"FUCK YOU!"
"Hey, I got that power up fair and square-"
"Suck my exhaust, Hana!"
"You're going to feel exhausted after I kick your butt!"
"IF YOU USE THAT BULLET BILL I WILL DESTROY YOU!"
"Muahahaha, enjoy losing skrub!"
I groaned and dropped my controller to the ground as Hana beat me…in Mario Kart. She cheered and raised her arms high, laughing, as I pouted and crossed mine. The score was 5-0 now, she was winning all the races. I sighed as she did a little victory hum and set up another race but I didn't pick up the controller. She had been sitting on my legs, her back against me as I sat on a beanbag, but now got on her knees and turned around. I had to look up at her and I felt my heart skip a beat.
She was so beautiful.
She wore sweatpants and a t-shirt, her hair wasn't even fixed, her pink makeup gone for now. Only I saw her like this. When we were just friends I had seen her like this once but now that we were closer it had turned into something more common, and I appreciated the trust she had to show herself like this to me.
"I'm a mess, nerd," She said, smiling slyly and crossing her arms. She must've known what I was thinking.
"A hot mess, for sure," I answered with my best smile. She snorted but her cheeks turned light pink.
"God I'm so glad this happened," She suddenly murmured, her face turning serious. Before I could react her hands gripped the sides of my face and she leaned down for a soft, long kiss. I basically melted in her hold, my hands gently going to her waist as I began to kiss back. Hana leaned forward, pushing me down against the beanbag.
She's really good, I thought giddily, my face beginning to burn as she pulled away for a second only to continue kissing me lovingly. This had been my life after rescuing my dad. I'd train, I'd rest with friends, and every day I'd see Hana. Sometimes we'd just game together, other times we'd walk the base, the past two days we had both been busy so we'd just meet up at night and fall asleep together…and sometimes we had days like these, we'd hang out and ended up making out. Why was she so good at kissing?
"Hana," I murmured, pushing her only an inch away from me. "Just out of curiosity, how many guys have you been with?"
"You're…you're kidding, right?" She asked, pulling back. I felt my face burning with embarrassment now.
"Hey, it's an honest question!" I argued, still holding her.
"Why would now of all times seem like the best moment to ask that!" She yelled, flinging her arms back, but she wasn't angry, she seemed amused.
"I just thought, wow! She's a really good kisser, where'd she learn this?" I replied, my voice rising with panic. I just had to ruin this, didn't I?
"You…" Hana covered her mouth and I heard her voice crack. She suddenly burst into laughter, long and hard enough she ended up holding her stomach and laying against me again. I was about ready to let her fall to the ground but she sat back up, rubbing a tear from her eyes.
"You done?" I asked, annoyed.
"You are the cutest thing ever," She answered sweetly, one hand going through my hair. "And, to answer your question, I've only been with one person in my life."
"Wait, really?" I asked, my voice incredulous. "Not that I'm complaining but you're Hana Song, you're the one and only Diva! I'd expect guys and girls fawn over you all the time."
"Well, you're not wrong," She admitted with a smirk. It disappeared and she sighed, laying against me again. Her voice turned quiet. "I do have people fawning over me a lot, I see it in the comments of every live stream, when I go to tournaments and conventions, on the street too. That's the problem, people don't mean it. So many are just creeps, telling me what'd they…what'd they do to me, others just like my money or fame, the only good people feel like they can't possibly be with someone as popular or famous as me, so they don't even try."
"Hana I-"
"That's why I like you," She interrupted, hugging me tighter. "You knew who I was but you treated me like any other friend, you didn't treat me special, or try to take advantage of me, or act creepy. You were just…you."
"So, you've liked me since we met?" I asked jokingly. She snorted, flicking my nose.
"I liked you as a friend, but then you started getting flustered, and you'd stay here with me, and with Brazil, well, I knew you couldn't resist me anymore."
"Excuse me?" I asked, embarrassed and slightly offended. "You fell for me!"
"Please, I started getting you flustered first," Hana argued. "And it worked."
"You had to try and win me over, I did it without trying!" I complained. Hana's eyes looked upwards, probably thinking about this. She giggled and kissed my cheek.
"Fine, you won my heart first," She whispered.
In that moment I think I figured out what love was. She trusted me enough to show me her vulnerable side, to show me how much some things bothered her, something I know her family, fans, and friends didn't know of, and I trusted her just as much. I sighed contently and passed a hand through her hair, down the side of her face to her chin. I slowly raised her eyes to mine.
"Don't worry about the creeps, those that want your fame, or whoever," I whispered. "I'll never be like them. I lov-"
"I love you too," She finished, and I swear her eyes were tearing up as we both shared another, more loving, kiss.
"Oi loves! Quit snogging!" Someone said, knocking harshly on the door. I groaned, leaning back.
"Leave us be Lena!" I yelled back.
"Can't love, we need you in the sitting area," She replied, her voice now worried. "Seems like Angie and your dad got into a fight."
"Jesus Christ…" I muttered, passing a hand over my face. "Can I catch a break…?"
"Come on, we'll have plenty of time together, right now let's stop your parents from killing each other," Hana said, standing up and pulling me to my feet. I raised an eyebrow at her as I opened the door.
"My parents? As in more than one?" I questioned.
"Please, we know how you feel about Angela, you even called her mom before you passed out that one time," She said with an eye-roll. "She's fine with it, she probably feels the same, so stop trying to hide it."
"Wait I said that?!"
Lena guided us through the hallways back to the living room of the base, Hana was walking next to me with her hand in mine. As we got closer I started to hear…nothing. I expected some yelling, some voices, something but there was nothing going on. Lena walked right into the room but I hesitated, peeking my head through first. McCree was the first to greet me with a nod, standing by the sofa and watching over Angela, who had her "combat medic" expression on and was facing my father, who had his fists balled and a tight expression. Genji sat behind him on a chair, apparently meditating, but I knew he was just ready to grab my dad if things got violent.
That was dumb, I knew my dad wouldn't resort to violence here.
"Well, I see things got tense here," I muttered as I walked into the room, Hana followed me of course. My dad turned to me and his eyes flickered for a second over Hana before returning to Angela.
"Tell me, son," Dad began. "Who is this woman?"
"Dad you know who she is-"
"Just humor me."
"She's Angela Ziegler, renowned doctor, a former member of Overwatch," I answered, crossing my arms and taking a step forward. "Why?"
"And who am I?" He asked, turning to face me.
"You're…Nathan Soto," I replied carefully. "United States Marine, winner of the purple heart, my dad."
"Exactly, I am your dad" He repeated, turning to Angela. "He is my responsibility, not yours."
"He has been under our care," Angela answered harshly, waving around to the rest. "And although I'm not saying we are as close as you are to him, we care for him and work with him, we know what we are doing."
"You don't have that right!" Dad yelled, waving his arms up.
"What are you guys even-"
"Be quiet!" Both of them said at the same time, turning to me for only a second before facing each other again.
"No!" I yelled back, surprising everyone. I walked in between both of them, giving both a glare. "What the hell is going on here?!"
"Alessandro, I'll ignore your tone and-"
"Dad, I love you," I interrupted sharply. "But you are new here, ever since you came fighting has happened, so I am going to ignore your tone and ask again: What the hell is going on? What is your problem with them? Because I can't imagine them doing something to you every day."
"You're just going to assume your own father is the problem, and not these people?" He asked, his voice dangerously calm.
"Being my dad doesn't mean you can't be a problem," I replied, keeping my voice even. "And because you are my father I want to fix this, not cause more problems. So are you going to tell me what happened?"
"Doctor Ziegler seems to think she is responsible for you," He finally stated. "Enough to ignore what I think and want to do."
"Doctor Ziegler is responsible for all of us," I said, raising an eyebrow. "She knows what we can and can't do, she says who's ready or capable for certain missions because she knows who's ready. If you think she shouldn't be responsible, then you're wrong."
"But they can't send you on these missions!" Dad nearly yelled again. "You're too young! You shouldn't be doing this!"
"What mission am I going on?" I asked with a sigh, turning to Angela.
"I was telling your father how we were sending you to Vishkar." The doctor answered, crossing her arms.
"You can't send him to them! Vishkar is so bad the U.S army was told we might fight them!" Dad argued.
"Then that's exactly why I should go," I countered, earning everyone's silence. I let go of Hana's hand and walked to the center of the room. "We know Vishkar is bad news if they're this big a threat I just got a ticket straight into their headquarters."
"It has to be a trap," Dad complained. "I mean; why would they invite you? How'd they find you?"
"He's got a point," I muttered, turning to Angela. "Do we know how they contacted us?"
"Winston contacted Symmetra," Lena chirped. All eyes turned to her but she just smiled. "We informed her what we were doing, gave her a way to contact us."
"Then she must've learned of Alessandro due to his recent work," Genji added, his voice pensive. "It isn't rare for Vishkar to try and recruit individuals that show certain…capabilities."
"But Vishkar's evil."
We all turned to the door where Hana was. Standing next to hear in a yellow shirt and green cargo pants was our newest recruit: Lucio. I don't think I had ever seen him look so angry before, not at any of his concerts or interviews at least. He seemed wary now, older, beaten.
He fought a war against Vishkar in Rio De Janeiro. I thought. He's not all happy and upbeat, he's suffered just like we have.
"Lucio later today I would like to speak with you, I think you could help us organize this mission," Angela said, and he nodded.
"I just want to say that, if he goes to see this Symmetra chick, be careful," Lucio warned. "Vishkar has eyes everywhere, and strength. Once you're in their territory you'll always be under watch, never safe."
"I won't be under watch, I'll be Overwatch," I replied, a wide smile spreading on my lips. Lena high-fived me and I think everyone else groaned. Lucio laughed and shook his head.
"Here I am trying to be serious and you say that!" He laughed again and shook his head.
"But in all seriousness," I continued, glad I had broken the tension. "I'll be extra careful; we'll have to plan this carefully too."
"This is why I keep saying you shouldn't go," Dad murmured, but the moment had passed. We had forgotten the fight and it was decided I'd go. He couldn't do anything about that now.
"Well I am going," I answered calmly. "And I'll be ready, I'm sure Angela, Winston and the others will have a plan."
"But training always helps!" Lena suddenly cheered before my dad could answer. "Come on, Al, we haven't gone in a while. Hana, you don't mind if I borrow him, right?"
"Just don't go for too long," Hana answered with a smirk. "We still have business to finish."
"I mean I don't have to go-" I didn't get to finish my sentence because Lena grabbed the back of my shirt and started dragging me away, choking me in the process. Hana blew me a kissed before leaving the room and I saw dad follow her out.
Uh oh, I thought before the door closed.
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