thief-ofheart:

Another nod of his head, he’d make friends with the cat, he was determined to make friends with at least one cat on this island. “I’ll give it a try… She seems like a nice cat, just unsure…?” at least, that was the feeling he was getting.

Akio made a face, brows furrowed slightly “…. People call you a flying squirrel?” Yeah, Akio doesn’t like talking about himself at this age, no one listens anyway, or they just shoot him down.

He opened his mouth to answer, but instead just smiled as the room suddenly exploded in doves, where did they even come from? There’s no way they were hiding in his shirt this whole time, right?

“Oh- Dove-san… My head isn’t a nest” Akio tilted his head slightly, trying to get a look at Ari-chan, of course that doesn’t work. “Aren’t you ever afraid they’ll fly away and never come back?”

…. Can he pet a dove or will they peck at him.

“Very nice cat.” Cat that fixed his broken bones that one time. Cat that hopefully wasn’t going to hurt him any time soon. Yes, nice cat, indeed.

“It’s an insult, I think. I fly, but I doubt I’m as stupid as a squirrel.” He shrugged; there wasn’t much to say on that topic. Just that some people’s insults got weird at times. Thanks, keibu.

He watched Akio’s smile, relaxing slightly. He was even cuter as a little kid, when he wasn’t trying to get into everybody’s pants. Of course, kids were always cute, so Kaito had to wonder if this was just one of those ‘parental instincts kicking in’ kinds of moments. “Not really,” he replied. “I mean, there’s not really anywhere to go around here. There was one that got away from me,” he smiled ruefully at the thought, “but I have a feeling Pi-chan’s doing a little better on her own. That one,” he pointed at the evil satanic hellspawn who’s already tried to kill him twice bird perching atop Akio’s head, “is Ari. And the rest of them…well, they’ve all got a lot of names. Go ahead and pet them if you want. They’re people-trained, for the most part.”