A/N: The tense change is deliberate, do tell me if it's more a bother than stylistically effective.
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A sneer to a frown, a taunt to a chide. Blue eyes wide and bright, dark eyes narrowed and stern. The fallen loser laughs whilst the standing victor clicks his tongue in exasperation, holds out his hand nonetheless.
Now they both stand, shoulder to shoulder, yet they cannot be any farther apart in their skills and disposition. Nero takes a single step forward and they are breath to breath, almost. A playful jab on the chest with one demonic finger.
"I'll get you for sure," the young man says, all smiles and teeth.
Credo remembered this and he, too, smiled. "Sentiments," he replied to the air. Irony came later.
They used to call each other 'brother', once upon a time.