text, @HTKRIZO 10:31PM

[hitokiller]

( it comes as video at first. the image of someone kicking a chair over in the cafeteria, the sound of "THE HELL?!!!" being screeched at a pitch even dogs can hear. there's a bottle and a half-filled glass on a flat table nearby.

maybe he didn't mean to send that. maybe he did. either way, there's a text immediately after. )

whaddya mean we can't
TASTE A DRINK NEITHER???
how long is this gonna last?
th... a week? a whole 'nother month?
where's that damn cure, huh?
how long's that gonna take?

( let the panic begin. )

... how're the rest of ya coping
with not bein' able to eat real food, or drink, or

( a pause. )

and don't say anything stupid
like i shoulda just not gotten bit

Comments

[eyescar]

oh i cook my own food with my aniki so
that doesn't matter that much



sorry ✌️

[hitokiller]

wh
what are you
are you braggin' about your homemade food to me?

( IN FRONT OF GOD AND EVERYONE? )

[eyescar]

it wasn't bragging!! i was just saying!!

[hitokiller]

sure
sure you were sayin'

( "aniki", though. )

who's yer aniki

[eyescar]

i'd cook for you if you asked, you know

[ jerk. ]

choso.

[hitokiller]

cooking for folks is somethin' you do for people you're close to
i recognize the name, but
don't figure we're close enough for that

[eyescar]

it's really not that big a deal
i'll cook for whoever wants it

[hitokiller]

( anyone...

izou hesitates for a second, only to send: )

how're you gonna cook if you can't taste

[eyescar]

choso can taste test
or raidou


plus there's stuff i've cooked loads of times so i don't need to taste it

[hitokiller]

oh... yeah
that'd work

( ...... )

you're too nice
what if i were lurin' you in to get a real taste, huh

[eyescar]

i already let dandelion bite me, so whatever
i can make as much blood as i need

[hitokiller]

you...

( no fear on the other end whatsoever. there's something else that transfers through text, but izou can't quite place it. )

you're real willin' to throw your neck on the line, huh
and cook

[eyescar]

it's just cooking, krizo-san

[hitokiller]

that's hitokiri izou
and like i said, the cooking's a big deal to me
i wouldn't do that for just anyone

[eyescar]

oh sorry hitokiri-san

well. guess it's not that special to me, not when we're all working as a team

[hitokiller]

WAIT wait
hitokiri is just a title
y'know, like. man-slayer?
you heard of okada izou?
THE famous killer? the ghost of tosa?

( your history lessons... )

[eyescar]

i guess the name sounds kind of familiar...

what do you want me to call you then???

[hitokiller]

izou-san'll do

[eyescar]

ok izou-san are you hungry rn

[hitokiller]

yeah?
but like i said
we can't taste nothin' but blood

[eyescar]

yes
but i have blood

[hitokiller]

( this is starting to unnerve him. )

wh... can
can the bitten feed off each other?
or is that gonna make this worse

[eyescar]

bakugo was fine when he bit me??

[hitokiller]

the hell?
i'm not gonna bite you

[eyescar]

then how are you gonna get blood