Shadewood kicking rocks and breaking teeth

it should not have been surprising that orochi would not take kindly to the gift that was brought to him. the angry child looked at the stone on the ground and in a swift movement, he had batted it away with his paw and turned his attention sharply toward deku. there was fire in his brother’s eyes. it was so fury-driven that the starchaser turned away and flattened his ears to the top of his crown in a moment of surprise. his expression had taken on a crestfallen, sullen light. more than anything, he had hoped that his sibling would have liked the gift, if only because it looked like him.
 
still keeping his eye contact locked on the dirt at his paws, deku exhaled a soft sigh. “i brought it ‘cause it looks like you…” the young man spoke in a voice that cracked. did that mean that orochi was stupid too? the star child did not think so, but it was his brother that had deemed the stone to be such a thing. if he had been bolder, perhaps he could have brought orochi’s words and flipped them back onto him. instead, deku wondered what he had done to make his sibling hate him so very much.