#⌠s; no one gets through to me the way that you do (inanthesis / genos)⌡

[trainedhard]

@inanthesis || SURPRISE STARTER

Genos and Saitama had fallen into a rhytmn of living their lives -- shopping together, going anywhere and everywhere together, and even sleeping together. No, not in the sexual sense, but they literally shared a bed! And everything really was fine, then, and stayed fine for about the first two months of this arrangement. And then came the Deep Sea King. Honestly, initially, the change was subtle. Genos seemed way more on edge than usual, a bit more snappish than he had been the past two months. And Saitama, while dense, wasn’t a stupid guy -- he’s picked up on these little changes, and it worries him. Honestly, when DOESN’T he worry for the dude? ... That has an obvious answer, because Saitama’s well aware that he worries constantly for him. 

It didn’t used to be like this; not until that whole Deep Sea King incident, where he’d seen Genos almost entirely ate up by the acid the monster shot at him. God, he barely looked like himself because so much of his metal and acid was eaten away! The bald hero supposes he can see why, then, that he was so on edge -- he’d been away for a long time ( like two or three weeks! ) without seeing Saitama, because his body practically needed entirely rebuilt! Saitama didn’t fault Kuseno for that -- he couldn’t fault anyone for that, but god, did he worry to hell and back about his ‘ disciple ’ ... And so his anxiety’s kind of stayed ever since.

It didn’t really help his case when the nightmares started, though.

Of course, Genos didn’t want to talk about them. Not at first -- or at all, really, for that matter. Saiitama doesn’t know what they’re about, per se, but he does know the cyborg has started having them since he got back from Kuseno’s. Every night, he’d wake up to the sounds of Genos fighting something in his sleep, or just tossing and turning way too much and kicking him awake. Or .. just shoving him off, when he’d been perfectly content to keep clinging onto the Cyborg for heat during the night. And Saitama tried his best to offer his help, but Genos was too STUBBORN. He didn’t ever wanna talk about it no matter how many times he’d asked him about it or if he was okay, and Saitama always had to reluctantly let it go. And Saitama? Well, he’s starting to get fed up with it. He loves Genos -- really, he does! 

But... He’s had enough of seeing Genos so distressed, and he’s been losing a lot of sleep. He hasn’t been sleeping well at all lately, so Genos isn’t the only one getting high strung -- he’s also getting pretty cranky and snappish himself, even if he doesn’t mean to be. As a result, he’s kind of got a shorter fuse, and.. here lately, the dreams occasionally have Genos wake up crying, too. Of course, he never lets Saitama  ask ANY questions, and always manages to clean himself up so the bald hero can’t do a damn thing about it. He ignores Saitama’s worried questions, and just forces himself to go back to sleep. Pretends like nothing happens, and the older man can’t do a damn thing about it.

At least, not til tonight. 

This night, his dream seemed to be particularly bad. He’s mumbling for something, for someone he can’t quite make out because the words are a little jumbled. Be it fortune or misfortune, that alone is enough to wake Saitama up. Honestly, he’s about to snap, but ... he stops himself, because he just knows that it’s worse than usual. Oh, man. It was tough seeing Genos like this, and even more so knowing that Genos wouldn’t even let him help! He tries to wake the cyborg by gently shaking him -- “Oi, Genos! Genos, hey .. dude, wake up. C’mon, you gotta snap outta that.” -- and it works! Buut it’s clear that Genos is incredibly disoriented, thrashing ferally and trying to push Saitama away. Saitama simply wraps his arms around his torso til he stops thrashing, til he seems to recognize that it’s his Sensei that’s holding him .. and when he chills out, Saitama asks a firm and blunt question. 

“Seriously, dude, what the hell are your nightmares about? Are you okay?”

Well ... he’s never been one to beat around the bush, has he?

[trainedhard]

inanthesis: 

❝ Sensei. Speaking from AN OBJECTIVE STANDPOINT I do not fit any of the criteria for the word cute. It is typically not associated with things like hard metal and destructive weaponry which is what makes up my entire body. I AM NOT CUTE.❞ But even so as he said it he was clearly a little flustered, voice not holding quite the same firmness it often would.

Saitama’s grin grows determined and cheeky, tiny on his face as he leans in closer to his boyfriend. “Yeah, dude. You’re right. You’re not cute at all.” He pauses for a liittle dramatic effect, hands both gripping one of Genos’ gently and bringing them up in the middle of them. Although his voice doesn’t change from the relatively even drone it’s been this whole time, there is a hint of playfulness and joy in his tone!

“You’re adorable.”

[trainedhard]

@inanthesis​ || SURPRISE STARTER 

The morning had started out so normal. Why did it have to turn so ... sour?

Saitama had been chilling, channel surfing and munching here and there off some hero chips he bought. No, he didn’t buy them just so he could see if they had a trading card of him, like Genos had suggested. He’s not stupid; that’s willful thinking, and nobody would ever want to make a trading card of him. Actually, he didn’t even realize they had trading cards in these snacks -- he just saw them for cheap and wanted to eat ‘em. Maybe of Genos, though, because ... he was on the packaging! But Genos had insisted on buying out the whole factory, and Saitama had to rush to assure him that wasn’t the issue.

“You’re so ... how do I put it? ... Slow on the subtleties? Or naïve ... ” Saitama muttered, mostly to himself. He was struggling to open his bag of chips, Genos was leaning over his shoulder ready to offer help. He was, after all, being RIDICULOUSLY gentle with it -- because if he opened it too fast, they really would explode everywhere. But in the blink of an eye, something happened -- the bag popped open, the chips exploded everywhere he could have sworn that he’d hit something, but he wasn’t sure what. It hadn’t registered that he’d just knocked the fuck out of Genos, but that’s also because he ( shockingly ) didn’t hear a sickening crack of any kind. All he heard was a thump! 

It took him a second to realize that was actually Genos, and when he did, he whipped his head to the side. “Genos? Hey, Genos, are you okay?” He’d asked -- he’s .. not sure why he’d just fall over to his side with that really blank stare unless something malfunctioned. He wasn’t responding, though, so he reached over to shake the cyborg. “Genos? ... Oi, Gen--oh, you’re up. Are you okay?”

... To make a long story short? No. Genos was not okay.

From what Saitama could gather, he’d acdidentally given Genos a concussion. Genos doesn’t remember them or their relationship, he doesn’t remember ANYTHNG about himself, and that just makes the bald hero feel so shitty. If he hated his super strength before, he DEFINITELY hated it now -- but he’s gonna try to remain calm and help Genos as much as he can. In fact, maybe he’ll try to make it up to -- Oh. Oh what the fuck? When did Genos take off?! “Eehh?” He blinks. Once, twice, three times, then looks around the room restlessly. He’d simply been too spaced out to realize Genos just left through the balcony, and he saw a glimpse of him falling off the building below and making a run for it.

Thus began a wild goose chase that lasted just about all day! Saitama was tired, but that’s because of all the shit Genos kept doing to try to avoid being caught by Saitama. This Genos was flighty but standoffish, a total asshole but scared of so much, it was ... so conflicting and confusing it was throwing Saitama for a loop. Just how badly did he HURT Genos? Oh, god, he ... he needs to get Genos to Kuseno ASAP. Finally, around seven hours of wild running and chasing later ... Saitama has enough. He grits his teeth in frustration, then throws himself over top of the cyborg and with a swift chop to the back of his head, he knocks him into a crater. It’s not enough to further harm him; just immobilize him for a second, til he can reach the ground. Once he lands, he puts on his serious face -- but that’s broken back into total exasperation within a minute or so because here Genos is, struggling to get up and try to wander off away again. ( Jesus Christ, he’s too stubborn!! )  “Oi, oi!  You can’t just go wandering off like that!!” He cries out, gripping Genos by the arm. 

“Don’t scare me like that again, and stop running from me. Let’s just go home.” He starts to tug Genos along, whether he’s willing to move or not. And largely, it looks like he’s NOT willing to co-operate ... oh well. He’s dealt with a stubborn cyborg before, he can deal with a stubborn cyborg again. He’s just gonna start carrying Genos, even if that’s not what the blonde wants -- simply because he’s had enough of trailing him around everywhere. Actually, now it looks like Genos is trying to give him the cold shoulder! .. Ouch. That kinda hurts. With a sigh, he looks down to the cyborg in his arms ( whom he is carrying like he weighs less than a feather ) and he adds another comment. 

“I promise we’ll figure this out, but you’re not gonna find your answers here.”