notes - Written for Cult Nirvana. Poser by Amet An X/1999 fanfiction "I hate kittens." Kamui's head jerked up, bangs falling messily into his eyes as they widened. "What?" he asked, practically bleating the word in shock as he clutched the little mottled animal against his chest, "But they're fuzzy. And harmless. And all those things we never get to play with ever cause we're busy with all the blood and danger and... er... non-fuzziness." "They're also impressively needy," Subaru replied, "And destroy things. All the time. Without meaning to, maybe, but they're walking disaster areas." "But you could say all those things about me, and you don't... Oh." Kamui rolled his eyes. "It's one of those, 'I'm too manly for the little fuzzy animal' things to go with the dour image. You big poser." "Do you really think so?" Subaru asked, nonchalantly lighting up a cigarette. "I bet you love them. I bet you even wanted to be a vet as a kid, and you're overcompensating now that you're stuck saving the world with the rest of us poor slobs. Like the fact that you're answering things with questions and lighting up in a sad and horribly obvious attempt to distract me from the facts at hand." "You might be right." Subaru shrugged, reaching out to pet the kitten's head. "But... I'm not that obvious, am I?" return to splash page