[OPEN] he just couldn't stay away

[catmemes]

WHO: Kaijin (catmemes) & OPEN
WHAT: Catch-all for general catventures and TDM prompts
WHERE: All over
WHEN: August-ish
WARNINGS: will add as needed




[ Prompts below, feel free to throw me a random start or poke me through PM or talkincodes for something specific. ]

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[catmemes]

[ He makes a thoughtful kind of rumbling sound as he rubs his head into Midnight's hand, dragging his cheeks against helpful fingers. Doesn't sound like anything Kai knows, but it also doesn't sound particularly unbelievable. But how he got like this... Kai twists to run his back under Midnight's hand but also to face him enough to peer up at the man. ]

You're dead?

[ He asks it so matter of factly, just looking for confirmation rather than any kind of shock. But that's the world Kai is used to, where life and death have a lot less separating them than in the human world. ]

[unrequite]

Ah, no. Not yet.

[ Midnight shakes his head, pushing back against the cat's cheeks a little, scratching behind his whiskers. It may be wrong, but Midnight thinks that's a pretty reasonable conclusion to draw. ]

I was very lucky, though. Most people with my condition die within a few years. I was able to find people who could help me. Doctors who have been studying my disease for a long time. I'm alive, for now.

[ Not for a terribly long while longer, but his prognosis is much better than it used to be. And dying in around a decade instead of a year or so... Well, everyone dies eventually, right? ]

So for now, I'd like to make sure people around me are all right. Which means, of course, that if you must scratch me up a bit, I'd like for you to at least steer clear of the blood, mm?

[ ... Okay, Midnight's not actually looking forward to getting scratched up a bit, but he believes in fair warnings. ]

[catmemes]

[ That earns a bit of a narrow-eyed stare, but considering the pets are still happening, Kai is willing to let a lot of things go. He presses himself firmly into Midnight's fingers, somehow managing to resist the urge to nip. He can learn.

Of course in any other circumstances, something like that wouldn't bother him at all. There are benefits to technically being made of stone. But the reminder of what he's lost does make him grumble irritably. ]

Do you get scratched up a lot that you need to warn people?

[ Or is it just him? ...that would be fair enough, honestly. ]

[unrequite]

Mm? Well...

[ Midnight considers this for a moment. ]

It's more accurate to say that most who take opportunities to put hands upon my person don't actually do so out of spite. And I do confess that I left those sorts of people back home.

[ ... This is a complete non-answer. Midnight realizes this, laughs. ]

So let's say, as of late, no. Those who did already knew that they needed to stay mindful.

[ ... Midnight tilts his head. ]

Except for Miss Popukar, I suppose, but she can't help herself, dear thing.

[catmemes]

[ It's a lot of dancing around an actual answer, though Kai's not exactly sure what he was expecting. It does get Midnight a decidedly dry look, or as dry of a look as he can manage at the moment. ]

You're weird.

[ Says the talking cat. But Kai is well aware of his own weirdnesses. And he doesn't just mean the dodginess, though that's there too. He really doesn't usually get that kind of overwhelming urge to claw at people, but Midnight brings out enough of it that Kai has to wrestle with himself and Midnight's warnings. So that was nice enough of him at least. ]

...but thanks.

[unrequite]

You're welcome. Or rather, I should be thanking you. This is the best cat-petting experience of my life. I rather think I should try to repay you for your patience, somehow.

[ Both a very thoughtful and a very honest comment. Thanking a cat for his patience is very much like thanking a gust of wind for not blowing off one's hat, but Midnight's the type to count his blessings. ]