Disclaimer: I own Gravitation…seriously! I can float! I'm like in a freakin' space shuttle or something! Oh no, wait…it's just fatigue…damn.
This can be thought of as a continuation of the last drabble…sorta. Well, I just wanted to see what would happen, that's why I wrote this!
"Once Removed"
"Maiko Shindou, nice to meet you." They shook hands, polite smiles on their faces.
"Tatsuha Uesugi, my pleasure," he replied.
"Yuji Nakano, actor extraordinaire."
They blinked at each other, and silence reigned for that moment. Then, Maiko spoke.
"So let me get this straight-"
"-not that it is-"
"-my brother is in love with your brother-" pointing at Tatsuha, "-while your brother is in love with my brother?" – this at Yuji.
Tatsuha smirked. "It's a fag-tastic gay love triangle!"
"And we're that triangle, once removed…" Yuji remarked.
They stared at each other.
"How odd."
"That's not right, this is an even story."
"What?"
"…Nothing."
They stared some more.
"We shouldn't even be meeting," Yuji said at last. "I mean, think about it! Twelve whole volumes and we never meet once. Just imagine how this meeting now could upset the whole cosmic balance of this world!"
"…actor extraordinaire, huh? You sure about that?"
"Besides, what balance?"
"This world has balance?"
"I mean, giant pandas, crazy gun-wielding Americans-"
"-my absolutely insane family-"
"-Shuichi? Balanced! And isn't he supposed to be the center of this world-"
"-actually, that would be Yuki-"
"-which totally explains it-"
"-Seguchi, my sister's husband, in love with our brother, for goodness sake-"
"-have you seen some of his disguises? Clearly he's a few keys short of a whole keyboard-"
"-and the fact that Eiri and I look alike? How possible is that-"
"-not to mention the whole America arc-"
"Okay! Okay, I get it! This world is a crazy, insane mess and Maiko and I appear to be two of the only sane ones here. No wonder we're only bit characters…"
"Hey, what about me?"
"You're joking…"
"The Ryuichi infatuation, sorry, obsession, should be explanation enough."
"What are you saying about my Ryuichi!"
"I rest my case. Anyway, even though this world is unbalanced as you both made quite clear, there must be some reason why we've never met, right? Some cosmic reason why…"
Silence returned, and quickly vanished again.
"I mean, we're the siblings of the three, forgive me, four main characters. Shuichi, Yuki, Hiroshi, and Seguchi. You would think that, as the siblings of these people, our paths would cross eventually."
"…Maybe Murakami just didn't have the time to write it. Probably didn't fit in with the storyline, y'know?" said Tatsuha.
"…Or perhaps something very dangerous and detrimental to those dear siblings of ours would happen should we ever meet…" Maiko muttered.
Tatsuha smirked. "In which case, we should use the time we have now to figure out how much damage we should do…"
End
This drabble was fun. I'm a little concerned if you can identify the speakers or not, but I like the speed of the conversation and couldn't break it up with a bunch of "he said, she said" folderol. So, what would happen if Tatsuha, Maiko, and Yuji met? Would that even be possible? But if you think about it, they really never have met before…I will definitely be visiting that theme again, put them in different situations where meeting would just be hilarious! Ah, I want that to happen so bad now…