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[mahoraga]

"Fushiguro Megumi. Leave a message."
📱✉📦 @ megan

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[mahoraga]

Yeah.

Show it to me.

[ his brain going 'is it pink?' ]

[eyescar]

[ he sends a pic of a lil egg that is definitely too big for them to have laid ]

[mahoraga]

You didn't lay that.

[eyescar]

oh

you think so?

[mahoraga]

It's

[ Um. ]

Too big.

You'd die. [ also it's not pink ]

[eyescar]

so where’s it from??

[mahoraga]

The mother might have been confused ... Or abandoned it.

We should wait and see what happens.

[eyescar]

we can’t just leave it, right? i’ll wrap it in the hoodie geto-san got me

[mahoraga]

That's a good idea. Keep it warm and wait for me to come back.

[eyescar]

ok

it’s kinda cute

[mahoraga]

It's hard to know what's going to come out.

It looks big enough to be an ostrich egg.

[eyescar]

do you think it’ll be a bird? what do they eat??

[mahoraga]

A bird of this size would probably eat small rodents and insects.

[eyescar]

i have to catch it bugs??

[mahoraga]

It's possible. Let's see what it hatches into.

I'm almost home.

[eyescar]

okay
then you can cuddle the baby

[mahoraga]

Is it a baby now?

[ he says that but he is excited to see if they can hatch it.

also that is the sound of footsteps reaching their front door. ]

[eyescar]

it’s not going to hatch full grown, is it?

[ hi babe ]

action!

[mahoraga]

[ Hi. He's here. Megumi leaves his shoes by the door and makes his way to where Yuji is. ]

It looks even bigger in person.

[eyescar]

[ Wiggling over, Yuji makes space on the bed, still cuddling the egg. ]

It’s cute though, isn’t it?

[mahoraga]

It's ... okay.

[ He finds it cute. ]

But we don't know what's going to come out of it. [ And he'll absolutely adore it, even if it turns out to be a baby crocodile. Megumi takes this as his cue to slip into bed, nestling up against the other boy's side and and leaning against his shoulder. Over time, they've gotten used to fitting together so casually. ]

[eyescar]

Does it matter? It must be here for a reason.

[ Yuji strokes the side of the egg, which seems to be... Wiggling? Leaning back against Megumi, he smiles. ]

It's a baby, so we'll need to take care of it.

[mahoraga]

I don't think the mother is coming back for it, so we might have to care for it until it's big enough.

[ Whatever this egg may turn out to be. Megumi snuggles in closer, hands cupping over Yuji's and offering the egg his won warmth as well. ]

Did it just move?

[eyescar]

Huh, did it?

[ Lifting the egg, his eyes widen as it twitches, and it seems like there might be a hole appearing. ]

Megumi, look!

[mahoraga]

[ Yuji doesn't even need to grab his attention. Megumi is staring intently, a sort of twinkle and wonder in his eyes that isn't often seen. It isn't often he gets to see a creature hatch right out of its egg. As an animal lover, it's always going to be an awesome sight. There's a lot of cynicism he has directed at the world, but the start of a new life will always be something he finds a beautiful thing. ]

Oh ... [ One piece of egg shell falls off and onto Yuji's lap. ]