Catching Wishes - Omake; TezuFuji & Cast, PG, 1029 words, complete.
Notes: These are the three omake I wrote for Catching Wishes, and while they were written at the same time as CW, they’re being posted here for the first time.
Omake 1
“They went this way, didn’t they,” Akutsu huffed.
“I thought they went in here desu,” Dan blinked. “But there’s nothing here desu.”
He panted, trying to catch his breath after the sprint. He thought he’d seen Ootori, but they’d come to this empty block and there was nothing here.
He walked further into the block, looking around and walking some more.
“Taichi!” Akutsu growled, watching him suddenly fall back on the ground with a little ‘oof’. “What’re you doing?”
“There’s something here desu!” Dan shouted excitedly, getting back up and putting a hand forwards. It touched something, and he blinked, poking some more.
“What the hell?” Akutsu muttered, following him cautiously and kicking out a foot. His eyes widened when it actually connected with something, yet neither of them could see anything there.
“Isn’t it cool desu!” Dan exclaimed, grinning happily, hands reaching out tentatively, palms and fingers flattening against the object. “I wonder what it is desu!”
Akutsu growled, giving a harder kick.
“Senpai, I don’t think you should kick it like that desu!” Dan protested.
“What? You want me to kick you instead, kid?” Akutsu roared, resuming kicking at the doors with gusto.
***
Fuji stopped, halfway across the lobby and on his way from the basement up to the filing room.
“Did you find it?” Tezuka asked, walking in from the other side.
“Mm.” Fuji nodded, eyes not straying from the funny spectacle in front of him. “What do you think?” he smiled, when Tezuka raised an eyebrow at him.
Tezuka sighed, watching Akutsu kick at their front door just metres in front of them.
“I think,” he sighed, “someone should do something about it.”
“Give it a minute and I bet Momo and Echizen will be on it,” Fuji snickered. “They have the office straight above after all.”
Tezuka sighed. “I’m not sure they’re the best people to handle it.”
“Is Momo actually in?” Fuji frowned, looking towards the ceiling. The kicking was still going on, and the doors didn’t seem to be liking it.
“I believe he is,” Tezuka said.
“I think I’ll go and…” Fuji trailed off.
“Ah,” he smiled, as something came falling down in front of the door.
Had anyone looked at that time, they might have seen a window opening to show an office a storey off the ground, and an arm dropping a pot plant out.
It missed Akutsu’s head, but he got the message, giving a final kick, a suspicious scowl and grabbing Dan around the shoulders.
“Look, it must be love,” Fuji laughed. “He gave up kicking us so Dan wouldn’t get hit on the head.”
“At least Kaidou will be happy,” Tezuka muttered. “Now we don’t have to move again.”
Fuji smirked. “Momo will be annoyed to think he came so close to getting the block next to the burger joint.”
“He won’t know,” Tezuka said, and poked Fuji’s cheek.
Omake 2
“So which rule was it that you were thinking of?” Fuji smiled.
“Rule 82,” Tezuka answered, somewhat sheepish that he could actually remember the number. “Fraternising amongst employees is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from Inui as a Managing Director and-”
“You took that seriously?” Fuji laughed. “I think Inui made that up so no one would hit on the person he liked.”
Tezuka blinked. “Who?”
Fuji put his finger to his lips. “I think if you look hard enough, you’ll find out, though of course,” he added mischievously, “you could always start with his file.”
Tezuka stared at Fuji, half in disbelief.
“It makes for good bedtime reading,” Fuji winked.
Omake 3
“So what’s our backlog now?” Fuji asked, poking his head into Kaidou’s office.
“Nineteen days,” Kaidoh said, shaking his head. “I think we need some new staff.”
Fuji frowned. “Can Momo and Echizen pick up any more cases?” he asked, getting a hiss for a response.
“They can always pick up more cases,” Kaidou scowled. “If they’d do something other than sitting on their backsides and eating burgers, they’d get at least ten more cases done every month.”
Fuji laughed. “Perhaps we do need new staff then. Do you have anyone in mind? Has Headquarters said anything?”
Kaidou hissed. “I believe they want us to try recruiting younger staff.”
A blink. “Younger?” Fuji snickered. “Aren’t our faces pretty enough?”
Kaidou smiled very slightly.
“Maybe for some people,” he said quietly, giving Fuji a knowing look.
Fuji laughed.
“Who has a pretty face?” Shishido asked, frowning as he looked from Kaidou to Fuji.
“Come in Shishido,” Fuji smiled. “We were just saying that Headquarters wants us to recruit new staff.”
“New staff?” Ootori followed Shishido in.
Fuji nodded. “Know anyone?”
Ootori hesitated. “Not really.”
“Sure you don’t want to suggest that Sengoku?” Shishido snorted. “You sure got chummy enough with him the other day.”
Ootori shook his head quickly, looking worried. “I was just clarifying things with him, that’s all.”
“Yeah, for two hours,” Shishido grumbled.
Kaidou looked a little flustered at the sudden crowd in his office, hissing at them all when Tezuka walked in, a pile of files under his arm.
“What’s the occasion?” he asked, slightly unimpressed to find such a group meeting when they ought to have been working.
Fuji smothered his amusement and put on a straight face. “We were talking of recruiting new staff, starting with Sengoku Kiyosumi, once he’s finished school.”
Tezuka pursed his lips. “I don’t think that would be appropriate,” he responded a little tersely.
Sengoku was bad enough as a middle schooler. Tezuka didn’t fancy him as an adult, nor did he like the idea of having him around the office, around Fuji.
“Oh, you don’t think it’d be fun?” Fuji smiled.
“No, I don’t,” Tezuka frowned, and walking to Kaidou’s desk, he dropped his files down.
“You realise we wouldn’t have to hire more staff if you were all working instead of standing around looking pretty,” he frowned.
Fuji blinked. “So we are pretty,” he snickered to Kaidou, and pushed the others out the door.
“Back to work,” he teased. “If you don’t finish that case today, Ootori, we’re going to be twenty days behind by tomorrow.”
Omake 1
“They went this way, didn’t they,” Akutsu huffed.
“I thought they went in here desu,” Dan blinked. “But there’s nothing here desu.”
He panted, trying to catch his breath after the sprint. He thought he’d seen Ootori, but they’d come to this empty block and there was nothing here.
He walked further into the block, looking around and walking some more.
“Taichi!” Akutsu growled, watching him suddenly fall back on the ground with a little ‘oof’. “What’re you doing?”
“There’s something here desu!” Dan shouted excitedly, getting back up and putting a hand forwards. It touched something, and he blinked, poking some more.
“What the hell?” Akutsu muttered, following him cautiously and kicking out a foot. His eyes widened when it actually connected with something, yet neither of them could see anything there.
“Isn’t it cool desu!” Dan exclaimed, grinning happily, hands reaching out tentatively, palms and fingers flattening against the object. “I wonder what it is desu!”
Akutsu growled, giving a harder kick.
“Senpai, I don’t think you should kick it like that desu!” Dan protested.
“What? You want me to kick you instead, kid?” Akutsu roared, resuming kicking at the doors with gusto.
***
Fuji stopped, halfway across the lobby and on his way from the basement up to the filing room.
“Did you find it?” Tezuka asked, walking in from the other side.
“Mm.” Fuji nodded, eyes not straying from the funny spectacle in front of him. “What do you think?” he smiled, when Tezuka raised an eyebrow at him.
Tezuka sighed, watching Akutsu kick at their front door just metres in front of them.
“I think,” he sighed, “someone should do something about it.”
“Give it a minute and I bet Momo and Echizen will be on it,” Fuji snickered. “They have the office straight above after all.”
Tezuka sighed. “I’m not sure they’re the best people to handle it.”
“Is Momo actually in?” Fuji frowned, looking towards the ceiling. The kicking was still going on, and the doors didn’t seem to be liking it.
“I believe he is,” Tezuka said.
“I think I’ll go and…” Fuji trailed off.
“Ah,” he smiled, as something came falling down in front of the door.
Had anyone looked at that time, they might have seen a window opening to show an office a storey off the ground, and an arm dropping a pot plant out.
It missed Akutsu’s head, but he got the message, giving a final kick, a suspicious scowl and grabbing Dan around the shoulders.
“Look, it must be love,” Fuji laughed. “He gave up kicking us so Dan wouldn’t get hit on the head.”
“At least Kaidou will be happy,” Tezuka muttered. “Now we don’t have to move again.”
Fuji smirked. “Momo will be annoyed to think he came so close to getting the block next to the burger joint.”
“He won’t know,” Tezuka said, and poked Fuji’s cheek.
Omake 2
“So which rule was it that you were thinking of?” Fuji smiled.
“Rule 82,” Tezuka answered, somewhat sheepish that he could actually remember the number. “Fraternising amongst employees is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from Inui as a Managing Director and-”
“You took that seriously?” Fuji laughed. “I think Inui made that up so no one would hit on the person he liked.”
Tezuka blinked. “Who?”
Fuji put his finger to his lips. “I think if you look hard enough, you’ll find out, though of course,” he added mischievously, “you could always start with his file.”
Tezuka stared at Fuji, half in disbelief.
“It makes for good bedtime reading,” Fuji winked.
Omake 3
“So what’s our backlog now?” Fuji asked, poking his head into Kaidou’s office.
“Nineteen days,” Kaidoh said, shaking his head. “I think we need some new staff.”
Fuji frowned. “Can Momo and Echizen pick up any more cases?” he asked, getting a hiss for a response.
“They can always pick up more cases,” Kaidou scowled. “If they’d do something other than sitting on their backsides and eating burgers, they’d get at least ten more cases done every month.”
Fuji laughed. “Perhaps we do need new staff then. Do you have anyone in mind? Has Headquarters said anything?”
Kaidou hissed. “I believe they want us to try recruiting younger staff.”
A blink. “Younger?” Fuji snickered. “Aren’t our faces pretty enough?”
Kaidou smiled very slightly.
“Maybe for some people,” he said quietly, giving Fuji a knowing look.
Fuji laughed.
“Who has a pretty face?” Shishido asked, frowning as he looked from Kaidou to Fuji.
“Come in Shishido,” Fuji smiled. “We were just saying that Headquarters wants us to recruit new staff.”
“New staff?” Ootori followed Shishido in.
Fuji nodded. “Know anyone?”
Ootori hesitated. “Not really.”
“Sure you don’t want to suggest that Sengoku?” Shishido snorted. “You sure got chummy enough with him the other day.”
Ootori shook his head quickly, looking worried. “I was just clarifying things with him, that’s all.”
“Yeah, for two hours,” Shishido grumbled.
Kaidou looked a little flustered at the sudden crowd in his office, hissing at them all when Tezuka walked in, a pile of files under his arm.
“What’s the occasion?” he asked, slightly unimpressed to find such a group meeting when they ought to have been working.
Fuji smothered his amusement and put on a straight face. “We were talking of recruiting new staff, starting with Sengoku Kiyosumi, once he’s finished school.”
Tezuka pursed his lips. “I don’t think that would be appropriate,” he responded a little tersely.
Sengoku was bad enough as a middle schooler. Tezuka didn’t fancy him as an adult, nor did he like the idea of having him around the office, around Fuji.
“Oh, you don’t think it’d be fun?” Fuji smiled.
“No, I don’t,” Tezuka frowned, and walking to Kaidou’s desk, he dropped his files down.
“You realise we wouldn’t have to hire more staff if you were all working instead of standing around looking pretty,” he frowned.
Fuji blinked. “So we are pretty,” he snickered to Kaidou, and pushed the others out the door.
“Back to work,” he teased. “If you don’t finish that case today, Ootori, we’re going to be twenty days behind by tomorrow.”