prompt: element of friction
Pack
I didn't understand at first.
Kurama was something of an enigma those first few years, when we were just getting used to each other. I didn't understand that enigma – didn't know if I ever would, if I would ever be able to actually trust him – until I understood a very important word.
Pack.
Kurama is a fox, after all. I don't know about human foxes, but fox spirits travel in packs. There's always an alpha, and he's always the easiest to spot, because he's always the most protective. The first into battle, the last to disengage. He's the most dangerous to fight. He won't stop until the threat to his pack has been eliminated.
It wasn't until I met Kurama that I realized 'pack' didn't have to be other foxes. They could be chimera, like Kuronoe.
They could be fire apparitions.
Things started to make sense when I realized Kurama was by nature an alpha, and I was his pack.
We stopped having as many arguments after that.