I'm Aomine Daiki
Kise's, the fox spirit, eyes and mouth widened in excitement, the tail he was holding onto started to swish back and forth quickly until it was a blurred image. His ears started to perk up as well.
"You told me your name! First and last!"
He started to sprint towards me.
What have I done. Did I do something that commences some unholy spiritual ritual. I mean, he didn't look harmful, but you always gotta be careful. I inched backwards slightly as he came full speed at me, but it was kinda useless. Within seconds, the furry boy's arms were wrapped around me, squeezing me tight.
Fuck. I'm gonna die here.
"Yay!"
He started to squeeze me even harder. Was he trying to suffocate me. Is this his murder plan. Its not very full proof.
"I have a friend!"
What.
Wait.
What.
oh.
OH!
THIS IS A HUG! HE IS HUGGING ME! OH MY GOD!
"Wait. Do you not have friends?"
I grabbed his arms from around my neck and pulled them off, setting him in front of me.
His eyes were glittering and his face flushed and nice red color. It kinda matched his tail.
"No. I don't have any friends."
They smile he was hold faltered.
"Actually. No one likes me. I'm the 'cursed fox spirit.' The villagers know that, mostly the old wise ones. It isn't a secret or a myth that I live here. Everybody hates me."
The tail that was wagging ecstatically before came to a halt and just sorta hung there.
"I'm not a complete spirit. It's more like I was banished here."
Kise started to back himself into the forest, growing the distance between him and myself.
"I used to be human. I died in this forest, I was a delinquent, so no one liked me. Even when I was alive. I try to do better now. I take care of the wildlife and flowers in this forest."
The distance was starting to get annoying. Kise's voice was starting to get a little hard to hear.
I started to follow him, it was obvious that me following him was a shock because he stopped moving.
"What do you mean you 'died' in this forest."
I continued to walk towards him until I was only a few inches away
He continued his story
"Like I said, I was a delinquent, so I had enemies. I guessed you could say, I was murdered."
The reality of such an adorable fox like him being murdered was kind of horrifying for to me. The thought of anyone being murdered was horrible to me, I was a police officer in the first place.
"No one said anything about it, obviously. Nobody came to get me. No one came to arrest whoever murdered me. It's always been a pretty spiritual forest, so 'fox me' just kinda showed up. Since I was human first, I'm not completely immortal. The only thing that can kill me now, is the thing that killed me in the first place."
It seemed like Kise wanted to stop the conversation there, but it was not going to happen. I needed, I wanted, to know more.
"And what is that?"
The was a disturbing pause
"A shot to the heart and breaking of my silver chain. I obviously don't have that specific silver chain anymore. I found this charm though. It was nice. I thought I'd keep it as a substitute. It's kinda depressing around here. No one comes by, I'm glad you did. You don't have to stay though. No one else did."
After hearing all of this come from Kise's mouth, it felt like someone had shot me in the heart.
"Oi Kise," He waited for the fox boy to respond, "I'll stay with you. On my own accord. I'll hang out with you and all of that."
I wasn't lying. In the past hour, I had grown incredibly fond of the fox boy. I wanted to get to hang out with him more, talk with him more, make his after life less tragic then his life.
Kise eyes had a wonderful shine in them. The tail wagging uncontrollably once again.
"Uwah! Aominecci!"
What the fuck kind of nickname? Whatever. Let him have his fun.
Kise quickly embraced me tightly, like before, but this time, his body felt warmer. I feel a little sadistic, but I kinda like it when he is crying into my chest. It's extremely adorable.
I wrapped my arms around him as well.
And through all this time, I still ask myself one question.
Who would be cruel enough to murder such a gentle boy