leggymaru | GENJI BANZAI

Mm.

[Unfortunately, Hiza is stupid and too soft to pursue a lot of things, so he never digs much out of others. That's why Higekiri is here.]

I'll sleep on the seat in the other room... It isn't on my back, so I should be okay to sleep as we do at home. I won't stain anything...

[He hopes.

Gently, he offers Higekiri's cheek a timid kiss.]

Please be careful, elder brother. I'm worried about everyone, but I worry about you the most.

[the two of them together make one functioning sword

but regardless higekiri will just accept the kiss, expression softening before he tilts his head to press their lips together properly, soft and sweet.]

Eh? I've been rather lucky, you know? Though Wukiri, Tamamo, and I might try our hand at another room next week. If I go missing, I'll probably be in good hands.

[no]

[closes my fucking eyes

i forgot how lucky higekiri has been with rooms and now look at tHIS FUCKING MESS why is he the shit on brother]

Please be careful is all I ask, elder brother, when I'm not there to watch over you.

[no]

Eh, what a serious face...

[he's just teasing though, letting his fingers brush through hiza's hair affectionately]

I'll be careful then. So that I might return to you safely.

[please no bully u_u]

I know you're strong, and you have done well... but I still worry. I don't want to lose you, elder brother. I'm so afraid...

I don't know what I will do if you aren't here to help the others in the way you know how.

[ah... there's just a gentle pause at that]

Then you will take all that I have learned and work from this side. Should one of us pass, then the other will speak with Nikori to make sure that we are still able to be in touch with one another.

It will be like when you were at the sides of Imanotsurugi and Mikazuki Munechika, and I with Kogitsunemaru and Iwatooshi. To divide us so that we may be effective.

We will always find our ways back to each other eventually.

[Hearing it told to him this way actually, believe it or not, relieves him greatly. He raises his hand; he wants to brush his fingertips over Higekiri's lips, but they are very faintly stained, and he does not want to touch Higekiri with them.

Higekiri remembered... so many names. Imanotsurugi, Mikazuki, Kogitsunemaru, Iwatooshi... His eyes sting with a little bit of tears, though he doesn't cry.]

You're right. It will be just that way. I would find you again, and you me. I know we will all be able to figure out how to stop this strange game.

[haha yea it's a purely mission-specific memory. he doesn't know who the fuck ishikirimaru is because they weren't on the same mission.

anyway he's just going to hum happily at that, leaning in so that his lips are just barely keeping from touching hizamaru's fingertips. he can probably feel the words from higekiri's mouth as he speaks them]

We will. The mission comes first, above all else.

Remember that, and trust that we will be together in the end - alright? I need you to continue no matter what happens to me.

[The sentiment is felt even if the fingers and the lips don't touch. He draws his hand back just enough to curl his fingers and catch the words.] I know. [The mission before everything.]

I remember. Don't break, be kind.

[He hasn't forgotten. Gently, he bumps his forehead against Higekiri's own, something kind of playful despite all of this mess.]

[there's just a soft laugh at that and higekiri will kiss hiza's cheek in response, playful in his own way]

Ah - then if that concludes your report, I got something odd as well.

I want to investigate it.

Mm. My report is finished.

[Very dutifully.

He leans back so he can study Higekiri's face, search it, brows pulled together curiously.]

What did you find?

Oh - it was something given to me. Likely from one of the item roles at play, I think?

[and he'll just move to retrieve what looks like a cd sleeve out of his pocket]

Shall we go watch it?

[??

He glances down at the CD sleeve, both brows rising slowly. The heck kind of witchcraft.]

A movie? Yes. Have you seen it already?

I have not - I just received it today. So let's go see what it holds.

[and he'll immediately start to head to leave the room again!! why did he even come in here.]

Should we get snacks on the way?

We'll watch together then.

[Clearly, he came to check on his little brother who was talking to Not!Prompto outside the room. But dutifully, he turns and follows after Higekiri--

well, he pauses to put the puppy plush down (so that Higekiri can find it later and Dana can be sad) before continuing on.]

Yes, let's get snacks.

[Will it be gruesome enough to make them barf? Who knows.]

What was it that Nightbone said that we should eat during films... Popsomething...?

[they're on their way to their adventure regardless!! goodbye puppymaru, higekiri might not even remember where you came from (no)]

There are so many different types of foods being made available to us here. Humans certainly love variety.

[d-cakes]

Popcorn.

[He is his brother's memory. And also a demon, but whatever.]

They do. They have many creative things to eat. What kind of snacks would you like besides popcorn, elder brother?

[sometimes you ignore these things and also carve the family crest on a demon.

anyway!]

Hm... Something sweet perhaps? Ice cream is good.

We can share so we do not spoil our dinner.

[Anija is always wanting sweet things.]

Mm. Ice cream is good. Like the ones we had with Grune-nii. [He offers Higekiri a smile.] I guess it's alright to spoil it a little this once.

Let's share it.

Oh, the ones with the odd names.

[simpler times "dimitri died" simpler times!!!!

but hige will just guide them over to the floor with all the food kiosks so that they can steal their snackies for what is absolutely going to be a very benign and simple movie day

it's shrek 3 (it's not)]

[i'll kill you

He hurries right on Higekiri's coattails, neither too far ahead or too far behind. Their snack collection is going to be stupid, but there won't be any resistance from Hizamaru aside from maybe some gentle chastising.]

Yes, those.

[Time to pop up at each kiosk and steal snacks. Well. Higekiri is going to steal them, and Hizamaru is going to be an accomplice to robbery because he's going to hold everything.]

[can't kill me when you're in the gy, bitch!!

haha yea. higekiri's not even thinking about paying because no one has told him that he has to. it's just like bartering and trading in villages except he's not giving anything up! he's going to grab popcorn along with some ice cream and since it was mentioned in an earlier bracket

a d-cake!

that he's going to eat while he hands hizamaru everything else to hold]

Mm! We're ready for the movies.

[horrible. he's also going to hold his hand out for hiza to take even though he's carrying shit. double horrible.]

This is quite a lot and it isn't even dinner yet... We'll have to split everything so you aren't too spoiled for something better.

[There's zero complaint when he's muled with all of the things his brother wants. (As usual.) His hands are full, but he swings an arm down and hooks their pinkies together, grip firm and fond. It doesn't feel like much, but the simple hook is enough to make them feel connected.]

We're ready. Let's proceed.

[Time to hopefully not watch some kind of weird movie about two brothers with trauma whose name begins with H.]

Eh? Is there something better coming?

[he loves? all of these snacks?

and more so - it's nice to just be able to share some food with his brother who he will certainly have to keep, and will not be losing in a few days. higekiri will at least be kind enough to lead them to the projection room then, taking the cd from his coat to insert it into the place where it's meant to go after he spends a little bit of time looking for it!

now the funny thing is -

it is not a weird movie about two brothers with trauma whose names begins with H.

but it is a weird movie about two brothers who will be experiencing trauma shortly in the coming days whose names begin with H.

hizamaru will recognize it the movie as it begins to play, because it is a memory that the both of them share. it's of the most recent grand concert that they participated in, where tomoe had to play referee for all their songs. higekiri wanders onto the stage, looking for paris, and hizamaru comes charging in after to tell him that he's being absurd. their song plays. the two brothers share the stage as easily as a battlefield, flipping and twirling and singing and dancing.

higekiri's brow raise at the familiar memory, but there's also nothing stopping the pull of a smile at his lips]

Eh...? I think I remember this.

[Barring the fact that this is being showcased for a shitty Hizoka demon and Hizamaru is crying and screaming inside his own body.

The moment the beginning becomes familiar, he stops moving altogether, his attention focused. He doesn't even feel the weight of the things he's trying to keep organized so the brother is free to shift and move about.] Elder brother... [It's... them! Wow! It's a movie about them, but it's here?

Very slowly, he turns and heads out of the projection room and into the main portion of the theater, hoping Higekiri will just follow along. He doesn't sit, however, only trailing down the path until he stops fully again, staring--watching. A smile comes to his face, and his eyes shimmer with water.]

It's us... at our performance.

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i'm so pissed off at you

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