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7TH | Text

[chichichi]

Hey. How are you holding up?

[ Sudden? Perhaps, but she genuinely wants to know. That, and it should be a good distraction from the current circus that is her life on furry alien touch planet what with Cordis being high in the sky and those stupid ears and tail having returned with some unhelpful new additions she hadn't been expecting.

Come on, Yo-chan. Answer me. ]

[dj_jiraiya]

u know theres this thing called sleep

perhaps u heard of it

its wonderful

[ This was like, his only time he didn't have to worry about food, Sets! Why are you waking him up? ]

im fine btw

1/2

[chichichi]

[ And just like that, her mouth is activated. Er, fingers. ]

Sleep? Doesn't ring a bell. It doesn't even sound like a real thing.

2/2

[chichichi]

[ Except... maybe she feels a little bad, waking him up like this. He needs his rest, to eat well after everything that happened at the end of the month. Damn. ]

Go back to sleep, Yo-chan. Text me when you wake up.

[dj_jiraiya]

im awake. and hungry, may as well get up now. whats up anyway?

[chichichi]

[ Everything. ]

What do you want to eat? I'll make you something for your trouble.

[dj_jiraiya]

[ This reply comes about twenty minutes later. Someone accidentally fell back asleep. ]

sry, fell asleep again

idk but somethin fillin i guess? im cordis again

[ It's what woke him back up again. Hunger pains suck, ugh. And kind of why he's a little cranky. ]

lets just go to mcdennys and u can tell me why u decided to check up on me so early in the morning. they serve big breakfasts.

[chichichi]

[ About that. ]

I can't leave the complex. What traits did you pick up?

[dj_jiraiya]

pheromones?

[ Better be that because he's not gonna deal with her being prideful about cat features again, thanks. ]

same as before. ears, tail, and fangs. and super duper hungry.

[chichichi]

[ Boy, don't start. ]

Yeah.

[ About the pheromones, she's pretty certain at this point. ]

I've already started cooking. I can't stay long, but I'll bring it up when it's done. It might be good for me to step out of the apartment for a moment.

[dj_jiraiya]

u sure its that bad this time?

[chichichi]

It's affecting my household.

[ Which... is a very strange thing to type. She didn't expect to, not here, but November turned out full of surprises. ]

[dj_jiraiya]

oh.

didn’t kno u got more ppl. just stay home then, told u im fine! we can just stick to text.

[chichichi]

I didn't tell you?

[ Ah, wait. That's right. Things got so busy... ]

Kureno-chan arrived here from home with the last batch of arrivals. Lightning-kun wound up joining us the next day.

[ 'Wound up'. Setsura. ]

Like I said, it'd probably be good for me to step out for a minute and I started cooking twenty minutes ago with your Cordis appetite in mind. You're going to put this away.

[dj_jiraiya]

you dont have to go out of your way for me. youre cordis too.

[ He knows she’s the one who reached out, but he hated feeling like he was just being a bother. He shouldn’t have mentioned being hungry. ]

[chichichi]

Alright. What's eating you?

[dj_jiraiya]

nothing. i told you im fine.

[chichichi]

Yo-chan, you're being stubborn.

[dj_jiraiya]

so are you

[chichichi]

I'm not the one being unreasonable. You're really going to make me waste all this food?

[ She and Lightning could probably pack it away, but she'd also sort of cooked with them in mind, so -- ]

You need to eat. You're too skinny. Cordis will turn you into a pile of bones and I won't have it.

[dj_jiraiya]

im not making you do anything i didn’t ask you to make food! you got two others there so I’m not wasting anything! i can get food on my own.

[chichichi]

Kureno-chan stepped out because of the pheromones. He probably won't come back while I'm like this.

[ Which is its own mess. He's a full grown sending off dog, she knows, but she would've preferred to have been prepared for this, that he have a designated place to sit tight while they wait Cordis and its mess out. Not only that, but she's been able to sleep properly because Kureno is there and there's presence in their living space, something she missed more than she realized. What's she going to do during the remainder of Cordis? Climb into bed with Lightning??? Pin him on the couch and conveniently fall asleep on his lap while he pets her e -- ears?

Although Kureno isn't around to see that if it happens, which is good, she's not entirely sure how he'd handle seeing her like that, but that's -- ugh, that's besides the point. She hates these stupid ears so much, just the thought of Lightning's hands on 'em gets them twitching and it's embarrassing. She's so glad this is text. She doesn't want to begin explaining that to anyone. ]

I'm coming up to drop this food off whether you like it or not. Prepare yourself.

[dj_jiraiya]

[ Prepare himself? Jeez, this wasn't supposed to be a fight. He knew he was being stupid. But he hated feeling like she was going out of her way for no reason. All because he was still a bit of a mess.

He sighed. ]

ok

[chichichi]

[ She recognizes defeat when she sees it. She hadn't intended this to be a fight, but she won't apologize. She hasn't said or done anything wrong.

Still, she sighs, not that he can see or hear it and give her apron strings a tug. She can't cook anymore. not like this. Those unpleasant emotions will seep into the food. She was on the very last batch, at least, so she doesn't think they did, but... she doesn't like that rejection, that push, shove. She knows he doesn't mean it, but in that split second, it's hard not to take it personally.

That's why she takes a moment to reply. ]

I'll be headed up in five. Try to cheer up, okay? This isn't a punishment, Yo-chan.

[dj_jiraiya]

i know.

the door will be unlocked for u.