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from@daiyadreamer
Kuramochi Youichi is born into a world that is unforgiving to those born in poverty. But not all stories start with tragedy, and Youichi’s grandfather will make sure that his is one of them.
So it starts like this:
Kuramochi Youichi makes an ally in Death not ten minutes after he is born. His path will be a long one, and one witch can change the course of his life in the form of a golden-eyed boy who wasn’t born that way.
(A Godfather Death AU) My gift for meitaskaista on tumblr.
To:@daiyadreamer
From: @mangacomicgirl
Notes: Ok so, I might have screamed a little when I got your name sent as my giftee? Quinn, I’m not sure if you remember little old me, but I absolutely adore your blog, and have requested headcannons from you a few times. Your blog is one of my favourites and god, I was so extremely nervous to write for you. Sadly because of school, I couldn’t write a story as long as I desired (or that you deserve), so I had to settle for something a little smaller. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this, and I wish you all the best
Troublesome Paws
When Kominato Ryousuke agreed to move out with his younger brother, he knew they would have their difference in opinions. Haruichi was a sentimental person, who wanted to make their new house in Tokyo into a home. Ryousuke had no issues with what his brother wanted to do with their house, as to him, it was a building he would merely be living in, the decor was but a minor nuisance which Ryousuke had no problem letting Haruichi handle. And so, he had let Haruichi have his way with buying furniture and painting walls. But what Ryousuke didn’t expect was this.
“So, tell me why we are here Haruichi.” Ryousuke’s tone was inquisitive, but held a displeased timbre.
Haruichi was looking at his older brother, and Ryousuke could only assume Haruichi had predicted this outcome. “Well Aniki, I thought we could have a look at some of the animals.”
Ryousuke continued to stare at the building, facial expression never once wavering. “And why would we need to look at such things?”
The other pinkette sighed. “Because, if we find one we like, we can consider adopting one.”
Humming, Ryousuke finally turned to Haruichi, a frown on his face. “And you didn’t tell me this is why you wanted me to come shopping with you because?”
“I knew you wouldn’t come if I told you I wanted to adopt a pet.” Haruichi stated simply, giving his older brother an imploring look. “So, I brought you here the only way I knew would work.” There was silence for a few moments and Haruichi sighed when Ryousuke didn’t so much as twitch. “Aniki, please humour me. You know how much I’ve always wanted to have a pet at home.”
“You had a bird.”
“Which you refused to interact with because it always attacked you.”
A deadly smile made its way onto Ryousuke’s face. “We do not speak of that Haruichi.”
Sighing, Haruichi frowned deeply. “I was young, I don’t even remember the birds name. It got out of its cage and disappeared remember, Aniki?”
“Yes, what a shame.” Ryousuke said, showing no remorse.
“Just, can we please have a look?” Haruichi asked, his pleading sunset pink eyes trained on Ryousuke. “You never know, you might fall in love with just one look.”
Ryousuke clicked his tongue. “I highly doubt it.” He pinched the bridge of his nose, exhaling sharply. “We will look for no more than twenty minutes. I don’t want to waste any more time here than necessary.”
The smile that came over Haruichi’s face made Ryousuke shake his head at how excited his younger brother was. Maybe Ryousuke was finally going soft, not reaching Koshien with Haruichi during his final year of high school last year had made Ryousuke realise that it was about time he stopped being a rival and started being a brother. Perhaps that’s why he agreed to move into a house with him.
“Thank you Aniki.”
“Don’t expect to come out with an animal.”
Haruichi’s smile didn’t waver. “I’ll try not to think about it.”
They walked through the doors to the animal shelter and Haruichi led the way to a desk in the middle of the floor. Ryousuke looked around at the strange building, the walls bright blue and grey, green furniture placed around. There were windows everywhere and it had a very open feel to it. From Ryousuke’s spot, he could see a section dedicated to the adoption of rabbits and guinea pigs. On the left there was a giant glass door leading to the cat adoption section, and off the the right was the exact same door but for dogs. People were wandering around with dogs on leashes and Ryousuke couldn’t help but give this woman a look as she mimicked the yapping sound her Chihuahua was making.
Deciding he would rather die than hear that everyday for the next few years of his life, Ryousuke returned back to the conversation Haruichi was having the the desk clerk. “Did you have any preference as to what animals you would like to view?”
Before Haruichi could open his mouth, Ryousuke cut him off, tone sickeningly sweet. “Something that doesn’t make my ears bleed.”
“Uh.” Haruichi looked at the clerk sheepishly. “What would you recommend?”
The woman smiled, not put off in the slightest. “Perhaps a brief look in the cat section would be best.”
Haruichi smiled, the prospect of seeing some four legged creatures exciting him. “That sounds like a good idea.”
They received a keycard that would open the door to the cat section and proceeded to the large glass door. Ryousuke could already see people were cooing over the animals beyond the glass and he managed to keep his irritation from showing. The thought of being stuck in the walkways with people, all of them trying to get the cats to pay them even the smallest bit of attention, being less than pleasing to him. Haruichi swiped the card, and the automatic door slid open into a smaller room, they walked in before it closed shut behind them and the next door opened into the corridor of the cat viewing area.
Stepping into the room, Haruichi was immediately taken to the different animals all playing behind the glass to their right. “Look Aniki, that one is pretty cute.” Haruichi ducked down to the cats height, lightly touching the glass as the cat strolled past.
“If you insist Haruichi.” Ryousuke commented idly, watching his brother for a moment before looking into the room.
An employee wearing an ugly bright blue apron was currently sitting in the middle of the floor, a cat cuddled into his lap as he bounced a fish on some string for another. The employee looked up and Ryousuke watched as Sawamura Eijun’s face lit up like a child in a candy store. “Oniisan! Harucchi!” He yelled, the cats around him scattering as he spooked them. Sawamura’s voice was easy to hear, even through the glass. Haruichi had the decency to wave, Ryousuke merely stood as Sawamura scrambled to meet them at the glass. “Harucchi! You managed to get Oniisan to get a cat!”
Haruichi laughed awkwardly. “N-not exactly, Eijun-kun.”
“What!?” Sawamura replied loudly. “Harucchi! I can’t hear you!”
“So, this was Sawamura’s idea, was it now?” Ryousuke ignored the idiot pressing his ear into the glass in favour of looking down at his brother, who was looking back at him with a frown.
“Eijun-kun gave me the idea, yes.” He admitted. “But he isn’t forcing me to get a pet, I want one to make our house feel a bit more like a home.”
All of a sudden, the door next to Haruichi was unlocked and opened a bit, a smiling Sawamura on the other side. “Harucchi! Oniisan! Come in, it’s much easier to bond with an animal while touching it, rather than looking through the glass!”
“I’ll pass,” Ryousuke turned down the offer immediately, “Haruichi, you can go if you want.”
Standing up, Haruichi quickly dusted off his knees. “Aniki, while I’m with Eijun-kun you should really have a look around, you never know what you might find here.” The pinkette sent Ryousuke one last stubborn frown before quickly entering the cat play room with Sawamura, leaving Ryousuke with a child and his mother who started complaining about not being able to go into the cat play room with the pink boy.
Already growing annoyed of listening to the kids voice, Ryousuke strolled leisurely down the hallway, looking into the cat play rooms on his right and the isolated rooms to his left. It seemed the majority of the cats were playing around in the bigger spaces on the right, windows along the play rooms walls allowing in sunshine. There were cats everywhere, lazing around on cat scratchers, playing with toys of all shapes and sizes, or chasing one another around. On the windows there were names and a photo of each cat, stating their temperament and personality.
On the left were hallways, symmetrical rows of spacious cages going down each side. Some of the cages were empty, while others housed a cat or a few kittens. Ryousuke continued to walk until he was more than halfway down the walkway before turning to the left into a corridor, where less people were flocking about. The further along he got, the more empty cages appeared, and Ryousuke was happy to finally be rid of the felines. He’d almost reached the end of the cages when he heard the distinct hissing of an obviously unhappy cat.
“This fucking cat is going to be the death of me.” A voice closer to Ryousuke said, and the pinkette stopped in his tracks to listen as a cat made a low almost growling sort of sound. “Yeah, yeah, I’m getting there.”
Intrigued, Ryousuke reached the end of the corridor. Small, door sized rooms were separated by glass along the wall, and as far as Ryousuke could see, there weren’t a lot of cats in this part of the viewing area. Or any humans for that matter.
A loud growl came from his left, and Ryousuke made his way towards it.
“Look, if you weren’t such an asshole I wouldn’t have to put you in a carrier every time I clean your cage.” The voice continued on, followed by another hiss. “Oi! Don’t swipe at me you little-”
Ryousuke stopped at the trolley in the middle of the walkway. It had a wastes bin, along with cleaning tools of all sorts, disposable rubbish bag dispensers and different types of sprays. When he turned to inspect the small room behind it, he found a peculiar sight. Squeezed into the small room was a man, dressed in the same ugly blue apron Sawamura had been wearing, currently kneeling on the ground and getting scratched by a cat in a small carrier. The cat was stretching its arm through the metal cage, swiping at the employee who was cleaning its litter.
The employee tied up a blue plastic bag, before turning to the locked up cat. “C’mon, it’s not that bad. Stop being so dramatic.” The cat made an awful broken up hiss. “I’m going to let you out now, so don’t be a dick ok?”
Ryousuke came to stand in front of the glass, an amused smile forming on his features as the employee went to unlatch the door. “Should I assume this cat isn’t very fond of you?”
The employee yelped, falling on his ass while the door to the cat carrier opened a smidge. “Dude, what the f-” He looked up and fell silent, jaw going slack.
Smiling wickedly, Ryousuke looked down at the other male, enjoying the height difference. Ryousuke wasn’t expecting to see such a roguishly handsome man gaping back, honey brown eyes staring in shock and wild green hair gelled back in a cowlick hairstyle. The other man was spluttering, ears turning red along with the rest of his face.
How unfairly cute, Ryousuke couldn’t help but think, smile still sharp.
“Uh, sorry. Didn’t realise there was a customer down this end.” The other apologised, quickly getting to his feet. Ryousuke didn’t know if he should appreciate the fact this man was now taller than him.
“Do you always use that kind of language at work?” Ryousuke asked, smile turning dangerous as the man looked at him apologetically.
“Not usually.” He laughed, it sounding like the cackle of a hyena. “Guess you could say this cat is the exception.” Giving a low hum, Ryousuke was in the perfect viewing spot as a big thing launched out of the cat carrier. The employee cried out as the animal began climbing up his jeans. “That hurts you little-” the man stopped mid-sentence as the cat made it’s way up his chest and went to go over his shoulder. “Oi! Watch it!” He yelled, grabbing the cat by the scruff of the neck and quickly putting it on the cat scratcher, the fluffy feline hissing as he did so.
With his eyes trained carefully on the man, Ryousuke merely watched as he struggled to keep the cat at bay and kick out the cat carrier at the same time. It took some awkward stretching, but he got there in the end. The man kicked the carrier outside the now open glass door and in one fluid move, let go of the cat and dashed out of the cage, closing the glass door and locking it with a bout of incredulous laughter.
“My, my.” Ryousuke commented idly, the employee turning to look at him. “You really suck at your job don’t you?”
“Eh?” He blinked once, twice. “O-oi, I’m just a volunteer here!”
“Oh?” Ryousuke approached the cage, back to the stranger as he observed the feline inside. “Just a volunteer? You willingly dedicate your time to help vicious cats?”
“Hey, he’s not vicious.” That answer surprised Ryousuke, who turned around to see the green haired man was frowning. “Look, I know that he might come across that way, but he’s a genuinely good cat. He just needs to find the right person.”
Quirking a brow, the shorter tilted his head to the side. “Is that so.”
“Yes.” He answered firmly. “Sometimes you just need the right person to give you a shove in the right direction,” the employee moved to put the plastic bag full of faeces into the wastes bin “everyone goes through rough times, why can’t animals too?” The man sighed. “Too bad no one wants to give strays a chance.”
“Fair enough.” Ryousuke returned his gaze to the cat, the fluffy mass staring at him eerily through the glass, tail swishing too and fro. It almost seemed like he was glaring right at him. “I guess there’s no other choice then.” He sent a smirk over his shoulder. “Guess I will take a chance on this stray of yours.”
The man dropped the hand sanitiser he had been using. “Wait- are you for real?” He asked, beautiful honey eyes locked on Ryousuke. “You’re shitting me.”
“I shit you not,” he responded simply. “I’ll take your word-” Ryousuke noticed a name tag on the man’s chest “Kuramochi-kun.”
Kuramochi seemed flabbergasted, before a wide grin broke out over his lips and he threw his head back, his loud distinct laugh ringing throughout the halls. “Oh man!” He wiped tears from his eyes as he returned his attention back to Ryousuke. “I promise you, you won’t regret this.”
“I better not, or I’ll be coming for you, Kuramochi-kun.” He sent said man a sinister smile. “I’m not particularly fond of anything that will constantly be a nuisance. And if I find out this cat is just that, I’ll be certain to make you hear about it.”
“Don’t worry, this guy won’t bother you,” Kuramochi was still grinning fiercely, as if Ryousuke’s threat fell on deaf ears. “He’s more of a loner type than the mischievous. He never makes a mess of his food or water, and he hasn’t destroyed any cat toys or furniture since arriving a little over a year ago. I’d know, I’m the only one he’ll let into his enclosure without clawing the sh- uh, heck out of.”
“Interesting.” Ryousuke said, intrigued by something other than the cat he’d just agreed to take home.
Haruichi’s words floated into Ryousuke’s mind. “You never know, you might fall in love with just one look.”
Love was best left for fairytales and shoujo manga. Ryousuke didn’t believe in something as trivial as love at first sight. But he most certainly knew there was more to this animal shelter volunteer than a sailor mouth and insane cackle. While Ryousuke didn’t fall in love, he was most definitely intrigued and maybe a little bit amused. Perhaps he could have some fun with this Kuramochi.
“I can take you to the front desk, they can set you up with the adoption papers and have someone bring the cat to your house once everything is finalised.” Kuramochi said, breaking Ryousuke out of his thoughts.
He gave a low hum. “That won’t be necessary Kuramochi-kun. I wouldn’t want to keep you from finishing your work.”
Kuramochi’s cheeks flushed. “Uh, right. I forgot about that for a moment.”
Ryousuke sent him an entertained look. “Don’t worry, I’m certain this won’t be the last time we see each other Kuramochi-kun.” Ryousuke began to walk off. “I’ll make sure of that.” He added as he was a foot away from Kuramochi, who’s ears turned bright red.
“I-uh, wait!” Kuramochi spluttered as Ryousuke slowly came to a halt, turning around only slightly. “What’s your name?”
Hands still clasped behind his back, Ryousuke’s lips tilted upward with pleasure.
“Ryousuke.”
★彡
The sound of the window being scratched was what woke up Ryousuke, along with persistent growling. Opting to ignore the feline trying to gain his attention, he merely rolled over, determined to be lulled back to sleep thanks to the comforting warmth of his bed. The feral sounds continued and as much as Ryousuke had come to not loathe Nyarlathotep’s presence since arriving in his and Haruichi’s apartment over seven months ago, he still did not appreciate being woken up at who knows what time in the morning, simply because the cat had decided he no longer wanted to be outside.
A grunt sounded beside him, the other human in the bed rolling over and groaning, his toned arm landing over Ryousuke’s waist. “What time is it?” The person grumbled.
“Do I look like an alarm clock, Youichi?”
A small smile pulled onto his partner’s lips, a hyena like cackle leaving his mouth, still sounding somewhat disoriented. “Sorry Ryou-san.” Kuramochi let out a grunt before heaving himself up, and Ryousuke grabbed onto Kuramochi’s hand.
“Come back to bed.” The pinkette said, voice holding no room for Kuramochi to say no.
On everyone else, that authoritative tone would’ve commanded fear and total obedience. To Kuramochi however, Ryousuke had learned it held absolutely no effect on the younger, and just like every other time the pinkette used this voice on his boyfriend, Kuramochi simply grinned. “I’m just letting Nyarlathotep in, Ryou-san. I’ll be back.”
Ryousuke huffed, dropping his arm to the bed as Kuramochi wandered to the window, opening it up enough for the old ragdoll to squeeze inside. “Didn’t realise you loved Nya-chan more than your own boyfriend, Youichi.”
“Well, despite everything I did for him back at the shelter, he still growls at me.” Kuramochi opened the window, and the old ragdoll creeped inside, letting out a low growl, just as Kuramochi predicted. Ryousuke let out a soft chuckle, Nyarlathotep coming up on top of the covers and sitting down at the foot of the bed, just like the king of the castle. “How Haruichi managed to get him to warm up to him, I’ll never have any clue.” He added, shutting the window and walking back to bed, slipping under the blankets despite Nyarlathotep’s less than pleased meow.
“Haruichi just has the uncanny ability to befriend the strangest of people, and animals too I suppose.” Ryousuke narrowed his eyes at Kuramochi as his cold skin touched him. “Do you mind?” He asked, his expression matching that of his unhappy cat.
“But I’m cold, Ryou-san.” Kuramochi’s lips pulled ever so slightly into a pout, his amber gaze glowing in the dark and sending sparks of electricity through Ryousuke’s veins.
His boyfriends cute expressions may have caused Ryousuke problems in the past, but he was feeling a little bit more mean today. “Should have thought of that before you left the bed.” He stated simply, giving Kuramochi a chop on the head and causing him to cry out. Nyarlathotep ignored them, curling up in a ball and falling fast asleep. “You really don’t make the best decisions, Youichi.”
“Well, I must’ve done something right, since we’re together.” Kuramochi grinned, his teeth pure white.
“Perhaps.” Ryousuke couldn’t help the way his lips quirked upward, or how his chest warmed with affection for the man beside him.
Giving a low hum, Kuramochi nuzzled into Ryousuke side, slightly warmer arm wrapping around the smaller waist. “I got another college letter in the mail yesterday.”
That was news to Ryousuke. “Oh?” He looked up at his boyfriend, surprised he hadn’t mentioned it sooner. “But didn’t you already receive letters from the colleges you applied for?”
“I did, but I decided to apply for this one last minute, after speaking about it with Coach Kataoka.”
Frowning at being kept in the dark, Ryousuke took in the excited sparkle in Kuramochi’s eyes and the way his fingers were twitching ever so slightly on the exposed skin of Ryousuke’s hip. “So, which college was it that you decided to apply for, at last minute no less?”
“I decided to apply for Hosei.”
Ryousuke quirked a brow in surprise, when in reality his heart had lurched in his chest. “Hosei, hmmm?” He replied, calm and collected. “And were you accepted?”
“I sure as hell was.” Kuramochi’s grin was infectious.
“And what do you plan to do at Hosei?”
Kuramochi did pout this time, obviously expecting a better reaction from his boyfriend. “I’m going to be your partner, that’s what I plan on doing.” There was a fire in his eyes, determined and powerful. “We’ll be known as the best, nobody is going to stop us from winning the Big 6.”
“That’s some awfully big words, coming from someone who hasn’t even made the starting roster, or is even a student yet.” Ryousuke teased, making Kuramochi splutter. “I suppose we better get you into top shape over the winter. You may be good enough to be one of Seidou’s regulars, but you’re far away from meeting my standards.”
“Of course, Ryou-san.” He agreed, hiding a smile into the pillows.
“You seem way too happy for someone who was just told they are going to experience hell on Earth.” The shorter commented.
Kuramochi chuckled. “How could I not be? I get to play baseball with you, Ryou-san.”
“Hopeless.” Ryousuke shook his head.
“Hopelessly in love more like it.” Kuramochi amended, smile full of unbridled affection.
Ryousuke let a soft laugh fall from his lips, before grabbing the back of Kuramochi’s neck and pulling him in for a kiss.
From his spot on the bed, Nyarlathotep merely stood up, faced away from the overly sappy display of affection, and continued on with his peaceful slumber.
