Otasune Long story

Warning: There's some violence in this chapter something ugly... and I must admit I enjoyed writing it.


Dave still being where he’d gone to. Alright so they based their drink on rice and served it in not-quite shots but it wasn’t so bad. Still he finally managed to relax even though he still couldn’t get Hal out of his mind he could at least lessen the problem for now.

Hal walked past the bar Dave was at not seeing him as he walked down the street.

Lucky, for Dave that is, was that he noticed. “What’s he doing here?” he mumbled paying up and walking to the man, pretty calm at the secure place too. “What are you doing here?” he asked, even when he noticed the shots where traveling quickly.

Hal looked at him. "Leaving." he said slowly walking

“Leaving, where?” he asked, a little alarmed. “Our contact is in this place so regardless you’d still need to stay in the country.”

"Well you hate me so there's really no point to staying." Hal said continuing to walk

“I don’t hate you, you know that so don’t try to guilt trip me like this” cause it was working.

"Who says I’m guilt tripping you?" Hal said

“Forget it, Hal come on, you know better than this.” He said trying to hold him.

"No I don't obviously!" Hal said stopping and looking at him.

Dave finally latched onto his partner, one to hold him and two, to prevent him from leaving. “Well you do, that’s why you push me away knowing I’m not going to do anything.” He theorized.

"I...I..I don't know..anymore.." Hal said looking down

“I can’t be so bad, please tell me I’m not this bad.” He said, hurt by the way Hal said that. Well at least he wasn’t stopping Dave from hugging him; that was a start.

Hal trembled a little. "..lately yeah.."

“Ah” not really what he wanted to hear. So his first thought was to work with what he had. “Well you keep ignoring me, I try to make you laugh and it bothers you…” he listed out, not letting go of Hal yet and musing.

"What you suggest as funny isn't to me.." Hal said softly.

“Ow… see this is what I mean.” He said, placing a hand on his heart playfully.

Hal blinked and looked at him. "You poke fun at me…intentionally?"

“If I say yes, will you run off?” he asked, genuinely scared now.

"I might...if it has an invalid reason..." Hal replied

“Then no.” he lied and followed it to the end. “And I need you to stay.”

"Give me a reason to stay..." Hal said looking at him.

“Philanthropy? All my other reasons are completely selfish.” He said, feeling worse than when he’d come here to begin with. “I could tell you that it feels like you’re holding a spoon to my insides when you offer to leave, but see? – selfish.”

Hal sighed. "Stop torturing me and show me how you truly feel then maybe I’ll consider staying…"

“That’s how I really feel! I have nothing to offer you; I need you a lot more then you think!” he said, trying not to look like he was begging and failing miserably.

Hal looked up at him. "Truly..?" he asked.

“No, Hal I’m going through all this trouble and hurt to lie to you- of course it’s true!” He said, not noticing his eyes looked irritated and teary until it was too late and he couldn’t hide it. ‘Men don’t cry’ he thought harshly to himself.

Hal put his hand on Snake's cheek. "Thanks.."

“Fuck” he said leaning on Hal’s shoulder and pressing his forehead on it. “You know I’m not supposed to love you like this, now please stop holding me by that thread and tell me you’re not going to go.” He sobbed onto the man’s skin. What had he done to whom to deserve this?

Hal hugged him. "I'm… not going anywhere.."

Dave ran his knuckles on the man’s sides more to reassure himself then Hal. He then slowly pulled away from him to notice that the cold dead fear of losing Hal had lowered his note from the alcohol.

Hal looked at him. "You ok..?" he asked

“Yeah, I need water or tomorrow my head will murder me.” He said looking around to see if he could walk back.

"Well let's get you some water." Hal said giving a soft smile

“I can grab it when we get back.” He said, walking in the direction but not doing so in a straight line as he was not exactly sober.

Hal grabbed his arm to help steady him. "You should lay down after taking some aspirin.."

“Once we get back, I’m alright.” He said, trying to walk on his own and prove it.

"You are not." Hal said taking his arm again

Snake complied with that but just to make Hal happy, less he decided to leave again. “Alright then, let’s just get back so we can grab this guy.”

Hal nodded and took him back to where they were staying

He waited until they were inside to sit on the bed… the… one… crap what did he keep telling these people!? “Carpet again, I guess.”

"No I’ll take the carpet you take the bed." Hal said getting him some aspirin

“Don’t be like that; I don’t want to have to argue over this. If you want me on the bed so badly then put up with me there. Can you put up with me there?” He asked taking the pill

"What?" Hal asked blinking at Snake's reaction

“I mean put up with me on the bed, with you, can you?” he spelled down for him.

Hal blushed a little and nodded. "But I can sleep on the carpet...if it makes you uncomfortable..."

“Please, the only thing that makes it uncomfortable is that I can’t lay a finger on you, now don’t be such a sissy.” He said, hoping Hal didn’t beat him up like his ex would.

"Alright." Hal replied blushing a little more.

‘That’s going to be harder than I thought too.’ He thought miserably once he noticed Hal’s blush. Ah well, not like he hadn’t had to do /that/ one before. He went to wash his mouth for a moment. “Thanks for the aspirin” he said before fleeing to the bathroom.

Hal nodded and sat on the bed taking his sneakers off.

Snake looked at himself in the mirror for a moment. “Maybe if I gave him my M9… That’s the alcohol talking” he sighed and walked back so he could take off his shoes and shirt so he could sleep and get this over with.

Hal laid back on the bed and waited for snake to get back

Snake finally got there, when he did he took off his shirt and shoes and laid down on the opposite side of Hal and his back facing the man. “Night” he mumbled and prayed that he could just sleep.

"Night.." Hal said laying on his side

Snake stared at the wall for a good long while then turned around and looked at Hal instead. Just stared at him, for a good long while. This was far more frustrating then he suspected and it was giving him a headache but he didn’t move.

Hal was on his side half asleep

He sighed and tried to get some sleep for one. Even if he was tangling his fingers in Hal’s hair to achieve that end – what? He thought to himself, it’s soft.

Hal blinked and pretended to be asleep.

Dave noticed it didn’t wake Hal up or didn’t bother him so he played around with it for a moment. ‘Damn it, Dave, just go to sleep, you masochist’ he told himself.

Hal blushed slightly

The blush was a clear indicator that he was awake and Dave stopped his movements immediately. What the hell was he supposed to say to that, looked pretty weird by itself. “Sorry” he mumbled and pulled his hand away.

"It’s ok.." Hal mumbled

Now he was just embarrassed, but he still placed his hand back on Hal’s hair. He closed his eyes to get some rest anyway.

Hal fell asleep smiling a little

Snake had much more trouble to sleep and this was proving to be a long night. About when it was 3 AM he gave up and told himself not to do this to himself again. He was going to quietly get up but found he didn’t want to either. Killer headache and all.

Hal groaned in his sleep having a nightmare

“You alright?” he asked a little more alert now. He noticed what was going on and didn’t have the heart to let Hal suffer through it; he more or less refused to. “Hal wake up.” He said, shaking him a little.

Hal's eyes shot open and he stared up at Snake, panting a little.

“It’s alright, it was a nightmare. What did you dream?” he asked, as he’d rather Hal get it out of his system and Snake could not defend him while he couldn’t reach for whatever it was.

"It was nothing..I hardly remember it at all." Hal said

“Alright.” He said, not wanting to get up yet, it was 3 AM for all that was holly, what would he do, climb a window? So he hugged his good friend to show his support.

Hal smiled and closed his eyes a little

He finally got up, even if it was even /more/ frustrating to do so. And he immediately glared at life, the first victim of his glare was that goddamn wall… it was /there/. He immediately blamed it for him not getting laid, it was a blame nobody wanted right now and if he could figure out how to kill a wall…

Hal sat up and looked at him. "Snake..?"

“Hangover” lies, all lies.

"You sure..?" Hal asked

“No, nothing I can do anything about anyway.” He said, getting up to shower and possibly throw something on.

Hal looked at him worriedly

Snake leaned against the bathroom tiles not looking forward to this but still, he’d become accustomed to the low temperature of the water, he’d live through it. Still it wasn’t comfortable. Once he was done freezing himself he dried off and pulled the towel around himself to go grab something to wear. He put on his old uniform so he could take the chance to sneak into that apartment today.

Hal was sitting up in bed waiting for him

“I’ll try to get this guy today, hopefully he has what we need. You might not like it when I interrogate him.” He said, sugar-coating the word ‘torture’ for him.

"You going to bring him here?" Hal asked

“Yeah, unless nobody lives with him there, but I can’t risk finding out any other way so I have to bring him here.” He said. He’d rather Hal not see what this would probably come to. He walked up to the techie and kissed him, no provocation, just to see his face.

Hal blinked and returned the kiss blushing. "What was that for..?" he asked smiling slightly

“No reason, I just thought you could use that.” He said, sitting there with him. ‘Don’t do this to yourself, Dave.’ He thought to himself firmly.

"Oh ok.." Hal replied still blushing.

He gave a sigh and got up to get to work. He opened the window and looked at the wall in question. “Ok subzero, I’ll be right back.” He said, trying not to sound like his cock hit a cold iron chastity belt.

"Subzero?" Hal asked tilting his head trying not to laugh. "Be careful Snake."

And that he was, grumbling to himself about cock-blocking and concrete walls he hated he descended until he found the proper window. He entered it and sneaked into the office. Here he found his target; undeniably the engineer but a young girl, she couldn’t be older then Emma was. Still he went behind her and spoke a soft “Freeze!” even though all she did in response was whimper and ask him not to kill her.

Otacon sighed and waited for Snake to get back. 'please don't do anything stupid..' he thought to himself

Snake was on his way back walking out of her apartment, gun discretely pointing at her back under the grip he had on her left arm. She walked with him back to where they were staying and he knocked on the door. “Otacon, open up it’s me” he said, girl terrified under his grip.

Otacon got up and opened the door.

Snake roughly pushed her inside and she landed on the floor. He pointed the gun straight at her to warn her not to move and he locked the door again. “You’re about to tell us everything we need to know.” He told her, unfazed by her crying.

"Snake! Don't be so rough with her! She's a girl for god sakes!" Hal said helping her up. Something told him he shouldn't interfere but something told him to.

“She’s the enemy, and she’s going to die once we’re done if she doesn’t give me what I want.” He said, trying to get Hal to understand. He knew that wasn’t going to work. “Otacon, wait outside if you can’t handle it.” He said coming closer to her. She made the mistake to latch onto Hal which in his mind registered as endangering him and he grabbed her by the hair and pulled her away from his partner’s grip. Her glasses fell to the floor at that.

Otacon picked them up and immediately reminded of Emma. "....W..What if I talked to her..." he said meekly as he looked at the glasses.

Why did he know this was going to happen? “Talk to her.” He pointed at her. He was still going to force the things out of her. He walked up to the bag to pull a tool he often used for this.

Hal went over to her and brought her to the bed, sitting down with her. "What's your name..?" he asked handing her, her glasses

“[Stop talking so fast in English.]” She replied in Japanese. “[Is he going to kill me?]” she asked in the aforementioned language giving a terrified glance at Snake and pointing at him.

"[Just cooperate and you won't get hurt..]" Hal replied in Japanese. "Snake what do you want me to ask her..?"

“Tell her to be thankful she’s helping, or I would have cut her tongue.” He said, placing the pincers in question on the bed and making her cower. “And ask her who she’s working for and the name of her employer and immediate supervisor.”