Hard Time Chapter 1

~{Hard Times Part 17}~

Genji cringed back slowly and nervously looking around. He lowered his head trying not to make eye contact. His hands fumbled to grab his towel, rushed to close the locker, and stepped back but the shirt he was looking floor ended up being on the floor. His foot miscalculated the step causing him to slip on the piece of clothing. His bottom hit the bench first, but then his arms swung back making his weight shift back more tipping him off balance. While all this went down Hanzo flinched and moved forward. 

"Genji are you okay!?" Hanzo's hand hovered over his brother unsure of what to grab. It didn't feel very right. He watched as Genji shook his head while pushing his brothers hand back, "I'm fine Hanzo! Honest, I'll be alright." 

Genji scooted back against the lockers making them go BANG when hitting his head against them. He grunted rubbing the back of his head, then flinched back when Hanzo held out a hand for him to take. "T-That is not necessary brother. I can't help myself, you shouldn't be here-" Genji's eyes shot to the side of his shoulder feeling a rather firm pressure against it. He followed the hand to a tattooed arm and a rather conflicted look in Hanzo's eyes. To Genji he could see the fear behind those irises', but he also spot concern. 

"Let me do this Genji.. please?" He said softly. There was a moment where they both stared at each other. Submitting to the idea, the younger Shimada took his brothers hand and pulled when Hanzo helped him up. 

"Are you okay?." Hanzo said worryingly. He swallowed down the lump in his throat. His head felt like it was getting light headed, and he felt as if his knees would buckle at any point. Hanzo wanted to act casual about it all to prove he could handle his brothers presence.

McCree stayed behind for a moment letting the two work out their own thing. He carefully watched Hanzo from behind starting at his arm - which he noted to be shaking. Jesse knew how he got himself into being Hanzo's little assistant dog sniffing out signals of a potential episode. There were three things he mainly looked for when it came to Hanzo having another panic attack. While Hanzo was sleeping in that medical bed, Angela managed to fill him in on some things to be aware about. She had seen quite a bit in her experience to identiy a few common symptoms that are typically seen: shallow breathing, pale skin, and shakiness. Right now Hanzo was just showing one of the symptoms, so Jesse wouldn't ruin their moment by pulling it up. Perhaps the archer himself will be able to dig himself out of this hole. 

The younger Shimada nodded awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck, "Yes I am fine. Angela tells me I am quite hard headed. A-Are you okay? What are you doing here?" 

Hanzo sighed trying to find the right words to explain himself without sounding like a baby, "I wanted to apologize for my actions when I saw you. I didn't meant to yell... I didn't mean-mean to yell at you." His eyes glanced down to his hands, picking at the skin of his fingers. 

Genji's eyes widened slightly in surprise. He then relaxed his shoulders and smiled softly moving his cybernetic hand to wrap around his brothers wrist, "It is a natural response for you brother. Do not punish yourself for it. Let's talk properly. Let Jesse help guide you over to the cafeteria to get some food, you look pale. When I finish here I will meet you over there soon." 

The offer sounded nice, and would give Hanzo time to calm down from his mini heart attack. "Hm, very well. Do not be too long. The longer I wait the more I will most likely over think." 

Genji gave a giggle that made Hanzo smile some. His eyes ran over his brothers smile capturing it in his thoughts. The small scar tissue above his lip gave him a distant memory unrelated to the incident. It was an injury the younger Shimada got when trying to climb up the kitchen counter when he was younger to steal some coconut cookies on one of the shelves. Idiot. "I will keep that in mind, Hanzo." Genji glanced towards Jesse giving him a smirk and a wink. "Your escort looks ready to take you towards the cafeteria."