Part 2:
"Whaaaat?"
Tsuzuki and Hisoka were in chief Konoe's office when he told then that Hisoka was to take Tsuzuki to the dentist.
"B-But chief! I really don't think I need to go there!"
He said that despite how he winced when Hisoka poked his jaw. The inu-man inched away and held his jaw bone as he wailed.
"Tsuzuki, we have a
strict dental policy here, and everyone of our workers must have time
off to have dental appointments."
"But sir, I've never had
to do this before! I'm scared!"
"No excuses! Hisoka, take Tsuzuki, and make sure he doesn't back down."
"Yes, sir."
Hisoka recruited the help of Tatsumi to drag the inu-man out of the office, kicking and whining. After that, Tsuzuki wouldn't let go of Tatsumi, even as Hisoka was pulling on his other arm.
"No! I wont go! Tatsumi, you'll protect me, wont you?"
"Why of course, Tsuzuki… but you will have to go there eventually. I would prefer not having to pay for your dental expenses, but if you don't go, you'll have to pay for it all on your own when you DO finally go!"
"Aw… you're so mean to me, Tatsumi… Not only is everyone against me on this, but I wont be able to eat as many sweets after this, I bet!"
"Tsuzuki, let me give you a piece of advice. There are two things you could do after this. The first is to lighten up on the sweets, to prevent having to go again, and the other is…"
Tatsumi whispered into his ear, and kept up a shield, so Hisoka wouldn't be able to read what the secretary was thinking. After the whispering was done, Tsuzuki looked at Hisoka wide-eyed, which made the younger blush.
"W-what?"
"Uh… oh, nothing! Thanks, Tatsumi!"
And they left the office. Though Tsuzuki was calmer leaving the office, he became jittery again when they reached the dental office. Tsuzuki was shaking and had butterflies in his stomach. He made this very clear to Hisoka because he didn't bother to put up a shield. Hisoka let out a deep breath and sighed.
"Just go sit down over there and I'll sign you in."
"O-okay…"
"Hello! Can I help you?"
"Yes, Tsuzuki Asato has an appointment at 2:30 to see Doctor Paine."
"Okay! I'll let her know you're here! Please fill out this form in the meantime."
"Okay."
Hisoka returned to Tsuzuki's side and sat down next to him with the form. He looked over at his partner, who was chewing on a napkin for some odd reason. He filled out Tsuzuki's form for him, the best he could and turned it in. When he returned, Tsuzuki was shaking again and it was a really pitiful sight. Because he knew it would make his partner happy, Hisoka reached out and held the others' hand.
"Huh? Ah, Hisoka! You DO care about me!"
"It's just that you're overreacting, and it's embarrassing me."
"Oh… I'm sorry, Hisoka, I'm just really nervous."
"Don't be. It's no big deal, you know. You were happy when we left the office, right? Then just think about what it was that made you so happy."
Tsuzuki thought to himself and then smiled down at Hisoka. The boy blushed again.
"W-what do you want!"
"Nothing. I'm just thinking. Say, what makes YOU cheer up when you're scared, Hisoka?"
"Hm? When I'm
scared?"
"Oh, I guess you're not scared like me, then…
okay, nevermind."
"Idiot. I used to be afraid of going to the dentist, too, you know."
"Really?"
"Yeah. But there was always something I could think of that would make me both laugh, and well… it was just weird."
"…What did you do?"
"I… just imagined that everyone around me was in their underwear…"
"Wow! That's a little dirty now, Hisoka…! What an image."
"S-shut up! And if you tell anyone, I swear I'll-"
"Mr. Tsuzuki?"
For a brief moment, Tsuzuki was paralyzed in fear of hearing someone call his name like that, but, looking up, he saw that it was a woman, not a certain evil vampire doctor they knew. Tsuzuki stood up and shook the woman's hand.
"H-hi."
"Hello. I'm Doctor Paine, and I'll be checking your teeth today, Tsuzuki."
"Ah, well it's nice to have a woman do it!"
"Thanks. Is this your younger brother?"
Hisoka stood up and shook her hand.
"Are you going to have work done today, also?"
"No, it's just him."
"Okay, well, shall we go, sir?"
"Um…"
"Yes?"
"Is it okay… for my brother to come in with me?"
"Sure, why not? Here, we want all of our patients to be comfortable. Right this way."
The doctor walked off towards the back, and the other two followed. As they disappeared behind a door, Tsuzuki grabbed onto Hisoka's arm for comfort. He was still slightly shaking.
