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The scent of blood had Narumi flinch and pinch his nose. When it snowed or rained all other scents tended to get wash away, which meant when they went out kaiju slaying in the middle of winter, Narumi had to deal with the scent of kaiju blood and guts at its strongest. At the very least being a snow leopard meant he didn't have to deal with the cold. As he was about to head out, he felt a familiar presence come up to his side and he paused. "What's up with you, bowl-cut?" Narumi sent his glance slightly downwards. They didn't have much height between them, but with Narumi standing straight up and Hoshina slouched, it was a bit harder to meet Hoshina's gaze, though he wasn't looking at Narumi anyways. As he was about to say something again he felt something brush against his tail. It was subtle, but he could feel the slimmer and sleeker tail of the black leopard next to him start to curl around his fatter and fluffier one. While their usual rivalry would normally demand Narumi freak out and pull away, he also understood how badly the difference in temperature could affect the hybrids meant for warmer climates. The summer was an utter nightmare for him, after all.
Narumi sighed and watched his breath fog up as the snowflakes drifted past. Yet, his tail was quick to curl around Hoshina's tightly, preventing escape when Hoshina inevitably jolted slightly at the reciprocation. "Thank you, captain Narumi." Hoshina began to chuff quietly as he pushed himself against Narumi to siphon more of his body heat. Narumi allowed it as his cheeks grew warm and he couldn't help but purr. So long as nobody saw the two of them like this, he was fine with it. It looked a bit like they were a couple, holding tails and with Hoshina leaned against him so heavily, Narumi wouldn't be able to live it down.
"Captain Narumi, your heart rate-" Narumi startled hard. "Shut the hell up, Kurusu!" He snapped and Hoshina snorted at his side as he overheard Kurusu apologizing hesitantly. Though of course, that meant Hoshina also overheard what Kurusu said before then and Narumi could feel how his face grew even hotter. "If you laugh I won't let you share my body heat anymore!" "No no, captain Narumi, please don't abandon me to the cold!" Hoshina grinned wide as he 'begged' and Narumi rolled his eyes. At least, until Hoshina wrapped his arms around one of Narumi's and brought it to his chest as he rubbed his cheek against Narumi's shoulder. Immediately, Narumi's mouth dropped open before he clicked it shut as his purrs were turned up tenfold and Hoshina chuffed quietly as he continued to rub each cheek against where he could reach.
Well… he supposed it wouldn't be so bad if someone caught them like this. Narumi turned to Hoshina and gently placed his chin on Hoshina's head to rub his scent into Hoshina as Hoshina had done the same to him. "Narumi…" Hoshina gently bumped his head into Narumi's chin and Narumi felt his face burn hot.