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Instead of answering immediately, Kuro walked over to the pile of food he kept in front of the TV for when he was in one of his Shut-in moods. “I only ever keep quick foods near me, since as a Shut in, I can’t spend too much energy or time away from the TV. Ramen is easily made with water and a microwave, and chips are premade, all you have to do is open the bag. Do you want to try shifting to into my other form?”

“For starters, make sure you’re not in any sunlight.” Thankfully, Sora tended to keep the drapes closed for him, unless it was suggested otherwise. “I’m so used to it I just do it automatically.” Which was a bit of a hindrance, since he had no idea how to tell him how to shift into human form.

“Feel free to eat as much as you want. I usually eat ramen or chips, but ice cream is good too. It won’t kill you. Just stay out of the sunlight for extended periods of time. And don’t worry about needing to drink blood. It’s too much of a hassle, so I just don’t bother with it unless Mahiru needs me to.”

“I don’t know what kind of food these are, but I really liked fish. Yomiel used to give me lots of sardines and tuna. I miss being able to eat it.”

Kuro raised an eyebrow as best he could with a cat’s face. They must have already spent too long together for Hyde to have picked up Licht’s grumpy mood. The laugh is more like his brother, along with his wink that draws an icked out face from the cat. He felt bad for Hyde’s Eve sometimes.

“…How does the sun feel? On human skin?” He shrugged about the question directed at himself. “Not too different. The cat I know isn’t exactly a normal cat. Not a mo- a vampire, but not a living cat either.” He hadn’t been able to bring himself to pilfer through the memories of his friend to find things out. It wasn’t important.

They are still generally attached at the hip. The contract didn’t erase itself when they flipped bodies, unfortunately. So he didn’t even need to be in there that long for things to rub off. The expression gets a laugh too. Poor anyone who has to put up with this guy for long, really.

That was a bit of a mistake, asking what the sun feels like, because he has the most horrible cliche immediately at the ready for an answer. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

Nico hadn’t really taken a liking to this strange island, but then again who fully did? Even though he would fully admit that it was nice to take a break away from the gods, and their so called merciful good deeds. In short staying locked up in his assigned living space was a commonality for the son of hades. He was pretty much a shut in at this point which in all respect was nice until the walls felt like they were closing in. So a much needed fast food run was what pushed him up on his feet and out into the cold. He guessed he could handle some social interaction today but he wouldn’t really be seeking it out. His social battery could in reality only take so much.

And much to his surprise it would be used up on a small black cat. At least he thought it was a cat. They sounded and appeared very feline like so they must at least fall into the category. Crouching down to be within some close proximity with the whining creature, he dug into his McD*nalds to-go bag. He was hesitant with his movements considering his recent history with animals in general. Yet the cat didn’t seem to be running off anytime soon, so he proceeded with his plan. Pulling out some fries he held them out towards the cat, a silent generous action.

Good old McD*nalds. He sniffs them, just to be sure that they’re warm and fresh, then grabs them with his teeth. He won’t reveal himself yet as not being a real cat, so he doesn’t offer a “thank you” out loud. Instead, he purrs and rolls over, exposing his stomach. Maybe if he’s cute enough, the kid will give him more food?

“Not much different then. I was already dead when I became a vampire, so…” He lets his sentence trail off, preferring not to speak of his past. “Granted I didn’t feel as numb but at I’d prefer that, so this is a welcomed surprise.”

His sin did allow him some numbness, but it wasn’t the same. “Yeah. I’m sloth. Be careful of sore muscles.”

“Ah, I see.” The kitten licks his paws. Sissel had been used to feel numb for ten years, so feeling all this tiredness was new. He didn’t remember being this tired when he used to be alive, even if he spent most of the time lazying around.

Kuro squinted nervously at the man holding him and continued to flail his paws in the air. He hoped if he whined enough, they might drop him, but so far, they didn’t seem willing to.

“H-hey… put me down… what kind of human grabs random strays?? I’ll call the cops…” No he wouldn’t, but he hoped it would scare this person off from asking more questions. “What makes you think I’m not a normal cat, nya?”

  “Well, you sure don’t look like it.” He tightens his grip on the cat, mildly swinging the thing around. Judging by how uncaring he looks, Lucian looks like he’s purposely trying to irritate the other. This isn’t going to help him later.

“Stop iiiiit... humans are so cruel! Assaulting poor innocent kittens like me for no reason...” He flailed his paws more and then curled in on himself, trying to appear smaller in the hopes that this guy would think he was just being mean to a small kitten.

“I’m not swiping at you.”

“Do you pet them wrong? Cats are very delicate and you can’t be mishandling them.”

“Maybe if you didn’t slander cats, you wouldn’t have that problem.”

“Well, you’d like Mahiru. He’s a troublesome Eve, but he tries to keep things as simply as possible. He even says ‘thinking simply!’ or whatever. Drags me into a lotta problems though because he wants to be a Shounen Manga hero.”

He might be complaining but he loved Mahiru dearly.

“Here, laying it out in front of you will probably help you in the beginning, but I’ve gotten to where I can eat with forks and play video games even with these tiny paws.” He started up the tutorial and sat back, watching how Sissel would progress.

“He seems really nice. I’d love to meet him someday.”

Sissel watched attentivelly and he thought he got the basics of it by now. It shouldn’t be too difficult, so he tried to mimic what Kuro was doing. 

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“This is so troublesome I could die… although we’re not too different even like this…” He wondered, briefly, if he could step out into the sun and feel the warmth again? Although he wasn’t sure. Nor did he really care. “What do you think…?”

“Well, technically you’re already dead… In my body at least. You won’t be able to feel things while you’re in there so I’m sorry. ” Sissel replied. The whole body exchange wasn’t something so unusual for a ghost was was used at possessing stuff and even had a friend who could possess others as well. 

“Not much different then. I was already dead when I became a vampire, so...” He lets his sentence trail off, preferring not to speak of his past. “Granted I didn’t feel as numb but at I’d prefer that, so this is a welcomed surprise.”

But not all of them, since he almost immediately follows it up with a laugh. “He hates it. He thought it was something I did at first and demanded I undo it. If I was going to magic myself ‘close’ to him, it wouldn’t be like this.” He grins lasciviously and winks. It should be pretty obvious what he means there.