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innocent curiosity

Summary:

Ivan was sitting by a tree, curiously touching at his new appendages. Pointed fluffy ears at the top of his head, and a long and slim furry tail from his backside, calmly swishing back and forth.

His ears flicked towards Till’s direction, who had been staring at him for a long while while he’d had them.

“..Can I pet them?” The grey-haired boy asked, eyes focusing on the moving tail.

“Hm?”

“I-I mean if it’s weird then n–” Till tried to backtrack, clearly getting a little flustered.

..Did this make him more appealing to Till? Ivan didn’t really get it, but if Till liked it, then..

“Go ahead,” he said, instead of something like ‘You can do whatever you want with me.’ Too many times had that scared Till off, calling him weird.
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Cat Ivan saves lives.

Notes:

I cant get ivan out of my head (and with ivan follows till. Or it should be the other way around that cause ivan follows till all the time that i cant really separate them) bruh why did i come up with this the same day i was so confused like its been a day since i posted that fic right. I checked and its NOT its the SAME DAY dude wtf (then i went to sleep after coming up with this cause holy fuck it was late)

pushing the ivan getting all the love agenda holy fuck i got jumpscared by webtoon notifs i forgot orv chapter coming out 💀
CAT THERAPY IS REAL OKAY i keep going back to this cat asmr video getting patted and i just. fhseuifhsidjf

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Ivan was sitting by a tree, curiously touching at his new appendages. Pointed fluffy ears at the top of his head, and a long and slim furry tail from his backside, calmly swishing back and forth.

 

His ears flicked towards Till’s direction, who had been staring at him for a long while while he’d had them.

 

“..Can I pet them?” The grey-haired boy asked, eyes focusing on the moving tail.

 

“Hm?”

 

“I-I mean if it’s weird then n–” Till tried to backtrack, clearly getting a little flustered.

 

..Did this make him more appealing to Till? Ivan didn’t really get it, but if Till liked it, then..

 

“Go ahead,” he said, instead of something like ‘You can do whatever you want with me.’ Too many times had that scared Till off, calling him weird. 

 

“Um..”

 

Ivan dipped his head down, looking curiously at Till who reached a hand out towards it. The latter’s ears were a little red.

 

Till’s hand gently touched at his new ear, rubbing at it before settling in between, carefully petting him.

 

..It felt warm.

 

Slowly, very slowly, he sank down feeling so.. So comfortable. Lowering down until he found himself resting his head against Till’s chest without realizing, a purr building up in his own, eyes closing of their own volition. 

 

He felt Till startle a bit before he’d let out a whine, causing Till to return to the pats.

 

..Ivan didn’t know he could make that sound, but Till had always brought a new side out of him. Always made him emote more when everything else felt so dull.

 

 

Till watched Ivan’s tail swishing back and forth, in.. delight, maybe? He had the feeling that that meant Ivan liked it.

 

..He didn’t think he minded the new additions if it helped him get insight on his mysterious friend.

 

Ivan, who was kind of annoying and did weird things expecting to be praised for it.. Till sometimes couldn’t get a read on him, especially with how often he’d seen Ivan be blank-faced (except with him, he’d always get this stupid teasing smile!). Having something that was definite proof that Ivan could feel things, and see how dumb that thought was? 

 

But it was hard to combat when Ivan wasn’t very reactive to things. (..Once, Till had found Ivan looking at himself in a pool of water, trying to mimic expressions. Scrunching up his face, bursting into a wide grin. Did that mean what he expressed was fake, or that he just didn’t know how to express it outwardly?)

 

He gave a curious stroke of the other’s tail.

 

Ivan jerked, making some sort of choked noise, bumping into Till and causing the both of them to fall down– Gwuh, Ivan’s so heavy! So annoying!

 

..It was so soft though, he thought in awe.

 

“S-Sorry, was that bad?” 

 

“..No. It was good. I just didn’t expect it.” Ivan’s face was buried in his chest, hiding his expression.

 

Till glanced down at him for confirmation that it was okay, before gently touching at his tail once more.

 

Ivan went tense for a brief second before relaxing again, starting up a slow and steady purr again. He then lightly bumped his head against Till.

 

He scoffed a little inwardly, before using his other hand to rest on Ivan’s head once more. ..So needy.

 

This side of Ivan was unexpectedly cute.

 

..He wasn’t complaining, though. He’d never felt so content, he wanted this moment to last forever.

 

Till kind of wanted to draw Ivan like this, but he couldn’t bring himself to stop or shove Ivan off of him. 

 

Mizi glanced at the two boys who were in their own world. They look like they’re having fun, she thought, before her eyes locked once more on her black-haired friend.

 

Sua had bunny ears drooping down the side of her head. 

 

So cute!!!

 

Whatever caused this to happen, thank you! Thank you so much!!

 

 

Ivan stared at Till, sitting criss-cross. “Meow.”

 

“H-Huh?!”

 

He tilted his head, “Mizi said that’s the sound my animal makes.”

 

“Don’t say it so flatly then?? A-And what about that little vibrating sound? I’ve never heard you do that before!”

 

“Purring. She said that that’s the sound cats make when they feel content.”

 

“O-Oh- Um–”

 

“If you want, you can pet me whenever. It’s nice.”

 

“W-Whatever!”

 

 

Till stared at Ivan’s drooping ears, as his.. friend? was forcefully pressing his lips against him.

 

He had already looked a little miserable with the rain, which he’d seen Ivan scrunch up a little at, shaking his head trying to get it off before they got on stage.

 

He’d find it cute if not for the circumstances they were in.

 

Don’t look like that.. Till wanted to tell him. Why did he look so unhappy? Wasn’t this what he wanted? 

 

Ivan moved back, and Till was about to speak up when he found hands wrapped around his throat– It– What?

 

Ivan’s face was impassive and yet.. His ears were flat against his head, and his tail was curling around his leg.

 

Ivan didn’t like doing this and yet–

 

You were already going to win. What are you trying to do?

 

..But if Ivan wanted to win, then Till couldn’t really protest, could he? Ivan was someone who he could call.. really close to him.

 

So.. He didn’t fight back.




..He closed his eyes, waiting for his end, whichever came first, but–

 

Those hands shaked and recoiled, but kept a steady grip. Until they let go.

 

Till blinked his eyes open in confusion, hand coming up to his throat automatically, as he stared at Ivan…..

 

..Why are you smiling? He wanted to scream. 

 

Why was there a spark in your eyes, knowing you were going to die, when before– When before there was none? Did you even like kissing me?

 

How different would this have been if we weren’t on Alien Stage, competing for our lives?

 

Till stared numbly at Ivan, his– his blood spreading until it reached his shoes. 

 

That wasn’t– It wasn’t fair. Till had. Had already given up. He’d stopped singing. ..So then why..?

 

Wasn’t this just as cruel, Ivan? Forcing him to live on? Or would it have been even crueler to leave Ivan alone. No Sua, no Mizi, and no Till?

 

He didn’t know.

 

The light beaming down on them turned off.

 

As if.. As if it didn’t feel like his world was ending a little bit. 

 

He wished this was fake. That– That any moment now he’d turn around and Ivan would be there, a teasing smile on his face, saying, ‘Did you really think I would die that easily?’

 

That someone would yell, ‘cut’, the cameras would stop shooting, and Ivan would get back up.



..Get up. Ivan. You can’t be dead.

 

Because there’s.. ..There’s so much I haven’t gotten to tell you.

 

So much I still wanted to do.

 

You can’t leave me alone too.




Notes:

look guys now till can have his cat in heaven and ivan can get all the scritches

"Cat Ivan saves lives." except his apparently
and till's

sorry

no but ppl saying actor au was like a godsend or something yeah i get it.
yknow how till had no idea if mizi was dead or alive because that thing said like missing? but also like dead? what if he saw mizi in final and thought. .........if mizi is alive what if ivan is alive too. like i mean till saw ivan die but like. like. what if. cause. haha. they. they wouldnt kill off someone so popular would they? ivan wouldn't have let go of all that just for him, would he? cause remember ivan is like a representative of a brand. he has a lotta sponsors. he has a lot of fans. and then went nahh fuck that i want till to live im gonna disqualify myself. like i mean in all fairness why would he care about that? but its not like till would know that, but that probably maybe ivan was living the good life in luxury or some shit idfk man

 

i was staring at bunny ivan for a long time like. ...i should make a fic out of that shouldnt i. but i dont know anything about bunnies. me like cat. cats make me melt.
till can like cat too. ...do you think theyve ever seen a cat 💀
but its like. a new side of ivan. softer and more content, and a bit more emotive.
and till can be softer too 🥺 cause theyre not fighting or arguing they're just.. coexisting. ALSO ivan laying down on till its illegal to move when a cat is laying on you its a universal rule even if they mightve never seen cats before, its ingrained in their blood
so even. even if till doesnt like ivan that way. they can have their quiet moments because till DOES care about ivan. IVAN I NEED YOU TO FEEL WANTED OR IM GOING TO CRY I KNOW YOURE LIKE DEAD AND SHIT BUT TAKE MY OFFERING 🙏 i saw the comics and like patreon shit (its free. if theres more stuff thats not free idk about it i just read like the magazines and like some of the stuff from when they were in anakt garden) and i selfdestructed

…..mizi thinking that when someone fails alien stage they just go back (assumedly home but she says back to anakt garden) anD NOBODY CORRECTED HER IM GOING TO SCREAM
Ive been listening to alien stage music for like two days straight (and singing along oh my god i bet ppl are so confused like tf why are they singing the same thing so many times hello??? Also i love till but im always really bad at like doing songs with loud vocals cause i struggle being that loud but i tried. Im better at luka tbh. Also i just. Cant sing black sorrow my voice just hates me for some reason???) and i just have this gaping hole that needs more alien stage content

Also what the fuck what the fuck why does ivan have marks on his wrist IVAN BUDDY ????

Anyways…. I find it curious how ivans figured out how to take like the collars off seemingly? And i mightve missed it because i wasnt looking for it but i dont think ivan really wears his either? Maybe its in the videos but in some art the kids are depicted with the collar but ivan is not. Maybe because hes so well behaved ?

Also his like. Guardian said that he had other things to focus on (that he wasnt gonna. Something something i forgot already) so praying its ivan maybe ivan is alive
I mean maybe hes living a fate worse than death though. …….well he already is because if hes alive and till is dead..

Also i SO want to see luka trying to do his mind fuckery and seeing how ivan reacts. Like. would he get pissed? Would he not react because hes clearly very good at dealing with media now and stuff like that?? I dont have the braincells to write that though and also that means till would be dead so like. Ivan. buddy. Im so sorry.

I know theyre in like their alien stage outfits but. Shush. No. okay hes really fucking pretty but alien stage doesnt exist im not crying nyou are

I dont know cat tail language okay i just think its cute

I was gonna be like you have no idea how tempted i am to have cat ivan in round 6 angst but then i wasn’t meeting my minimum word count (i try to at least write at minimum 1000 words but i was at 600 so guess what happened) so here it is anyway. My bad. I did cry though.