A/N: Yo - so yeah, this is late... All I can say is I've been having computer issues! Look forward to (or just dread - either one's fine) more RK week stories.
"Oi, oi!" Sanosuke yelled, running to catch up with Saitou's long strides down the dusty road. "Fight me! Fight me, fight me, fight me!" he clamored. "Aw – y'know you wanna! C'mon!" he threw a punch at Saitou's shoulder.
Saitou turned back to catch the punch and looked at Sanosuke, an annoyed vein twitching in the side of his head as he lit a cigarette. "Will you stop annoying me if I beat you?"
"Heh, you wish! I'll definitely defeat you this time!" Sanosuke's cocky grin widened. "Just watch!" He ran at Saitou with a high kick, laughing and infuriatingly enjoying himself.
Moving aside, Saitou caught Sanosuke's leg and threw him backward - sending the young man crashing into a clump of bushes by the wayside. Sanosuke got up so quickly he seemed to almost bounce up, rising with a loud yell of 'Orraah!' and a punch that never reached its target.
Saitou fluidly moved aside, clipping Sanosuke's exposed ribs with his fist, more of a warning hit than one to cause damage. "Defense, idiot. Don't leave yourself open."
"'S not my style!" Sanosuke yelled, skidding back.
"Oh yes," Saitou said wryly, "I forgot. You practice the style of 'getting your ass kicked'."
Sanosuke's laugh was loud. "Was that a joke, old wolf?"
"Tch." The cigarette fell from Saitou's mouth as he quickly landed a succession of hits on Sanosuke's shoulders, sending him flying back again. "Who are you calling old, fledgling?"
Standing up unsteadily, Sanosuke wiped a bit of blood from the corner of his mouth where he had bitten the inside of his cheek. "Heh... You realize, that'd be a pretty cute nickname – but comin' from you..."
For a moment, Saitou was almost offended. Then, he didn't have time to be as Sanosuke flew at him once more.
The spiky-haired man grinned as he got closer, then grabbed the front of Saitou's jacket. Saitou, expecting a headbutt, threw the younger man.
At least, that was the plan.
He would've thrown him, but though the power of sheer idiocy and determination, Sanosuke kept his hold on Saitou and jammed his foot into the fork of a tree directly behind him, straddling him. Expecting a headbutt yet again, Saitou readied himself to throw Sanosuke – yet again.
But Sanosuke moved in very slowly, much too slowly for an impending headbutt and if he didn't change the angle… Saitou was suddenly much too distracted and taken off guard – because Sanosuke, right in his face, with annoyingly half-lidded eyes, that annoying sideways grin and those annoying lips that were suddenly very, very close to his own… He was distracting.
Sanosuke kissed him - and that was the one time he managed to catch Saitou completely by surprise.
It wasn't an unpleasant surprise by any stretch. After something that seemed like a while, Saitou was unsurprised enough to kiss him back. However much he did not want to break away from that very interesting surprise – he had a point to prove and a fight to win.
Saitou smirked against Sanosuke's lips and threw him backwards.
The younger man indignantly sat up in the dust of the road, glaring at Saitou and waving a fist at him. "Oi! You absolute asshole!" he yelled. "I fuckin' kiss you an' then you just throw me?!" He jumped up. "What the fuck?!"
Leaning back against the tree, looking a lot less flustered inconvenienced than he felt, Saitou smirked yet again, lighting a cigarette. "Hm. Didn't you know, idiot?" He looked up and met a pair of blazing brown eyes, amusement in his voice. "All's fair in love and war."