The next few days were, for Kaelan, an absolute, living hell.
He was in a state of sustained, agonizing discomfort. He had rummaged through his wardrobe and discarded anything fitted, settling instead on his most shapeless, baggiest hoodie—one three sizes too large—and the widest pair of sweatpants he owned. The hoodie served to completely swallow his head, hopefully concealing the impossible, twitching cat ears, which, to his utter vexation, still possessed a mind of their own. The sweatpants and the long, loose fabric of the hoodie's back were an absolutely necessary prison for the monstrously long, embarrassingly fluffy tail.
" I…I can't go on like this" kaelen speak out his heart feeling heavy.
He suddenly felt like crying,the pain, the discomfort, and a truth he can't run from . And knowing that he couldn't sit normally none sleep normally without this fluffy stuff wag or twitch—-it was a nightmare.
Kaelen felt discouraged and disconnected from everything around him,the embarrassment was a constant headache.
He managed to get through his classes with his head bowed, his shoulders hunched, and his answers minimal. The heightened hearing from the irate cat ears was a torture device; he could hear the rustle of paper, the chewing of gum, and, worst of all, the faint, confused whisper from a girl with a ferret tail two seats over: "Why is that guy wearing a tent?"
Kaelen overheard and growl lowly wishing earth could swallow him up , I can just take these baggy clothing away and reveal how i'am now and then get reduced to a attention seeker too, he think deeply sighing feeling stuck .
Then a image of oh is crossed his mind,
Kaelan clenched his jaw so hard it ached. His normally short temper was now a fragile, brittle thing, coated in layers of self-loathing and frustrated humiliation. He felt jaded beyond his years—defeated by a reality he had spent his life denying.
" I have to clear my head a bit" he get up as the bell ring. Walking through the hallway he could feel eye watching him and following his every move.
Phew! Finally he was in the library, kaelen chose the back and far seat from anyone else
a far corner he'd never frequented—when the familiar scent of cherrywood and ozone invaded his personal bubble.
A vein in his forehead almost popped free, he didn't want to speak none look up from his book he already recognized who this was and it was not a pleasant sight,the moment ignis shadows fell over his desk, kaelen clenched his jaw , then come a low laugh from ignis.
" you look rather fluffy today, kaelen" ignis purr out ,he lower his head placing his both hand on kaelen desk.
Wait he was amused! How dare he, kaelen keep his head down not responding not looking him either,kaelen focus on the textbook too hard perhaps that each text became blurry , kaelen was practically fuming but he force himself to not snap his patience run thin.
"Leave!," kaelen says lowly his voice muffled by his giant hoodie hat ,without looking up at him he sigh, his voice really thick with tiredness and weariness and of course ignis ignore him and lower his head more before standing back straight . " quit useful spell isn't it? Rather simple but persistent and powerful and it won't fade until I say so" ignis says tilting his head slightly with a triumphant smile. ( go ahead punch him kaelen!) internal devils voice says but kaelen breath in and out .
" it perhaps a simple chemical agent that fails during my science class" he muttered lowly " or perhaps a genetically engineered substance or molecule contaminant, but it not magic!" .
Kaelen voice sounds more irritated now but then A soft, genuine laugh escaped Ignis. " Ah,my unswerving cynic!, I love it!" He says out . (Kaelen what are you waiting for!") kaelen snap his pencil in two, as if on a cue his tail tucked tail fell uncomfortable, it start twitching, kaelen feel it tapping against his knee beneath the baggy pants. Kaelen finally look up.
" if you remove….if you don't remove this abomination from me…" he growl out and give ignis a infuriated stare beneath the brim of the hoodie, "I swear I will find a way to make you regret ever laying eyes on me. I don't care who or what you think you are."
Ignis golden eye shine he straight his posture. " oh my, you really don't believe in dragons huh?"
Kaelen laugh mockingly " dragon? Oh God, I think your elaborate performance have finally crossed a line over into then clinical insane, get help!" Kaelen look back down , ignis lower back his head and didn't say anything for a long moment , then he smile a slow predatory smile ( I smell trouble) he reached out and with a terrifying speed of a striking vider he
managed to pull kaelen heavy hood deliberately flip it back.
A fast movement kaelen couldn't stop it on time, his hoodie slipped down completely exposing his two perfect and fluffy cat ears, "y-you!" Kaelen say his ears flattened against his head in an undeniable universal sign of distress , he wanted to talk back but he could feel every eye watching him .
" if you are going to be my pet , at least you'll be the prettiest one" ignis murmur his breath near kaelen still human ears, kaelen yanked the hood back over his head, his face livid and a vein pulse up from his neck in frustration , his entire body trembling with the need to punch ignis with all his might .
"Pet!?,I knew you were a pervert but what I didn't know was that you were also a insane person and a fool!" Kaelen growl his fit clenched and unclench. Ignis tilt his head a slow smile appearing on his lips " because I get whoever and whatever I want and you are my hardest prize to get!"
Kaelen grab his belongings and bag and half pencils and storm out of the library to a unknown destination but he knew he had to get far from this insane person , was all he was thinking of .