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Ichimatsu had been unusually distant lately, not that he wasn’t usually somewhat distant from the rest of the family. But lately, he was hardly home and when he was he either slept or did not remain in the same room as his brothers. Choromatsu had noticed something was up, aobody else seemed to be paying much attention claiming that that was ‘just how ichimatsu is,’ even jyushimatsu seemed to be unaware of any difference. But that was just Jyushimatsu, can’t expect him to think about that stuff. He is definitely too pure for this world.
So, Choromatsu had a plan, would talk to Ichimatsu about everything, see if there was anything he could do to help his brother or figure out why he was being unusually more distant. So, when Ichimatsu came home late that afternoon the third brother was ready. The fourth brother had just slid the front door shut and began sliding off his sandals when choromatsu made his presence known, “Hey, ichimatsu! You’ve been going out a lot lately, huh?”
Ichimatsu flinched and looked up at his older brother, “.. It’s not that weird” He replied with a shrug. “No, well I mean, you’re not usually the one out so much… so is something going on?” Choromatsu asked, hands behind his back. “…. Hmmm….” Was all that came from Ichimatsu and a look that the green Matsuno couldn’t quite figure out. It sent a chill down his spine, was that a dangerous look? Was Ichimatsu offended by his actions? “I was out with some friends,”
Choromatsu could feel relief flood him as Ichimatsu didn’t seem mad by the inquiry. “Oh, is that so?” He’d made friends?! This was exciting news! It was so goodto know that his brother had friends to be with, that he was reaching out to people. That was good. “Well, that’s good to have friends—ah, actually, it’s a relief to know it’s just that,” Ichimatsu gave his older brother a confused frown, what else would he be doing? “Yeah, and what else would it be?” came a low apathetic sounding reply as the younger man stretched his arms up in the air and took a step up to the main floor. “Eh? Oh, nothing, I guess, I mean, you do go out a lot on your own in the first place, you’ve just been so distant lately, I was a little worried is all,” came the quick reply.
Ichimatsu’s demeanor seemed to soften immediately and a very gentle smile crosses his face. The only one who ever seemed to notice something was up and care had always been Choromatsu, the fact that he cared so much brought a warmth to ichimatsu’s chest. He really admired and adored his older brother, but this was probably not the best time for Choromatsu’s affection. Not when it was the season. Ichimatsu dropped his arms and then shoved them into his hoodie pockets, ”Yeah, I made friends with a bunch of alleycats and they have been showing me spots around the city that are good for watching the sky,”
“O-oh, cats…. Well, I’m glad your safe,” the green matsuno turned to go into the kitchen, it was just cats. That was sort of disappointing. “Well, no one is home but you and me, what do you want for lunch?” Oh no. Ichimatsu froze, it was just them? Alone? Together? Under normal circumstances he would be fine with that, he actually liked his time with Choromatsu. This man was an angel among mortals, he was easy to work with, easy to talk to and generally the best of all of them. It was easy for Ichimatsu to fall in love with his brother over the care he showed towards him. But, that’s exactly the problem here. “Ah, I’m not hungry, I already ate….” This wasn’t a lie, but he didn’t want to get stuck alone with his brother, not when he was being affected by the nature of being a cat hybrid.
“Oh, well that’s fine, I guess I’ll be cooking for one then,” Choromatsu wasn’t disappointed so much really, he just wanted to spend time with Ichimatsu and find out more about what he was doing. “So, do you think I could see them sometime? The sights I mean…” the third matsuno asked as he walked into the other room. Ichimatsu had no choice but to follow his older brother in order to answer, “I guess, there is a lot of climbing and jumping involved with it though, I think you’d have a difficult time,” was the honest response. There was also the fact that what he did was not exactly legal. Parkour was definitely something that was pretty illegal for the most part and it was his cat form that kept him from getting arrested. Ichimatsu shuffled across the wooden floors after his brother and into the kitchen.
“Oh, yeah, I’m not as athletic as you are otouto,” Choromatsu actually let out a laugh as he pulled a container of rice and soup from the fridge and set them out on the counter before he crossed to the other side of the kitchen. After a moment of deliberation, deciding which pan would be best for reheating soup he pulled one out of an open cabinet. Ichimatsu just watched his brother as the fabric of his pants twisted against his legs and butt… ichimatsu turned his head, a faint blush crossing his face. That was not appropriate right now… no, at all even, what was this not right now bullshit? Hitting on your brother was not exactly appropriate anywhere. With an aggravated sigh ichimatsu rubbed his face.
“is everything alright?” Choromatsu asked placing a hand on Ichimatsu’s forehead, checking for a temperature. “You are kind of warm…” The younger man jumped slightly at the touch, when did Choromatsu get there??? Normally he was the one causing jumpscares, not people like Choromatsu. But he was so out of it… yeah, that probably was all it was. Ichimatsu didn’t have a response and just kept perfectly still until his brother moved. “ You are a little bit warm, go sit down and I’ll get you something cool to drink,”
without too much fuss, ichimatsu took a seat on the floor. Choromatsu came back with some water, looked at him a moment before handing it too him. “Where is everyone?” Ichimatsu asked as he took the glass. “Ahh, Osomatsu and Karamatsu are at pachinko, Jyushimatsu is off somewhere, he’s been pretty scarce since Homura-chan came back into town and as for Todomatsu, I have no idea.”
A silence enveloped around them and Choromatsu took a seat next to Ichimatsu. The cat matsuno turned his attention to drinking water rather than his quickening heartbeat. Why did he have to be so into his brothers? Why did choromatsu have to be so good? Why did he have to be affected by girl cats being in heat? It made it all so much harder to contain. “you know you can talk to me if something is going on right?” Ichimatsu could feel his skin crawl as Choromatsu said this. The fourth brother stayed perfectly silent until choromatsu finally let out a sigh and started to get up. “It’s…. nothing anyone did,” The younger man said finally and honestly, “It’s… for cats… it’s breeding season…” he muttered shifting a bit before tucking his legs into his chest and setting the glass down on the ground. “And since I’m a hybrid, it affects me too, girl cats are in heat and it’s making it hard to think clearly around my brothers,” He continued to explain before burying his head in his arms. Choromatsu stood in stunned silence before he began making his lunch, just some reheated miso-soup and rice. “Oh, I see…” the older brother went quiet for a moment before saying anything else. “What do you mean, it makes it hard to think clearly? Is it like a tomcat fighting with other males… or?”
Ichimatsu stayed quiet, how could he explain the urges to jump his brothers? Stemming from the desire all male cats have during this time of month, either breeding or dominating. “It’s hard to explain….” He finally said just as Choromatsu poured some of the leftover soup in a bowl and added rice from another container. “Oh…Well, you can try your best, right?” Ichimatsu gave a low almost inaudible, “yeah,”
Choromatsu gave an encouraging smile, as though trying to coax ichimatsu into saying anymore. ”The thing is…. Choromatsu, I think…. Mmmm, the need to have sex and breed is heightened for males during breeding season because of the pharamone that females produce, Because even I’m affected by it, I have the urge to either attack and dominate or seduce and breed,”
Choromatsu listened carefully, that was sort of disturbing. Ichimatsu continued, “So, the problem with being around certain people for too long is that I can’t contain myself and I…. don’t want it to end up in my raping someone, especially… not my brothers,”
the purple Matsuno hugged his legs. “So… that’s why I’ve been trying to stay away or work out until I just pass out when I get home, I don’t want to hurt anyone like that.”
“So… is there anything I can do to help?” Help? Ichimatsu snorted, “find me a partner that wouldn’t get killed on accident and that would probably help,” he said with a bit of a laugh, indicating that he was joking. Though, he was serious, the only way to fix this was to wait until mating season was over or find him a mate he could rut on. Choromatsu found the revelation shocking, he turned the heat off to the stove and just stood there for a moment. He would never think of doing that with his brothers, but for Ichimatsu… someone could get seriously hurt because of that cat side of him. How could they solve this? He’d probably go visit Dekapan For some advice on this, he would know how to deal with this, right? Until then… Choromatsu decided that he could probably offer up his body. It wasn’t right.. but at the same time, he could probably say he wasn’t a virgin anymore. Would Ichimatsu go for that? Would this guy go for something like that at all??? With a deep breath choromatsu turned around. “Well… I don’t know anyone personally but--”
He paused and looked down at his feet. “But?” Ichimatsu repeated curiously, lifting his head out of his arms. “But… I would be willing, to umm… help you with that, myself..”
Ichimatsu couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “That’s a joke right?” As soon as these words Left ichimatsu’s mouth Choromatsu seemed to shrivel. “W-what, no I just—nevermind, you’re right, how stupid of me…” Before Ichimatsu knew what he was doing, he was already up and had his arms around his brother. “No… I just thought you were teasing me… making fun of me, would you… really do that for me?” Choromatsu rested his head on Ichimatsu’s shoulder. “If it gets you to come back and spend more time with us, then yeah… you can use my body for whatever you need to, but… let’s go see Dekapan before anything else, alright?”
And so the two set out to visit the doctor, get some advice on how to go about this. When they reached the clinic, Ichimatsu was the one who buzzed in like Jyushimatsu had shown him. When Dekapan came out, he smiled, “Welcome, Umm….”
He wasn’t sure which two he had at the moment. “Hello, I’m Choromatsu Matsuno,” Choromatsu said with a bow. “Ichimatsu,” was all the purple Matsuno said. “Welcome Ichimatsu-kun and Choromatsu-kun, come in and tell me what you need,” Both men did as they were told and followed him in. “Well, you see umm… Ichimatsu is being affected by girl cats being in heat, is there anything he could maybe take to help him?”
Dekapan brought them into a large room with shelves of bottles. “There is something, but it involves another person,” The larger man made a quick stride to one of his cabinets and pulled out a bottle. “The other person is going to need to take this and have sex with Ichimatsu-kun, that will help with the problem and it should put a halt on his sex drive for 10 months,”
Since choromatsu had already offered his body up to Ichimatsu for use, he had decided that this would probably be the best chance they had to help Ichimatsu. “We’ll take it, Umm…. We’re going to have to find someone, but I’m sure we could relay the instructions,”
Dekapan smiled and handed the bottle to choromatsu. “There are 60 pills in total, the person is going to need to take these twice a day for a week and allow themselves to have sex at least 3 times during the week,” Dekapan turned back to the cabinet and pulled out another bottle, “This is the one that needs to be taken if the partner is a boy,”
“We’ll take them, thank you,” Choromatsu said and bowed. He handed Dekapan a handful of bulls before taking the medicine. With another bow the two Matsuno brothers left the clinic and made their way home. Ichimatsu tugged on Choromatsu’s sleeve. “Are you sure you want to do this?” Choromatsu rolled the bottles around in his hands and frowned a bit. “I don’t think anyone else is going to step up, you have to know someone a little while before they’re willing to just have sex with you… so it would be better this way,” The fact was, he wasn’t sure if he could, but for Ichimatsu’s sake and the safety of others, he was going to try.
This was definitely going to be an interesting experience for both of them.