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demonbow[ Mika's been cagier and more stand-offish than usual the past few days, and that's saying something. Yoichi knows better than to expect that Mika would open up to all of them right away. He's made it quite clear that he's here because Yuu's here, that he has no intention of being friends with the rest of them despite Yuu's claims of family. That Mika is a tenuous ally at best. Yoichi can't recall ever seeing a smile on Mika's face in the weeks they've been on the run together, and they've been in enough close quarters, hiding from the JIDA patrols and keeping Mika's vampireness a secret from the scatterings of humans they run into, that Yoichi would have had plenty of chances to catch a glimpse of the elusive expression if Mika ever did so much as crack a grin.
So it's not as though he's not used to Mika being grumpy and distant. But still. This is... different. Even when Yuu's himself and not a snarling demon threatening to kill them all, Mika is staying inside, keeping to himself. And when Mika does show his face, usually just long enough to get his weekly blood donation, there's something naggingly familiar, some instinct tickling the back of Yoichi's brain. Something off about how Mika smells that none of the others seem to have noticed.
It doesn't take long at all for Yoichi to figure out what it is. Mika's good at hiding his heat, but even if he weren't an alpha, Yoichi's a sniper. His job, what keeps his friends, his family, alive, is to be perceptive and notice these things.
When Mika vanishes back into his room with something close to a snarl in the face of Shinoa's usual teasing, Yoichi sighs and climbs to his feet, makes his excuses to the others, claims he's tired and is going to bed early. Enough is enough, and Mika's only making things worse for himself. Making things harder for everyone because he's too stubborn and wary to let anyone else help.
If Mika's not going to do anything about it, then Yoichi's going to have to.
He knocks on Mika's door, but for once, doesn't wait for a response before he swings it open and steps inside, lets the door swing shut behind him. Mika's huddled on his bed, pale and miserable, sick with how long he's let this go untended. The air is thick with it, the cloying, heavy scent of an omega in heat. Yoichi sighs and steps forward. ]
Mika-kun, you're being ridiculous.
So it's not as though he's not used to Mika being grumpy and distant. But still. This is... different. Even when Yuu's himself and not a snarling demon threatening to kill them all, Mika is staying inside, keeping to himself. And when Mika does show his face, usually just long enough to get his weekly blood donation, there's something naggingly familiar, some instinct tickling the back of Yoichi's brain. Something off about how Mika smells that none of the others seem to have noticed.
It doesn't take long at all for Yoichi to figure out what it is. Mika's good at hiding his heat, but even if he weren't an alpha, Yoichi's a sniper. His job, what keeps his friends, his family, alive, is to be perceptive and notice these things.
When Mika vanishes back into his room with something close to a snarl in the face of Shinoa's usual teasing, Yoichi sighs and climbs to his feet, makes his excuses to the others, claims he's tired and is going to bed early. Enough is enough, and Mika's only making things worse for himself. Making things harder for everyone because he's too stubborn and wary to let anyone else help.
If Mika's not going to do anything about it, then Yoichi's going to have to.
He knocks on Mika's door, but for once, doesn't wait for a response before he swings it open and steps inside, lets the door swing shut behind him. Mika's huddled on his bed, pale and miserable, sick with how long he's let this go untended. The air is thick with it, the cloying, heavy scent of an omega in heat. Yoichi sighs and steps forward. ]
Mika-kun, you're being ridiculous.
