Confidence Reborn

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Saitama P.O.V.

i was feeling a little down in the dumps after my win against Boros. during that, i was watching the news with Tom Tucker on the screen

Tom Tucker: our top story, stopping the Decepticons with beer? according to our sources, the search is underway for a man strong enough to throw a keg with enough force to save the Seven Wonders of the Wo-(then i turned the TV off)

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Tom Tucker: our top story, stopping the Decepticons with beer? according to our sources, the search is underway for a man strong enough to throw a keg with enough force to save the Seven Wonders of the Wo-(then i turned the TV off)

Genos came in with many of Boros's love letters to Isabela

Genos: i don-do most boys fall in love with Isabela that easily?

Saitama: m-maybe

Genos: (concerned) w-what's wrong, master?

Saitama: i might've gone a little too far with something i had for a while. I had a hard enough time getting everything in the toilet before. i just wish i had some confidence in me

Genos: well, there could be one way

Saitama: whuzzat?

Genos: if you want to boost your confidence back up, i might berate you

Saitama: be-wha?

Genos: the power to belittle is such that the recipient can physically shrink in stature. that's why husbands and wives are the same height in old age.

Saitama: how do you know? you're not a girl

Genos: wel-i got my ways like that

Saitama: well,...go on ahead

Genos: okay master. but if i do this, i really got to do it

Saitama: jus-just do it

Genos: (rolls his eyes and breathes deeply) for starters, you're way too overpowered

then a twitch felt in Saitama

Genos: you didn't go to college. i don't know who pays our rent. but who're somehow a really good friend

and another twitch

Genos: but your whole life outside of action is a pattern of questionable noises

and another twitch

Genos: the way you chew a banana makes it sound like it's filled with bones

and another

Genos: i don't know why you make that little wheeze at the crest of every breath you take

and another

Genos: everyone else was confused about the one story you tell at every cocktail party about almost meeting John Kerry

Saitama: that's a good story

Genos: you don't even KNOW John Kerry

Saitama: (twitch) almost

Genos: your head had a little smudge for a year that needed to be cleaned off

and another twitch

Saitama: AH crap!

Genos: everyone was kinda panicking when you see fireworks and you announce, "this is the finale!"

and another twitch

Saitama: ke-keep it going

Genos: Pink Floyd is multiple guys!

Saitama: (twitch) he is? a-she is?

Genos: you're so predictable. I know every word that's gonna come out of your mouth before you even say it.

Saitama/Genos: alderdash. heavens. stop that. i worked for purolator courier before they went bankrupt

Genos: appearance? (whistling when he raised his thumb)

(twitch)

Genos: intelligence? (whistling when he raised his thumb)

(twitch)

Genos: muscle size? (whistled longer when he slowly raised his thumb)

(twitch)

Genos: and another thing...!

Saitama: w-what if i become a DJ?

Genos: (confused) huh?

Saitama: what if i become a DJ?

Genos: then....i would....hire a life coach?

Saitama: i'm going to make one political donation with someone email address so they'll be screwed for life

Genos: like who?

Saitama: i dunno. maybe uh....start a podcast that has no focus, and it'll take up an inordinate amount of time?

Genos: wel-what if i constantly complain about my fibromyalgia

Saitama: you don't have fibromyalgia

Genos: no one does!

Saitama: every time a waiter tells me their name, i'm gonna use it

Genos: i'm gonna get really into Halloween, like, REALLY into it!

Saitama: gross. i'm going to wear a denim shirt with the Looney Tunes guys embroidered on it almost every Wednesday

then the news came back on notifying about a monstrously human squid was terrorizing F-City

the two heroes head over there to take him down

meanwhile, with Ms Chalice, still wishing to meet Saitama again

Cuphead: you good, Chalice?

Ms Chalice: oh. y-yeah. sorry i got caught in that mess. i guess heroes like Saitama ain't far from our world. and....maybe i'm not always right, after all

Cuphead: heh. you know, hearing you say that almost makes it worth having the world blown up

Ms Chalice: (nervous) maybe when it's NOT blown up

Cuphead: right. so....you wanna be alone?

Ms Chalice: (when a tear dropped from her eye) i'm never alone

then her teardrop dropped and then it faded from the mutant squid that was terrorizing the town and from the shadows rose...Saitama, coming towards the monster. also known as.....the One Punch Man

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