happy.

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