AN: i need help. also kid iida is an adorable iida fite me h8ers- also wowie a plot (or something)
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Tenya is lost and confused.
'Huh...? Wha-? Where is nii-san...?'
"Tensei-nii...?" He called out from the crowd, trying to spot his older brother, who seemed to have been missing (It's actually the opposite but Tenya doesn't need to know that) while Tenya took his eyes off of his brother for a second.
Oh, no. This is bad.
Tenya gripped the hem of his shirt, feeling the fear slowly consuming him. He bit his lip, attempting to fight back tears as he looked around frantically for anyone familiar. The blue-haired child gulped, nervously walking around the mall aimlessly, before he finally stopped as he felt tired from walking.
He stood there for a while as he scanned for his brother. Tenya sighed, as his attempt was futile. He must've looked like an idiot for looking around like crazy. Still, where is his brother? Tenya is seriously getting worried right now. Did something bad happen to his brother, and he somehow wasn't there for him? Tenya felt dread creep up inside him. Oh no, what if Tensei-nii forgot him...?
He immediately shook off the thought, feeling a bit silly for even thinking that. Seriously, he can be so unreasonably paranoid sometimes.
Tenya suddenly perked up, as he heard his name being called out in the distance. He whirled at the source of the call excitedly, only to be disappointed (although a bit happy) when he found out it wasn't his brother who call out his name. No, it was Sai. His partner during art class awhile ago and- dare he say it -first friend.
So he was slightly cheered up when he saw her. "Oh, hey... Sai." He greeted her, smiling weakly.
"Sup." Sai replied back, giving him one of her own impassive smiles, which he honestly thought he could never get used to. "So, how're you? You alone, or something?" She asked him with a hint of curiosity, as Tenya considered lying to her. It's not like she'll notice anything, right...?
However, his parents would always say that lying would only do more harm than good. So he decided to tell her the truth. "I... I'm lost." He said while avoiding eye contact, blushing in embarrassment. "But don't worry..." He said, in an attempt of being reassuring (if there even was something to reassure) as Sai raised an eyebrow. "...I'll find my brother, don't worry."
"Wait," She said, tilting her head confusedly. "You..." Sai pointed at him with her index finger, "...lost your brother." She slowly stated, as he stared at her for a while.
He made a confused noise, attempting to correct her. "Uh, no. It's quite the opposite actually-" He mumbled, but got cut off by her laugh, which sounded oddly monotone.
"Well, okay then." She said, after finally calming down. "Let's go find your brother. I'm sure he's not that far from here." She remarked, grabbing his hand and dragging him away as he blinked at her, slightly puzzled. What...? She's trying to help him? But why?
He pulled his hand away from her, as she stopped and looked at him in concern. "...Is something wrong?" Sai asked him, to which he just winced at. "Oh."
Tenya's eyes widened, thinking that he must've hurt her feelings as he instantly apologized. "Sorry, Sai. I didn't mean to-"
"Oh, no. It's fine." Sai grinned at him, as he smiled back, albeit hesitantly. "So, something on your mind?" She asked him again, as his eyes found themselves staring at the ground, feeling his embarrassment creep up again. "You don't have to tell me if you're not comfortable with it." She added quickly, as if sensing his discomfort.
Tenya, finally having the courage to grab her hand and lead her to the place where he last saw his brother, sighed as he rubbed his nose with his other hand. "I'm just surprised at your... uh... helpfulness." He mumbled the last part, feeling too shy to say it. "And it's not that I'm angry at you, if anything, I should be thankful at you for helping me." He said, as they both finally arrived at their destination; the bookstore. "Anyway, this is the place where I last saw my brother." He explained, noticing Sai's nonplussed look.
She hummed in acknowledgement, looking around her surroundings as he prompted to do the same. "Let's uh..." Sai scratched her head, "Ask people if they saw your brother around." She suggested, as he nodded in agreement and slapped himself internally for not thinking about it sooner.
"Alright, then." He voiced out his agreement, tagging along with Sai as she approached a woman who looks to be in her teens.
Sai could understand why Iida didn't think of asking people of a missing person. He was probably just too shocked (well, it was more like he panicked, but it's not like there's a difference) to think straight, hence why he ended up wandering around aimlessly with no specific destination in mind. Which led him to meeting her, and Sai helping him find said missing person.
"Um, excuse me-" Sai attempted to speak, but then got cut off by Iida randomly dragging her away from the womn she's attempting to talk to. "Wha- why did you do that?!" she hissed at him, as he frowned and pointed (quite rudely) at the teenager.
"She looks suspicious. I mean, look at her intimidating tattoos! She even has piercings!" Iida whispered back to her with the same ferocity, as she raised an unimpressed eyebrow. "You should be more careful with who you talk to, Hinata-san!"
'...Really.' Sai thought wryly, pulling her hand away from him. "Please tell me you're kidding." She said, as he still frowned as her. Sai ran a hand through her face, sighing in contained frustration. "Look, as much as I'd like to argue with you right now, you need to find your brother, right?" She asked him seriously, as he begrudgingly nodded. "So let me just ask her about his whereabouts."
"But-!" Sai stared at him intently, cutting off his protest.
"I ain't dealing with you bull sh-" She paused, correcting herself. "-bull crap right now. So if you'll excuse me..." She marched back to the tattooed girl, politely smiling up at her.
"Uh, excuse me?" Sai called out to her, as the girl paused her texting in order to stare at her. "Have you seen a guy around here? He's around your age." She added, as the girl raised her eyebrow.
"Sorry, but you'll habe to be more specific than that, kid." She mumbled, as Sai blinked, trying to remember what Tenya's brother looked like.
"Erm..." Nope, she doesn't have a clue, aside from his age (that she isn't even sure of and just roughly estimated) but thankfully Iida came to her rescue.
He stepped up beside her, twiddling with his thumbs shyly. "He looks kind of like me, but older! And he's also wearing a dark blue shirt with black pants." Iida stated, as the girl stroked her chin thoughfully, trying to remember him.
She suddenly snapped her fingers, before pointing to the direction of a department store. "Oh yeah! I remember some guy like him enter that store." She said, before raising a concerned eyebrow at them. "You want me to help you two in finding him?" She asked them, as Sai smiled but shook her head, turning down her offer.
Sai waved off her offer politely, slowly taking a step back along with Iida. "Thanks for the offer but-" She grabbed Iida's hand, forcing him to bow as she herself did. "-we wouldn't wanna trouble you." She said, forcing a smile as Iida nodded in agreement with her.
And with that, the two of them bolted out of the awkward situation with the teenage girl left in the dust. "What was that all about...?" She muttered to herself, confused before shrugging, and continuing on with her day.
"Hinata-san!" Tenya panted, slightly tired from running away earlier. "Wha... Why did we run?" He asked her, slightly out of breath. Seriously though, why were they running...? Was he right about being suspicious at the tattooed girl?
Sai halted so suddenly, making him bump into her. "Oh, crap." She muttered, as he rubbed his head at the impact. "I uh... forgot to ask your opinion." She laughed sheepishly, as Tenya tilted his head at her confusedly. "Er, I was so used to turning down people when they offer help so..." Sai shrugged, as Tenya felt like face palming at her (stupid) reason.
They went both inside the department store, all the while keeping an eye out for his brother. Sai looked mostly to the left, while he covered the right. They were like... detective partners! Tenya smiled at his silly imagination, as he thought of Sai clad in a trench coat, which seemed pretty ridiculous. He suddenly frowned, shaking his head as he shouldn't be so happy when his brother was missing.
...Oh great, now he had the same perception as Sai. Brilliant.
Tenya sighed, looking over at Sai, who seemed to be conversing (read: interrogating) another person, this time a staff. As she noticed him looking at her, she shook her head, indicating that she too hasn't found anything new about his brother's whereabouts. She talked to the man again, and as he approached both of managed to get a gist of their conversation. "-then we'll go there, thanks for the help."
He blinked, puzzled. "What? Go where?"
Sai smirked, going... somewhere as he followed her. "To the information kiosk." She answered him, which didn't really clear up his confusion. Sai rolled her eyes, as he smiled sheepishly for still not getting what she's trying to express. "...If we can't find him ourselves, then we're gonna find someone who can do it for us." Tenya's mouth formed an 'o' shape, finally understanding her idea.
"That's a great idea!"
"I know. I was pretty stupid for not thinking of it earlier."
"Okay. thank you, miss!" Sai feels like her cheeks are hurting from smiling too much in just one day. Honestly, who knew that talking to people while also pretending that you have a mentality of a child is fucking exhausting? Also, Sai thinks she now she knows why adults are uncomfortable with talking to children; they don't know how to handle their reactions.
While Sai did her business with the search staff, Iida was just sitting on a chair beside the information kiosk. So she wasn't surprised when he immediately bolted towards her, in the process of almost tackling her to the ground. "So did they find Tensei-nii?!" He practically screamed at her face, and honestly? She couldn't blame him. Poor kid probably already had enough of the 'find this missing person' endeavor they did all day.
"Not yet." She said, plopping down on the chair that he previously sat on. "We have to wait for them to find your bro." She added, as he stared at her with a distressed look on his face. "So just calm down, and stop worrying about it."
Iida looked like he wanted to stay something, but decided to shut up and just sat beside her.
Sai sighed, feeling suddenly bad for not really taking the kid's feelings into account. "Look, if you're really worried about him..." She paused, as she hadn't really thought up of anything to comfort him. For god'd sake, she wasn't even good at it. "...Uh, just..." She attempted to remember the times her (previous) brother- who she totally doesn't have beef with, by the way -tried to comfort her whenever Sai panics.
...She doesn't think slapping Iida and shouting at him to "CALM THE FUCK DOWN, SATAN!" is a good idea.
So she settled to listening at his tirade for hours, until his brother finally is found.
Fuck.
AN: why cant i settle for a good ending god fucking damn it- child custody and guardianship are hella confusing dafuq- thank for reviews i appreciate it- also yes sai has a different surname deal with it-