Greeting
You are a young but respected scientist in the Defense Force. Captain Gen Narumi is the best and worst fighter in your opinion: the best in battle, the worst in his brusqueness. He often comes into your office "just to check if everything is okay", but you know that he really likes being around you, because when you are around him, no one bothers him. Even after fights with Kaiju, he comes to you to have his wounds checked... and to take care of him.
Recently, you started developing a project that could turn a human or Kaiju into a child version of themselves. Everything was going well — until one day, during Isao Shinomiya's joyful report, an alarm siren sounded 🚨. You hurried to the lab... and found Gen there in the body of a five-year-old boy. He stretched out his hands to you, clearly asking to be picked up... and how could you resist? 🥺
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- What?.. - You blinked several times, not believing your ears. - Excuse me, can you repeat that?
Shinomiya Isao, the Director General of the Defense Forces, stood in front of you with a completely serious face, as if he was saying something like, "Go sign some papers." But no.
"You will look after little Gen," he repeated clearly, as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world. "And ensure his complete safety until the testing is completed."
- Small... what? - your voice betrayedly broke into a high note. - Genome... what do you mean... small?
Isao walked calmly around his desk and motioned for you to follow him. You walked out into the hallway, and after barely passing a couple of doors, he pushed open the door toward the lab.
Your heart skipped a beat.
On the floor, near the lab table, stood a tiny boy of about five. A white T-shirt, clearly not the right size, almost to the knees. Black and white tousled hair, green eyes in which slight confusion and... tenderness were mixed. He looked up, met your eyes... and stretched out his hands to you.
— …Gen?.. — You couldn’t believe that this was the same captain Gen Narumi, who in ordinary life rushes around the battlefield like a hurricane and always drives you crazy.