One Up
Chapter One: Friends with benifits
A/N: Gotta love a ficceh with that as the first title, ne?
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For what it was worth, the situation had worked out better than a lot of things Tenpou had attempted. But at the rate things were going, that didn't say much for the rest of the gensui's life.
"I'm bored."
He didn't look up. "You're always bored. I'm working."
"I'm not -always- bored..."
Normally this would have made him laugh. But the stress he was under from the powers above made his mood less than friendly. "Pardon me if I don't have time to indulge you, taisho."
Kenren sat on the edge of his desk, crossing his arms. "Jeez, lighten up a little. You're starting to sound like Konzen."
Tenpou sighed. "At least he gets some work done."
The taisho leaned in close, face to face with him. "Right. So do we."
Tenpou backed up a little, determined not to crack. "That wasn't what I meant. And who are you assuming he's 'working' with?"
The distraction worked, at least momentarily. Kenren looked up in thought. "Well, I'd say Goku, but that's just creepy. In a few years we'll talk about that. And besides, I think if he was getting any, he wouldn't be so damn moody all the time."
Tenpou blinked, before looking back down at his paperwork. "That was entirely too much information."
"Hey!" Kenren shook his head, clearing it and leaning in even closer, "No fair taking advantage of my short attention span! LOVE ME!"
The gensui looked at him, propping his head up on his arms. He shrugged. "Hmm...when you put it that bluntly, how am I to refuse?" he closed what little distance remained between them, kissing the impatient general.
"See? I'm not always bored..."
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It was the normal give and take between the two. They argued constantly, but never meant a word of it. There was never any real anger between them, it was all for fun. It was probably the fake arguements that kept then from really killing each other. It was the fake arguements that kept some of the more powerful rumours at bay. Basically, it was the way things had started.
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"Hey..."
Tenpou blinked, looking up from the book he'd been reading. "Hmm?"
Kenren frowned in mock-pout. "How long are you gonna sit there and ignore me?"
The brunette smiled cooly. "Oh, I don't know. I had planned on at least another hour at least. After that, I'm open to ideas."
"I've got one."
"And what might that be?"
Kenren opened his mouth to speak, before closing it again. "Ah, never mind."
Tenpou closed the book. "See, now you've peaked my interest."
For one of the few times in his immortal life, Kenren looked embarassed. "Well, I -had- an idea, and believe me, if it were anyone else there wouldn't be a problem. But I know you, and if I piss you off, you're the only one I'm scared of--"
"Taisho, you're rambling."
"Heh, sorry." Kenren stopped talking, taking a seat beside Tenpou.
"So, what's your point?" Tenpou prompted.
"Nah, never mind." Kenren looked away, grinning a bit.
"Taisho, you -know- I can't stand a 'never mind'. Now please tell me or I'll be forced to use my authority."
"Well, I was gonna do something like..." He leaned over, catching the brunette in a quick kiss, "...That."
Tenpou said nothing for a moment. Kenren figeted a bit, looking uncomfortable.
Finally, the gensui smiled. "See, that's why I keep you around. You've always got such good ideas."
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They'd decided to keep it a secret, for obvious reasons. Heaven might preach about freedom and love, but they were far from practicing tolerance. It wasn't really a realationship to speak of, mostly because neither knew -what- to call it. It wasn't supposed to be anything dramatic, just a friends with benifits deal.
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"So what do you think?" Kenren braced himself on his arms, leaning on the desk across from Tenpou.
He looked up. "Hmm?"
Kenren scoffed. "You haven't been listening to a word I've said, have you? I was wondering what you thought of Tara?"
"Oh. Well, I don't think I know her well enough to make any kind of opinion."
"We should all go out sometime, you think so? I think you'd like her," he stopped, looking at the face in front of him. "You're not paying attention again..."
Quite the contrary, Tenpou had been paying a bit -too- much attention. It was always like this. Kenren coming into his office and randomly talking about whomever it was he was 'with' then.
'What bothers you more, the fact that he's seeing people and you aren't, or the fact that he's seeing people that aren't -you-?'
Dismissing this thought with a shake of his head, Tenpou stood. "I'm sorry Taisho, but I've got some things to do, if you're finished."
Kenren blinked. "Yeah, I guess so," he walked around the desk, wrapping his arms around the brunette's waist. "Something wrong?"
Tenpou smiled convincingly. "No, why would anything be wrong?"
"Hmm, just checking..." he murmured into the marshal's neck before nipping at it.
Tenpou bit his lip, and decided not to think about other people for awhile.
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Well, chappeh one is closed. I'm sorry these are turning out so short, but it'll get longer as I get to the actual plot. Right now I'm just trying to set the scene. Whatcha think? Next chappeh, THE PLOT BEGINS! But for now, I wanna try my hand at some omake! Sorry Nightfall, I hadta! ::smiles winningly:: You won't beh mad, right?
OMAKE!
Kenren: ::pouts:: Hey, you're making me look like the bad guy in this!
Tenpou: ::shrugs:: It's your own fault, you know.
Kenren: ...
Gojun: He's right. You suck.
Kenren: HEY!
::cue cartoonish smoke-fight thing::
Tenpou: Hmm...I think we need some work on this 'omake' thing...
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Heheheh...it'll get better with experience. Trust meh.
Sorchafyre: Wow thankehs! I'm glad someone appreciates a bit of suspense. ::winks::
Wasabii: Makes perfect sense to meh! And I'll try to update this as much as possible!
Thankehs guys! Until next chappeh!