i don't have an icon of her Absolutely Losing Her Mind yet so here we go instead

[ every time he does this, it feels like a part of kou changes. not just between human and vampire, either - it's something in the air, something both physical and not around him. by the time his legs tense, she's already buckling down for the hit that's about to come; when he leaps at that speed, undeniably inhuman,, she braces herself and pushes into the inevitable impact.

and then the punch lands, and she just. stands there for a moment. ]

Eh? [ and then, her eyes widening: ] Eh? Kou-kun, you...

[ she tries not to laugh. really, she does! but like. not that hard. and so, in the middle of a bakeneko hunt, in an alleyway next to her bruised-up best friend, nazuna nanakusa collapses to the ground in a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

sorry, kou. that punch sucked. ]