#wait is this the first time i've posted about rtf on here?

[maybe-i-dreamt-u]

Red Tipped Feathers Bits and Pieces bc I cannot work on Chapter 8 atm

Jouno used to love reading when he was a kid. Him and his sister couldn't afford going to school so they they tried to make up for it by reading up on everything and anything they could find. They would often sneak into schools' and universities' libraries overnight or during storms and instead of actually sleeping, they would spend the time reading. He was lucky for the immense volume of information his brain could absorb in a short time, because he was never allowed to actually take any books with him, since they were heavy and ultimately useless.

At first, his favourite section to raid was the one with detective novels, but as he got older that developed into criminology text books. His sister had to rip the books out of his hands to force him to read about something else and form a general knowledge of every branch of social and natural sciences.

Tecchou's love for cooking actually started way before working at the bakery. The house he lives in now is in fact his childhood home (his parents moved away to live on the northern sea shore because they couldn't stand the extreme weather anymore) and the layout looked a lot different when he was little, since it had to accommodate three people, not one. Also their garden was much smaller, Tecchou's current garden and animal pens are a very recent addition. That put Tecchou's bed in his current living room/dining room/kitchen. Some of his favourite memories of his early childhood are waking up from his afternoon nap to the room being muggy and smelling heavenly, then immediately sitting at the table to watch his mom finish making dinner. He would ask her about the spices she's using and she would let him taste things before and after seasoning them, she taught him how to hold a knife when he was 7, which he fully believes is part of the reason why he's so good with his sword now, and he's been kneading dough since he was 5, whether for bread, dumplings or cookies, he had them all under his belt since before hitting a double digit age.

When Jouno first met Tecchou, he thought he was the most annoying person on earth. He thought his stories were dumb and his voice was grating his ears and he wished he would just leave him alone. But then the night would come and he would find himself constantly thinking about him, belatedly laughing at his jokes. He realized the only reason he disliked him was the fact that he was mortified of being hurt by him. So his initial hatred slowly transformed into neutrality.

Until he got hurt and Tecchou had to bandage him up. He wasn't sure why the spell worked that way, but injuries he got as a human were transferred to his swan body, and vice versa. So when his wing got impaled, so was his arm during the night. Jouno spent days agonizing, sliding from one fever dream into another, unable to move around because of the pain and he supposed he had gotten insanely lucky to have Tecchou treat his wound with some antibiotic.

Speaking of dreams, Jouno realized he might have a problem with Tecchou a couple months in, after waking up in cold sweat from a wet dream. He was so embarrassed he wanted to kill himself (or Tecchou). He only had about an hour until the sun was rising so he hurried to clean his clothes, and he didn't come out of the forest the entire next day, unable to be around Tecchou.

alr I think that's all for today see y'all later