you find a stray cat lingering around the barracks, and ghost tries to act like he doesn't care. | pt. 2
wc: 637
ghost's love language being physical touch and action <3 but not knowing how to voice it
cw: no caps bc this is more of a drabble!
she was a mangy little thing; you could see it the moment you saw her. she lowered her body to the ground the moment you made eye contact. her lips pulled back into a hiss, white teeth threatening to bite. you didn't doubt they could. but the feral look in her eyes- nobody was born that way. it came from something, it always did.
so, slowly, you began to draw the little thing in. you left out a bit a food from every meal to get her interested. bits of meat (if you could call whatever slop came out of the can that), bread, anything. you would tear it off as you ate and throw it somewhere nobody could step on it, but somewhere she could see.
the other soldiers were a little too busy tearing into their meals to care, but ghost, ever-watchful of you, does. "'s just a cat. you need to eat," he told you, voice low and serious.
but you just smiled, that damn smile that always melted him to his core. "so does she," you replied.
and ghost couldn't find it in himself to say otherwise.
you watched her slink out of the shadows and give the chunk of meat a few sniffs. she finally sank her teeth into it and ran off once more. it didn't take ghost long to notice that your eyebrows were furrowed.
"spit it out," he said, making you turn to him, confused. "you're worried abou' somethin'. out with it."
the rough way he speaks makes you (affectionately) roll your eyes. ghost has never been good at expressing how much he loves you through more than touch. his words are always a little rough, but his hands are always gentle. "well, we're moving bases soon," you remind him, having another bite of your food- a simple stew that more resembles slop. "i don't want to leave her."
although ghost rolls his eyes right back, he can't help but feel himself grow soft. it's a perfect reminder of why he fell in love with you in the first place. despite being this, despite being a soldier, you have a love for life that makes ghost want to hold you and never let go. "we can bring her with us."
his words make you raise your eyebrows. "i thought she was just a mangy cat," you reply, smiling as you repeat (mock) his words.
ghost grumbles something under his breath as he wraps an arm around your waist. "don't like seein' you worry," is all he says.
without hesitance, you lean into him in the way you always do- your head on his shoulder, hand on his. you know ghost doesn't always know how to express how much he loves you in any way but this. and you'll take it. you lift his hand to press a kiss to his knuckles and lift your head so he can see your smile. so you can see his eyes, softening like butter beneath the summer sun. "well, i don't want to scare her," you tell him. then you raise yourself higher to press a kiss to his cheek, even though his face is covered by the mask. "but thank you. that was sweet."
ghost grumbles something you can't quite make out other than "just a cat," making you giggle. the sound makes him lower every single defense he's ever had around you. he can't help it; he's a military man. he's defensive. but when it's you... everything becomes different. ghost brushes your bangs out of your eyes so he can stare into them a moment longer. before price gets you all up and running again. before you two have to exist anywhere outside of this moment.
his squeezes you to make sure you're really there.
"anything to make you happy, love."
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“Hey, Yuu. Whatcha looking at?”
Grim asked as he sat at the foot of their bed.
A bunch of polaroid photos were strewn across the mattress.
They were probably taken using the ghost camera.
Yuu had been going around and taking photos with everyone this past week.
It wasn't weird at first because they do this anyway.
But for some reason, this time they were really adamant about it.
Now it looks like they've put them all together in one place, organizing them by dorm.
Heartslabyul
"So. I've got Riddle, Ace, Deuce, Cater, Trey..."
Savanaclaw
"—Leona, Jack, Ruggie..."
Octavinelle
"—Azul, Jade, Floyd..."
Scarabia
"—Kalim, Jamil..."
Pomefiore
"—Vil, Epel, Rook..."
Ignihyde
"—Idia, Ortho..."
Diasomnia
"—Malleus, Lilia, Silver, Sebek..."
Ramshackle
"And finally..."
"—The one that we took earlier! Me and my hench-human. Myahaha!”
Yes. Grim's hench-human.
Everyone’s here.
Yuu picked up the photo of them and Grim.
They had a sad smile on their face as they looked at it.
"Why're you suddenly taking photos with everyone anyway?"
"Oh... no reason. I just wanted to. Just in case."
(close-ups: heartslabyul • savanaclaw • octavinelle • scarabia • pomefiore • ignihyde • diasomnia • grim)
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Copia, frustrated: "I can get the imps onto the bus..."
Aether, walking over: "I've got this." -heads over to the imp pile- "Right, open the bus door! HURRY!"
Copia, opens the door: -watches as Aether bursts through the door football carrying Imp!Dew and Imp!Cirrus- "What-"
Aether, being chased by the other imps: "THEY GET MAD IF YOU STEAL THE TINY ONES! GO! GO! GO!"
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pov a huge twewy/ntwewy nerd visits shibuya part 2
ramen town baby!!! yeah i was not about to climb that whole hill even though it really wasn’t that steep. dogenzaka beloved
you only visit this place once in the main game but there are so so many things i could say about it. man the neku-josh-sho week 2 dynamic was the wildest and funniest thing in the world
spain hill (from above) (idk uhh what’s iconic about here?) (i didn’t trip on any haunted step that much i know)
the vibes of this place… not accessible until so late in the game (in both games) but so good both times. like the story beats that happened here were always excellent. i always loved being at shibuya stream in ntwewy it was beyond surreal stepping out of the station and just actually being here irl
le susukichi boss fight (and some more cool puzzles)
shibuya hikarie! not much to say here but the food you find here in ntwewy looked so good man i need to actually eat more while here
there are a few more actually oops! part 3 momentarily
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