Disclaimer/AN: Can't say I own any of KOF, much as I wish I did. If I did, Shingo would've had flames a long time ago. Written for a pal on LJ.
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"Today...well, today was weird. In fact, weird doesn't even begin to describe it. Let me start at the beginning. Morning was normal enough. I woke up at 5:00 to start my morning jog. After a quick glass of orange juice, I was ready to tackle anything. I stepped out my door and started off.
"The first odd thing was that Athena stopped me, just two blocks from my house. Athena never stops me while I'm jogging. More strange was that she was blushing. I said my good morning, and continued on my way. A little ways away, not even a block, I looked back. She was still standing there, staring after me. I kinda shrugged it off and kept going. All was fine until I was on my return trip, when I realized Athena was still standing there, blushing. Do you think maybe she has a crush on me? That'd be weird...someone having a crush on me.
"So next, I went to the gym for a quick workout before going to train with Kusanagi-san. Everybody was staring at me there, too. Well, I did my best to exercise, but the constant staring was getting on my nerves. I don't really like too much attention, so I left, heading to our meeting place. I hoped that Kusanagi-san wouldn't mind that I was early. It was still an hour before I was supposed to be there. Luckily, he was there already, waiting for me. Strangely, he was staring, too! It was like I'd grown another head. But Kusanagi-san wasn't one to let a thing like whatever was bothering him distract us from training. We started work on mastering combos. Sadly, we had to cut it short. A bare two hours after we began, I'd only worked on three moves and Kusanagi-san wanted me to go home. Even on my worst days, he'd never sent me home early. I went anyway, because it was his order. I never made it, though. I ran into you first, and you asked me why I looked so down. That's all, too. Why'd you ask?"
Benimaru held a hand to his forehead, shaking his head a little and chuckling to himself.
"Yare, yare...you really don't know, do you?" Shingo raised his eyebrows questioningly.
"Um, know what?"
"First off, Athena doesn't have a crush on you. She was looking at you in shock, just like everybody else you ran into today." The young brunette was puzzled.
"Next time you walk out your door, make sure you're wearing your pants." Shingo looked down, eyes widening almost impossibly. His hands fluttered at his sides before coming together in front of his crotch. His face and ears burned bright red. The blond laughed as he fainted dead away. Benimaru leaned over, still snickering quietly and added, "It'd also help if you weren't wearing a skirt."