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KaitoPuri: Tsubame 18

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Don't let go

April 22nd, London

 

Both were silent. What had just happened was hard to talk about.

Fuji just clung on tightly to the rims of his coat. This case had been bitter. So bitter.

"neh...." The younger started hesitatingly. "Do you..... believe Tsubame is evil?"

Tezuka did not know what to answer. Though the question had passed his mind many many times.

He wasn't good. He wasn't evil either....

What had been the reason for Tsubame's movements this evening? What he had done was bad, but it didn't seem something he would usually do.

During the case of the fake Tsubame was the same, but this was definitely the real one.

"Neh..." Fuji started again.

"Hm?"

 "Do you think Tsubame will ever be caught?"

"......." Tezuka patted Fuji's head. "Nothing lasts forever..."

"True... but..."

"It'll be fine.... even if that were so, he has shown the world a beautiful dream." Tezuka spoke as he paced on.

"It is true that stealing is a bad thing. But I've started to wonder just why he would do such things. And mostly, why so openly?

I believe that it might just be so that Tsubame is actually giving something important in return."

Fuji had stopped and gazed up on the back of his partner, who turned to him.

"In the short period of 4 months, he has returned a smile on the face of people across London....

He managed to even captivate the mind of someone as stern as me.

Even though we are at war, people excitingly talk about how Tsubame will strike next.

I believe.... that that might be the true purpose of Tsubame."

Tezuka had spoken his words from his heart. Fuji knew.

There was nothing he could do but look upon the person in front of him. As he noticed how fast his heart was beating.

".....err.... you know..... Tezuka.... I..." Fuji stared at the ground, flustered.

should....should he-...?

"......" Tezuka took his hand. "-Let's go home." He said.

Fuji glanced up, a bit surprised, then averted his eyes again.

"I... err.... I'm sorry if I'm of a bother to you, but..." He bit his lip.

".....I really don't want to go back home tonight..."

"....." Tezuka smiled a bit.

"..sure.. The couch is used to you, by now." and took him along to his own apartment.

 

Lying on the couch, Fuji seemed exhausted, small and fragile.

Tezuka patted his hair lightly, as to not wake him up. Touching him like this felt soothing for a reason. Tezuka felt the drive to protect him. Protect him from this worry he couldn't lay his finger on.

Ever since he met Tsubame, the thief hadn’t been the only one growing on to him. Fuji too, had become an important person.

Considering that, Tezuka felt rather guilty for focusing on Tsubame so much, while Fuji was clear in need of comfort too. That much that he was laying for dead on this couch without as much as a proper meal through his throat.

But Fuji wouldn’t tell him what was troubling him. Ever since he had spoken to his father last time, things had changed. But what?

Tezuka just couldn’t shake that…. Fuji and Tsubame’s fate were deeply intertwined…

“….’m sorry..” Fuji mumbled.

“hm?” Tezuka stopped his patting, resting his hand on the other’s head.

“neh.. I was wondering…… until Tsubame is caught…” He turned on his back, their eyes meeting. “…can I stick with you?”

“…..ah..” Tezuka bend forward to him, his front head touching Fuji’s.

‘I will not let go of you. Not for now. Or for the many years to come.’

Saying it out loud seemed rather cheesy, so Tezuka didn’t. But he couldn’t help feeling that way none the less.

If only for a little, Fuji showed his usual brilliant smile, secured by their promise.

Forgetting the problems surrounding his father, the phantom thief and everything else, he fell into a deep sleep with his partner, Tezuka by his side.

 

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short but sincere. this is the part I've been stuck on for a year (1 part of it, at the least)
I had written it before on paper, but completely lost it D>
in the end, I think it came along better like this, though.
the original didn't include Tezuka talking about Tsubame's motive, but that ended up being the trigger for Fuji to really come to love Tezuka. life can do such strange things...
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