Technocracy AU
Drabble/ficlet, 560 words
Yuuta, Kirihara, Hiyoshi, Niou
AFTER A LONG TIME, MY TENIPURI AU SERIES RETUUUUUUUURNS~ XD ...wonder if the icon has anything to do with the post.. Hmmm...
PS:
This is mostly true xD
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Yuuta couldn't bring himself to despise his... friends? Team mates? Comrades? Hiyoshi and Kirihara, anyway. They always seemed to be the center of trouble, and it was always Yuuta who tried to get them out. Niou just kept egging them on, and really, while he appreciates that he's sometimes concerned about his wellbeing ("You look a little stressed today, Yuuta. Why don't you rest?" Niou told him this morning.) sometimes, Yuuta wished he did something to stop Hiyoshi and Kirihara from causing trouble.
Like yesterday, they were almost almost caught by the Blacksuits just because Hiyoshi and Kirihara wanted to know which of them could cause the Blacsuits' car to explode the loudest and largest. Their problem was there was only one car, and two of them. They fought, naturally-- everything was a competition to the two of them. And that's what gave them away-- Their little scuffle caused sparks. Sparks that Blacksuits were trained to detect and eradicate. And naturally, there was pursuit.
And Hiyoshi and Kirihara were the first to run. As usual. Yuuta sighed and slumped over the table, watching the two of them bicker over cereal-- breakfast cereal, of all things. And to think it was almost dinner! He wondered how they ever escaped the Blacksuits yesterday..
But that's how it happened. They escaped. He almost got killed, too. Which was a common occurrence. He couldn't help it. His abilities were confined to dreams and telepathy. His avatar (speaking of avatars, thank God Kirihara's avatar hasn't come out again-- that was horrible) told him he could do much, much more than that, if he just tired. Yuuta wondered what else he could do.
Anyway, his thoughts went back to yesterday's events. They ran once they were detected. Niou scolded the Hiyoshi and Kirihara while they escaped, Yuuta trailing behind them. Kirihara laughed and said it was Hiyoshi's fault, Hiyoshi said it was Kirihara's. That was when the Blacksuits started firing at them. They weren't bullets. They were actual laser guns. Like the type you see on TV. Except Yuuta didn't think they had "stun" on the controls. They actually blew up a car (to which Kirihara wanted to emulate; Yuuta told him off for that).
At some point during the chase, Yuuta got angry. It was probably the first time he'd ever lost his cool. "This wouldn't have happened if you guys listened to me!" He'd yelled at them. "This is your fault, the two of you! And the both of you had better fix it or I swear to god I will STRANGLE you and send you off to the Blacksuits!" Yuuta didn't think it would work. In fact, he felt awful for yelling at them. Niou actually looked at him looking stunned. But what mattered was that Hiyoshi and Kirihara, for once listened to him and stopped fighting.
What amazed Yuuta the most was they actually worked together, combining their strengths and disarming the Blacksuits in pursuit. Niou even gave Yuuta a pat on the back for that.
But, Yuuta sighed, he wondered if Kirihara and Hiyoshi would ever change. They were back to their usual selves and, after fighting over the cereal, were now fighting over who gets to use the plastic red spoon that came with the box.
"Maa, maa," Niou laughed softly, patting Yuuta on the back. "It's okay. At least they're not mindless drones, right?"
Yuuta groaned and whimpered.