[Rescue Fire/Gaia fusion] For Tatsuya

[hotshotlightning]

He wasn't going to pace. He was going to wait patiently for Tatsuya to arrive, not give in to nerves before he'd even got there. So what if they had a lot to talk about, that was no reason to be nervous.

Yeah, right. They had over ten years worth of stuff to catch up on and it wasn't exactly all sunshine and rainbows.

He glanced down at his watch and sighed. Come on, Tatsuya.

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[hotshotlightning]

"Like you breaking the machine," Katsumi muttered, automatically reaching out to swat at Tatsuya for the shove. "That's really not a great example, Tatsuya."

[fire1]

"So?" Tatsuya pouted, "stop being so stubborn! You're supposed to respect me because I'm the oldest."

[hotshotlightning]

"Oh really?"

And seriously, did Tatsuya really think he would ever not be stubborn?

[fire1]

"Yeah! I'm your onii-chan, so you should listen to me!" Tatsuya puffed out his chest again and stared down Katsumi.

[hotshotlightning]

"Uh huh."

Katsumi gave him a sardonic salute and turned a corner. "If you say so. Onii-sama~."

[fire1]

"That's better." Tatsuya nodded in satisfaction and was happy to follow Katsumi down the road, chattering about the UFDA crew and their forthcoming visit to Himawari and other such things.

[hotshotlightning]

Katsumi laughed, "Don't get used to that." He was happy enough to listen to Tatsuya's stories, interspersing them with his own.

[fire1]

Tatsuya clung to Katsumi's hand as they reached the base, "You have to let me know when you're free. Everyone wants to meet you."

[hotshotlightning]

"I will," he promised, acutely conscious of the way Tatsuya was clinging to his hand. "I'll find out over the next few days and let you know."

He grinned and used his free hand to poke Tatsuya in the forehead. "Onii-sama. And don't forget to find out when you're free too."

[fire1]

Tatsuya whimpered and swatted at Katsumi's hand; but his usual grin was soon back, "Sure! I'll call you."

[hotshotlightning]

"Oh come on, I didn't poke you that hard," Katsumi grinned. "Wuss. And you'd better. Don't lose the number or... anything that you would normally do."

[fire1]

"It's in my phone. And you've got mine, right?" Tatsuya waved the screen at Katsumi.

[hotshotlightning]

"Yeah, I've got it."

Now that it came to it, Katsumi really didn't want him to leave. It had been so easy, slipping back into Katsumi-and-Tatsuya territory but they couldn't really do that much anymore. So here he was, trying to put off the moment Tatsuya had to leave, instead; trying to ignore the little part of him worried that it might be another ten plus years before seeing him again.

[fire1]

Tatsuya poked at Katsumi's cheek, "what's up, Katsumi-chan?" He looked around again just in case anyone was passing by; he didn't know much about Katsumi's friends and co-workers but was quite sure that Katsumi wouldn't want them to hear that particular nickname.

[hotshotlightning]

"Nothing," he said hurriedly. He wasn't about to admit to getting sappy now Tatsuya was about to leave. "Why would anything be up?"

[fire1]

"I d'no, you look down. Is it the arcade? Don't worry, they haven't banned us." Tatsuya petted Katsumi's arm, "I'll see you really soon, OK?"

[hotshotlightning]

Katsumi rolled his eyes. "I'm not worried about the arcade. Really, nothing's wrong. I'll talk to you later, when I know when I'm free."

[fire1]

"OK." Tatsuya paused, then came back to hug Katsumi because he felt that as brothers they should hug even if it led to Katsumi fussing and grumping.

[hotshotlightning]

"You are such a sap," he muttered into the side of Tatsuya's face. Then again, Tatsuya always had been the more touchy-feely one of the two of them. It didn't stop him giving Tatsuya a quick squeeze, though, even if only a brief one.

[fire1]

"I'm your brother," Tatsuya said simply. He broke away after a few moments and headed down the road, but turned back to wave at Katsumi, "see ya soon Katsumi-chan!"

[hotshotlightning]

"That too," he agreed, making the most of the moment before pulling back just as Tatsuya did.

"Count on it," he called, waving as Tatsuya headed off. At least there was no-one else around to hear the cutesy nickname, considering he was pretty sure Tatsuya would be using it forever.