Henry was just aghast! Not only were they being yelled at but cursed at, too! Give him a second to regain his composure and fix his shocked Pikachu face. He finally nodded in agreement with Gaura.
"It's always shocking when it first happens," he added gently. "But it only shows that you have people you care about. Is that a bad thing?"
It feels like his emotions are being belittled, but he's not sure why that even bothers him. It's something he's quite used to. Still, he has a moment where he looks ready to growl at them some more, but Gaura's fingers threading through his hair has him curling a bit into him.
If it says anything about how upset he is, he can't even enjoy how entertaining Henry is for being scandalized by his language.
"Feelings and caring about people are weaknesses." He sighs. "I don't need to give the others more reason to doubt me." If he was stronger, a better fighter, or a higher rank things might be different. Maybe.
"The others have feelings and care about others too. I'm sure they'll have their own features soon enough." Realizing that the touching of Tay's hair was helping, he guided him closer to him so he could keep stroking that hair. To offer comfort in this time of...great need.
"These things can be sources of immense power too, after all. It can actually be harder on someone to deny the bonds formed. Your bond with us has done wonders for Henry and I. And our home."
Henry nodded from the doorway. "It's a hard adjustment: finding oneself here and then these changes this place makes. But I agree with Gaura." He offered a gentle smile. "Now that you have those very flatter ears, people will know you have allies."
Yes, just keep petting him. He's always enjoyed people pampering him like a salon or spa, but this is heavenly even for such a simple touch.
"They don't have as much to prove," he says as a weak attempt to argue. However, as soon as it's out of his mouth, he realizes that's not really true. Does Pete not have plenty to prove as his own person and not as someone's servant (basically)? How much more did Vegas have to prove here and it has to feel even worse as he is being tended to. Even Kinn likely wants to prove he's much more than what he had with his house backing him up.
"You really think so?" He asks his two roommates, a note of hope in his tone. They both liked his ears and they viewed them as a sign of strength? While he is pretty sure he's getting placating since he was being a bitch and a drama queen, the effort still feels good. "The ears don't match though. You don't think that looks silly?"
Somehow he suspected that wasn't true. But people tended to say a lot of things when they were upset so he wouldn't hold Tay to that. Instead, he just guided him over to sit with him on the edge of the tub then kept stroking his hair. Long and gentle strokes to help him find comfort in this new and strange situation.
"I really think so."
Looking over at the ears, he smiled and ran a finger over one of them. "I think they're lovely. I don't know much about fashion but isn't there something aesthetically pleasing about asymmetry? A lot of fashion draws from that as I recall. So really it makes you more fashionable than you already are."
"They suit you well," Henry chimed in. A little off-beat but charming. "They're very eye-catching." Tay liked turning heads, didn't he? That's definitely something he could do more of with those cute, mismatched ears.
Tay finally smiles, staying close against Gaura's side. He's really lucky Henry doesn't find him threatening at all, since he's grown very fond to his pink friend's affection. When Gaura brushes his ear, it flicks a few times and Tay shivers. "Oh! That's sensitive!"
"I'm sorry, I freaked out." He rubs the back of his head sheepishly. He reaches out and takes one of Henry's hands. "Thank you."
Something moves behind Tay and he gets a weird look on his face. Confused, he turns around and with a loud yelp, springs into Gaura's lap. A fluffy black and white cat tail trails behind him.
Gaura giggled a little at finding out the ears were sensitive but didn't tease him further by playing with them. Not like he liked to do with Henry. He utterly adored the man's fox ears and tail.
"It's alright. You're not used to this. I'm just glad you didn't have to be alone for..."
He blinked when he saw something then burst out laughing as he ended up falling into the tub with Tay on top of him. Luckily his head didn't hit anything but the entire situation was very funny now. "Oh! You have a tail too! Henry do you know what kind of animal he is?"
Henry is not terribly open with his affection, but given the circumstances, he happily takes Tay's hand and gives it a gentle squeeze.
Once they tumble into the tub, Henry's nearly pulled along with them, but managed to brace himself at the edge so they're not all heaped in there! After a few seconds to make sure no one's bleeding, he bursts out into peals of laughter.
Even Tay finds the humor in this! The sudden appearance of a tail had scared him, but now that he knows what it is he relaxes and giggles. "Oh my god! Tell it to stop!" He laughs. Ears and a tail, that's enough kizuna magic!
"I'm really sorry, Gaura," he giggles, trying to untangle himself so he can get up and then reach a hand down for his friend. "Fighting all these monsters at night has obviously done a number on my nerves!"
He looks back at his tail and it swishes back and forth for him. So weird! It's also making his underwear droop in the back, which is a little awkward. Guess he really can borrow Henry's pants now without altering them.
Rolling his eyes, he sighs. "Of course it would be a cat after I kept saying I was your new housecat." There are certainly worse things he could've ended up as, but the irony is pretty bad.
"It's alright. You were startled." Accepting the help out of the tub, he hauled himself out of it and fixed his clothes. Noting how the tail was pushing the underwear down a little, he hummed softly in thought.
"I'll get to tailoring your pants and underwear today. That way you'll be comfortable in your clothes."
Gaura smiled brightly at both of them. "Welcome to the zoo, Tay. We now have a bird, a fox, and a cat living here."
Gaura was making mental notes on how to fix the underwear. Likely a hole with a button at the top in order to keep it on like he did with Henry's. That way it wouldn't mess up the fur...
Realizing that he was being talked to, he blinked and looked up. "Is he?"
After all, he couldn't see that. He tilted his head to look at Henry curiously, wondering what that must look like. But soon he was smiling warmly. "I'll gather your other things to get started on them Tay. Once I have something done I'll get it to you and I can take what you're wearing to clean it and tailor it too."
Henry stammered some mumbled reply that was basically incoherent and he kept his eyes firmly fixed on the wall beside him. Gaura's is the only ass he cares to see, please and thank you.
Tay giggles and then nods at Gaura's instructions. When he realizes that might not be helpful, he says, "Thank you for all your help. As always, I'd be lost without our sweet, pink bird."
The idea of buttons would be a good idea to him. His tail was too thick to comfortably slip through a hole. Not to mention, he could have some fun with finding cute buttons! Already, he's thinking of how to make his jewelry work with his ears.
"Until then, maybe I'll have mercy on our Victorian boy and find my robe." He leaves the bathroom and goes over to where he's hung up his big cuddly white bathrobe he just bought. "I haven't really had a pet before, is there anything I should know about cats do you think?"
Gaura smiled at the nod then went to follow after Tay so he could start gathering up clothes. Though when he heard the question, he did realize there was no way for him to know that since he couldn't even really tell animals apart most of the time. So with some clothes in his arms, he moved to the door.
"Ah Henry...could you help Tay with that? You'd know more about cats than I do."
"I kept a cat briefly," he mused. "She mostly kept herself." Pearl was Tobias' cat, really. The latest descendent of a 400-year-old line. He keep them to help keep himself sane when time went soft and green. That part Henry understood. Having Pearl around didn't help him much, though. "I can't think of anything that would be helpful."
After putting on his robe, he shucks off his underwear, tosses them on the bed, and follows after Gaura. The tip of his tail peeks out from under his robe, swaying contently. He smirks back at Henry. "For a scholar, that's very unhelpful," he jokes.
"Do we still have some coffee or have we run out?" He asks Gaura. The supply has been getting worse around the city but he's hopefully they haven't used the last of the beans. "Or are we stuck with tea?"
"We have coffee. I grow it." And since he could grow any plant he imagined, he'd grown it fully ready to be harvested. Since Tay was really the only one in the house who drank coffee regularly, they still had quite a lot of it.
"If there's not any in the kitchen there will be some in the pantry," Gaura informed him as he finished gathering clothes, including the underwear he'd need to clean from the bed.
Tay sticks out his tongue at Henry playfully. He really loves that guy! He's so funny and proper.
Their new cat has the sense to look a tiny bit contrite when Gaura goes to get the underwear. He could've done that! He just hadn't been thinking.. oh well.
"You can grow coffee here? I thought it had to be in some kind of hot climate," Tay remarks after Henry left. "Or does that matter with your abilities?"
"The trees are in the greenhouse. I can't produce more right now because I don't have the room but I was able to grow enough to be able to have coffee for a good bit of time for this house." At least for a couple months since Tay was the only one who really drank it consistently.
Taking the clothes to the other room, he carefully stacked the pile that didn't need cleaning in one place and took the other to the next room to take care of later. He'd have to do all that by hand so he'd take care of the tailoring first. Which he grabbed his sewing kit for and came back so that way he could sit down and get started on that.
"And why should you? You're not responsible for others like that. If they want it so bad, they should grow some themselves," Tay says loyally. He just hadn't thought of how someone would grow coffee before. "As long as we have some, you won't hear me complaining!"
That's mostly true. If Kinn goes too long without coffee, he might become boorish and then Tay will be complaining but that (or just invite him over here).
"I really appreciate this help. I tried sewing once or twice and I couldn't stand it. I kept pricking my finger and nothing ever came out the way I wanted it to. It hadn't seemed worth it when I could just send anything to my tailor."
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Date: 2022-10-29 08:55 pm (UTC)"It's always shocking when it first happens," he added gently. "But it only shows that you have people you care about. Is that a bad thing?"
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Date: 2022-10-29 09:22 pm (UTC)If it says anything about how upset he is, he can't even enjoy how entertaining Henry is for being scandalized by his language.
"Feelings and caring about people are weaknesses." He sighs. "I don't need to give the others more reason to doubt me." If he was stronger, a better fighter, or a higher rank things might be different. Maybe.
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Date: 2022-10-29 09:28 pm (UTC)"These things can be sources of immense power too, after all. It can actually be harder on someone to deny the bonds formed. Your bond with us has done wonders for Henry and I. And our home."
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Date: 2022-10-30 01:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-30 01:32 am (UTC)"They don't have as much to prove," he says as a weak attempt to argue. However, as soon as it's out of his mouth, he realizes that's not really true. Does Pete not have plenty to prove as his own person and not as someone's servant (basically)? How much more did Vegas have to prove here and it has to feel even worse as he is being tended to. Even Kinn likely wants to prove he's much more than what he had with his house backing him up.
"You really think so?" He asks his two roommates, a note of hope in his tone. They both liked his ears and they viewed them as a sign of strength? While he is pretty sure he's getting placating since he was being a bitch and a drama queen, the effort still feels good. "The ears don't match though. You don't think that looks silly?"
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Date: 2022-10-30 01:46 am (UTC)"I really think so."
Looking over at the ears, he smiled and ran a finger over one of them. "I think they're lovely. I don't know much about fashion but isn't there something aesthetically pleasing about asymmetry? A lot of fashion draws from that as I recall. So really it makes you more fashionable than you already are."
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Date: 2022-10-30 03:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-30 03:55 am (UTC)"I'm sorry, I freaked out." He rubs the back of his head sheepishly. He reaches out and takes one of Henry's hands. "Thank you."
Something moves behind Tay and he gets a weird look on his face. Confused, he turns around and with a loud yelp, springs into Gaura's lap. A fluffy black and white cat tail trails behind him.
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Date: 2022-10-30 04:03 am (UTC)"It's alright. You're not used to this. I'm just glad you didn't have to be alone for..."
He blinked when he saw something then burst out laughing as he ended up falling into the tub with Tay on top of him. Luckily his head didn't hit anything but the entire situation was very funny now. "Oh! You have a tail too! Henry do you know what kind of animal he is?"
Since he struggled to tell animals apart.
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Date: 2022-10-30 07:08 pm (UTC)Once they tumble into the tub, Henry's nearly pulled along with them, but managed to brace himself at the edge so they're not all heaped in there! After a few seconds to make sure no one's bleeding, he bursts out into peals of laughter.
"I think he's a cat!"
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Date: 2022-10-30 07:35 pm (UTC)"I'm really sorry, Gaura," he giggles, trying to untangle himself so he can get up and then reach a hand down for his friend. "Fighting all these monsters at night has obviously done a number on my nerves!"
He looks back at his tail and it swishes back and forth for him. So weird! It's also making his underwear droop in the back, which is a little awkward. Guess he really can borrow Henry's pants now without altering them.
Rolling his eyes, he sighs. "Of course it would be a cat after I kept saying I was your new housecat." There are certainly worse things he could've ended up as, but the irony is pretty bad.
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Date: 2022-10-30 07:58 pm (UTC)"I'll get to tailoring your pants and underwear today. That way you'll be comfortable in your clothes."
Gaura smiled brightly at both of them. "Welcome to the zoo, Tay. We now have a bird, a fox, and a cat living here."
And he couldn't be more delighted by that.
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Date: 2022-10-30 08:11 pm (UTC)"Fitting garden animals, wouldn't you say?" He's pointedly not looking at them!
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Date: 2022-10-30 08:28 pm (UTC)Tay raises his tail and then notices Henry's expression. He laughs and takes his own tail to boop his friend in the nose with the poofy fur. "Can't handle seeing another boy's ass?" He teases. "Gaura darling, your fiancé is about to turn into a tomato instead of a fox!"
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Date: 2022-10-30 08:40 pm (UTC)Realizing that he was being talked to, he blinked and looked up. "Is he?"
After all, he couldn't see that. He tilted his head to look at Henry curiously, wondering what that must look like. But soon he was smiling warmly. "I'll gather your other things to get started on them Tay. Once I have something done I'll get it to you and I can take what you're wearing to clean it and tailor it too."
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Date: 2022-10-30 08:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-30 09:03 pm (UTC)The idea of buttons would be a good idea to him. His tail was too thick to comfortably slip through a hole. Not to mention, he could have some fun with finding cute buttons! Already, he's thinking of how to make his jewelry work with his ears.
"Until then, maybe I'll have mercy on our Victorian boy and find my robe." He leaves the bathroom and goes over to where he's hung up his big cuddly white bathrobe he just bought. "I haven't really had a pet before, is there anything I should know about cats do you think?"
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Date: 2022-10-30 09:07 pm (UTC)"Ah Henry...could you help Tay with that? You'd know more about cats than I do."
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Date: 2022-10-30 09:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-30 09:31 pm (UTC)"Do we still have some coffee or have we run out?" He asks Gaura. The supply has been getting worse around the city but he's hopefully they haven't used the last of the beans. "Or are we stuck with tea?"
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Date: 2022-10-30 09:37 pm (UTC)"If there's not any in the kitchen there will be some in the pantry," Gaura informed him as he finished gathering clothes, including the underwear he'd need to clean from the bed.
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Date: 2022-10-31 03:40 am (UTC)"You two can deal with the clothes. I'll go start the coffee."
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Date: 2022-10-31 03:39 pm (UTC)Their new cat has the sense to look a tiny bit contrite when Gaura goes to get the underwear. He could've done that! He just hadn't been thinking.. oh well.
"You can grow coffee here? I thought it had to be in some kind of hot climate," Tay remarks after Henry left. "Or does that matter with your abilities?"
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Date: 2022-11-01 11:36 pm (UTC)Taking the clothes to the other room, he carefully stacked the pile that didn't need cleaning in one place and took the other to the next room to take care of later. He'd have to do all that by hand so he'd take care of the tailoring first. Which he grabbed his sewing kit for and came back so that way he could sit down and get started on that.
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Date: 2022-11-04 08:49 pm (UTC)That's mostly true. If Kinn goes too long without coffee, he might become boorish and then Tay will be complaining but that (or just invite him over here).
"I really appreciate this help. I tried sewing once or twice and I couldn't stand it. I kept pricking my finger and nothing ever came out the way I wanted it to. It hadn't seemed worth it when I could just send anything to my tailor."