Fic: Take The Duties Away (Kamen Rider Kiva, KD)

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Fic influenced by stuff in kamendressing. This is Pancake, again.

Title: Take the Duties Away
Author: EstiRose
Fandom: Kamen Rider Kiva
Rating: 8+
Summary: He knows that to be himself, his older sister has to cooperate.
Word Count: 451


"But I don't want to get married," Wataru said, looking at his older sister Taiga over the dining room table. She, as usual, was just having water; his side was a set of dishes. Apparently, in the absence of getting him to have Life Energy, she realized her baby brother could use more food. Getting him to eat more was her big obsession as of late.

His older sister just looked at him. "Of course you'll get married," she said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. "Kimiko's parents have given their permission. Kimiko loves you. It's time for you to settle down and start a family."

He pushed things around on his plate and was rewarded by a scolding by his sister's Sagarc. He resentfully shoveled a forkful into his mouth.

"But I have duties." He was Humanity's Shepherd, his sister's way of forcing him under her supervision while letting him do what he was supposed to be doing - saving humans from Fangire who gorged.

"Those don't matter as much as this, Wataru," his sister said patiently. "Continuing your bloodline is much more important than your duties as Humanty's Shepherd. I want my little brother out of danger. If I have to take away those duties, I will."

Wataru gulped; the last thing he wanted her to do was to take those away. Then he'd tick her off by doing them again. "But I have a job to do. Kimiko understands that. She likes me doing them." That was the only weapon he had, really, against what Taiga wanted him to do.

His older sister relaxed a bit, maybe softening a little. "As long as your family comes first, Wataru. I don't want to hear that you're neglecting your wife and children to hunt our kind."

"I'm not even married yet, Nee-san," he reminded her.

"No, but you soon will be," she said, gazing evenly at him. "And if you really want a human ceremony, Wataru, I suggest you stop struggling against your destiny."

That would mean a Fangire one and only a Fangire one. Wataru tried not to shudder. The Fangire one was the one that mattered to his older sister; the human one was just for show, for human records.

"Yes, Nee-san," he said, bowing his head. He wanted that ceremony, to celebrate his human blood. And he knew that he had to have her cooperation to have it.

So he tried to obey and hoped that she would let him continue on as he was. Because he knew that she'd press and press and press until he obeyed her, or until he was dead.

And so, wanting to live, he obeyed.