MWM CONT’ (but gayer maybe)

[markofkaine]

[When Kaine stormed out of the house, he had no direction. He simply wanted to explode - so that the swirling hurricane of loss in his chest could finally erupt out of him and tear his feeble body asunder, scattering it to the winds where he’d never have to feel this pain again. Instead, he manages to knock a tree or two over, screaming with each strike before escaping into the treetops.

Somewhere high. Somewhere he won’t be found (delusional). Kaine toys with the idea of simply living up here in the trees forever - the idea of going back to the house where Adrien once was and is no longer makes him feel sick. The spectre of love, haunting him like a ghost, shadowing every cold bed and empty doorway. Its claws dig into him, and he can’t help but weep.

At least hidden in the canopies, no one can hear him. He can empty himself into the dark.]

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[themightybosstone]

[Sett following was... not quick. He wasn't a man prone to overthinking.

Some would argue he wasn't a man prone to thinking.

But the urge to just REACT was tempered by that sore, torn place - the accusation he hadn't noticed or cared. It was the first hesitation.

The second is the sounds of grief.

Maybe he SHOULD go back in. Let the guy have his moment of just getting it all out.



...

And then remembered the one person who'd followed him when his heart had been torn out by this fucking place. He sets his jaw, lets his claws grow, and aims the leap up to the nearest tree branch that could hold his weight.]

[markofkaine]

[Up here, sound carries. Even if Sett didn’t have his ears, he’d still be able to hear the sound carried on the wind - this is clearly someone who never learned how to quietly cry. Every emotion is an open, raw wound, and he only knows how to let it pour out of him.

He got surprisingly far out into the forest… or maybe not so surprising, for someone actually familiar with how Kaine moves. It seems like he was at least self conscious enough to not want to be heard by anyone by the houses. Strands of spider webbing can be seen hanging from the trees, like a trail, giving him away.]

[themightybosstone]

[It does. It's like a forward guard before he even catches the scent of spiders. By this point, he's had to draw on Sloth's powers to keep his leaps light, and from just crashing through the canopy.

He hesitates, looking at Kaine's back. Maybe he should call out.

And then just makes that final jump and settles on the branch next to him.]

[markofkaine]

[Kaine is clearly so wrapped up in his glass cage of emotion that he doesn't see Sett coming. He definitely doesn't see him leap up to join him - which is such a surprise that he nearly falls out of the tree entirely. (I mean a seven foot slab of cat and muscle suddenly Being There is a fucking shock.)

Only thanks to his reflexes does he manage to stick himself back onto the tree trunk, very much 90 degrees and all puffed up cat energy. He doesn't bother to wipe his face, but he's still snarling]

G-GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE!!

[themightybosstone]

LIKE HELL I AM! THE FUCK I'M LETTING YOU GET A DUMBASS IDEA LIKE- OH I'M BETTER ALONE AFTER ALL. [POINTING]

[markofkaine]

[A roar bubbles up in his throat - this pain, it won't go away unless it goes somewhere. Somewhere that's not him. Without thinking, he leaps at Sett to try and punch him out of the tree.]

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!!

[themightybosstone]

[He gets that satisfying THUD of a connection, and the bark of the tree shreds under Sett's claws as he tries to keep from topping to the ground.]

DON'T-

[HE SLIPS. And grabs a handful of Kaine's clothes] TELL ME WHAT I KNOW!

[markofkaine]

[Either Kaine's sticking power really isn't as good as it used to be, or this is some oldass bark. Either way, when Sett grabs him - he goes down with him, with a crusty chunk of tree still stuck to his feet and hands as he falls. As if everything wasn't bad enough.

But that doesn't mean he isn't going to try and get some more punches in before they hit the ground.]

I COULD NEVER BE BETTER! HE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE ME BETTER!!

[themightybosstone]

NOBODY MAKES YOOF- [THEY HIT A BRANCH.

And then the ground.

Sett may be a super healer but he's going to groan before finishing that sentence, thanks.]

[markofkaine]

[Kaine... probably should've focused more on stopping his fall, instead of wailing on Sett. Instead, he's treated to gravity slamming him down on top of the giant cat. And while a bed of pure muscle might've technically made for a softer landing than rocks and dirt, they weren't that soft. I mean, look at him.]

Urgh...

[themightybosstone]

[Sett is just, this is not how he'd like Kaine on top thanks. ACTUALLY NONE OF IT HAS BEEN.

His arms flop to the side and he's just going to. Wait for his healing to catch up to everything that just happened.]

Okay. .... ooookay.

Could have planned that better.

[markofkaine]

[Kaine doesn't seem to be listening to him. His hands, balled into fistfuls of Sett's shirt, seemingly want to keep throttling him - only the spirit has died. He lies there, (not thinking about how his face is basically pressed into the biggest tiddies in town,) crumpled and defeated.]

Why won't you... just leave me alone...

[themightybosstone]

Because I care about you? Because I'd like someone else to talk to cuz it fucking hurts me too? Because, you dumbass jackass, shit for brains, he might be that to you but you're that to other people! Because for the love of money you should fucking NOT be alone right now?!

[markofkaine]

[One of the most frustrating things in the world was when Sett had a point. That wasn't supposed to happen. He was supposed to be a meat headed idiot and they could continue to not address many multitudes of things, and that was that.

The cosmos wanted Kaine to be alone! This was just proof! That every good thing in his life was underserved and would eventually be stripped away, bringing him back to nothing.

It hurt. In his dark melodrama, he wanted Sett to hurt too. Misery shared, but not halved - doubled, large enough to swallow them both, so at least if Kaine couldn't share in happiness, he wouldn't drown alone.

Teeth grit, he growls out the words, in audible pain,]

He loved you too, y'know. He talked about you all the time. He wanted... wanted......