A/N: How did I write a 45+k fic of this pair? Well you see, a bit of fluff, fluff, fluff, add a little smut, and suddenly it was long. If you crave Beerus and Shin talking to each other you're in for a good time. I just want them to interact more in the series. Pls.

Magnetic Today

Beerus placed a hand on Whis's back and the pair disappeared from Earth in a flash.

"My, my, that was quite exciting. I must say, I'm glad you didn't destroy it in the end. I feel there's a lot more fine cuisine hiding on that planet."

"Precisely. I could see you eating away without me. I was a little jealous."

"Well, I've bought some home." Whis held up a neatly packaged box.

"Good. Still, I want it freshly served to me some time. But speaking of home, I don't want to go there yet. Take me to the world of the kais."

"Oh? What takes you there?"

"That bastard who ate all the pudding. He was called Buu, wasn't he?"

"That's correct."

"The same Buu who went on a rampage, essentially doing my job while I was taking a nap, and then almost killed me via life-link?"

"Now you mention it, I guess so. He seems to have changed in more ways than one."

"Well, I'm going to have that little kai explain exactly what's gone on."

"I could –"

"Now, now, Whis, don't take away my reason to visit so quickly."

Whis sighed. "You're right. I'm sure you'd visit him anyway, even if I told you."

"I don't like the sound of that. How long until we get there?"

"42 minutes."

"Urgh. What a drag."

The kais knew that he was coming. They stood there awkwardly awaiting his arrival. Beerus stepped out from behind Whis and then stopped in his tracks, clearly confused.

"Hey, Whis, how long has it been since we were last here?"

"The last coordination meeting was 626 years ago."

Beerus looked back at the two kais, then he stepped forward, deciding to roll with it. "Shin! It's been too long!" He approached the short kai who seemed to have aged faster than ever.

The old kai stared back at him with a look of disappointment. "I don't know why I ever expected you to remember me. Do I look like Shin to you?"

"White hair, purple skin, blue clothes. Yes?"

Old Kai looked to the taller kai. "He's still an asshole after all these years, see?"

Beerus took offence. "Who?"

"You. First you lock me in a sword. Then you come here and forget my face, and think I'm a young whippersnapper who barely has a grasp on his duties."

"Hey!" Both Beerus and Kibito Kai yelled.

Beerus looked over at the taller kai. "Shin?" Now he looked closer he could see that same youthful face, but on a much larger body, and a flowing mane.

"Actually, Kibito Kai. I fused with my attendant."

Beerus looked back at Whis, imagining what it would be like, and wondering why Shin would do it. "I don't like it." He didn't like that he now had to look up slightly to meet the kai's eyes. "Anyway, I came here to ask about that pink bastard."

Kibito Kai was taken aback, thoughts immediately going to Kibito.

"Buu," Whis clarified.

"Oh, him," Kibito Kai said with relief, glad he wasn't in the firing line. Then a wave of anguish washed over him as he realised he might have to own up to certain recent events.

"I met him today. For the first time, finally. What an arse."

"I suppose that's one way to describe him." For once it seemed they were both on the same wavelength.

"He wouldn't let me have even a single pot of pudding. And there he was with a whole plate! We had a little scuffle, but you know, it didn't go as expected. I mean – I won, but it was child's play. He really didn't live up to the legends. But then it occurred to me – why was this pink blob out of his cage and doing just fine? Sitting there eating pudding without a care in the world? I thought of all people, you would know."

"He's turned over a new leaf, but I suppose he still has some selfish aspects left."

Beerus turned to Old Kai. "Hey, get us some tea while I hear this story about 'turning over a new leaf.'"

Old Kai huffed. "You never should have fused. Now I'm the attendant? What a joke."

Kibito Kai created a table for them to sit at while he regaled the tale of Buu's release and subsequent beating.

"I should have known Son Goku would be involved," Beerus said with a smirk. "He's quite an interesting fellow."

"Yes, and I would appreciate it if you would be more careful when fighting him. I'm quite partial to Earth."

"Mmm, I think I'm developing feelings for it too. But I'm not the one who needs a warning. You need to be more careful. It seems I've ended up with the idiot kai."

"Well, it's not like you were awake to help us out."

Beerus had no reply. Would he really have got up if Whis had delivered this information? Maybe, but then he would have destroyed the very thing he was waiting for in the first place: the super saiyan god.

"Besides, even if I had died, you would have lived via the Old Kai, right?"

"No, you fool. I terminated that link long ago. I'd rather take my chances on you than have that old fart expire on me."

"I'm right here, you know. Not that I would want to be linked with you again either. I'm quite enjoying being retired and care-free."

"Although…" Beerus said, "I don't think I'd object to going back to the old days of having 5 of you around. That certainly was some nice life insurance."

"And if you died, all 5 of us would too? That seems a bit unfair."

Beerus shrugged. "I guess." He stood up. "Thanks for the tea. Don't get into any more trouble or I'll be back to whoop your ass. Whis! Let's go! I hope you haven't been scoffing that sushi behind my back."

ooo

"Oh! Supreme Kai's here too!" Goku skipped off to say hi to the kai he hadn't seen in quite some time.

Beerus looked round and couldn't help but curl his lip when he saw Shin accompanied by Kibito and the Old Kai. He strode over and leaned an arm on top of Shin's head. "Good to see you back to normal."

Shin pouted and tried to remove the arm messing up his hair. "Can you stop?"

Goku stood there laughing at the scene. "Yeah, how did you unfuse?"

"With the Namekian dragon balls, but I'm wondering if that was a bad decision. Perhaps I should give Kibito a potara again."

"No, no, this is good. You're perfect just like this." Beerus patted his head.

Shin folded his arms and looked away. "Anyway, good luck, Goku, I know our universe can win this."

"Thanks! I won't disappoint you."

"I know you won't." Shin smiled before taking his leave with Kibito.

"Jeez, you really are chummy with everyone, aren't you?" Beerus noted.

"There's no reason not to be friends with the Supreme Kai. He's the one looking after us."

Beerus wanted to say he did too, but that was a bit unbecoming of a destroyer to say.

"You guys are buddies too, right?"

"Err, I guess you could say that." He wasn't going to explain their link to Goku, but he wasn't going to deny it either. The kai was a lot more tolerable than some of the previous ones had been, mainly because he didn't get in Beerus's way. "I think we're going to start soon, so let's go and look menacing in our seats."

ooo

They sat in the field of flowers on the destroyer's planet, Beerus with a jug of beer, Shin with some tea.

"I can't believe I had to sit next to the old fart for the whole tournament."

"It wasn't even an hour. Surely it wasn't that bad?"

"I wanted to sit next to you. People might have thought that you weren't my kai. Especially as the younger one, they might have thought you an apprentice or something."

"I didn't realise you cared so much."

Beerus took another swig of his drink. "Of course I care! People have to know I'm not an idiot linked to an ancient thing like that."

"Old Kai is very helpful. I like having him around."

"Well I don't! He's all high and mighty, acting like he knows everything. You know, the reason I sealed him in that sword was because he ran his mouth too much." Whether that was the reason, he couldn't remember, but he certainly couldn't remember the old man apologising for whatever he'd done to piss him off.

"You don't have to live with him, so it shouldn't matter. But anyway, we're sitting together now, so are you happy?"

Beerus slid a hand around the kai's waist and pulled him closer. "Yeah. I'm glad we're alive. And Champa's alive. Everyone's alive. Even some assholes I didn't like much."

Shin leaned into Beerus. "Me too."

"Eh? You got a few assholes you hate too? Didn't know you had it in you."

"That kai from Universe 11… His name was Khai. I don't like him."

"Oh? Hating on one of your own? This is unexpected."

Shin looked up at Beerus. "He's…he's mean! Very disrespectful. I tried to say hello to him and he blanked me! And then later on he said I was blind! Hey! What are you smiling at?"

"You're cute when you're angry. I don't see it often, especially when I'm not the cause of it."

Shin looked away. "And Roh of Universe 9. I don't really like him either."

"Oh yeah, I thought he was a bit dodgy for a Supreme Kai. Maybe we can do some universe-jumping and get rid of these people."

"No. I won't allow you to go killing other kais. If Grand Zeno found out we could be in real trouble."

Beerus sighed. "You're always so damn level-headed. Maybe we could go and rough 'em up a bit?"

"Don't you think we did enough when we erased them briefly?"

"Eh, Universe 11 was only gone for a few minutes. They could do with a bit more."

"I'm not having Jiren and Toppo come after you and wreck everything because we wanted Khai to have a good beating. I'd rather I never have to meet him again full-stop. I quite like sticking to my own universe."

Beerus chuckled. "You said 'we.' I like that. You know, sometimes I'm sad I missed your fight with Buu, just to watch. I'd like to see you be a bit more violent."

"I'm glad you didn't see it. It wasn't a good display."

"I bet it was great. Angry expression, roughed up hair and clothes, giving it your all. I think I'm all for a recreation of the scene."

Shin frowned. "No thank you. I don't think I want to know if Buu is still more powerful than me."

"I wasn't talking about getting him involved. That pink oaf probably wouldn't get it anyway. I was going to play his part."

Shin pulled away from Beerus, frantically waving his hands in denial of the idea. "I'm quite good, thank you. I certainly don't want to spar with you."

"Oh, come on. It'll be a bit of fun. When was the last time I got to see anything you can do in combat? Just a little bit. A minute or two. It's not like I'd kill you."

"No, but you could still do some serious damage."

"Shin. I'm not going to do anything serious. I wouldn't dare, just in case it was too much. Look, I'll even call Whis over to watch if you want. Well, actually, he'll probably turn up anyway when he notices."

"I thought you were happy just sitting together…" Shin was fast running out of ways to dissuade Beerus. The idea of simply teleporting away occurred to him, but he didn't want to be so rude and incur any kind of wrath. He could be sealed in a sword next.

Beerus got up, pulling the kai with him. "Come, maybe I can teach you something."

There was no getting out of this, so Shin adopted a defensive stance and faced Beerus. Slowly Beerus approached, making Shin even more apprehensive. He threw a couple of easy-to-block punches, and Shin did as expected. Still, Beerus's idea of soft was not the same as Shin's, but the Kai resisted the urge to rub his forearms. Now Beerus threw a kick. This time Shin chose to move out of the way completely; he knew Beerus kicked harder than he punched.

The warm-up was over now, Beerus decided. He launched forward and began to attack in his more usual manner, trying to gauge how far he could push Shin. Unfortunately Shin wasn't managing to block everything even at this speed. The next kick he threw connected with Shin's waist and sent the kai hurling to the ground.

"Too tough for you?" Beerus asked.

"Just a little."

"Then you should train more. This is quite pitiful. Whis will train you - right, Whis?"

The angel was standing off to the side, not quite hidden behind a bush. "If that's what you desire."

"Am I being too harsh?"

Whis hummed. "Perhaps you should try something with ki. Hand-to-hand combat might not be the Supreme Kai's forte."

Beerus materialised a ball of destructive energy. "Good plan. Don't look so worried, Shin. I wouldn't really use this against you - just in case." The purple ball disappeared, replaced by a nicer looking blue one.

Shin was fighting better now he was at a distance and able to actually match some of Beerus's attacks. Still, some were too powerful and cut through his own blasts, some flying close enough to clip his arm or leg.

"I think that's enough!" Shin yelled over the sounds of the blasts wrecking their surroundings.

Beerus didn't hear him, continuing to open fire.

"Beerus! Stop!" He tried to dodge the blasts coming his way, but Beerus was really making him work for it, having covered quite a wide area. In the end he decided to turn his back and take the force of a few so he could focus on using instant transmission to appear behind Beerus. "I said –"

Beerus reacted instantly, kicking the kai away before he could finish. Shin ended up dangling from a tree, his robe having acquired a hole in the process.

"You look quite funny up there," Beerus said.

"Maybe instead of laughing, you could help me out?"

Beerus grabbed a hand and gave a hard downwards tug, ripping through the rest of the fabric. Shin hit the ground with a thud. He stood up and brushed himself down, looking at all the places Beerus had singed his clothes.

"I've had quite enough for today."

"We've barely begun! I haven't even pointed out how you could improve."

Shin pulled a leaf from his hair. "I think you should have pointed that out before I got in this state. Besides, this is what you wanted, right?"

Beerus smirked. "Yes, it is. That angry pout is just perfect too. It's just so attractive. Oh, oooh. Yes, this is good. Tell me how I'm making you seethe…"

"Stop this."

Beerus pushed him playfully, but it made Shin almost trip. "Make me."

"What in Grand Zeno's name is wrong with you?!" Shin raised his voice and Beerus's smirk grew wider. "We were having a nice time and you've ruined it! Stop smirking! You're…you're such an asshole sometimes, you know!" Shin stood there breathing heavily, trying to get a hold of himself and his anger.

"God, please, insult me more."

Shin stared at him. "No."

In an instant Shin found himself pinned to the tree he had recently fallen out of. "Why not? Tell me how much you fucking despise me. And please, use the foulest language you know."

Now there was fear in his eyes. He had to resort to this… "WHIS!"

The angel was there without delay. "You called?"

Now what? He hadn't really planned this far. Did he ask Whis to help him? To directly force Beerus to let go? Would Whis take his side? "Help me…" he asked pathetically.

Whis looked down at the pair. "My lord, I think the Supreme Kai would like to be let go of."

"No, he has to insult me first."

Shin looked up pleadingly at Whis. "Why is he doing this?"

"I think Lord Beerus is having a bit of fun, best to play along when he's a little tipsy."

"Y-you lightweight! You didn't even finish the second pint!"

Beerus let lose a laugh. "Is that all you've got?! Where's all that anger you had a minute ago? Show me that again. And how dare you call Whis over here. I think I'll rough you up a bit more for that."

"You said I could call on him if needed. And I need him to get me out of your clutches, but he's useless!"

Beerus cocked a brow and looked up at the angel. "Well, well, doesn't that hurt, Whis? I don't think I can accept an indirect insult like that to make me let him go though."

"I'm not offended. I could pry him from your hands, but I serve you first and him second. Just don't break your toy."

"Toy?! Is that all I am? You're a monster!"

"Hmm, he is quite stressed, my lord. Perhaps you should reconsider."

Beerus ran a hand through Shin's hair and down his face. "You're right. He's very cute like this though. But maybe that's too much to ask."

Shin tried to break out of the grip Beerus had him in. "Stop talking like I'm not here!"

Beerus released him from the tree, and pulled him into an embrace. "Sorry for being so rough, but it was thoroughly pleasing to watch."

Shin squirmed in Beerus's arms. "I don't enjoy being wound up, and certainly not for your pleasure. I'd quite like to leave now."

"Don't be like that," Beerus whispered into his ear. "Let me make it up to you. We'll have cake and tea, and sit in the flowers again."

"I don't feel like it. I want to go home and clean myself up."

"I'll wait. We have quite a wonderful bath here. And Whis can see to some new clothes."

"No. I want to show Kibito and Old Kai exactly what you've put me through today." Finally Shin broke free and without a second glance, disappeared.

"Fuck." Beerus sat down where he was and pounded the ground with his fists. "Fuck fuck fuck. I went too far."

"I think that was evident when I was called over," Whis said.

"Yeah, I should have stopped, but it was so good. He's such a fucking cutie, you know?"

"Yes, you have mentioned that a few times."

"Okay, but when he's mad he's still cute, but…kinda hot? Ah, jeez, Whis, I think… No, no, I shouldn't…"

This time it was Whis's turn to smirk. "Shouldn't what, my lord?"

Beerus put his head in his hands. "Shut up. I didn't say anything. I mean, he wouldn't, especially if I wound him up like that."

"I agree. If he wouldn't even share a drink with you after today, he certainly wouldn't entertain anything more."

"Roleplay as Shin for me so I can figure this out."

Whis raised his eyebrows. "No. I don't think I can do a good enough job. Better to think it through and try it on the actual thing. It's not like you have to do it soon."

Beerus slinked over to his half-finished beer. "Fine. I'll be in my room. Sulking."

Whis sighed. "Always so dramatic."