It was after his fight in the Cage with Aeon Clock that Kazu understood WHY the world seemed to slow down when everything seemed to be going wrong. It was his brain opening up to process every inch of what was causing all that adrenaline.
This particular time, he saw it, in all 300 frames per second, that single, weightless moment when his left A-T's front wheel lost traction. He could feel the center of his weight push and pull him in different ways, and he just knew, KNEW, that he was going down with his leg under him the wrong way.
And could remember right down the pebble, the ground that the taller shadow fell over an instant before he was pulled up by the collar. There were only two people who'd have been fast enough to do that... and Spitfire didn't bother with cologne. Had to be Sano. Almost instantly, he relaxed instead of fighting it.
"SHIT! FUCK!" He was still hanging there, and very tentatively put his legs down underneath him. "... Aha... thanks man. That was gonna really suck."
"Indeed." Sano said, letting him down. "Sit down."
"I'm fine! I just slipped."
"I'll be the judge of that." Sano could pull off haughty like no one else, really.
He gave Sano a LOOK from under his hat. "..... why."
"I'm not going to eat you. Just do it."
"Hrm." Kazu flopped down on a park bench... and nearly jumped back off it when Sano knelt in front of him, hands on both of his knees. "Wh-what! NO! WAIT! NOT IN THE OPEN OKAY? NO WAIT! NOT AT ALL!"
Sano just ignored him entirely, he had enough of a grip to keep the scrawny kid from climbing over him and getting loose now, and really it was for his own good. He started on the left leg first, at the base of the knee, fingers kneading deeply into the muscles, smoothing down along the grain.
"Ssst. SHIT! That hur-.. . oh man." Kazu sighed suddenly as the knot gave out. "Nnng."
Sano pushed up his glasses with one finger and resumed, a little lower. "As I suspected. A little too much practice.. actually. You'll start tearing the muscles if you don't take better care."
"There's ... ah... there's such a thing?"
"Absolutely. Particularly with young, full of themselves idiots on this Road."
"Huh?"
"... Hows this?"
"Gooood. Right there. Ah!" Kazu dropped back onto his elbows as Sano's fingers worked into a particularly rough knot, smoothing out the overtired muscles. The treatment only managed to last a few more seconds before the touch disappeared entirely. He blinked and looked up. "Huh? Why are you stopping? That was good."
"You shouldn't make those kind of faces." Sano's hand shot past him in one snakelike strike, almost, almost too fast for the eye to take in. It was only a second too late, after his brain was already screaming DON'T WATCH. That he was already caught. Frozen to the spot, he barely managed to get his throat to work well enough to swallow. He could only watch as Sano adjusted his tie, then curled his fingers into collar of Kazu's school uniform, face inches away from his own. "Someone might get the wrong ideas."
"PERVERT!" Spitfire's declaration snapped them both out of them immediately. While Kazu hunched over, pulling his hat down and scooting away from Aeon Clock, Sano had already lept on top of the bench in full pose, one handed salute in high display.
"RESPECTFULLY SCREW YOU!"
"DENIED! COMPLETELY DENIED!"
"I DIDN'T WANT TO ANYWAY!"
It was clearly time for Kazu's Super Stealth Over 9000 Level Escape From Doom act.
IF I END UP WRITING FICLETS FOR YOU EVERY DAY, YOU BETTER PASS LIKE AWESOMENESS ::chews on you lovingly:: ... that and I like the flaming trio. Huhuhuhuhu
This particular time, he saw it, in all 300 frames per second, that single, weightless moment when his left A-T's front wheel lost traction. He could feel the center of his weight push and pull him in different ways, and he just knew, KNEW, that he was going down with his leg under him the wrong way.
And could remember right down the pebble, the ground that the taller shadow fell over an instant before he was pulled up by the collar. There were only two people who'd have been fast enough to do that... and Spitfire didn't bother with cologne. Had to be Sano. Almost instantly, he relaxed instead of fighting it.
"SHIT! FUCK!" He was still hanging there, and very tentatively put his legs down underneath him. "... Aha... thanks man. That was gonna really suck."
"Indeed." Sano said, letting him down. "Sit down."
"I'm fine! I just slipped."
"I'll be the judge of that." Sano could pull off haughty like no one else, really.
He gave Sano a LOOK from under his hat. "..... why."
"I'm not going to eat you. Just do it."
"Hrm." Kazu flopped down on a park bench... and nearly jumped back off it when Sano knelt in front of him, hands on both of his knees. "Wh-what! NO! WAIT! NOT IN THE OPEN OKAY? NO WAIT! NOT AT ALL!"
Sano just ignored him entirely, he had enough of a grip to keep the scrawny kid from climbing over him and getting loose now, and really it was for his own good. He started on the left leg first, at the base of the knee, fingers kneading deeply into the muscles, smoothing down along the grain.
"Ssst. SHIT! That hur-.. . oh man." Kazu sighed suddenly as the knot gave out. "Nnng."
Sano pushed up his glasses with one finger and resumed, a little lower. "As I suspected. A little too much practice.. actually. You'll start tearing the muscles if you don't take better care."
"There's ... ah... there's such a thing?"
"Absolutely. Particularly with young, full of themselves idiots on this Road."
"Huh?"
"... Hows this?"
"Gooood. Right there. Ah!" Kazu dropped back onto his elbows as Sano's fingers worked into a particularly rough knot, smoothing out the overtired muscles. The treatment only managed to last a few more seconds before the touch disappeared entirely. He blinked and looked up. "Huh? Why are you stopping? That was good."
"You shouldn't make those kind of faces." Sano's hand shot past him in one snakelike strike, almost, almost too fast for the eye to take in. It was only a second too late, after his brain was already screaming DON'T WATCH. That he was already caught. Frozen to the spot, he barely managed to get his throat to work well enough to swallow. He could only watch as Sano adjusted his tie, then curled his fingers into collar of Kazu's school uniform, face inches away from his own. "Someone might get the wrong ideas."
"PERVERT!" Spitfire's declaration snapped them both out of them immediately. While Kazu hunched over, pulling his hat down and scooting away from Aeon Clock, Sano had already lept on top of the bench in full pose, one handed salute in high display.
"RESPECTFULLY SCREW YOU!"
"DENIED! COMPLETELY DENIED!"
"I DIDN'T WANT TO ANYWAY!"
It was clearly time for Kazu's Super Stealth Over 9000 Level Escape From Doom act.
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I AM SO SPOILED RIGHT NOW
REJUVINATION FROM HORRIBLE STRESS BUILDUP
ASJDFLJGLAKJA I LOVE YOU |D |D |D
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AND I'LL DRAW EVERYTHING YOU WRITE HOW'S THAT FOR INCENTIVE
lol we apped the ukes of the manga
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...yes we did. Mine's toppier than yours.
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I'M NOT ABOUT TO GO AHNN DO AS YOU PLEASE, THANKS
Nap turned into a como oops
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