Disclaimer: I do not own PMK or RK, although I love to write about characters from both in crossovers.
Night-Owl123: I don't think I'm up to writing a fic like Back in Time. My Muse may get upset.
Case 003: House Call
Talk about humiliation. Enishi disembarked without causing much of a stir. Okita escorted him into the holding cell. Everyone knew that youth's a powder keg. It wasn't the first time he's been hauled in, and it wouldn't be the last. Then Toudou asked Harada for help in moving the other passengers.
Tatsu almost choked on his coffee when he caught sight of Harada passing the break room with a youngster under each arm. One was Tetsu. They were both restrained and bore the marks of a fight. "Ayu-nee! I need the first-aid kit!" The long-haired policewoman nodded. Tatsu ran after the giant…
Harada popped both boys in the questioning room. They were un-cuffed by Toudou. A short while later, Okita returned with Master Yoshida on his heels. Yoshida glared angrily at Suzu, who shrank back. "Drugs!"
He grabbed Suzu by his collar and slapped him across the face hard before the boy can say anything. "Young fool!" Another slap and more blows. Okita wondered if he could charge Yoshida with assault. Tetsu swore never to anger the discipline master.
"Sorry… Master…" Suzu whimpered. Yoshida let him drop onto the floor just as a policeman returned with the preliminary lab report.
"I-It's ground white pigment…" The man goggled at the sight of Yoshida standing over a moaning Suzu. That guy's as scary as Hijitaka. "P-pigment?" Toudou stuttered. "For art class!" Suzu replied smugly as Yoshida pulled him to his feet. "I'm doing my career week asa teaching assistant." He wiped blood from his split lip.
Yoshida didn't apologize for beating up Suzu, not that Suzu seemed to mind. Bastard! Okita watched as the pair left with Yoshida half-dragging Suzu away.
Tetsu wondered if his classmate was a teaching assistant or Yoshida's punching bag for gym. The second-years had a boxing module for gym…Poor sod…
"TETSSUUUU!!!" Tatsu-nii burst into the room. "What did you do?" Guess it's Tetsu's turn now…
In the HQ's sick bay, Tetsu's screaming blue murder as Tatsu-nii dabbed at his very swollen cheek with antiseptic wash. Okita was apologetic about what happened. Still, his cheek was hurting. He hadn't expected this on his first day.
"Tetsu-kun! I've a treat for you!" Okita popped in with a pig in his arms. Tetsu stared at the pig suspiciously. "Is that my treat?" He pointed at the porker. The pig nipped Tetsu's finger.
Laughing, Okita took out a packet of Amos cookies from his pocket. "This is your treat. This little piggy's our station mascot, Saizou!" Since when? Tatsu glared at Okita. Okita put Saizou down on the table top. The pig immediately made a beeline for the cookies in Tetsu's hands.
"Okita-san, don't mind me saying this, but I don't want my brother facing sword-wielding maniacs! And slugging it with hardened criminals! Can you not take him on patrol?" Tatsu asked sternly as Tetsu and Saizou fought over the Amos cookies. Okita shrugged. "I wasn't expecting a swordfight...And that scuffle was a schoolboy quarrel."
Tatsu calmed down. It wasn't Okita's fault. Tetsu just lacked common sense at times. Too much guts and daring, topped with an over-sized ego.
Kondo walked in and saw the pig. "Souji, take that home. You know Itou-san's planning an inspection." Saizou was too busy munching the cookies to try biting the chief. "Hai!" Okita smiled as he saluted smartly.
"Is that Okita-san's house?" Tetsu stared at the cheap apartment block as the patrol car drew up the slope. Okita had kindly offered to drive Tetsu home while Tatsu attended his accountancy night-course. Saizou squealed from the back seat. Okita shook his head. "Vice-chief Hijitaka's residence. Take care of Saizou while I check on him." Tetsu stared at the porker. "BUHI!"
"Toshi?" Okita found the door ajar. The place was a dump as befitted Hijitaka's bachelor status. He gingerly tiptoed past the empty beer cans. The stench hit him. Has he been drinking? He found Hijitaka on the couch wearing only his boxers. Drunk! He hit the cans as soon as he came back in the morning and had thrown up over both the couch and himself. Okita shook his head. He went to fill the tub.
"Souji?" He awoke with a splitting headache to find Okita shouldering him to the bathtub. "Five o'clock and you're drunk. Akesato's Happy Hour's not till six," Okita chided as he gently lowered his friend into the tub of warm water and started cleaning him up. "Whassakid?" Hijitaka asked through the haze of alcohol.
"Waiting in the car…"
Hijitaka reached for the towel Okita was holding. Still drunk, he grabbed Okita's arm instead and pulled him into the tub with a splash. Spluttering, Okita was sitting almost in Hijitaka's lap. His legs hung over the edge of the tub. "Toshi!" Okita protested as Hijitaka used the corner of his now-soaked shirt to wipe his face.
"Stupid pig!" Saizou crawled under the front seat and nipped Tetsu's ankles in a sneaky little game. Spotting the pig smirking from under the driver's seat, Tetsu made a grab for him. He accidentally released the handbrake. Okita had left the engine running. The patrol car rolled slowly down the sloping road and hit the fire hydrant.
Crap! The resulting crash jolted both Tetsu and Saizou from their game. A geyser shot twenty feet into the air. The bonnet of the car was busted. What will Okita-san say?
"What was that?" Okita heard the crash as he was trying to disentangle himself from Hijitaka. He heard pattering footsteps. Okita had forgotten to latch the door. Tetsu burst into the bathroom. "Okita-san, I'm sorry! I crashed the car- the car…" The boy's words trailed off as he took in the sight of both men in the tub. "OMIGOSH!" Hijitaka couldn't have chosen a better time to pass out with his face pressed into Okita's neck. Crap!
"Okita-san, is this a bad time?" Okita looked at him balefully. Of course! You busted the car. My superior's frisking me in his bathtub… He still managed a weak smile. "Tetsu-kun, can you go back home by yourself? I'm kinda busy..."
Hijitaka had regained consciousness enough to… "Souji…" He groaned weakly.
"Yessir!" Tetsu bolted.
Author's notes:
Mild R? Senbi does not like to write about yaoi pairings. OkitaHijitaka are juz very good friends. Will write more fluff. Wait for the morning after... (wicked grin) when Toshi's sober.