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Title: Dance
Series: Kamen Rider Gaim
Characters: >Zack, Peko, Kureshima Takatora
Summary: Post series. There's still something he needed to do.
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Micchi crept towards Takatora's room as he watched his brother diligently packing his cloths and other things needed for his trip abroad. His heart clenched as he watched his brother silently. Time felt too short. It's only the other day that they managed to reconcile—what with that strange black apple rider and everything.
And just when he start to be able to feel comfortable for being himself... his brother had to go away. To think just a few days ago he would not even bother to try to convince his brother not to leave him behind; because he didn't feel like he deserved it... staying by his brother's side.
Now he can't even do that, since he knows how important it was for nii-san to do his part to fix things on this world. Despite now he realised, there's so much that he wanted to say to his brother. Many things... that were left unsaid for so many years.
“Mitsuzane? What's wrong?”
Micchi jumped, as he tried to hastily wipe away any hints that showed that he had been crying.
“Uh, what?”
Takatora cocked his head towards him. “What were you doing over there?”
Micchi blinked. “Ah... ah?? What—I... err, nothing. I just... I thought I wanted to... err, well...” He started fidgeting, not knowing what to do. “I... I'm going out a bit. Yeah... just wanted to tell you that.”
His brother stared at him, dumbfounded. “Oh. Okay then...” he said as Micchi hastily excused himself.
xxx
Micchi stopped himself as he reached the compound where Team Gaim's garage was located. His heart started beating rapidly.
It's been a while since he last came here. It wasn't really long, yet to him it felt like ages. This place used to be his second home, yet in an instance of bad choices made and bad outcomes... this place felt like a place that he no longer belonged to.
Micchi placed his hand on the stairway railings. It has been a while, yet he could still remember the conversation he had here with Minato Yoko-san. He hadn't wanted to believe how true her words has been then, yet now...
Without wasting any more time, Micchi braved himself to walk all of those steps and entered the garage.
xxx
Everyone's head turned towards the entrance, since they weren't expecting anyone to come at this time. And immediately all sound ceased as they realised who was it that just walked in. Zack was the first to stand up.
“Micchi! Finally you came!”
Micchi started to back away as Zack glanced around him. All of the remaining members of Team Gaim were present, and there's Peko and few of the girls from Jounouchi's group. He shrugged to himself. Oh right... just because Micchi finally allowed himself to forgive himself, didn't mean that he could immediately rejoin them and mix around with them comfortably. They managed it the other day because Takatora-san was around and it had been just him, Jounouchi and Oren-san. He had planned to call the others as well, but that night the brothers had excused themselves early since Takatora-san wasn't feeling well...
Zack immediately dashed to Micchi's side to reassure him that he was still welcomed in the garage.
He held Micchi's hand reassuringly. “It's all right, Micchi. We're all still friends, aren't we? No need to feel awkward.”
The others also started to repeat his words as Micchi suddenly spoke.
“I... I wanted to ask for a favour.” Everyone was quiet again as Zack turned to look at Micchi. “I... I wanted to dance with you guys again. Tomorrow. I mean, I understand if you guys don't want to... and this was so sudden...”
“Of course you can!” Chucky suddenly spoke. Zack and Micchi looked up towards her as she walked up to them. “Though, saying that we'd do it tomorrow... it's so sudden. And we'd need to plan the choreograph to include you, I don't think that's enough time to...”
Micchi shook his head frantically. “No! It has to be tomorrow. Any later I...”
“What's wrong?” This time, it was Rika that spoke.
Micchi turned to look at Rika, Rat... before hanging his head low. “Tomorrow evening, nii-san... he's going to leave for America. So I thought... before that, I wanted to show him—nii-san never did saw me dance. At least once, I thought...”
“Why is your brother going to America?” Peko asked as Zack started hissing at him for his bluntness.
“Work,” Micchi replied, just as bluntly.
Zack rolled his eyes at both of them as he tried to break the tension. “I'm sure Takatora-san had something important that he needed to do there. Right, Micchi?”
“Yeah...” he said weakly. Micchi bit his lips. “It's okay if you guys don't want to do it...” he said as Micchi roughly pulled his hand from Zack's hold. Chucky immediately grabbed his arm.
“Wait, Micchi! Don't mind about Peko, he don't know how to be nice. We'll do it.” Micchi glanced up towards her in surprise. “It's the least we could do. And we missed you being around. And also... sorry. Ever since we found out who you really are... back then, I've been thinking badly about you. Even when Kouta and Mai still believed in you—”
“Chucky... those things no longer mattered—”
“—how about we use that dance routine we did back during that dance tournament, a few years back? Did you still remember it? Well, we'll be missing Mai and Kouta's position... but we'll figure it out. Or maybe I'll take Mai's part—”
“We can just get Meiya or any of the other girls to take your part of the dance!” chirped Rika as one of the Invitto girls cried out.
“Oh yes! And we can also call the other teams too! We'll make this one as big as the one last time!”
By this time, almost everyone in the garage started to get excited. Micchi could hear assorted rings and chimes as the girls started making calls to the other Beat Riders and making plans for said dance routine. Even Zack was feeling the excitement.
“This sounds fun! And when it comes to it, Baron's side was also missing one member. I'll take Kaito's position, and get someone to fill my old position...”
Someone started sniffling as Zack turned to find Micchi crying.
“Hey! Why are you suddenly crying?” snapped Peko as Zack and Chucky immediately gave him a slap.
“It's because of you... idiot!” Chucky scolded as Micchi started bowing.
“Thank you... so very much!”
Zack chuckled as he pulled Micchi into a hug. “Don't worry, it's going to be fine. We're gonna give Takatora-san our best performance, okay?”
Micchi continued to cry as the team started coming over and comfort him.
Series: Kamen Rider Gaim
Characters: >Zack, Peko, Kureshima Takatora
Summary: Post series. There's still something he needed to do.
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Micchi crept towards Takatora's room as he watched his brother diligently packing his cloths and other things needed for his trip abroad. His heart clenched as he watched his brother silently. Time felt too short. It's only the other day that they managed to reconcile—what with that strange black apple rider and everything.
And just when he start to be able to feel comfortable for being himself... his brother had to go away. To think just a few days ago he would not even bother to try to convince his brother not to leave him behind; because he didn't feel like he deserved it... staying by his brother's side.
Now he can't even do that, since he knows how important it was for nii-san to do his part to fix things on this world. Despite now he realised, there's so much that he wanted to say to his brother. Many things... that were left unsaid for so many years.
“Mitsuzane? What's wrong?”
Micchi jumped, as he tried to hastily wipe away any hints that showed that he had been crying.
“Uh, what?”
Takatora cocked his head towards him. “What were you doing over there?”
Micchi blinked. “Ah... ah?? What—I... err, nothing. I just... I thought I wanted to... err, well...” He started fidgeting, not knowing what to do. “I... I'm going out a bit. Yeah... just wanted to tell you that.”
His brother stared at him, dumbfounded. “Oh. Okay then...” he said as Micchi hastily excused himself.
xxx
Micchi stopped himself as he reached the compound where Team Gaim's garage was located. His heart started beating rapidly.
It's been a while since he last came here. It wasn't really long, yet to him it felt like ages. This place used to be his second home, yet in an instance of bad choices made and bad outcomes... this place felt like a place that he no longer belonged to.
Micchi placed his hand on the stairway railings. It has been a while, yet he could still remember the conversation he had here with Minato Yoko-san. He hadn't wanted to believe how true her words has been then, yet now...
Without wasting any more time, Micchi braved himself to walk all of those steps and entered the garage.
xxx
Everyone's head turned towards the entrance, since they weren't expecting anyone to come at this time. And immediately all sound ceased as they realised who was it that just walked in. Zack was the first to stand up.
“Micchi! Finally you came!”
Micchi started to back away as Zack glanced around him. All of the remaining members of Team Gaim were present, and there's Peko and few of the girls from Jounouchi's group. He shrugged to himself. Oh right... just because Micchi finally allowed himself to forgive himself, didn't mean that he could immediately rejoin them and mix around with them comfortably. They managed it the other day because Takatora-san was around and it had been just him, Jounouchi and Oren-san. He had planned to call the others as well, but that night the brothers had excused themselves early since Takatora-san wasn't feeling well...
Zack immediately dashed to Micchi's side to reassure him that he was still welcomed in the garage.
He held Micchi's hand reassuringly. “It's all right, Micchi. We're all still friends, aren't we? No need to feel awkward.”
The others also started to repeat his words as Micchi suddenly spoke.
“I... I wanted to ask for a favour.” Everyone was quiet again as Zack turned to look at Micchi. “I... I wanted to dance with you guys again. Tomorrow. I mean, I understand if you guys don't want to... and this was so sudden...”
“Of course you can!” Chucky suddenly spoke. Zack and Micchi looked up towards her as she walked up to them. “Though, saying that we'd do it tomorrow... it's so sudden. And we'd need to plan the choreograph to include you, I don't think that's enough time to...”
Micchi shook his head frantically. “No! It has to be tomorrow. Any later I...”
“What's wrong?” This time, it was Rika that spoke.
Micchi turned to look at Rika, Rat... before hanging his head low. “Tomorrow evening, nii-san... he's going to leave for America. So I thought... before that, I wanted to show him—nii-san never did saw me dance. At least once, I thought...”
“Why is your brother going to America?” Peko asked as Zack started hissing at him for his bluntness.
“Work,” Micchi replied, just as bluntly.
Zack rolled his eyes at both of them as he tried to break the tension. “I'm sure Takatora-san had something important that he needed to do there. Right, Micchi?”
“Yeah...” he said weakly. Micchi bit his lips. “It's okay if you guys don't want to do it...” he said as Micchi roughly pulled his hand from Zack's hold. Chucky immediately grabbed his arm.
“Wait, Micchi! Don't mind about Peko, he don't know how to be nice. We'll do it.” Micchi glanced up towards her in surprise. “It's the least we could do. And we missed you being around. And also... sorry. Ever since we found out who you really are... back then, I've been thinking badly about you. Even when Kouta and Mai still believed in you—”
“Chucky... those things no longer mattered—”
“—how about we use that dance routine we did back during that dance tournament, a few years back? Did you still remember it? Well, we'll be missing Mai and Kouta's position... but we'll figure it out. Or maybe I'll take Mai's part—”
“We can just get Meiya or any of the other girls to take your part of the dance!” chirped Rika as one of the Invitto girls cried out.
“Oh yes! And we can also call the other teams too! We'll make this one as big as the one last time!”
By this time, almost everyone in the garage started to get excited. Micchi could hear assorted rings and chimes as the girls started making calls to the other Beat Riders and making plans for said dance routine. Even Zack was feeling the excitement.
“This sounds fun! And when it comes to it, Baron's side was also missing one member. I'll take Kaito's position, and get someone to fill my old position...”
Someone started sniffling as Zack turned to find Micchi crying.
“Hey! Why are you suddenly crying?” snapped Peko as Zack and Chucky immediately gave him a slap.
“It's because of you... idiot!” Chucky scolded as Micchi started bowing.
“Thank you... so very much!”
Zack chuckled as he pulled Micchi into a hug. “Don't worry, it's going to be fine. We're gonna give Takatora-san our best performance, okay?”
Micchi continued to cry as the team started coming over and comfort him.
