IX. Groan
There was much to be said about Seishiro's bond with his younger brother.
Fuuma was an unexpected person - an accident, if he could even call him that. Even from the tender age of five, he always saw the world with such wonder and amazement. It was surprisingly to him that he still carried that today, albeit a more subtle version of it.
It wasn't like Fuuma didn't understand what was going on in his world, the way it could tilt on its axis so very easily, and the way things could go into his favor without even realizing it.
It wasn't as if he was naïve or anything.
No – there was something else. Something that made him and Seishiro alike, other than the DNA that they shared.
It was the fact that they both had something to pursue.
Deep down, Seishiro knew that all he was pursuing an idea, a concept that he had not been given without having to give something in return, without him having to work for it. He was looking for the unconditional ways that had been bestowed upon him from an unlikely yet so easily detectable being. He still wanted to look though – he still wanted to find the being that had touched him so, and make sure that he would exact what he had been denied for so long.
Fuuma was always on the pursuit of something more, the next thing he could dig up and experiment with, tinker with its parts and see what he could do with it, what he could use it for. That was the business, and clandestine fun, of treasure hunting for him after all. It was like him to be curious about things and how they worked, but interestingly enough, especially in cases with the human heart, he never had to work for long. As soon as he found one part, he could figure out the sum without having to waste anymore energy.
This was a point of contention with Seishiro. He didn't outright despise his brother – on the contrary, actually.
It was the fact that Fuuma had luck falling into his lap, being appreciated no matter what the effort was on his part, whereas Seishiro had to work for even a scrap of what his younger brother was given with ease.
It was enough to make him groan with annoyance – something that he did not do most of the time.
