". . .Aniki? What are you doing?" Izuna asked, blinking sleepily as he came out into the kitchen to find his brother mumbling to himself, slouched at the table with both hands buried in his own hair.
Madara didn't seem to have noticed him, so Izuna listened for a short bit, waking up a little more and getting the shape of his brother's obvious distress . . . with some amusement. "Aniki," he said quietly, rubbing his hands over Madara's shoulders and squeezing gently, secure in the knowledge his brother knew him too well to ever lash out at him, "I know feelings are scary, but it is okay. Let yourself have feelings. You got the peace you fought so hard for, maybe you should let yourself relax into it?"
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Tobirama put his back to the door and covered his face with a muffled groan of frustration he couldn't quite suppress, almost idly cursing that stupid man and his stupid mouth and his stupid fucking kiss and-
"Tobi?" Hashirama's voice jolted him from his thoughts and he dropped his hands, shaking his head slightly in blatant denial even as his brother darted closer to him, eyes wide. "Tobi, someone kissed you?" Tobirama shook his head again, a little desperately. "Tobi, you- you're blushing, Tobi you liked him!"
Tobirama squeezed his eyes shut and tried to ignore both his brother and the intensifying heat in his cheeks; he cursed Madara again, silently, once more, for good measure.
Bad at Feelings (Naruto; MadaTobi)
Madara didn't seem to have noticed him, so Izuna listened for a short bit, waking up a little more and getting the shape of his brother's obvious distress . . . with some amusement. "Aniki," he said quietly, rubbing his hands over Madara's shoulders and squeezing gently, secure in the knowledge his brother knew him too well to ever lash out at him, "I know feelings are scary, but it is okay. Let yourself have feelings. You got the peace you fought so hard for, maybe you should let yourself relax into it?"
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Tobirama put his back to the door and covered his face with a muffled groan of frustration he couldn't quite suppress, almost idly cursing that stupid man and his stupid mouth and his stupid fucking kiss and-
"Tobi?" Hashirama's voice jolted him from his thoughts and he dropped his hands, shaking his head slightly in blatant denial even as his brother darted closer to him, eyes wide. "Tobi, someone kissed you?" Tobirama shook his head again, a little desperately. "Tobi, you- you're blushing, Tobi you liked him!"
Tobirama squeezed his eyes shut and tried to ignore both his brother and the intensifying heat in his cheeks; he cursed Madara again, silently, once more, for good measure.