Little Prince
Summary: Haruichi remembers a time when Captain Ashiro, Captain Narumi, and The Heir to Izumo Tech used to be just Mina, Gen, and himself, Little Prince.
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”So he chose to be here, huh? Tch!” It’s Gen’s voice filled with irritation and annoyance.
Haruichi happens to over him talking to Mina while in her office. Today, some of the members from the 1st Division are visiting the 3rd Division base. All under the face of “friendly relations” and to boost the morale between the two colliding teams. And while he has been made aware of the bad blood between both divisions, Haruichi was surprised to find out it existed in the first place. Gen and Mina are friends.
Or…they were friends.
Back when he was a kid loitering around Izumo Tech’s head quarters before he was even a teen.
Just the remembrance of it takes him back in time.
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”Oiiii! If it isn’t the Little Prince!” a rather obnoxious voice calls out. Full of youth and vigor, Haruichi sighs and looks over his shoulders. Down the hallway are the most prestigious members of the JAKDF. And they’re only 18 years old.
The 11 year old Haruichi, or Haru as he likes to go by, grumbles as Mina and Gen approach him with a smile, the latter ruffling his hair. “Hey!” Haru slaps Gen’s hand away. “Back off! I worked hard on it this morning!” whines Haru, patting down the top of his head. “It’s not easy fixing my curls you know.” he murmurs quietly.
”You sound like a princess.” snickers the older boy, laughing harder when Mina elbows his gut.
”Don’t mind him too much.” offers Mina with a smile. Haru blushes and turns his eyes downwards to try and hide it (if Mina and Gen are aware of his little crush, they were kind enough to say nothing about it). “Narumi-kun is more of an idiot after he eats.”
”Oi…” Gen scowls and that earns innocent laughter from both Mina and the heir to Izumo Tech.
”Are you guys going back to the lab?” asks the young boy, now following the two teens as they make their way down the hallway. His eyes are bright and filled with delight, as they always are whenever he encounters the two.
”You know it, brat. Stop asking.” Gen smirks. “That’s why you’re always loitering around here instead of being at that fancy school, huh?” Mina elbows Gen again, meanwhile Haru stutters over his words.
”N-No way!” he denies. “I-I’m home schooled anyways!” Pouting, Haru crosses his arms over his chest. “You’re not that great, Gen-nii.”
”You saying this chick here better than me, huh?!” shouts Gen, his eyes narrowing as he points towards Mina. There’s no real malice in his words and Haru grins.
”That’s right! Mina-san is loads better than you! You’re just as uncool as ever.” snorts Haru and he (and maybe Mina as well) take delight in the way Gen seems to physically crumble at his words.
”U-Uncool…”
”Ease up, Narumi-kun. We’re almost there.” says Mina as they turn a corner.
The young boy perks up at those words and rushes forward to stand in front of his friends. ”Can I come this time?!” pleads Haru.
Mina winces at that but sighs. “We’re doing something a little different in there today. Next time.”
The boy just groans, his body deflating at the rejection. “You guys always say I can go ‘next time’ but it never happens.” Mina says nothing against that, she just laughs quietly.
”Yeah, well… Get used to it brat. Now scram. The adults got work to do.” Gen ruffles Haru’s hair again and the child shrieks.
”Stop it!” Patting down his hair once again, Haru growls. “You’re the most uncool adult ever. Gen-nii, you’re so lame!” Sticking his tongue out at Gen, Haru runs away before the older teen is able to grab him.
”HAAAA! DUMB KID!” shouts Gen, raising a fist and shaking it in the air. Once it seems like the child is out of sight, Gen and Mina tense at the same time. He looks towards Mina, a frown on his face. “You okay?”
Mina, who’s been resisting her shaking due to her nerves, takes a deep breath before nodding once. “How are your eyes?” she asks quietly, concern laced in her tone.
Gen scoffs before shaking his head. “Hurts like hell. Let’s get this over with.” Mina takes Gen’s sleeve in her hand and leads him towards the lab. This all happens in front of Haru, who was hiding around the corner they turned earlier from. And while he couldn’t hear his friends words, even he, a child, could tell that the two acted completely different from what he was used to.
’I’ll sneak into that lab if it’s the last thing I do.’ he thinks, tired of always being the one left behind.
And he did sneak in that day.
Only to wish he never had.
Mina’s cries continuously ring inside his ears and the image of Gen’s eyes gushing with blood never leaves his mind. And when Haru is 12 years old, faced with the memory of Mina pointing a gun at Gen with the intention of shooting him and Gen’s eyes dancing with rage towards her, the heir of Izumo Tech confronts his father. In all his life, Haru doesn’t think he’ll ever forget the bone chilling response.
”They’re not your friends. They are soldiers, before anything else. In time, you’ll understand, Haruichi. Because this will all be yours one day.”
. . Haruichi clenches his fist at the memory. It was a day he decided he wanted nothing to do with the last name, Izumo. But his family is hard to runaway from. With the last memory between Mina, Gen, and himself still leaving a bittersweet taste in his mouth, Haruichi storms away from Gen and Mina.
A couple of moments pass before the two captains poke their heads outside of her office. “Was that Little Prince?” asks Mina, crouching on the ground
”Yup.” answers Gen, leaning on top of her head.
The beauty rolls her eyes and pushes Gen off of her. “Stop doing that, we’re not kids anymore Narumi.”
”Well I’m not the one who wants to be nosy after finding out that the Little Prince was just outside the door.” snaps Gen, no real bite in his tone. Shaking her head, Mina pinches the bridge of her nose before sighing. “Can’t believe the brat chose to be at your division over mine. He’s always had bad taste, tch!”
Mina elbows Gen in the stomach and he keels over. “Your fault for always calling him a brat. You’re just as lame as ever, Narumi.”
”This chick…”
End.
A/N: Well for now. I feel like this should be a mini series. It’s not over yet! I hope to post a little series about these three on ao3. There’s more that went down that I hope clears up. Hope you enjoyed what was supposed to be a drabble, lol.