#even if it doesnt go anywhere i headcanon that gundham was kazs bi awakening because

[the-ultimate-muses]

Even as the cat is set down to eat, Kaz continues his petting with goofy grin stuck to his face. "Yeah, I would hate to lose a pet like that. We had a ton of cats in my neighborhood growing up, dad didn't like them, always scared them away if they were on the property, but I still pet 'em and stuff whenever I could. Always wondered what it was like to have one..." As one might guess, he hadn't been allowed to have a pet growing up.

A pause, both in petting and speaking as his head turned towards Gundham with a look of confusion. "We? Like...I'm...coming too?" He was allowed to come? "I mean- Yeah!" Too loud. "Yeah, we should...do...that...when he's done..." Having been under the impression Gundham would be gone once freeing the cat, it left a dumb little smile on his face as he went back to his petting, simply happy just to be included in this. "The courtyard by the school's entrance would be a good place to start, right? If we're looking for a poster, I mean." That's what people did when looking for a pet, right? He remembers Gundham doing just that when he'd lost his little dog once, you couldn't take a single step in any direction without seeing at least one poster.

"Who knows how long this guy's been out here, though. They might not even know he's gone yet..." If the cat even had an owner. "What happens if we can't find anyone looking for him?"

Now it was Kazuichi's turn to fluster, the hand on his head snapping him closer to reality, one where Gundham was sitting on his shoulders while baby talking a cat. It was a level of cute that had no right, one that brought about inexplicable aggression. A reaction he would have to quickly get under control now that his name was being called.

"What? Oh-" Just as easy as he went up, Kaz set Gundham down with a nervous laugh, his hat being taken off to shake out his hair before setting it more comfortably back in place. "Is it okay??" A frantic question, though the mechanic was quickly calmed by the sight of the cat, well in one piece. "Yay! What's up little dude? You scared the shit outta me, you know that?" Softly cooed as he held out a hand for it to sniff, Kaz's grin grew wider as his pets were accepted. "Sure wish I could hear you purr, been a while since I could hear something like that..." Something he hadn't meant to say aloud as a somewhat shaky hand scritched under the cat's chin. "Now what? Is it like...okay? Fuck, I should figure out how he got in there, huh? I don't think I could make it through that kind 'f panic again. It's different when it's like, a cat instead of a mouse. I mean a stuck mouse sucks too but like, this guy might have someone looking for him, you know?" More rambling, the aftershocks of his panic slowly receeding with each word.