Overlookshipping (Mokuba x Esper Roba)

"Uh, M – Mokuba-san!"

Mokuba paused in the middle of the sidewalk. He let his arms drop from their place behind his head as he turned around to see the owner of the voice.

A boy slightly taller than him with light blue hair jogged after him. He paused, resting his hands on his knees to catch his breath. Mokuba recognized him instantly as Esper Roba, the duelist he had just been watching duel Jonouchi. The boy finally caught his breath and straightened.

"You're Mokuba Kaiba, right?" he said.

"Yeah, that's me," Mokuba said. "Duelist City rules proctor. What's up?"

"I just...wanted to say thank you," Esper said. "My brothers told me that you...uh...found out about my cheating. But you let me keep dueling anyway."

Mokuba shrugged, shoving his hands in his pockets. He tried to look cool and nonchalant, like his brother did.

"I didn't actually do anything. I just overlooked it. I didn't see anything happening."

Esper smiled broadly. He shook his head slightly.

"Okay. Either way. Thanks for overlooking it."

Mokuba couldn't help himself. He smiled too. Seemed like he just wasn't cut out to act like his brother.

"Your brothers really care about you," Mokuba said.

"Well, I care about them," Esper said, rubbing the back of his neck. He blushed slightly. "I'd do anything to make sure they were happy. Even go a little too far, I guess."

Mokuba put his hands behind his head again and grinned.

"Well, as long as you've noticed when you've gone too far," he said. "Sometimes big brothers can be a little blind."

Esper laughed and nodded.

"Thanks again," he said. "I – I owe you one, okay?"

"Nah, consider us even. You and your brothers reminded me of some stuff that I should've remembered in the first place."

Esper nodded again. He seemed about to say thank you again, but he just shook his head, smiled, and bobbed in a short bow towards Mokuba. Then he turned and ran back to rejoin his brothers.

Mokuba smiled after him. Yeah. That kid had reminded him of a lot of things he shouldn't have forgotten. Days when it was just him and his big brother against the world, where they stuck together, protected each other, Mokuba from bullies and Seto from himself.

Mokuba sighed, a smile dancing across his lips.

Then he, too, turned around and ran towards Kaiba Corp. He hadn't given his big brother a hug today...


A/N: I really wasn't interested in writing this one. Can you tell? Next is Outcastshipping (Thief King Bakura x Kisara) which I'm really excited to write!