Me not mentioning many specifics because I haven't read arc two yet, and it's been a while since I read arc one.
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If you asked Sana what her favorite type of cat would be, she might say it was a soft, gentle gray one like Miss Purrs had been, but in reality, she wasn’t exactly picky. She just loved cats.
Maybe it was that there was something about them that she saw in herself; they seemed at first shy, like they wanted to be alone, but when you reached out to them, when you offered them your companionship and were genuine about it, they loved intensely.
If Sana could make those she cared for as happy as the affection of a cat made her, she’d consider it a job well done. It was hard though. Sometimes, she felt as if she took much more than she gave. Iroha and the other girls of Mikazuki Villa were always there for her; when she struggled, when she bled, when she just needed to cry. Iroha usually caught on when she was sad, sometimes even before Sana realized how upset she was herself.
It didn’t necessarily take anything specific to make Sana sad. There were days she just woke up with a deep melancholy in her heart, and nothing could shake it. On those days she felt particularly useless. She knew she was welcome. She knew she was loved, but— had she earned that?
Yesterday had been one of those days. She woke up feeling as if her head was throbbing, but it wasn’t a physical ache; it was an imaginary pressure that seemed to almost overwhelm her. Things felt blurry and frustrating, sad yet numb. She wondered if this was common for other people. She didn’t think it was. If only she could have slept the day away.
She went to bed early that night.
Iroha had clearly noticed, as she dragged her to Kamihama’s newest cat cafe the next morning. One good thing about being invisible was that it meant she didn’t have to pay admission, so at the very least, she didn’t also have to be a financial burden on her friends. The cats were so cute, and all of them were up for adoption as well. Sana longed to adopt one of her own, but she refused to even bring up the possibility until she could pay for it herself.
She sat next to Iroha on a small, soft bench that doubled as cat furniture. A fluffy orange cat was spread across both their laps. Its purrs were steady, calming. Iroha had rested her head on Sana’s shoulder, which caused a flush to rise up on the younger girl’s cheeks.
“Iroha-san…” she finally said.
“Hmm?” Iroha responded. She was tired. Unlike Sana, she’d stayed up late the night before.
“Thank you for doing all of this for me,” she replied, and her voice wavered, but she tried to keep it steady. “I-I sometimes think I ask too much of you.”
“Sana-chan, you didn’t even ask me to do this,” Iroha let out a light laugh.
Sana waved her hands in front of her. “I know, I know! But you always notice when I’m sad and try to help me with that.”
Iroha looked confused for a moment, then smiled and sat back up. She took Sana’s hands between hers. “That’s what friends do.”
Sana shook her head. “But you do so much more for me than I do for you.”
Iroha went quiet for a few seconds. The orange cat took that chance to bat Sana’s arm, and she reached down and gave it a scratch behind the ears. At least cats could see her.
“Do you know how when we fight witches and uwasa, we don’t just take turns attacking, but instead we attack based on what’s needed at that time?” Iroha asked. Sana nodded. “So sometimes, we’ll finish a battle and Tsuruno-chan will have done a lot more of the fighting than Felicia-chan, or you’ll have done more than me, but we still treat it like we won as a group.”
Sana looked nonplussed, but nodded again.
“I think friendship is like that,” Iroha said. “I’m… a little new to it myself, but it seems to me it’s not just trading off back and forth. Sometimes one person needs to help a little more.” She smiled brightly. “But I like you, so it makes me happy to do that. Plus, all the things we do together are fun. I’m not going to complain about going to a cat cafe!”
“I don’t know…”
“And also, I know that someday, it might be different.”
“What do you mean?” Sana asked, her mouth dropping open in surprise.
“I mean that there will be times where someone else needs more help than you do, and during those times, I know that you’ll be there for them.” Iroha smiled and squeezed Sana’s hands.
“Y-yes, yes of course I would be!” Sana nodded resolutely, firm and full of conviction.
And Iroha leapt forward and wrapped her arms around Sana’s shoulders, careful not to disrupt the happy orange cat that shared their laps. Sana melted into the embrace; so warm, so fond, like a kitten kiss or cup of hot cocoa in her mug back at Mikazuki Villa. She would be there for Iroha and her friends when she was needed, no matter what was needed, and she held that promise in the deepest part of her heart.
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I know awhile back you said if there was anything we'd like to see added to your RedBubble to let you know. Any chance of adding the Alucard and Esa where they're headbutting? It's so adorable! (also I know I'm like the only person who'd probably buy it, but Witchmark boys? I love them so!)
Last chapter of my Secret Santa gift @yoisecretsanta18 for @abarero
title: down where the sirens sing
rating: teen and up
parings: katsuki yuuri/victor nikiforov, minor mila babicheva/sara crispino, minor leo de la iglesia/ji guang-hong
summary: “The legend says that there’s a group of islands near Italy where the sirens and mermaids sing. They will lure any ship that is unlucky enough to navigate close to their waters. The sailors will hear a woman singing their name, asking them to stay with her… ”Yuri snorts. “That’s a load of crap. Do you really believe all of this?”
