Phonecall - Omake

[honou_no_izumi]

Title: Phonecall - Omake
Series: Kamen Rider Gaim
Characters: Kureshima Mitsuzane, Kazuraba Kouta, Kureshima Takatora, mentions of Team Gaim
Summary: Pre-series. Turned out that phonecall was worth all the trouble.
A/N: Decided to add to this story which covered Micchi's side a bit more.

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"Ne... I happened to have some horror movie DVDs from the rental store! Want to watch tonight?"

"That sounds fun! I'm in..."

"Me too... me too..."

"I'll set up the TV..."

"Thanks Yuuya, should we call Kouta over? I don't think his worked part-time til late night..."

"That's a great idea! It's been a while since he came over!"

"Would Akira-san mind though?"

"It's just one night. Or... should we do this at Kouta's place? Or better, ask his sister to come along!"

"Eiiiiiiiii!"

Multiple voices started cry out all around him as suddenly someone patted his shoulders. Micchi looked up as Yuuya glanced down at him.

"How bout it, Micchi? Wanna stay over and watch horror movie with us? Rat had some good titles..."

"H-horror... movies? Y-you mean... like ghost stories?" Micchi asked as Rat suddenly started laughing.

"Of course, it's a ghost story! What horror movie is fun without some scary ghosts in it?"

"So... how about it, Micchi?" Yuuya asked again as Micchi bit his lips.

Should he just refuse... or stay? He was never good with scary stuff... but it's not like he had anything to do at home. But scary movies... and the thought of staying alone at the mansion after that...

Sure, he wouldn't exactly be alone at home. There's still the servants... and Jii.

But if he refused outright, would the others call him a scaredy-cat? That would make him look so uncool in front of Mai-san... no.

Or maybe... if I gave them some kinda excuse to explain why I couldn't stay...

Micchi turned on his phone to call his brother. But just as he was about to push the call button, he hesitated.

Would nii-san return the call?

Lately he was so busy... they rarely even get to see each other every day. They barely even talked much now...

"Micchi?"

Micchi jumped as he stared back to Yuuya, who was still waiting for his answer.

"Err... I guess, so? I-I... just gonna text my brother to tell I'll be home... late."

Dammit! Why did I say that?

Now there's no way he could back out from this, unless someone saved him in the nick of time.

"That settles it," said Yuuya as he walked to the others to start planning.

Immediately, Micchi tried to call on his brother's phone. Forget everything, he just needed nii-san to tell him that he have to be home on time and not stay out too late. Then he can tell the others that it's too bad... he couldn't join their late-night activities. That should be perfect...

xxx

Nii-san didn't even called once.

This was terrible! And the two movies they ended up watching scared him a lot.

"Micchi?"

He almost jumped in fright when Kouta-san spoke.

"Kouta-san..."

"Would you be fine going home by yourself? It's already so late... and it might be dangerous for you to go home by yourself,"

Micchi laughed nervously. "I-I'm... fine. Jii-chan will be coming over to pick me up."

"Oh? Your uncle's coming over, huh? Should I wait here with you? Or I might just walk you home already,"

"Ah, it's okay! I already called, and Jii-chan's already on his way..."

Micchi didn't bother correcting Kouta about Jii, not like it mattered. If he said that Jii was their family butler, Kouta-san would've start asking about his family again. And why they even had a butler to begin with. If the team found out that he wasn't really from an average family like he said he was; well, it could be awkward.

A car suddenly stopped near the curb as Micchi recognised the license plate. Lucky that nii-san wasn't a fan of expensive cars...

"That's Jii! I'll be going now, Kouta-san!"

Without looking back, Micchi ran towards the car as Jii got out to greet him.

xxx

His phone finally rang, just minutes after they reached home. Micchi felt like crying, the moment he recognized the caller ID.

'You're late, nii-san! Why did you had to have such bad timing?'

Micchi answered the call as he tried his best not to burst out crying.

"What took you so long to answer my call? Are you coming home tonight?"

"...I'll be heading home soon, so wait for me..."

"Okay," said Micchi as he ended the call. To think just hearing nii-san's voice made him feel all better...

But without warning, tears began to fall.

"Y-Young Master Mitsuzane! Is something wrong? Did something happened?" Jii suddenly ran over in alarm as Micchi shook his head.

To think he really missed his brother a lot...

xxx

Micchi woke up suddenly, before hearing his brother's reassuring voice again... so close.

"Did I wake you up? Sorry... I'll finish this in a little bit. Go back to sleep, it's still early."

Micchi lifted his head to look at the clock. 3 am. Yeah, it WAS early.

Still, to have nii-san so close... it felt like a dream.

"I'm sorry, nii-san. For disturbing you while you're at work."

Gentle hand ruffled his hair as Micchi felt warm all over.

"Nonsense, I wasn't bothered. The meeting was a bit too boring anyway, I'm glad to get away."

Micchi grinned. He knew it when his brother tried too hard to convince something to him. There's no way nii-san would ditch work for something silly like this.

"Liar..." coughed Micchi under his breath as he received a playful smack on the head.

"I heard you, silly. Believe it or not, I did ditched work for you... because I was worried. And... I did feel bad for ignoring you these days."

"I thought you stopped caring about me already..." Micchi mumbled under his breath.

"Hmmm?"

Micchi bit his lips. "Nothing... it's nothing."

Without warning, nii-san tackled him as Micchi tried to roll away. As if he could though.

"What did you say just now?" his brother asked again as he had Micchi cornered. Micchi blushed, as the close proximity with his brother made his heart flutter.

Takatora grinned as he leaned close to plant a kiss on Micchi's forehead. "Honestly, Mitsuzane..." Takatora spoke as he tried to push himself back, up to the sitting position. "No matter how busy I was, I will always... ugh!"

Right away Micchi got up as he stared at his older brother in alarm. "Nii-san! Are you hurt?" He tried to reach towards his brother's shirt as Takatora stopped him.

"It's nothing. Don't worry about it."

Takatora sighed. "I supposed it was already so late. Let's sleep," he said again as Takatora placed the folder he was perusing on the side table and turned off the bedside lamp. Without a word, Takatora slide underneath the covers as Micchi inched closer towards him into a cuddle.


Half an hour later, after making sure his brother was asleep... Micchi sat up.

Because it still bothered him, about earlier. He slowly undid some of the buttons of his brother's shirt to see what was it that his brother trying to hide. To his surprise, he saw that his brother's right shoulder was bandaged!

Micchi immediately got back to sleep when he thought his brother stirred in his sleep. Many thoughts started to form inside his head as Micchi clung to his sleeping brother.

How did nii-san get hurt? Why did he never told me he was hurt?


Suddenly he didn't feel too bad for making that phone call that forced his brother to come home to him.