this is ridiculous, tadokoro thinks. onoda shouldn't be here, back with him; he should be with the rest of the team helping lead them to victory. he's their climber after all. tadokoro was ready to give up for the team the second he felt his legs failing him. he dregs along, looking down at the ground as he pushes his legs to cycle one more time. he doesn't want to drag anyone down with him. but the "tadokoro-san!" rings sharp in his ears and onoda? he snaps up because that's right, there he is, in all of his glory, onoda sakamichi, glasses glinting in the sunlight.
"tadokoro-san! i'm going to bring you back with the team!"
"onoda..." he rasps and goes into a small coughing fit that forces him to stop. onoda bikes up to him and gets off to hold him up, letting tadokoro lean against him.
"tadokoro-san, here," he says, pulling off water bottles from his bike. "please take it. they were a gift from naruko-kun." onoda smiles at him, even though nearly all of tadokoro's weight is on him. tadokoro chugs down the water in seconds flat and wipes his mouth.
"onoda...you really shouldn't be here...your place is with the team, not with this old man," he heaves.
onoda looks at him, eyes big and quizzical. "i am with the team tadokoro-san. we just have to catch up with the rest of them." onoda's smile is steady and bright and tadokoro's muscles are aching, but he feels warmth bubble up through his creaking joints as onoda helps him back onto his bike. onoda might have cost their team by coming back for him, and tadokoro hates that he thinks this but he's glad he's not here alone. "tadokoro-san," onoda says, "are you ready?" he goes back over to his own bike and straps on his helmet, securing the latch underneath.
tadokoro holds back tears as he fixes on his own helmet. onoda biking with him, his small figure leading the way, lights a fire that spreads through his bones and it burns but it's a good kind, a kind that wakes him up and makes him want to go on. he watches onoda's small back push on and he thinks, for all the power onoda sakamichi holds, his kindness is the only one that brings back the world.
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this is ridiculous, tadokoro thinks. onoda shouldn't be here, back with him; he should be with the rest of the team helping lead them to victory. he's their climber after all. tadokoro was ready to give up for the team the second he felt his legs failing him. he dregs along, looking down at the ground as he pushes his legs to cycle one more time. he doesn't want to drag anyone down with him. but the "tadokoro-san!" rings sharp in his ears and onoda? he snaps up because that's right, there he is, in all of his glory, onoda sakamichi, glasses glinting in the sunlight.
"tadokoro-san! i'm going to bring you back with the team!"
"onoda..." he rasps and goes into a small coughing fit that forces him to stop. onoda bikes up to him and gets off to hold him up, letting tadokoro lean against him.
"tadokoro-san, here," he says, pulling off water bottles from his bike. "please take it. they were a gift from naruko-kun." onoda smiles at him, even though nearly all of tadokoro's weight is on him. tadokoro chugs down the water in seconds flat and wipes his mouth.
"onoda...you really shouldn't be here...your place is with the team, not with this old man," he heaves.
onoda looks at him, eyes big and quizzical. "i am with the team tadokoro-san. we just have to catch up with the rest of them." onoda's smile is steady and bright and tadokoro's muscles are aching, but he feels warmth bubble up through his creaking joints as onoda helps him back onto his bike. onoda might have cost their team by coming back for him, and tadokoro hates that he thinks this but he's glad he's not here alone. "tadokoro-san," onoda says, "are you ready?" he goes back over to his own bike and straps on his helmet, securing the latch underneath.
tadokoro holds back tears as he fixes on his own helmet. onoda biking with him, his small figure leading the way, lights a fire that spreads through his bones and it burns but it's a good kind, a kind that wakes him up and makes him want to go on. he watches onoda's small back push on and he thinks, for all the power onoda sakamichi holds, his kindness is the only one that brings back the world.