Chapter 1: Takumi 2.0

Summary: "You remind me of Takumi," Leo said. Innes was just as much as an insufferable prick as Mr Prickly Hair over in the other room. Innes was even into archery. He was just like a pineapple.

In which Leo gets roomed with Innes aka Takumi 2.0 and he's not amused. Also, Ephraim has a crush on Leo and while Leo has no idea, Innes knows all about it.

A/N: I've been waiting for an excuse to mix these characters together in a single fic since A Sweet Surprise thank you FE Heroes.

(Extended Authors Notes and dedications on the Ao3 ver of this fic)

Now have all of my unfiltered sarcasm in one fic lol. Enjoy!

"I don't really get it. There's two extra spaces in this hotel room, and you're the only other person here?" Leo said.

"I don't get it either," Innes replied. The two boys lay in their darkened hotel room, staring up at the ceiling. Curfew had been a few hours ago, and while both boys would normally be happy to stay up till the forbidden hours of the night reading, they just hadn't been feeling it this night in particular. For...reasons.

"I know I signed my name beside Takumi, and you had your name next to Ephraim. I know that for a fact." Leo had not been looking specifically for Ephraim's name. Nope, he definitely hadn't.

"What, were you looking for Ephraim's name, or something?"

"No!"

Uncomfortable silence.

"...Takumi ended up getting roomed with Oboro and Hinata," Leo stated before remembering something. "Oh, and Ephraim. That's weird, if you wrote your name beside Ephraim and I wrote mine beside Takumi, then why aren't the four of us in this room together?"

"You seem very displeased at having to share a room with me," Innes said.

"No, that's not it." That was exactly it, actually. "I'm just not used to not being with Takumi."

Says the boy who prefers to spend his lunches alone reading. Innes knew better.

"Right. And just to let you know, I didn't want to be roomed with you either," Innes replied.

"Hmph. Insufferable."

"I'm surprised Ephraim can handle someone as arrogant as you."

"You remind me of Takumi," Leo said. Innes was just as much as an insufferable prick as Mr Prickly Hair over in the other room. Innes was even into archery. He was just like a pineapple.

Leo sighed. Why couldn't he just have been put in the same room as Takumi instead?

"You talk about Takumi a lot," Innes said.

"I-" Leo shut his mouth. Shoot, Leo realized, Innes was right.

"Is Takumi all you talk about when you're with Ephraim?" Innes asked.

"What?" Leo said. What was he talking about? It's not like he and Ephraim were friends or anything.

"You're in the same class as him, right?" Innes asked.

Leo thought back to english class where he'd already been having a hard time focusing on The Merchant of Venice due to Odin's overly dramatic portrayal of Shylock; Ephraim had been tossing crumpled up sticky notes onto his desk from over his shoulder while simultaneously poking him with the back of a pencil. He thought back to science class where he'd been paired with Ephraim for an experiment and Ephraim kept poking the balloon with the sharpened (dull) tip of his pencil "Ephraim, we're supposed to let the balloon inflate, not blow it up!" "So, Leo, what do you like to do in your spare time?" He thought back to religion class where, Gods have mercy, Ephraim had been whispering in his ear "Ephraim, we're in religion class!" Leo whispered back to him.

"...A couple of his classes," Leo answered. "He keeps bugging me."

"Ah, I understand how you feel. He's annoying," Innes said. "But, he really likes you, you know?"

Did Leo know that? He didn't know that. "Oh, really? Tell him to stop stealing my hat then." That was really annoying. Leo wanted him to stop.

Innes turned to his side and glared at Leo from his bed. "But seriously, Leo. Give him a chance. He's an idiot, I know, but he's trying."

"Trying what?"

Innes groaned. "Whatever. I'm going to sleep."

"Innes, wait. Trying what?"

Innes made a loud exaggerated snore noise.

"Ugh, fine, be like that," Leo grumbled before tucking himself under his blanket. "So immature."

"You're not much better," Innes mumbled from underneath his blankets.

"Good night Innes," Leo said in a stern and harsh tone. He lay in bed looking up at the ceiling like he had been doing before Innes opened his stupid mouth.

"...He wants to get to know you," Innes said.

"What?"

"He wants to be your friend."

"Oh."

Innes didn't say anything else after that, and neither did Leo.

Well. Leo hadn't been expecting that. Which was stupid because he really should've been expecting it. His easily annoyed mind just hadn't translated sticky note pellets, hat stealing and the poking of extremely important science balloons to mean "please be my friend."

...Well.

Leo went to sleep.

Innes hid under his blanket, chuckling silently to himself.

'Friend.' What a joke.