Title: I'm No Woman
Fandom: Tiger&Bunny
Pairings: Kotetsu/Barnaby
Summary: Barnaby gets turned into a woman. Kotetsu's perceptions of him suddenly changes and he has to deal with it.
Kotetsu couldn't help but feel awkward. Sky High had caught the criminal so he didn't have that as an excuse to leave Bunny and flee. Apollon Media's van would arrive in twenty minutes which left him plenty of time to fidget all over the place.
At first, he had greedily drunk the sight of a female Barnaby fuming and ignoring him, displeased by her current situation. What made Kotetsu uncomfortable though was imagining her in glasses, wearing the exact same expression. As a male, it would have made Kotetsu mad with how haughty the brat was. As a female, it stirred something in his gut and he didn't like it. At all. It got worse when he fantasized about tied-up hair and a pencil skirt. Which was weird. Barnaby plus a skirt should never equal arousing. Nor exciting. Nor any other word than "freak", really.
It made him so nervous that whenever Barnaby deigned to talk to him, he flinched in surprise and stuttered a panicked reply. Since his wife had died, Kotetsu had never looked at other women. Agnes was more than attractive but she was his boss and made anything other than professional relations out of line. He winced when he thought of Karina and Pao-Lin. Both were way too young. He saw them more as little sisters he had to protect than potential lovers.
So when he first laid eyes on Barnaby's so very female form, felt his heart stutter and then double its pace, heat growing under his collar and his stomach clenching, it took a few seconds for him to realize it wasn't shock, but attraction. His stuttering and completely wracked nerves only served to confirm his fears.
A pounding noise snapped him back to reality, tilting his head down to see Barnaby punching his metal-covered chest.
"Oi, old man! Did you die or something? Answer, you idiot! If you don't, I swear I'll demantle your entire costume and beat you up-"
Kotetsu's mind completely shut down, staring at fiery green eyes burning with anger. Oh, how he wanted to make them flare with some other kind of flame, one much much hotter, one of passion consuming them both-
"Are you PMS-ing already, Bunny?"
That...wasn't what he had intended to say. He regretted it immediately. Especially when Barnaby's passive-aggressive demeanor went into blind fury, his glare multiplying tenfold, promising a very slow and painful death.
"That's it, old man. This is the day you die-"
A honk made them turn around, earning a relieved sigh out of Kotetsu and a growl out of Barnaby's plump lips.
She sent him a last nasty glare before walking towards the van, a slight sway to her hips naturally taking place in her steps.
Kotetsu couldn't resist, he just had to.
Barnaby squeaked as she was lifted off the floor and carried to the van bridal-style. Apart from the slight mishap, she schooled her face into a blank expression, slowly enounciating each word, "Put me down, old man. Now."
"No can do, Bunny! You're obviously not in errr... your normal state. I'll just have to carry you!" he replied, goofy grin hidden by his helmet.
Barnaby complained, "Put. Me. Down."
"Only if you say, please~," he teasingly replied.
Glossy-looking lips opened in disbelief, long eyelashes fluttering as she blinked.
"Are you kidding me? Let me go-"
Already at the van's door, Kotetsu hesitated. Should he just throw her in, like Barnaby had done that first time he had saved him? Deciding to be the mature one - and a gentleman - he gently put her down, getting an annoyed huff as thanks.
Kotetsu snorted. So much for being nice...
Okay, so maybe Barnaby was pretty but she still had a stick up her ass.