Reviews:
miczsfar: (You'll see the reason behind his 'stupidity' here. :D)
Maraderchik: (It took them 10 chapters to get together. And early on I wanted the timeline to follow how fast I updated the chapters lol.)
OrionisRigel: (This chapter is mainly from Saitama's and Genos' point of view, so hopefully it'll answer that, and rip Tats)
Angryhenry: (Mood.)
"Master, I have a question." Genos was behind Saitama as he was reading a manga. "What is it?" "Have you ever been to Tamaki's place?" "No." He stated, not looking up from his reading. "Is it because she hasn't invited you?" "Dude, I'm not gonna force Tats to show me her place." He chuckled dryly.
"My apologies, I didn't mean to across that way, but aren't you at le-" Genos furrowed his brow. "'Tats." He meant for it to come across as a question, but it came out as an affirmation. "Oh. Thought you knew." He moved the book down temporarily to look at Genos.
"We have a date this Saturday, so I'll get this week's groceries tomorrow." He brought the book back up to his face and flipped a page. Genos nodded, and began walking away, understanding that Saitama didn't want to elaborate further.
"If it doesn't bother him, there must be a reason why he won't say anything." He thought to himself as he looked over various of his own journals. "I wonder if he knows why she did it."
He felt he knew the exact reason why Saitama wouldn't tell her, and it was because of one word he didn't think his master could ever be.
"Looks like I just need to head to one more store and I'm done." Saitama thought to himself, calmly walking through the semi-deserted streets. He noticed Tatsumaki flying nearby, but looked away when she turned to face him. He stole another glance at her, feeling a slight tug against his bag. Making sure she wasn't looking directly at his gaze, he loosened his grip on the bag, and saw a bright green glow around it. He looked up to be met with Tatsumaki's teasing grin as she twirled his bag around. "Hey Tats!" He saw her startled face, which made him grin before he continued on. "What's up, besides you?"
She playfully stuck her tongue out before hugging his bag close to her face as she began descending. "Hey." Now standing on the ground, she look upwards. "I'm down here, and I was just looking around the neighborhood." She let the bag hang loosely in her hands.
"And give my bag back?" He leaned down, looking at her directly in the eye. She brought the bag up to cover her face, although he could catch a hint of pink on her cheeks. "Here." She mumbled, as he gently tugged the bag back.
"Hey." She said suddenly. "Can I walk you home?" She looked up for a response.
"Thought we weren't going out till Saturday." He thought to himself before replying; "I'm actually not going home yet." "Oh." "But you can come with me to finish shopping, if you want." He reached out his free hand temporarily, before shoving it back in his pocket.
She nodded and he motioned for her to follow him.
"Hey, would've been back earlier but I ran into Tats." Saitama said, closing the door behind him. Genos looked up from his paperwork momentarily. "Did you go to her place?" He asked, shuffling through another page. "Nah, she helped me get the rest of the stuff." He tilted his head toward the doorway. "Are you sure you don't have anywhere to go?" Genos heard Saitama ask her, and he heard a muffled reply before hearing two sets of footsteps walk towards the kitchen.
He heard the rustling of grocery bags before rapid footsteps ran out the door. Looking up, he was surprised to see Saitama standing near an open fridge, and his hand on his cheek.
"Master did she?" " crap!" Saitama ran towards the still open door, Genos quickly closing the fridge.
Saitama quickly returned and shut the front door behind him. "I'll make dinner." He said quickly, motioning for Genos to move from the fridge.
He detected her nearby, but remained silent as he walked back to the table to continue with his paperwork, the sound of boiling water drowning out the sound of his papers shuffling.
A few days had passed since Tatsumaki had been at his place, and it was only a few hours before their date.
T:Hey Sai, I'm gonna be running late :(
S: Its cool
T: I'll meet you at the restaurant at 8
"Here" Genos handed him an umbrella. "There's going to be a storm later." "Thanks Genos. I'm gonna start heading out." He waved behind him as he walked out of the apartment, closing the door behind him
"Might as well take my time." He thought to himself, walking at a leisurely pace towards the restaurant.
Making it near the door of the restaurant, he heard clacking on the pavement. Looking up, he saw Tamaki running towards the door, trying to catch her breath.
"Its on me." She said, pointing to herself. He nodded, pushing the door open for her.
"Hey, are you ok?" He asked, noticing that she kept tilting her head forward, in addition to her eyes being unfocused.
"Yeah, work has just been tiring lately." Her speech was slightly slurred, and she waved her hand dismissively.
"Oh, that sucks."" He frowned. "Where do you work anyways?" He asked, not thinking. "I'm a super." She slurred. "What?" "I'm a super secretary." She said a bit louder, her hands outstretched as if to emphasize her words.
"I don't think she ordered any alcohol." He thought to himself, before raising his hand. "Check please."
After drinking a bit of water, she assured him that she would be able to stand upright, but she didn't complain when he still continued to hold her.
"Take care of yourself,okay?" "Yeah I will." Her voice held an apologetic tone. "Sorry our date was cut short." She sighed. "There's always next week." He gave her a half smile.
"True." She let go of him. "Guess I'll head home then." She stood on the tip of her toes for a bit, leaning close to his face. He noticed a look of apprehension cross her face before her feet lied flat back on the ground. "Goodnight." She mumbled, walking off. He heard thunder off in the distance.
"You sure you don't want me to walk you home?" He gestured towards his umbrella.
"No, but thanks." She said, ducking under nearby trees.
"I'll walk nearby, just in case." He thought to himself, as a bolt of lightning striked and droplets started to fall on his head. In the corner of his eye, he saw her shivering. "Tats?" He whispered.
She started walking faster, her heels loudly clicking against the pavement as she turned into a nearby alleyway. She clutched onto the ends of her now drenched wig as she disappeared. He saw a hint of a glow before it flickered out.
Over their next few dates, he noticed that even with a (what she had told him at least) a full night of sleep, she didn't seem all there.
Her romantic gestures always seemed hesistant, and she rarely looked him in the eye.
When he leaned in to kiss her when the date was coming to a close, she either held her hands up, or shouted "Night!" and ran off.
"I'll just hold off on kissing her goodnight for a while." He thought, as he waited at the ticket booth for the carnival. He felt his phone vibrate and he pulled it out of his pocket.
T: Something came up last minute, can't come.
He thought of what to type for a moment before replying.
S: Its cool, maybe next weekend.
T: Boss just said I'd be working overtime next weekend too.
"Genos is in her class, he's never mentioned 'overtime.' " He thought, frowning. "Maybe she's trying to pratice telling me or something." He smiled to himself, before walking back home.
"I see the date went well." He commented as Saitama walked through the door with a grin on his face.
"There wasn't one. She couldn't make it." He grinned slightly wider. "Then why are you smiling?"
"In two weeks, its Tats and I's first date." He was confused momentarily. "Ah I see. Best of luck then, Master." He gave him a thumbs up. "Oh, is there still some dinner left over? I forgot to get something on the way back here." Genos nodded, walking towards the fridge. "Thanks."
"Master, can I ask you something?" He said apprehensively. "Yeah, what is it?" "Why do you think she's hiding it?"
"Its not really any of my buisness." He shrugged. "Do you want to know my answer?" "Sure, go ahead."
"It may have something to do with Hero Association rules. Perhaps heroes aren't allowed to date each other, otherwise there might be trouble."
"Well, we'll make it work if that's the case."
He waited patiently for a week for any udpdates from Tatsumaki.
He was surprised to see he had a missed call waiting for him when he came back from a monster fight.
"Its not till next week, but I'm fine with it being earlier." He thought to himself as he called back.
"I didn't have my phone with me till now. What's up?"
"Can we meet up at around 9 pm tomorrow? At the park?"
"Sure-" She abruprly ended the call. "Okay then." He put his phone back on the table.
He noticed that she had already arrived, and was looking around for him.
He held the peonies behind his back with a firm grip, slowly walking up to surprise her. She noticed bim in the corner of her eye and walked towards him.
"Saitama." She said, directly facing him. "I'm.."
He could feel his heart rate increase slightly. "So close." He thought to himself, slightly confused as to why she was looking at the ground and clenching her fist.
"I'm.." He began to loosen his grip on the flowers , bringing them out in front of him.
"I'm breaking up with you :" She lifted her head back up as she said the last word, her eyes shimmering with sadness.
"What?" He quickly hid the peonies behind his back.
"I'm moving and I don't know if I could do this." She continued on as though she didn't hear him.
"Saitama, you're wonderful, and I don't regret us dating one bit. Maybe someday I'll see you again."
He felt her arms wrap around him as he did the same, trying to find his words.
"Please stay." He whispered as she let go. She gave him a weak smile, and his hand brushed against hers, placing a flower in her hand.
"I really like you, Tatsumaki."
AN: It was a fun writing from Saitama's and Genos' points of view. This chapter would've been out earlier, but I'm visiting relatives so I couldn't find the time to finish editing.
Final chapter should be out next week though, I just need to finish editing it.