GENJI BANZAI

[leggymaru]

Things Hizamaru Has Shown His Anija After Learning (Upset Edition):
- the boutique clothes
- bubble bath
- aquarium
- the sunset and stars by the pool
- the fucking ahegao gun makes human noises but doesn't have a human form??? ANIJA?
- the arcade bc it's cool
- what chocobos and spiracorns look like from a book in the library from prompto's world
- the fucking heelys

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[banzais]

[it's hard to say where higekiri's understanding of love comes from - when someone mentioned lovers to him, he shrugged, careless about the subject. lovers, like brothers and family, are an endearing concept that humans engage in - but just as prone to breaking. after seeing so many relationships fall apart in history, how could he believe in their strength? even if he thought it was nice how they could make each other so happy....

what he feels for hizamaru is different - or so he thinks. it is not a love that is born from fluttering feelings, or from clumsy statements. it is a love that is engraved into his blade, that stems from the very steel that binds them both. it is a love that tells him that to protect his brother is to protect himself, and that to care for him is one of the few things in higekiri's long life that's worth remembering.

so he pauses when he cannot pull hizamaru any further, glancing over his shoulder and blinking in surprise.]

Eh... Did I say something wrong again?

[he turns and steps closer to hizamaru, hand raising to try to brush away his tears from his cheeks. how is it that hizamaru always manages to feel so much more than he does?]

[leggymaru]

[Very quickly, he shakes his head. He has a bad case of the ugly crying, though it's not particular ugly considering the Genjis are always very good looking. But, yeah, it's ugly crying. No sobs, only tears he isn't sure how to stop, stinging his eyes, his nose red and wet.]

I... just... [He swallows against the hoarse of his voice.] I'm so-sorry, elder brother. [For being a crying mess out of nowhere right at the start of their "date."] I just feel...

...so happy.

[He doesn't want Higekiri to look at his face like this, so he throws his arms up and wraps them around Higekiri's shoulders, squeezing himself close and burying his face in the crook of Higekiri's neck. His voice is wobbly and muffled, but he talks anyway, soft where Higekiri can hear:]

My chest is going to burst... I'm so happy... that you love me, elder brother.

[banzais]

[oh -

higekiri blinks at that, momentarily surprised even as hizamaru throws himself against him. he catches his brother easily, arms wrapping around his waist to hold him close, and he wonders what kind of injuries he must be sustaining to feel this way. he tilts his head in confusion, even as he lets hizamaru cry, rubbing his back in what he hopes is a soothing gesture.]

... of course I do.

[there is no sense of dramatics to higekiri's confession - mostly because he didn't think it was supposed to be surprising.]

Eh... Did I really forget to mention all this time...?

[apparently!!! but he'll just laugh softly anyway, before letting his head rest against hizamaru's, fond and amused]

Of course I love you. More than anyone, or anything.

[debatable literally only because the genji exist - but in this space, in this timeline, he knows without a doubt that there is no one that means more to him than hizamaru.]

[leggymaru]

[All this time, rest in pieces. He never knew Higekiri felt so strongly about him. It always, in a way, felt one-sided. Not that he didn't believe Higekiri cared for him--he knew that. They're brothers. There has never been anything but he and Higekiri until they were summoned by their master into the Citadel with the rest.]

I love you as well.

[He had felt some things with others, strange and wild things he didn't know this body could feel. But nothing so much as seeing his brother's sadness over Dimitri, his brother's anger when he had been ill, the worry, or hearing the words Higekiri didn't think were ever needed.

He draws back in an attempt to straighten up, to pull everything back in and stand more professional. He wipes the tears from his face with the back of his hand and wrist.]

Elder brother...

[banzais]

[there is something comforting in hearing the words back, he thinks. but that must simply be a facet of this human body, because there was never any need for them as far as higekiri was ever concerned. he never cared about such bold declarations because - ]

Mm, I know.

[wasn't it a given? when they possessed only each other for attachment, for company, along with their masters, how could there be anything there except love?

when hizamaru straightens up, higekiri will assist, his hand coming up to his cheek as his thumb brushes away tears on one side - for the other he'll lean in to try to kiss the tear tracks away, as if that'll be enough to soothe his brother's volatile emotions. when he offers a smile, it's soft and fond]

I'll always love you. So do not forget.

[leggymaru]

[Carefully and gently, he turns his head to offer the brother's a small, timid nuzzle.]

I'll never forget, elder brother.

[He leans back and once more wipes his face to make sure every evidence is gone that he had been a big baby. Wheeeew. He reels himself back in to be the dutiful, put-together little brother!]

Sorry. Let's have breakfast. [He reaches to take Higekiri by the hand. He'll lead them!] The eating room or...?

[banzais]

[he's doing his best - and higekiri will just interlace their fingers as he allows his brother to pull him along. it comes with a little laugh]

Mm - that's fine. We can eat whatever is already served.

But you needn't apologize. That was rather endearing.

[HIGE SAID THE L WORD AND HIZA JUST FUCKIN BAWLED]