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Fuck he hated when this happened, It was an awkward sob fest with Guita right at the center.
Well… maybe sob fest was an exaggeration but still… Hii didn’t do well with tears that weren't Fu’s (he barely could handle Fu’s either). The girl was honestly doing her best not to cry but he could see tears of pain and frustration beading in her eyes.
The trashbeast they were fighting was a tricky motherfucker Hii would give it that. It had managed to notice Guita coming at it mid-transformation and swat her away with its tail, much to the horror of everyone else around them (Hii personally couldn’t care less but he did feel Fu stir slightly in panic). Enjin had ordered him to go help Bro and Dear retrieve the kaiju loving girl from where she had landed.
It seems the thing had managed to hit her in her lower spine but since she could still stagger around it definitely wasn’t broken but it probably was bruised and absolutely had to be hurting like a motherfucker. Bro hummed a panicked little noise and rushed to her side, urging her to lay down which the girl did with minimal back talk. Dear was also by her side looking worried and sucking intently on his pacifier. Honestly, Hii was just glad it gave him the chance to hang back and act like he was scanning the battlefield. “Hang tight, Guita! I’m going to head back to the car for a stretcher. Dear, Fu, please watch out for her.” Bro said after giving Guita a stern order to stay still.
Sneering at being called Fu’s name (As if he was even a smidge as pathetic as his wormier half) he watched the man run to get first aid as fast as he could. “Sniff…sniff…This is the worst! How could something that tiny beat me!” He heard Guita sniveling behind him and he could also hear what sounded like muffled condolences.
“This is so not coooooool! I wanna keep fighting! I wanna go full Kaiju!” The girl bemoaned and Hii did his best not to roll his eyes at her crying. He could hear a few muffled “Mhm! Mhm!”’s from Dear and he blew air from his lips in annoyance, a small scoff also leaving him.
Wham! Crack!
WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!
Spinning around quickly to see what had managed to sneak behind his keen senses and attack the two he was poised to attack but all he saw was a furious looking Dear and a defeated looking Guita. Dear had punched the ground near him, his pacifier glowing with anima, all well he glared at him. Guita’s eyes were watering fiercely with anger and despair, the tears she was holding at bay finally slipping free. “Why are you being so mean? I didn’t want to get hit by the dumb thing!”
Oh son of a
Finally giving in to the oncoming eyeroll he stomped over to the girl and squatted down next to her. If words of comfort were what she wanted then words of comfort is what he would give. “Look, even if you didn’t want to get hit, you did. You need to stop crying like a puny lizard and focus on fixing whatever is wrong with you. Honestly your making Kaiju’s look big for no fucking reason, lock in next time.”
Both Guita and Dear stared at him for a good solid minute before the flood gates opened.
Guita’s sobbing rang loudly and Dear threw a punch at him which he caught effortlessly. Dear threw another punch with his free hand which he also caught before joining the two hands together by the wrist in a single one of his own. “What the fuck is you two’s problem?!?!” he snarled in annoyance and slight panic. Why were they acting like this all of a sudden? Usually when he comforted Fu everything worked out and they got stuff semi-done. “H..How.. C..C…Could You Say That?!” Guita wailed as she also tried to bat at him.
“Guita?! Guita What's Wrong?! Did You Hurt Something Else?!”
Oh thank the fucking ground. Bro was back.
“Fu…Fu Said I Was Making Kaiju Look Big For No Fucking Reason and Basically That I Suck!” Guita cried though now it seemed mostly from pain with how she’d abandoned her goal to hit him. “I’m Not Fu You Little Shits I’m Hii!!” He snarled, tossing Dear to his father. Bro dropped the stretcher he was holding to catch Dear and once he did gave Hii a cross look. “Don’t Just Throw Him! He’s Your Ally!”
“Oh shove it! I’ll do what I want!” He snapped angrily “Either way I wouldn’t have had to throw the little brat if he hadn’t been having a needless tantrum in the first place!”.
“Speaking of needless tantrums… May I ask why everyone is freaking out over here in the first place?” Enjin said, side stepping from behind Bro to finally reveal himself. “I don’t know.” He responded, still miffed “the brat was mad at me for not giving the kaiju words of encouragement so I did and then they lost it.”
“Ok but what did you say exactly?”
“I said ‘Look even if you didn’t want to get hit you did. You need to stop crying like a puny lizard and focus on fixing whatever is wrong with you. Honestly your making Kaiju’s look big for no fucking reason, lock in next time.’ and then they lost it. That was some of my best work I’ll have you know. Reached into the depths of my soul and everything.”
Both Enjin and Bro looked at him like he’d grown a second head…. Hmm maybe a third head considering his and Fu’s situation. “You find that comforting???” Enjin said slowly, disbelief soaking his tone.
“No. Fu finds it comforting.”
“You say this type of shit to Fu?!”
“He Likes It?!?!”
Enjin just stared at him with squinty eyes for a second before tilting his head downward and pinching the bridge of his nose. “Holy Shit. OK. Bro, tend to Guita, I’ll talk to Hii privatley...” Enjin started gently and Hii’s face must have clearly read ‘what the hell are you on about?’ because Enjin just gave another long sigh. The older Santa gave a sharp nod and Enjin used his Umbreaker’s handle to cuff him around the neck and gently but quickly pull him aside.
“Look… Hii, not everyone works like Fu does. I still don’t understand exactly how you two work but 1) Generally people don’t like being degraded as a pick me up and 2) Guita is a young girl, you cant just speak to her like that.” Enjin said, unhooking him after making sure they were standing face to face. Looking between Enjin and where Bro was tending to Guita he let his gaze settle back on Enjin. “I can’t speak to her that way cause she's a little girl? That seems counter productive to her becoming stronger.” he said confused “And besides how come it doesn’t work on others at all? If it’s good enough for Fu, it's better than others deserve.”.
Enjin gave him a look he couldn’t decipher (He needed to take the wheel more) before the blonde man reached out speaking softly "You did good protecting them.” before beginning to pat his head. “What The Hell!?” He barked, swatting Enjin’s hand away and skittering backwards. “How does that make you feel?” Enjin asked, letting his hand fall down to his side. “What?” he lashed out, the touch still lingering on his skin, a phantom stroking his hair even after he’d escaped the physical touch. “How did me patting your head and complimenting you make you feel?”
How did it make him feel? It… It made him feel good, he guessed? Outward praise from Enjin was normally directed at Fu, not him. But….. It did feel nice, he liked praise (mostly Fu’s praise) and the head pats were nice. “It was nice… don’t do it again without warning me though.”
“Alright now this… Hii, the way you spoke to Guita disappoints me, I don’t even want to look at you or Fu right now I’m that upset.”
That made his whole body jolt with panic.
“Excuse me?...” He said icily, feeling Fu stir with fear and despair under his skin “He’s going to get rid of us Master Hii!”. Enjin just looked at him expectantly “How did me saying that make you feel?” his voice stern and giving nothing away. Any softness from his first statement completely gone. “....Bad.” Hii grumbled starting to get it.
“Look I’m not expecting you or Fu to be the kings of sympathy but if you could at least keep anything to mean to yourself I’d be greatful… that's an order.” Enjin said the order part like an after thought but Hii could appreciate the gesture nonetheless.
“Got it, Enjin, only comfort Fu.”
“Sighhhhhhh….Close enough for now.”