Disclaimer: Not mine

Notes: Written for angelnegra on LiveJournal, who requested Ryu X Gai. Keep in mind I've only seen about a third of Jetman (and without subs), so apologies if they come off as out of character.

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He drinks his milk, Gai drinks his whiskey. Everyone else at the bar gives them strange looks, but at this point Ryu's used to them.

And it's nothing compared to what their teammates would do. Poor Lyta would probably be speechless for a week; Ako would never stop teasing them about it. Kaori... he has no idea what Kaori would do.

Although to be fair to her, he's not entirely sure why he's here, either. He and Gai don't get along... yet they come to this bar together anyways. But even if he can't list specific reasons, Ryu is aware that there's something about Gai and his arguments and starting fist fights (that Ryu finishes) that makes him, depsite everything else that has happened to him, want to continue.

Once, Rie would have had the same effect on him... even though her methods were the exact opposite of Gai's.

But when Gai (who looks like he's had one too many drinks; Ryu's going to have to drive him home again) smirks at him, and earns a few more stares from the other patrons when he gives Ryu the first kiss in their something not unlike a relationship, Ryu wonders if maybe their methods are more similar than he thought.