#selflesstwin

“I just got off a long as hell flight and needed a pick me up. This place was handing out coupons for two free coffees. I knew you liked coffee almost as much as I do, so I thought y’know, maybe you’d wanna come with me.”

In truth, he just wanted to spend some time with Kaoru. But you’d have to stab him to get him to admit that.

｢ @selflesstwin​  ｣

The end was approaching. Almost there. A year turned into a few months and then into a few weeks. Kaoru had a calendar in their room, counting down the days, but as they grew closer to the brothers... They stopped. At one point, they stopped feeling pain in their heart. The homesickness slowly disappeared. The exchange student still missed their siblings and friends but they were in no rush to return. Not when they made such wonderful memories with new loved ones. Not when they had... Fallen in love.

" Hey Mammon... " They stepped into his room and closed the door behind them, eyes quickly moving to stare at the floor instead of the other. Could they even force themself to meet his gaze? If they somehow managed it, they only hoped that the tears wouldn't fall. " We should talk. Y'know, I have a few weeks left here and... " Kaoru lifted their head and wiped their eyes, " ...I don't know what to do. I mean, what should we do? About us? "

Their heart hurt, " Fuck... Months ago, this would have never been an issue. Leaving the Devildom but then I got closer to your brothers and... " They moved over to him and held his hands, " ...I fell in love with you. You made it so easy to fall in love with you. Mammon, I love you so much. I want nothing more than to stay here with you and fall even more in love with you every single day but... That's not fair to you. " They sighed and wiped more tears away, " I'm not going to live forever which sucks because I wouldn't complain about a forever with you but... It's not possible so... " Kaoru lowered their head again, " ...maybe we should break up. "

“Yo, precious! I was wonderin’ where ya were!” The bright, elated quirk of his voice was brought down the moment he turned to find his dejected human. He had been told to wait here, so he did — because he hoped for something nice, something fun or pleasant. He didn’t expect to find them so solemn, the eyes he had quickly come to adore refusing to turn in his direction.

    ‘ We should talk. ’

Mammon’s stomach dropped out from underneath his feet. His skin grew hot and cold, the confusing sensation boarding on numbness. There was a cottony dryness to his mouth that made his tongue the texture of sandpaper.

“W—Why do we gotta do anythin’ about us?” If their heart hurt, than so did his. It was tempting to reach up and rub at his chest where the ache had begun to thrum, but he resisted. Rather, he toyed with one of the rings on his fingers, letting his thumb twist it around and around, until the skin was rubbed raw.

Their hand wrapped around his made him want to hope that this wasn’t happening, but it was. They claimed over and over again that they loved him, and that they wanted to stay. Despite knowing from the start that it would only be a year, they didn’t want to leave him and his brothers behind.

“Ya made it sound like it’s a bad thing that ya fell for me.” He pulled his hand from theirs, but felt his fingers grow cold the moment he did. “What about it ain’t fair? I knew what I was fallin’ for too, y’know. It ain’t like you bein’ human was a secret! I’ve known ya won’t live forever! I’ve had it drilled int’a my head that ya ain’t gonna be around for as long as I am, but I didn’t give a shit! I ended up gettin’ attached to ya anyway!”

He ranted and rambled, assuming it wouldn’t give them a chance to say what he knew they would say. Because it was inevitable, because he was always bound to lose the things that mattered most to him. He was good enough at getting what he wanted, but keeping it — that was impossible.

He could have gotten upset. He could have demanded they leave him alone while he processed the fact that they would make a heartless suggestion. He could have lost every ounce of progress he had made and shrugged it off, as if it didn’t matter to him that a human would want to end their relationship then and there.

But he was the Avatar of Greed. He was stubborn and needy, and he refused to let go when something belonged to him. They had family and friends back in the Human Realm, he knew this. He accepted it. He wanted them to be happy no matter which Realm they happened to be in, even if it meant they couldn’t see each other every minute of every day like they had for the last year. But he would be damned if he gave up everything they had.

“Been here a whole damn year, and ya still don’t get it, do ya?” He moved to stand closer, letting both of his hands wrap around the one they had used to take his earlier. He brought the hand up, let it press to his cheek. Behind his shades, his eyes swam. “I don’t care if you’re in another Realm, another dimension, another whatever. I don’t even care that ya won’t be around forever. You’re mine, treasure. Mine. Ya hear me? I don’t let go once I got my hands on somethin’ I want.”

His head dipped forward, forehead pressed to theirs. And when he continued, his voice sounded the slightest bit pinched and watery.

“Ya really didn’t think it was just gonna end ‘cause ya had t’leave, did ya? It’s gonna hurt like hell that I ain’t gonna be able t’see ya every day, but it ain’t gonna make me love ya any less. Nothin’ will ever make me love ya less.  .  .”

“Who are you and why are you here?” Akito was no stranger to the people who wandered about the Sohma estate, but she knew everyone who did wander. They had to be allowed in after all so when she saw an unfamiliar person she grew on edge, rather annoyed at how easily they were allowed in without her permission. The estate was only meant for the Sohma family and anyone else who came in was an intruder who had to be dealth with immediately.

@selflesstwin​ : " I fucking hate you. " [ @ ODA ]

@selflesstwin || Random text posts || accepting!

    Leo's entire torso jerked with a laugh, and he shook his head. “No, sleeping for eight hours straight no matter who or what you are is fake,” he declared, tone firm and leaving no room for doubt. “C’mon—there’s gotta be a pee break in there somewhere. Do the straights just have bladders of steel too, or...? Where do I sign up for that?”

    What he didn’t consider in that line of logic was just how crazy long he managed to go without food, drink, any bodily needs when focused on his work. The fact that Leo pretty constantly woke up starving or... desperately hoping the bathroom was free probably had a lot to do with him not making time for those things while awake—like normal people did, he guessed.

    At the same time, he guessed this particular topic of conversation wasn’t winning any awards, so—

after  much  discussion  among  the  other  hosts  ,  it  was  KAORU  who  finally  approached  his  fellow  first - year  to  see  what  was  wrong  .  haruhi’s  amber  hues  are  round  with  surprise  as  they  settle  upon  the  twin’s  inquiring  features  .  a  soft  sigh  escapes  the  commoner  .

‘  i’m  sorry  ,  kaoru  ––––  i  didn’t  mean  to  cause  anyone  to  worry  .  it’s  just  .  .  .  ‘  their  voice  trails  off  as  haruhi  once  more  turns  their  gaze  to  the  window  nearby  .  ‘  i  ––––  i’m  missing  a  big  sale  at  the  farmer’s  market  today  .  it’ll  already  be  over  by  the  time  i  get  home  from  the  host  club  .  ‘  typical  haruhi  .

It wasn’t something that Hatori normally did. He hadn’t been inside a hospital as an actual physician since his residency, but he owed his friend from medical school this favor. When he had explained this to Akito, she hadn’t been exactly pleased, but she allowed it anyway as long as he kept his cellphone on him at all times, which he would.

He knocked on the door before entering the room. Kaoru Hitachiin was the patient. Young. Flu. Seemed like a pretty straightforward case. He wasn’t particularly worried.