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The group sat on the porch for about a good half hour, watching the two white dogs roughhouse in the yard while the small dog watched with disdain.
Mei giggled as she watched them play, “they’re like giant snowballs!”
One of them rolled in some dirt, “more like giant dirty snowballs” Lena grinned.
Jesse smiled a bit as he sat back in his chair. He noticed a ashtray on the little table, did Hanzo smoke? Upon further inspection he realized they were familiar looking cigar buds. His eyes narrowed a bit, yep, those were his favorite brand of cigars. He felt a bit suspicious, he quick snatched a cigar bud from the ash tray as unsanitary as it may be and put it in his pocket.
He sat in his chair deep in thought and lifted his head at the sound of the front door being unlocked. Hanzo emerged looking a bit more cleaned up “you may all come inside, my only request is you leave your shoes at the door” he said holding the door open.
They shuffled inside saying their thanks and did as they were told leaving their shoes on a mat by the door.
“Finally! AC!” Hana sighed happily as she sprawled out onto the nearest chair.
Hanzo smiled and went into the kitchen and came back out with ice cups and set them on coasters on the coffee table and set down a water pitcher with lemon slices inside. “I will be preparing dinner, Here is the remote but please do refrain from watching the news, I am unsure if it will mess with anything” he said handing Tracer the remote.
“You’re probably right, we will try to stay away from the news or other sciency things” she said turning on the tv.
They sprawled out on the comfy couch and chairs watching some cartoons, Jesse followed hanzo into the kitchen, “lemme give ya a hand darlin’ least i can do for lettin us inta yer home”
Hanzo turned and smiled a bit “only if you are not too tired from the heat”
Jesse laughed “Me? Tired? Naw, I love it out here. The others probably not too used to this heat” he grinned.
Hanzo turned away but Jesse didn’t miss his big beautiful smile as he turned. “Of course, you would not mind chopping up potatoes?” He asked. “Yessir” Jesse replied discovering a large cutting board and nodding his thanks as hanzo handed him a sharp knife and a bowl of pre washed potatoes.
He got to work cutting the potatos into quarters, “so uh, how long ya been out here for?” He asked in a attempt to make conversation. “Hmm..about 8 years now” Hanzo hummed from the stove.
Jesse nodded and thought to himself for a bit.
There was a comfortable silence as Jesse chopped potatoes and other vegetables while hanzo took out a homemade leftover apple pie from the fridge and let it heat up in the oven.
Hanzo sat down at the kitchen table to take a small break. “Thank you again for helping with dinner, Jes” He said and took a sip of water.
Jesse looked up with a grin “Jes? Thats a new one”
Hanzo flushed and cleared his throat “my apologies, I meant Jesse”
Jesse stared at him, he looked back at Hanzo’s hand and noticed the ring vanished. “S’ ok! I like it” he gave him a smile. “Say uh..this is pretty outta tha blue but..that was one mighty fine ring ya were wearin earlier, looks awful lot like a weddin ring” he put it out there and sat there in anticipation.
Hanzo stayed quiet and let out a big sigh “You are..correct”
Jesses chest tightened “well? Whos the lucky lady?”
Hanzo let out a huff “lucky man”
His eyes widen “ah new it! But yer dodging da question here” Jesse said scooting closer.
Hanzo shook his head “I cannot say, all i can say is that he is not here” he said sounding a bit sad.
Jesse frowned “ah, dang m’sorry darlin ah didn’t mean to bring up anything bad”
Hanzo shook his head with a small smile “no no no..quite the opposite, I think very fondly of him, Its just very hard for me to be here by myself without him, he makes me feel complete” he reminisced.
Jesse made a leap of faith and put his flesh hand onto Hanzo’s “he sounds like you care a whole lot bout him, if u need any help with the house or just need some company I’m here for ya til this gets fixed”
Hanzo gave him a shy smile and squeezed his hand “thank you Jesse...” his eyes widened and his smile disappeared, “Jesse! Your face!” Jesse blinked dumfounded as hanzo ran off and came back with a hefty first aid kit
“Whas wrong with ma-oh” he remembered the blow he took from Reaper.
He touched the wound and discovered it was swollen and the telltale signs of infection “ah shit, forgot all bout that”
“I should have done something sooner, follow me so i can clean it up before the infection worsens” Hanzo said ushering Jesse to the restroom. “What about the food?” He asked as he was sat down on the lid of a toilet. “Do not worry, we have time before anything burns” Hanzo said and set down the first aid kit on the counter and got to cleaning Jesse’s wound.
Jesse melted under the attention of Hanzo, even if him finicking over a minor wound that stings like a bitch. He was so close to the other man when Hanzo would really concentrate. Jesse found himself staring at Hanzo’s pecs as he worked, if Hanzo noticed he was grateful he didn’t mention it.
Once the wound was cleaned and stitched in places where the gash was deep Hanzo rubbed some ointment on his cheek. “ this will help the healing process” he said and put a bandage on the area. “Thank ya kindly darlin’ dont know what I would do without cha” Jesse smiled.
“You are welcome, I will finish dinner, until then I want you to rest”
Hanzo said and packed up the first aid kit and returned it to a cabinet. Jesse was about to object but then realized some rest sounds pretty nice right about now.
“Yeah, think I’ll just take it easy for a bit” he agreed, they left the bathroom and made their way back to the kitchen, Jesse looking at the walls seeing pictures of only Hanzo or Genji, he wondered who this man was, and why he wasn’t here. He just remembered the cigar bud in his pocket and felt a little disgusted it was still there getting old ashes all over his pocket. Speaking of, he was itching for a little nicotine.
“Say, ya dont have any extra smokes I could nab from ya?” Jesse asked biting the inside of his cheek.
Hanzo turned off the stove, “I do, though you would have to wait until after dinner” Jesse nodded and went back to the living room where the three ladies were discussing the mission, looking kind of concerned. They looked up at Jesse as he went and sat down in a comfy recliner. “Even though you’re different ages you still get along so well” Mei smiled, Lena looked like she wanted to say something but kept quiet as the other two lightly teased Mccree about being so sweet on Hanzo.
Jesse definitely noticed how Lena was acting funny, he stored that bit of information away and humored the girls by saying its all part of his charm.
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After a mouth watering dinner that had Jesse feeling satisfied, Lena and Hana stayed back to help clean up while Hanzo, Mei, and Jesse went upstairs to figure out sleeping arrangements.
Once the rooms were situated Jesse followed Hanzo outside.
There Hanzo gave him a cigarillo and a lighter as promised, “I will take care of chores” he said as he walked off in the direction of the barn.
Jesse leaned back in his seat on the porch and took a long drag of the cigarillo. Tasting that familiar tangy smoky taste, it was like his usual smokes, but richer.
He hummed and took some more drags as he watched Hanzo feed the animals.
“Need any help Darlin’?” He called out seeing hanzo balancing a stack of fence feeder buckets. “Yes please” Hanzo said back.
Jesse snuffed out the cigarillo and quick hopped up and went over to help Hanzo carry some of the buckets,
“I assume you know how to hang a bucket” Hanzo smiled as they approached the horses who were very excited for their grain. “Yessir” Jesse nodded, “Good, the red one is for Tai and the purple one is for Duke” Hanzo pointed them out as he gave the correct buckets to the other two horses.
Jesse nodded and quick hung the buckets, having to shake one to get Duke’s attention before he stole someone else’s food.
Jesse stepped back and they watched the horses munch away at their food with amusement.
“Would you mind giving me a hand with the hay?” Hanzo asked heading back to the barn. “Sure thing” he said and followed after him.
Once all the dogs and other animals were fed and set for the night Hanzo handed Jesse a bowl of dog food. “There is one more Dog I want you to meet, I believe he will like you alot but he does not trust easy” Hanzo explained as they walked up the stairs, Jesse felt a bit nervous, “er..he wont attack me or nuthin’ right?” He asked as they stopped infront of Hanzo’s bedroom. “Do not worry, if anything happens I will intervene” Hanzo reassured.
He opened the door and let Jesse in, immediately seeing a old looking german shepherd laying on the king sized bed.
It looked to Jesse and whined and hopped off the bed wagging his tail excitedly
“Why hey there big fella!” Jesse smiled and pet him while setting down his food bowl. Hanzo smiled fondly at the two, Marshall must be a bit confused seeing his owner look so different but smell the same.
Jesse’s heart melted at the dog as he ate while petting his scruffy neck “got me worried for a sec there, this is the second time today I thought I was gonna get mauled by a dog” he chuckled.
“Speaking of, them other two dogs didn’t try to chase us out when they first saw us” Jesse said looking to Hanzo who looked a little loss for words. After a few heavy moments he sighed.
“They know who you are”