Work and Play: Post EXE Hu/R

[Kitty-Chan]

I like it! I just haven't been on in a while. -_-;
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[Neko]

Together the group ran inside and turned the corner to hide in a small hallway in order to continue their plan. “Damn I’ve missed this,” Netto said while breathing heavily from running around so much. “What’s next?”

“We have to find that program,” Andréa murmured. “I’m guessing, to make sure that no one gets caught we should split up and look for it separately. We’re too easy to spot as a single group.”

Netto nodded, “Good decision.”

“You can find where that program is in two seconds,” Enzan murmured in his ear. “Why are you agreeing to this?”

“I can’t let the kids see Rockman and me do this,” Netto murmured back. “It’ll lead to unwanted questions.”

Enzan nodded and straightened up. “Okay, let’s split up but if you’ve searched everywhere you can in your area, lets agree to meet back here. Once you find something, send a text e-mail, no video links. Those are too easy to track.”

Edward nodded and patted Andréa’s arm. “Let’s go,” he murmured. “They’ve been doing this far longer then we have.”

Andréa seemed to reconsider her reply and nodded, “All right. Text it is,” she said softly and looked around the corner. As soon as she noted that the coast was clear she went down a separate hallway. Edward nodded at the three of them then vanished as well, going down a separate hallway from his sister.

“Well?” Laika turned to Netto.

Netto plugged Rockman into the internet. “All of my programs have a signature that I put in manually to make sure that no one can copy them,” Netto murmured. “And only I can access it.”

“I figured you would do such a thing,” Enzan said with a gentle smile. “So, let’s start this.”

Netto nodded and opened a screen up on his PET. “All right, Rockman,” he murmured. “Where is that program?”

Rockman opened up a window and scanned it. “The program is… about 50 meters away from this location. Since I don’t have a map I can’t tell you which room but I can tell you that it’s to the right of my current location.” He took his hand off the window and closed it, “Does that help?” he asked.

Netto nodded, “Yeah. That helps. Let’s go,” he said softly.

Together the three of them went down the hallway and about 10 meters down they found a locked door. “Enzan?” Netto asked. “You wanna take care of this?”

Enzan let Blues go into the program and nodded. “You’re right, I did miss this,” he said while scanning the program in his PET. “I liked doing this.”

Netto chuckled, “Too bad real life tends to get in the way of adventures like this.”

“Oh yes,” Laika replied dryly. “Because nothing says adventure like making sure you don’t blow up the nearest net port because you can’t control your link.”

Netto bristled, “I only did that once,” he hissed at Laika.

“Shhh….” Rockman murmured.

Netto shut up and watched as Enzan got through the program. “This is easier then I remember.”

“Probably comes from scanning programs every day,” Netto pointed out. “You’ve learned all the back doors that way.”

The door clicked and Enzan opened it. “Speaking of back doors, I couldn’t find the back door on your program. Where is it?”

Netto grinned, “Good and I’m not telling. You find it yourself.”

Laika smirked as they walked in. “Still cheeky as ever.”

“You know that’s why you love me,” Netto joked as he wrote out an e-mail to Edward and Andréa.

Laika shrugged, “I know that’s one of the reasons that you annoy me, not exactly love per se.”

Enzan’s shoulders shook as he tried to suppress a laugh as Netto glared at his friend. “Har har, very funny.”

“Oh, I think it’s hilarious,” a silky voice said behind them.

Netto didn’t even have to turn around. “Hello Fujiko,” Netto sighed.

“Hello brat,” she hissed.

“Aw come on, I’m grown up now. You can do better then that,” Netto baited her as he turned around to face the woman.

Her face melted into an ugly sneer as she held up the gun she was holding. “Don’t play with me, Hikari. I know that security program is yours. It has your style written all over it.”

“Yay,” Netto replied as he gave her a cutesy grin.

Enzan rolled his eyes. “Don’t make her shoot you,” he growled.

Netto snorted, “As if she should,” he whispered back.

“You two shut up,” Fujiko snapped. “Now, you’re going to take that security program off or so help me, I will do much more then just shoot you.”

Behind Fujiko Edward and Andréa came up to look over her shoulder. Netto winked at them briefly before turning his gaze back on Fujiko. “Nothing is below you, is it?”

“Now you’re catching on,” she said with a cold grin. “Now come on, I don’t have all day.”

Netto shrugged, “Yes but like you did ten years ago and like you’re doing now you always manage to over look one rather large detail.”

“What?” she hissed.

Andréa came up behind Fujiko and tapped her on the shoulder. The woman faltered and the spirited young Net Battler snapped her arm behind her and made her drop the gun. “We’re here too, grandma,” she hissed. “And we don’t like being ignored.”

Edward walked silently over to the gun and picked it up. He looked over to the men on the other side of the room and gave them a tiny smile.

“And that is how you use teamwork,” Netto said happily.

Rockman laughed, “Even if it was Enzan-san’s plan.”

“Shut up,” Netto said good naturedly as he called Mejin.

“Yes?” Mejin asked.

“We’re done,” Netto said with a grin. “You can come pick up the trash anytime.”

Fujiko yelled something at Netto that he pretended not to notice while his friends rolled their eyes. Some things never changed, no matter how much time had passed.

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[Kitty-Chan]

Ha, the good guys win once again.
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[Neko]

With a happy sigh Netto fell back first onto his couch and stared up at the ceiling. “Thank god that’s over with,” he murmured.

Laika sat down into one of Netto’s chairs and Enzan took his own seat at the opposite end of the couch by Netto’s feet. “Tired already?” Rockman teased. “You’re getting old, Netto-kun.”

Netto snorted, “Not likely,” he replied but kept his comfortable position on his back.

Enzan set his PET down and rubbed his temples. “I for one, am glad that came to a close. We still have our lives to return to.”

“Thank you for that lovely reality check,” Netto muttered at Enzan.

“Any time,” Enzan replied.

“Well, at least I didn’t have to use that to get through anything,” Netto replied happily as he stretched his arms over his head.

“That?” Laika asked.

“The link,” Netto said matter of factly. “I can use it to hack into data and manipulate it sometimes but it gives me the worst headaches.”

“Like when you used it to finish that security program and you were half dead the next day,” Enzan snapped at his friend.

Netto shrugged easily, “Hey, that security program is what kept your program from getting used in Fujiko’s wonderfully fiendish scheme,” he said to Enzan while saying ‘fiendish scheme’ a tad sarcastically.

Enzan sighed, “I’m not denying that but you’re so lenient about those things.”

Netto shrugged and laid his head on the pillow at the base of the couch. “And that’s why we make such a great team, Enzan.”

“Indeed,” Blues said softly.

Rockman hid a tiny smile behind his hand as his twin remained clueless.

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The next day Laika left the country to return to his job as the recruit trainer with renewed vigor. After being reminded that he no longer had to put up with a 12 year old Netto he had a slight different perspective on the job.

Enzan and Netto returned to work and continued to nag at one another, taking extreme measures to make sure that they were not the ones to loose the bet. Rockman and Blues watched the battle go back and forth with slight interest but they were slightly more interested in each other’s company after awhile and often retreated to Blues’ room to read, chat or just enjoy each other’s company.

Meanwhile, Netto and Enzan were so interested in trying to win their little wager that little attention was paid to anything else. However, the fact that it kept Netto spacing his work load and Enzan leaving at sane hours of the day none of their co-workers really had anything to complain about so they didn’t care.

Finally, one night they sat down to talk and came to a general realization without their navis there and their navis were very proud after they found out.

Netto wandered over to his couch and sunk into it with a sigh. Enzan followed him and pressed a cup of tea into his hands. “Tired?” he asked.

Netto nodded and sat up to take the beverage that was offered to him. “Yeah, but I’m fine. Just a little more on this program and it should be done by tomorrow.”

“You’re not cheating?” Enzan asked incredulously.

“I’m not using the link, no,” Netto growled before taking a cautious sip of the scalding liquid.

Enzan set his own tea cup on a coaster and nodded while leaning back into the couch’s cushions. “Good,” he said simply.

Netto snorted and set his own cup down. “Why, don’t trust me?”

“No, I do,” Enzan said quickly. “I do… but…”

“Yes?” Netto asked him a little angrily.

“I’m just concerned. I mean, you’ve been pushing yourself lately and so have I,” Enzan rubbed his temples. “This way of living is straining me for some reason.”

“Rockman and Blues are just fine,” Netto replied. “They’re living at the same pace we are.”

“Yeah, but they’re navis,” Enzan protested.

“No, they’re just not stressed. What’s wrong? Why are you so… uptight lately?” Netto asked his friend.

“You’re the same, why don’t you tell me?” Enzan shot back and glared at Netto.

Both men held one another’s gaze then blushed and looked away simultaneously. Finally, Netto took in a deep breath; he knew someone had to say something. He had felt Rockman’s affection for Blues for a long time and he knew it was time he came forward and said something. Not that it couldn’t totally back fire but he knew he was driving Rockman nuts, so it was the only fair thing to do. “Enzan?” he asked.

“Hm?” Enzan replied, concentrating on a small coffee stain on the floor.

“What would you do if… hypothetically you liked someone, and that’s why you were stressed?” Netto asked.

Enzan gulped, he knew it. Netto liked someone else, probably Meiru. They had been friends for so long, obviously he had an attraction to the pretty woman. “I don’t know…” he said softly. “Confess?”

“What if… it’s not that easy because you don’t know how they would react?” Netto asked him.

“I’d still try. Better to do something then none at all,” Enzan replied. And so I can put it out of my mind, he thought to himself.

Netto opened his mouth then closed it silently without saying a word. “What…” he said then suddenly he found his mouth to be unbearably dry. He closed his mouth and swallowed, “What if that person that someone else had a hypothetical attraction to was the same gender?”

Enzan brought his gaze up to Netto’s and matched him stare for stare. “You mean like Rockman and Blues?”

Netto chucked weakly, “You noticed too, huh?”

“Who wouldn’t?” Enzan replied.

“Yeah,” Netto said softly.

Enzan let out a slow breath, “I think that if you come forward and admit your true feelings that the person should accept them, regardless of what gender they are.”

Netto nodded and was silent for a bit. Finally he found his voice again, “Enzan?”

“I know,” Enzan said softly. “Me too.”

Netto smiled and leaned into Enzan’s arms, surprising the taller man. “Good.”

Enzan’s mask of surprised melted into one of gentle caring as he held the man he knew that he loved. He nodded contentedly and offered no other words.

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Rockman looked up from his book in Blues’ room. “Finally!” he said with a smirk.

“Who confessed?” Blues asked without looking up from his own novel.

“Netto-kun, kind of. It just seemed to happen,” Rockman said with a smile as he looked back down at the pages.

Blues shifted his weight so that Rockman could stretch a little. Both of them were on a couch and Rockman was curled into Blues. “Well then, I assume this is the end of this little saga.”

“Watch as we dive right into the next,” Rockman chuckled.

“Don’t even say that,” Blues muttered.

Rockman nodded and soon became absorbed with his own book once again. Both navis and both humans remained where they were for the remainder of the night, nestled in one another’s embraces ready to face the world when the sun dawned anew.


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[Midnight]

Good job, Neko. Good job. :D

This ending is a bit more explicit than that of your other shounen-ai fics. Most especially the Netto x Laika one. I enjoyed that you had the characters flat out admit it, even though they had taken a rather heavily used method of doing so. It still makes for some top-notch fluff, and that's a good way to end it with great success.

This was quite an enjoyable read, as always. Congratulations on finishing it. :D
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[Kitty-Chan]

WAIII!!! Fluffy! This was a great read; I'm glad to know the ending yet sorry that it's over. Great job! :D
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[DarkMega]

Awww! The last chapter was very well done. So cute and fluffy! It brought a smile to my face. Another great close to yet another great fic. ^^
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