Summary: Ushio compliments Sherry, Mikage stomps on his shoe. (Four times.) Yet, Ushio doesn't know what he's done wrong… he learns about the mysteries of women from his blue-haired partner.
Genre: Humor.
Story type: Oneshot.
Pairings: Slight hints of both Mikage/Ushio and Mikage/Jack, though the former is more prominent.
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's? Not mine.
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"Ow! Stop doing that, Mikage! It hurts!"
The bluenette didn't reply after she'd stepped on Ushio's foot for the third time today. It'd been an eventful day for both of them- first Team 5D's battled a team that had dark cards, and then that army of Ghosts came.
Normally at this time of day, conversation didn't end up like this. Ushio thought that he hadn't said anything offensive. Seriously. So he decided to take the offensive.
"I'm your partner in here, you know. You can't really do much without me doing the heavy lifting and all without me if I'm injured with a crushed foot. You can't really carry our supplies. You're a bit… petite."
Another stomp.
"OW! Your heels can cause a lot of pain. Why are you stepping on me, anyways?"
With a huff, she just walked farther away from him, while muttering something about 'oblivious people'.
"Huh? How am I oblivious? All I said was that Sherry was pretty…"
The confused ex- Security Officer pondered (with one hand stroking his chin, of course. Too bad he didn't have a real, y'know, beard. That would've given out the real effect) as he walked with a limp alongside his chief Investigator. The head herself was bristling with fury at him.
"Since when was Sherry pretty? And has he even noticed that I've gained weight? It's hard to keep this body shape when those sweets are staring at you!"
Along with that, Mikage continued muttering to herself as her heels clacked on the pavement.
Ushio made a face as he watched her antics. If she were anyone else, he would've thought she was jealous. But she couldn't possibly be. Why would Mikage be jealous about him complimenting another girl? The younger woman obviously didn't have any feelings for him- Ushio had given up on that idea a while ago. You only had to see her staring with a blush at Jack Atlus to figure that one out.
"Eh… why are you so bothered, Mikage? You don't own me or anything. It's not like I'm doing something wrong on complimenting Sherry- you do it a lot to Jack Atlus, right? Why can't I make my own advances?"
The woman turned to face him, index finger up in the air, pointing upwards, as if she was about to make a grand statement.
"Because… because…"
Mikage faltered for a moment.
"Because you shouldn't compliment a woman if another is right beside you!"
She turned around again, blushing, because she knew that there was no chance Ushio would get what she just said. After all, who were men to understand the mysteries of their counterparts in life, women?
God, Ushio thought, taking everything she said very, very seriously. Women are complicated.
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Heh. That's one of the silliest things I've written. I found that moment funny on the show (ep. 106), so I decided to add onto it if it was a different circumstance. Please review!