I'm back! Second chapter, baby! I was so happy when I found out that someone reviewed my story, so I got motivated and wrote another chapter straight away! I want to point out that I'm Italian, and my characters kiss on someone's cheek to greet him, even if I know that Japanese people don't do that. It just… seems cuter to me! So on with the chapter! Here you have it! :D
Chapter 2 – Dreams of reality
Netto woke up: it was ten o'clock, so he just jumped out of his bed and shouted.
-Rockman, why didn't you-
He stopped. His PET station was empty. Rockman wasn't there. Suddenly, he remembered everything that happened the day before.
-Why didn't you wake me up… as you always did…?-
He sobbed, sitting on his bed and shaking a little. He knew that Rockman would have never woke him up (after all it was almost impossible for ANYONE), but… he missed his voice, his rants…
-I would have done it, but-yaaawn-my internal clock didn't rang… dunno why… mmmh… ronf…-
He could almost hear him mumble something… like he was really there…
-They're only excuses...-
-Not true, no excusesmmmh…-
Ok, that was getting scary: he could REALLY hear Rockman, and that really crept him out. He gulped and thought about something to say, just to be sure he wasn't going crazy or something.
-Uhm… Ms. Mariko's gonna be mad at us… after all, it was all your fault I didn't-
-Wait, wait, you don't get up and it's my fa-why is my PET's floor so soft…?-
Something, or better, SOMEONE put his muscular arm on his blue head and stared at Netto with his bright green eyes.
-Uuuh… Netto… What… are you… doing here…?-
-What are YOU doing outside your PET!?-
-OUSTIDE WHAT?!-
The blue-haired boy suddenly jumped up, just to hit a bookshelf full of comics and to make it fall on him. Then, he just stayed still under the sheets, rubbing his aching head and mumbling words that Netto should have never heard. After a moment, he sat on the bed and stared at Netto, a shocked look in his eyes.
-R-Rockman… you're… you're… YOU'RE HERE! I can't believe it! YOU! IN THE REAL WORLD! MAMA! MAMA! Roc-SAITO'S HERE! SAITO-IS-HERE!-
Netto rushed down the stairs and hugged his mother, jumping around like a crazy monkey and shouting at everything in his house things like "He's not dead!", "Saito's here!", etc…
-Netto-kun, what-what are you saying?! Saito can't… and you know why…-
-Come upstairs, Mama! Hurry up! Saito, Mama's he-
-NETTO!-
Rockman, or Saito, was standing in the middle of the room: his body was more muscular and elastic than it looked inside the PET, and he was way taller than Netto. His hair, always hidden under his helmet, was uncovered, long, almost to his shoulders, and a bit curly. He really seemed perfect, but… he was butt-naked, too. When Netto and Haruka went in the room, he took the first thing he could (luckily, it was a pillow) and put it on himself.
-WHY DON'T YOU JUST WAIT?!-
He throw a stuffed bear at him and Netto went outside, laughing hard and dodging things Saito threw at him. While still laughing, he thought that maybe he had to warn his father, Ijuuin, his friend, the neighbors, THE WHOLE WORLD that his Navi was there, that his BROTHER was there. He didn't even care why, he was just freaking happy Saito was there and he was safe and sound. With a big smile on his face, he called his Papa and waited for him to answer. And waited… and waited… he sighed. Papa was always busy, and maybe he was still trying to discover where Saito had gone.
-Mama! I'm bringing Saito to Papa! … Mama?-
No one answered. He went upstairs, only to find a (dressed up) Saito crying in silence and hugging his Mama, and his Mama crying while (Netto was almost sure) strangling Saito with her arms. He smiled and went closer, hugging them too and laughing a little.
-I never thought you were so mushy, Saito!-
-Oh, shut up and come here, little brother, let me hug you too… I missed you.-
They just stood there for a long moment… until Mama finally regained a little composure and smiled happily.
-Now there, my boys, go and say hi to Papa! He will be all-happy to see his son… no, his sons! The two of you together! Just be careful and come back for lunch!-
He kissed them both and went downstairs, whistling a funny melody, while Netto and Saito went to their parents' room to find something a little bigger for Saito (he looked like he was wearing Netto's old clothes). Unfortunately, nothing was long enough for Saito's 6,6 height: he had to wear shorts, but… they were TOO short.
-You could have brought me a pair of hot-pants, Netto.-, said Saito sarcastically.
-Ha ha, very funny. Just hurry up and put this hoodie on, it's the biggest one I could find.-
-Oh, congratulations, Netto, now I look like a hobo-hooker.-
Netto just burst into laughing: it looked like Saito didn't even had a pair of shorts, put a pair of boxer, and that hoodie was way too large for his agile body… yeah, like a hobo-hooker, after all.
-Oh, come on, you're-hahaha!-kinda cute-HAHAHA!-
Saito pouted and went downstairs, and he got more offended when his Mama started to laugh a little.
-Don't worry, my boy, we'll buy you some clothes when you come back!-
Saito stick his tongue out, then laughed a little with her: when Netto followed him, he just pretended to be still offended and ignored him.
-We go, Mama! Bye!-
Saito kept on ignoring Netto, even if the boy was almost pleading him to speak, and tried not to become as red as a traffic-light because of everyone staring at him and at his clothes. He felt a lot relieved when they finally got off the train and arrived to SciLab.
-Couldn't wait to get here, dude! Let's go see Papa!-
-Oh, so now you talk to me!-
-I'm bigger and more evil. Haha!-
He started to run, and Netto chased him in the enormous building: of course, after a while, they got to their Papa's lab.
-Ok, Saito, I'll go firs-
-PAPA!-
-Yeah, go on and ruin the surprise.-
-S-SAITO?! YOU TOO?!-
-W-Wait, what do you mean with "too"?-
-N-No way… Netto…-
Saito stared at the white-haired guy in front of him and blushed so hard that he looked like someone just set his face on fire. He couldn't be…
-B-B-Blues…!-