Netto stretched happily in the sunlight as they walked down the boardwalk. "It's nice out," he said.
Enzan felt the salty sea breeze play on his face. "It is," he agreed.
"Hey, Enzan?" Netto glanced at the taller man with a questioning look in his eyes.
"Yes?" Enzan replied.
"How did you get off work today?" Netto asked.
"Well, I cleared my schedule last week to meet my dad, but…" Enzan's mouth twisted. "Something came up."
Netto looked at Enzan with pity in his eyes, "I'm sorry," he said softly.
"It's always something," Enzan sighed. "But at least I can keep an eye on you," he said glancing at Netto.
"I don't need to be babysat," Netto huffed.
Enzan smiled and nodded his head, "Yes you do."
Netto stuck his tongue out at Enzan and looked around the boardwalk for something to do. "Well, Mr. Broody, what do you want to do?"
"I don't… know," Enzan said slowly.
Netto looked around and saw the ocean spray crash on the sand. "Wanna go walk on beach?" he suggested.
Enzan looked at the increasing tide warily. "Maybe later," he said.
Netto poked Enzan in the shoulder, "Awwww, come on, the ocean is nice and cold in the morning."
Enzan sighed, "Netto, I don't think we should be going onto the beach during high tide."
"It's not high tide," Netto said giving Enzan an odd glance.
"It's not?" Enzan asked.
Netto smirked, "No, high tide is at 5 pm. It's," Netto glanced at his watch, "12:45."
Enzan frowned at the beach. "Did the water always come in so far?" he asked.
Netto looked at the beach, "Do you try and find conspiracy in everything you do? Or is it just me."
Enzan crossed his arms, "I just thought it was weird, that's all."
Netto rolled his eyes, "It's the beach Enzan, maybe there's a little storm out at sea making the waves a little higher then normal."
"Oh," Enzan said.
Netto sighed and grabbed Enzan's wrist. "Come on," he groaned and pulled Enzan off the boardwalk and onto the beach.
"Netto," Enzan said softly.
Netto took off his sandals and held them in his hands. "It's not bad," he called to Enzan.
Enzan took off his shoes and socks and waded into the surf to stand next to Netto. "It's cold," Enzan observed.
Netto raised and eyebrow at his friend, "Thank you captain obvious," he smirked.
Enzan glared at Netto but didn't say anything in return.
"Well, it's only 1, what do you want to do?" Netto asked.
"Why do you always have to be doing something?" Enzan asked exasperatedly.
"I don't know," Netto laced his hands behind his head, "I just like to be busy I guess."
"Unless you're asleep," Rockman said from his PET.
Netto grinned, "Yeah, unless I'm asleep."
Enzan rolled his eyes, "Don't you ever just want to, relax?"
Netto looked at Enzan with both his eyebrows raised.
"Right, forget I asked that," Enzan muttered.
"Well, if you want to relax, then why didn't you just say you wanted to?" Netto pointed out.
"Because, I wanted to spend the day with you. But you always have to be moving around or doing something," Enzan said, trailing off.
Netto waded in front of Enzan. "Do you just want to get a couple of movies and hang out at my place?" Netto asked.
Enzan looked in Netto's brown eyes, they looked earnest enough. "No tricks?" he asked.
Netto sighed, "Now what kind of person do you think I am?"
"I'm not answering that," Enzan said quickly.
Netto scowled at Enzan. "Well if you don't want to…" he said.
Enzan shook his head, "I didn't say that. Are you sure it will just be us and our navis?"
Netto nodded.
"No, friends randomly showing up?" Enzan asked.
"I only did that for your birthday," Netto said huffily.
"Will there?" Enzan pressed.
Netto sighed, "No. I promise."
Enzan smiled, "All right then, sure why not?"
"Yay!" Netto said and they walked out of the cold water. "What movies do you want to get?" he asked.
"How about the Starpotter Trilogy?" Enzan asked.
Netto nodded, "Sure, I haven't seen that in forever."
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They stopped by the nearest video rental store and got the movies they agreed on. Then they drove back to Netto's house. Netto opened his door with the key in the mailbox and they were both immediately attacked by Red and Sitio. "Get off," Netto yelled at his dog, "I live here, remember?"
Red barked and trotted to his food bowl where he sat down and began to whine. "I'll start the movie," Enzan said and took the bag with the movies in it from Netto.
Netto made a face and looked in his cupboards for the kibble, "I'll get the popcorn," he said.
Blues and Rockman both immediately crashed on the couch in front of the cyber screen that was connected to the TV. "This will be fun," Rockman said happily. "It's been awhile since we've just laid around the house. Only time Netto-kun does that is when he's really tired or Enzan is here."
Blues chuckled, "Netto-san likes to be active?"
Rockman sighed and leaned into the couch, "You have no idea," he said.
Netto pulled the hot popcorn out of the microwave and walked over to the couch. He jumped on it, right next to Enzan, making him bob up and down. Enzan glared at Netto, "You can be such a kid," he said.
Netto smiled and offered him the popcorn bag, "Want some?" he asked.
Enzan took a handful and they both settled down to watch the movie. "Heh, remember when Videoman sabotaged all the DVD's of the second movie?" Netto asked.
Enzan rolled his eyes, "Too well," he muttered.
Netto happily ate some more popcorn as the movie continued to play.
All four silently watched the movie as it wore on and after the second movie Netto began to get tired. "What time…" he paused to yawn, "what time is it?" he asked Enzan.
Enzan looked at his watch, "7:30," he answered.
"Oh," Netto said.
"Tired already?" Enzan poked at him. "I remember when you could watch all three of these movies without even getting up to stretch."
"Shut up," Netto said grumpily. He pushed himself into the couch and kept his eyes on the screen. "I'm not tired."
"Could have fooled me," Blues said quietly to Rockman.
Rockman sniggered softly but didn't say anything.
The third move was only half way over when Netto fell asleep with his head on Enzan's shoulder. It was only 2/3 of the way done when Enzan fell asleep with his head resting on Netto's.
"So they were both tired!" Rockman exclaimed.
Blues laughed quietly. "Apparently," he said.
Rockman stretched his arms over his head and stood up. "Well, should we wake them up?" he asked.
Blues looked at them and shook his head, "I think they're fine the way they are," he said.
Rockman nodded, "I agree, now all I need to do is lock the house…" he muttered but he was interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Who would be at Netto-san's house now?" Blues asked.
Rockman shook his head, "I have no idea," he mused. He opened a video link and saw a tall man in his late 50's glancing around. Rockman sighed and went to the video monitor on the outside of the door. "Hello?" he asked politely.
The man looked at the monitor and nodded, "Hello, is this the home of Netto Hikari?"
"It is," Rockman said evenly. "Who might you be?"
The man pulled out a worn looking PET and pressed a button; a small circle of light came out and glowed with the insignia of NV on it. "I'm Commander Ishiyama, of the Net Vigilantes; I'd like to have a word with your operator, Rockman."
/Netto-kun/ Rockman pressed his twin.
Netto groaned and opened one eye. /What/ he sighed.
Another man came out from the car and walked up to the door way. He whistled and then waved at Rockman. "Don't worry, we're just here to chat," he said cheerfully.
"Mejin-san!" Rockman exclaimed.
"What?" Netto said out loud.
Mejin's lips quirked, "The formality isn't needed."
OOOOOOOOOOOO
Oh, for those of you who don't get the "Starpotter" gag, it was started in Rockman Axess when Videoman came around the second time? Those DVD's, the movie was called "Starpotter Reloaded" in the original. I thought it was cute so I put it in.
Hey look! It's a plot! Gasp! Anywho, hope you liked :3
