02 - Awkward Brotherly...Something

[belfire]

Who: Kazuya Minegishi and Naoya meaningdies
Where: Pisces Apartments - Naoya's Room
Summary: Kazuya has a long awaited talk with Naoya
Warnings: Tsundere storm.

Kazuya knew this meeting was more than a little belated, but he couldn't procrastinate any longer. He had been unintentionally avoided Naoya since the Scorpio Event, and although he promised Atsuro to talk to him about what had happened in hopes of solving what caused said Scorpio Event, well...he found himself putting it off, putting it off, until almost a fortnight had passed without him even seeing even a glimpse of his cousin.

So he decided to solve the problem by teleporting directly into his cousin's room. He still hadn't solved the problem of it recently either, so once again, he landed several feet above Naoya's bed before being dropped unceremoniously onto it with a loud yelp.

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[belfire]

Kazuya didn't flinch when Naoya grabbed him by the shoulders, his flat expression not really shifting. Truthfully, Kazuya didn't really feel anything worth speaking of in that moment. He had only asked Naoya about Abel and Cain out of curiosity, because it had been nagging him a little, and the angels had always spat it out as if it was supposed to mean something to him.

Even when knowing the truth...it kind of didn't.

Abel was dead, according to Naoya's story. Dead and long gone, and Kazuya was, whatever, some cheap knock off copy. Like one of those crappy Chinese bootleg action figures. That was a bit depressing, but again, Kazuya didn't feel overly bothered about it.

He frowned.

It was like the emotions he should be feeling (betrayal, he guess? Or upset towards...God...? Naoya? Cain?) were trapped beneath a thick plane of glass. He could see them, could see where they were supposed to be, but he was unable to punch through that thick barrier hard enough to reach them.

"So basically God punished an unsupervised toddler who accidentally smothered the baby," Kazuya said after a pause, tilting his head slightly. "...hey, Naoya. I don't care what you did, or if you're Cain or Naoya. It's too long ago to bother with any more."

He lifted his hands, peeling off Naoya's grip from his arms with a small sniff. He didn't push his cousin away, however. He held his hands, staring down at them with a contemplative look. "Unless you're planning on killing me, there's no issue with it. The angels kept saying Abel this, Cain that, as if it was something important. Turns out it really isn't."

[meaningdies]

Something was wrong. Something was seriously wrong. Abel had always been a more emotional sort of person on the whole, whenever he was in another soul, but this... just wasn't right. Was this part of his becoming more demonic?

... To be truthful, the idea scared him a bit. But he kept it from his face, and pulled his hands from Kazuya's grasp. "Heh. It doesn't matter what the past is, right? Just as long as you defeat God and free humanity."

He needed a drink. "I'm heading out. Don't eat all of the dango again, or you're going to have to pay for it."

[belfire]

"Naoya," Kazuya said quickly, reaching out to snag onto his cousin's haori. His face scrunched up a little, as if he was internally struggling with something briefly, the brightness of his scarlet eyes dulling in colour slightly. There was a small ring of blue around the pupil now. Only a thin ring, but still a ring of blue.

"I'm...I can't say I forgive you, about many things," he admitted, "But I am, I am always grateful to you."

Then his eyes were pure red again, and his expression eased, releasing his brother's haori. "Now go drink yourself to oblivion or whatever."

[meaningdies]

Naoya sighed, reaching a hand out to ruffle Kazuya's hair a little bit. Heh... still the kind one.

"I'll be back later."

He turned, heading towards the door.

[belfire]

"Hrmgnh," Kazuys adjusted his headphones from where they'd been knocked slightly askew from the hair ruffle. "You better, or I'm dragging you back by your lame haori. Have fun."

And turning on his heel, the Demon King teleported out of Naoya's apartment.