Written for Melymbrosia and betaed by Rune.

Tokito holds Kubota's interest when nothing else does. Every game, every dare, every threat loses flavor after so many repetitions, so much exposure. He's had Tokito for six months, and he still doesn't know what Tokito will do from one moment to the next.

His fascinating stray.

"Are you mad?" he asks. "Do you like it?" He honestly doesn't know. He's good at reading people, it's kept him alive, but Tokito himself doesn't know what he's hiding.

Tokito tells the truth, but Tokito's forgotten how to lie. If he ever knew.

Kubota could happily ponder such questions for years.

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