Obvi
Author's Note: Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of Cap Revolution Bottleman DX.
Pairing: Cota x Mitsuya.
Summary:
They're those guys. She's THAT friend.
"How's the arm, Mitsuya?"
"Still hurts, Cota."
"Arrow Barrel Mode did a number on your elbow, huh?"
Mitsuya lifted his busted elbow and staked it back onto the ice pack. There was a flash of pain, obvi, but the cool wake-up call the ice gave him offset the throbbing. A worthwhile trade: a split second of discomfort for fast-acting relief.
"Unable to compete in the Team Bottle Royal…This sucks!" he bemoaned.
"Iroha said not to worry about it! He'll cover for you! I saw! He's been practicing Bowling with Ayata and kicked the cap out of Ayawashi with Valhas!"
"I know what he said, Cota! You don't have to praise Iroha like he's a Bottle Star!"
"Ehh? Why not? He's doing great!"
"'WHY NOT?' I was doing great too before I threw out my arm, you know?"
"Mitsuya…Are you all right? Is the pain getting to ya?" Cota felt his friend's forehead, as if that's where the trouble was.
Big brother reflex. He had to baby him.
"Uhuhuhu!" Mitsuya cried pathetic man tears. The humorous, wavy rivers you see all the time in anime.
Whether he was crying because of his elbow or because Cota made contact, only Mitsuya knew the actual truth.
"Gwehehehehehe! Cota-kun's never gonna respond if you don't dig in~!"
"DR. KAORI? Where did you come from?" Cota shunted himself to the side.
"I'm always around! The black suits couldn't keep me out of the Bottleman Museum, and no one can keep me from keeping tabs on all the amazing Bottlemen with super-duper development concepts!"
"Weren't you banned from the Bottleman Museum?"
"Ahaha! I just disassembled the Bottlemen on display a little! Anyway, Mitsuya-kun! When are you spilling the goods to Cota-kun?"
"Whuh, whuh, whuh? Where did you –? What did you –?"
"Like-I-said!" she fused her words. "When are you spilling the goods to Cota-kun?"
"C-Cota, don't listen to her! She's talking nonsense!"
"I seriously have no idea what's happening." It was all Greek to Cota. He was bilingual (fluent in Japanese and English), but passively tuned out Kaori's machine-gun STEM speak.
"Squ-eeeee! Entering the Team Bottle Royal together? I can't~! Just thinking about the marvelous combination shots Colamaru and Arrowcider can pull off with their top-drawer designs, the excitement meter they slapped on me is past its limit~!"
"No. Mitsuya's injured, so Iroha's taking his place."
T-T-T-TAKING MY PLACE?
"Hmm…I could probably build a gauntlet to compensate for Mitsuya-kun's injury!" she suggested.
"REALLY? You can do that?"
"Mitsuya, listen to your physical therapist on this."
"Cota, if you messed up your arm, wouldn't you want me to let you Bottle Battle through it? We agreed we'd announce to the world we're a couple at the Team Bottle Royal after winning!"
"What? You're a pair already?"
"Duh! We're best friends! I couldn't hide something like that from him!"
"Then why did you panic when I mentioned spilling the goods?"
"Why did you, Mitsuya?" Cota expressed curiosity, now that she'd slowed it down for him.
"Um, I…"
"Awwwhahahaha! Mitshuya-kun's embwawessed to feew nweeded~!" Kaori shrieked her shriekiest.