Title: Never Enough
Fandom: Tiger&Bunny
Pairings: Barnaby/Kotetsu, Barnaby/Everyone
For this chapter: Barnaby/Pao-Lin
Summary: Bunny gets his "fill" out of every hero. Of course, he keeps the best for last.
Timeline: Post-episode 9
Barnaby had this strange habit of wanting to taste whoever he had an interest in. As he became a hero, he had varying degrees of interest in each of his 'colleagues'. Which surprised him. All of them had caught his attention. Now, he had to get rid of this arousing curiosity before it grew to extremely large, uncontrolable proportions which may or may not involve confining them illegally in one room and satisfying his hunger for each of them, one at a time.
He was extremely picky and the rare opportunity to feel so many on his tastebuds made him dizzy. He'll savor each of them, greedily enjoying the flavors they had to offer.
---T&B---
Dragon Kid was just a teenager - and as such too young for his taste - but a strong one. Pao-Lin mastered martial arts and her NEXT powers intrigued him. Strangely enough, her personnality fit : she was as prickly as thunder. Getting close to her was near impossible. Kotetsu managed just fine. The man was gifted with the ability to get along with nearly everyone, especially with kids. It made sense - since his partner was pretty childish himself - even more so now that he knew he had a daughter.
However, on the mission with Sam, the Mayor’s son, his partner had been no good. The baby had taken an instant liking for Pao-Lin, screaming whenever another hero approached. Even though he had declared the baby needed a woman, he never thought he’d chose the chinese girl. Against his own will, they had all crashed at his place, the uninvinted guests wreaking havoc in. Every. Single.Room.
Evening quickly took over. Both kids, tired by the eventful day, had went to sleep in his bed. Taking advantage of the situation, he tucked her up, lifting the cover higher on her sleeping form as she rolled on her back. Dragon Kid stilled, breathing deeply again. Still hunched over her, he kissed her between furrowed eyebrows, soothing them out. He gently let the cover go, mindful not to wake her up.
Barnaby contemplated the taste lingering on his tingling lips - from electricity? - as he made his way back to Kotetsu lounging in the living room. The tang of green tea mixed with lemon peel gradually mellowed out, the sweetness of warm honey taking its place on the tip of his tongue. When the old man offered him a glass, he was a bit reluctant to wash the taste off with alcohol.