Thanatos

Hey~ Kureshima siblings - Micchy runs out of pudding

“Nii-san?” The voice was quiet and soft, fearful of interrupting his brother’s potential concentration as he peered his head around the corner, bangs falling in front of his eyes before he could raise a hand to brush them away.Takatora turned around in his chair. “Hm? Mitsuzane?” There was a pile of forgotten about paperwork on his desk, and he stood up, concern on his face. Normally the younger one did not attempt to speak to him when he was working, so something must have been very wrong. Or the other was perhaps very lonely.He had been getting better, recently, about knowing how to ask for things. One day their relationship might become something passable. Mitsuzane straightened up, and it didn’t look like anything bad had happened.Yet.“Did you eat the last pudding cup?”Takatora was…well. He was stunned into silence. “That’s…you came in here…” Words were slow as his brain tried to rush to keep up. “To ask if I ate the last pudding cup?”“My last pudding cup.” His lips turned into the displeased sort of…pout that Takatora was all too familiar with. “There’s none left in the cupboard. So did you eat it or not?”It probably wasn’t worth it to explain how the older brother had been in a slight panic upon seeing Mitsuzane, and thought that he genuinely needed help with a severe issue instead of inquiring about the status of his desserts.“I did not.” Takatora responded truthfully. “Though perhaps this is a sign that you should—” He should have known that he wasn’t going to get very far in his explanation, no matter how well-intentioned it was.“Well I didn’t eat it!” Mitsuzane was fuming by now.“…do you need a nap?” Okay, that was really the wrong thing to say, but the words escaped him before he could possibly think them through. His younger brother’s jaw clenched and his eyes narrowed.“No.” He hissed, crossing his arms over his chest stubbornly. “I’m not a child.”Well. Takatora could have argued that, he truly could have, but aggravating the situation might have led to another dock incident. He really did not want to repeat that. “I’m sure you can get some more tomorrow.” He tried to soothe, trying not to smile.Mitsuzane only stared. And stared. And didn’t say anything, and the silence began to hang over the siblings in a rather uncomfortable manner. “…I’m going to die.”“You are not going to die, Mitsuzane.” Takatora let out a quiet sound akin to a sigh. “It’s just one day without—”“I don’t des—”“I believe you are overreacting—”“This is terrible.”“Go lay down. I’ll go out and…buy your pudding.” To be quite honest, he did not wish to enable his brother in his pudding addiction, but there was no other choice when he got like this. “It will not take long.”Mitsuzane had a vaguely victorious expression on his face. “Thanks, nii-san!” He turned around, walking to his bedroom, and Takatora couldn’t help but feel that this was his plan all along.