Like Twins

Another book. There was really not much else to do while everyone else was too busy doing their own thing. Really a shame that they seemed to think their dysfunctional sex lives were more important than the welfare of the entire world. Honestly, it was the organization's fault for thinking it could depend on clones of Hwoarang. Even two of the other Jins weren't exactly the most ideal choices. What had happened at breakfast had proved that... Though there had been that Blood Talon who took control of the whole situation quickly. Hiro was impressed still, hours later.

He sighed, realising he hadn't been paying attention to what he was reading, and went back to start at the beginning of the page for the third time. Following along with the story wasn't easy with the couple next to him blasting some American pop band.

A determined knock came on the door. Babo pushed to his feet, walking over to the door and opening it. "Hi Babo," Hiro heard the Blood Talon's voice say, "you guys got a minute?"

"Yep, we sure do, boss!" Babo smiled happily and went back to sit on the bed beside the Doormat Yankee. "You can talk to us about anything!"

What was with everyone calling BT boss? Had he already gone and blackmailed everyone? Hiro frowned, but didn't bother looking up from the book. Didn't want to attract any attention. If the Blood Talon didn't acknowledge him, Hiro wouldn't embarrass himself.

With a smile, Blood Talon walked over to sit next to Babo, wrapping an arm behind the guy's back. "I'm glad I can count on you. You see, I've been back at the organization headquarter today. Obviously we need some money for plane tickets, places to stay, equipment, that sort of thing..." He paused, then added in a grumble, "but they wouldn't give me anything. Told me they had no reason to believe I spoke for others than myself. So we scheduled a meeting, and I wondered if maybe you two could come with me and help?"

Such a simple suggestion got the skinny redhead really giddy. He giggled uncontrollably, gasping for breath for a good long while until he could manage to speak. "You want our help? Nobody's ever asked for our help before! Ohhh, we should ask for extra money for candy expenses and for getting CDs and movies! I wanna buy that animated fish movie for Jinny! I think he'd like it..." Once again, he trailed off into more giggles.

They were idiots. Why on Earth was the Blood Talon going to idiots? "We'll have to see about those expenses, boys... we primarily need to cover the things I mentioned, although I'm sure we can fit a bit of candy into the food budget." The redhead smirked, then added, "I'm going to need you to back me up there. We'll get nothing at all unless we appear to agree completely when we're there. No talking to them about candy and movies. Are we clear?"

There was no way those two were going to do any good. If they managed to remember not to mention candy, the organisation would have to be incredibly dim-witted to take their request seriously if those two were the only ones Blood Talon could come up with for support. Hiro put his book down and looked seriously at the Blood Talon. "I'll go with you. No good will come out of bringing those two along."

The corner of the Blood Talon's mouth twitched momentarily. "Well..." he said, then diverted his eyes. After a short pause, his attention returned to the Japanese. "Sure, you can come if you want to help. I appreciate that. Should be good for the cause. Thank you, Hiro."

That first instant of reluctance hurt. Hiro knew BT had every reason to be reluctant, but it still bothered him, regardless of how quickly it disappeared. "You don't need to worry. I don't become that thing while I'm awake." It was just a bit of a lie, but he had doubts anything on this trip would make him panic enough to draw the devil out.

Eyes narrowing immediately, the Blood Talon didn't seem to appreciate that. "For your information, Hiro," he started in an angry voice, almost a snarl, "I was reluctant to bring you because I wasn't confident you'd back me, and this won't work if they see us disagree. If I want you to bring up that thing or need to be reassured, I will let you know."

"They won't see us disagree." Had to get back on the subject at hand before they got into a fight. Last thing he wanted was to have Doormat crying again. "We both want the same thing, and I wouldn't try to sabotage that."

"Sounds good." Blood Talon nodded, then let his attention drift to Doormat Yankee who was staring at them with wide eyes, and Babo who seemed lost in his own world, grooving to the music. With a cough, the stronger redhead tried to obtain eye contact. "Babo?"

Babo didn't even bother responding until the chorus of the song was done, and then he turned to blink expectantly at BT, as if annoyed that his grooving was interrupted. "Yes?"

Reaching over to turn the volume down to mute, the Blood Talon had a strict expression on his face, as if he was talking to a child or little brother. "We're leaving in forty minutes. Now remember, you are not there to talk. You are there to show we can do the 'boss' thing. I know you know how to do it, so we should be fine. Just..." he sighed and paused, apparently for emphasis, "no talking unless you're spoken to. Got it?"

The skinny Korean nodded with a frown and got up to grab his lover's jacket off the floor. "Come on, Jinny, let's get ready to go on a trip! We've gotta be quiet though, because boss thinks we'll screw everything up."

"When's the meeting?" Hiro picked up his book again, but kept his gaze on the Blood Talon. If there was still time, he figured he might as well try to get through that page. Even if the Korean wasn't happy with him, going along with this task of getting the funds would make him feel at least a little redeemed after humiliating himself the previous night on the roof.

"Just over an hour from now." the Korean said calmly, pushing to his feet. "I'll call a cab. Let's meet outside the hotel in 35 minutes." Since there were no complains, the Blood Talon left them with a simple, "see you then!"

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This is a collab, written together with Chlover. You can find her author profile here:
http://games.adult-fanfiction.org/authors.php?no=26260