Catreig AU Snippet

Catreig AU Snippet

so @crownorclover shared some sketch art here that features catreig! so i thought it only fair i share a snippet from the au! it's about 16k now and i think i'm roughly 70% done with it? the core concept is that reigen gets a ranma 1/2 style curse where cold water turns him into a cat and hot water turns him back. when he gets the curse serizawa is there but doesnt see him actually get cursed, so this adorable orange cat just starts meowing at him and obvs he's gonna pet it, right?

the context for this scene: serizawa is holding this v nice, if loud, orange cat he found against his chest. the client theyre working for knows EXACTLY what has happened and is trying to convince serizawa that his boss left the job site already to go back to the office and he should go too.

“Something doesn’t seem right, Kitty-san. Why would Reigen leave before a job was done? Before he got paid? That’s not like him.”

Thank you!

“And why would he pay for two cabs to go to the same place? That’s a waste of money. Reigen doesn’t like wasting money.”

Exactly!

“He won’t even let us get a new kettle for the office.”

Wh— His tail smacked against Serizawa’s arm. The one they had was perfectly fine! Sometimes it shut off before it actually finished boiling. And sometimes it didn’t turn on at all. But when it did it worked fine! Mostly.

“What if something happened to him? I left him alone in the garden…”

Well something did happen but that was hardly his fault.

“I don’t feel comfortable leaving…”

No. No leaving was good. Shit. How was he supposed to convince Serizawa to leave when everything was so clearly suspicious?

The owner returned from the back gardens, “No sign of your boss, I’m afraid.”

“Oh…”

“But I did find his phone. He must have dropped it in his hurry.”

Serizawa stared at the offered phone. Reigen stared up at his face. Everything in his demeanor had shifted from anxious and worried to …angry? He marched past the owner, heading toward the back gardens, “REIGEN!”

“I—I told you,” the owner said as she followed behind, “he already left!”

“And left his phone? On the ground? Where did you find it?”

“Oh by the one of the ponds. But he left—“

He rounded on her, “Which pond?”

She pointed a shaky hand in the direction of the Drowned Cat pool and Serizawa took off.

Hey… Katsuya, I’m okay. It’s okay. “…mreow.”

“If something’s happened to him I…” Serizawa searched the nearby area of the pool, still clutching Reigen in his arms. “ARATAKA!”

tadaaaa! hoping to finish this one soon-ish so i can start posting it!

(don't worry, gaymer au is also still happening. i'm at 30k with that one and... looking at the timeline i'd say that's a solid... 20% of what's planned to happen. that au has a life of its own y'all it's. massive.)