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"Home sweet home…" Yuu sighed as he stepped through the doorway into his quarters. He would take the dull cream colours of his predecessor's abode over the sterile white ceiling he had been getting fed up of seeing over the past few days.

True, it had been his own fault for earning a free bed and breakfast in the infirmary due to his, as a couple of his fellow squad members would call it, stupid selfless attitude but he could not help it if it was in his nature to do something when others were in peril. It sure as heck beat searching for a replacement God Eater for 1st Unit or a God Arc Engineer with even half the knowledge Licca had accumulated.

Now that he was back in his own place, all Yuu had to do now was wait for his God Arc to be repaired so that he could be registered back onto active duty, endure Kota's Bugarally collection marathon for saving the Old-Type's life at the cost of his God Arc and…her.

A shiver of fear ran up Yuu's spine at the thought of facing that person. He could tackle a heard of Ogretails or even a pack of Vajra and fight on with ease but, against an angry and upset Russian New-Type female, especially if she were specifically angry and upset with him for some reason, then Yuu Kannagi, the rising New-Type and leader of 1st Unit, would rather take on several Fallen Ouroboros single handedly than face the girl's wrath. Now thinking upon it, perhaps it would have been better to remain in the infirmary until after she had visited and given him a beating even a Fierce Kongou would pale to rival.

It was at that moment that a sharp knocking could be heard coming from his door causing Yuu to momentarily forget to breath. Part of him wanted to remain silent and pretend that he was not in but his logical side pointed out to him that, should he just plain ignore her then she would just be even more volatile the next time they were face to face. Thus, with heavy heart, Yuu had no choice but to get it over and done with and pray that she did not send him back to the infirmary.

"Door's open!" He called out mentally steeling himself for what was to come as Alisa Amiella stepped inside and made her way towards him.

It took all Yuu had not to break out in a cold sweat as Alisa stared coolly back at him her face showing not a hint of what was running through her mind, what she was thinking right now or even what she planned to do to him. If she were to know how to play poker, Yuu reckoned Alisa could have fleeced everyone dry of rations and anything else she might have wanted.

Finally, she spoke.

"If you're expecting me to scold you, then you'll be disappointed." She told him frowning as it clearly looked like she wanted to punish Yuu for his foolish actions. "Kota told me that you were bound to do something like this as it wouldn't be in your nature to just sit around while Aragami ran amuck inside the East Branch."

The tension constricting Yuu faded as he breathed a sigh of relief. Now he really had to thank Kota for saving his skin and that Bugarally marathon would only be the start of it. Those were the thoughts running through Yuu's mind before it happened.

Too caught off-guard by her words, Yuu failed to notice Alisa's left hand spear towards his face with enough speed and strength that it not only sent him facing the opposite direction but even knocked him off-balance before the pain of the slap finally registered in his mind.

"Bu-But you said-" Yuu tried to speak as he turned round to face Alisa only have Alisa's right hand make contact with the other side of his face.

"It wouldn't have hurt as much if you knew it was coming!" Alisa snapped back as she watched Yuu collapse to the ground as her one-two combo played havoc on his equilibrium. "Honestly, Leader, do you ever actually think of what you are doing or the consequences of your actions whenever you do something like this?!"

Yuu could only groan in response as he got into a sitting position his ears ringing loudly after that second blow. Even knowing this would happen paled in comparison to feeling it once again. He had learned the hard way how volatile Alisa could be when he had once accidentally entered her quarters when she was in the midst of changing and glad that all she had done was throw an empty cup at him albeit catching him right in the forehead with enough force to knock him clear out of the room before he could even begin to apologise.

"Are you listening to me, Leader!" Alisa called out to him.

Blinking his blurred sight back into focus, Yuu looked up to see Alisa now standing above him her once cute face now red and scrunched up in anger and sadness. He nearly gulped when he realised that what he had just experienced was the warm-up and she was now about to really unleashed hell upon him.

Without as much as a warning, Alisa pounced on him pinning him in place as she slapped, scratched and punched any part of his body he could not defend while berating him in a mixture of Japanese and Russian that was too intertwined for him to make any sense of. Knowing that she was bound to actually cause serious harm to him sooner or later, Yuu somehow managed get his arms around the irate Russian and hugged her tightly against him effectively pinning her arms against their two bodies.

With her arms now constricted, Yuu half wondered if Alisa would now resort to biting as she buried her face into his shoulder only to finally realise that she had used up all her pent up frustration and was now letting out the other emotion he was well familiar with concerning the Russian.

"Why…" She mumbled into his shoulder barely audible enough for Yuu to hear. "Why do you keep doing this? Don't you know how terrified I feel whenever I hear you're in the infirmary?"

Yuu was speechless as he felt Alisa's arms, arms that had momentarily ago attempt pummeling him to within an inch of his life, slipped free of their prison to wrap round his middle clinging to him in such a way it practically screamed "don't leave me" to him. More surprising was the sudden wetness he was feeling on his shoulder indicating Alisa was freely crying also. He had seen her shed tears before, lending her his shoulder for that time also, but that was the only other time he had seen her weep to his knowledge at least.

Slightly relinquishing his hold on her, Yuu moved one arm so that it was wrapped more comfortably round Alisa's waist while moving his free arm higher so that it encircled her shoulders and stroke her hair in a relaxing manner just like he had done when she was the one stuck in the infirmary after that one mission that would forever be embedded in 1st Unit's memories.

"I'm sorry…" He whispered softly into her ear as she shuddered against him.

He knew a lot of people relied on him, something that was constantly growing and weighing down on him as he rose the ranks of the Fenrir Far East Branch, but had no idea just how important he was to some people like Alisa which he foolishly should have realised given how much he had done to help her get back on her feet and just generally be there of her when she was being ridiculed and accused of being the one responsible for Lindow's death the very man whose shoes Yuu now filled.

"Leader…" Alisa sniffled finally pulling her face away from Yuu's shoulder revealing her red and puffy face to the 1st Unit leader. "I know you can't promise to stop doing this sort of thing but…Can you at least promise to come back alive?"

"That's…kinda just as hard to keep, Alisa." Yuu replied feeling himself wilting under her teary gaze.

Being a God Eater was bad enough, with a life expectancy usually making it into late thirties or early forties at a stretch, but when you were in the 1st Unit, unlike most of the other Units who protected the Far East Branch and Outer Ghetto, you ran the risk of not returning whether by their own will, stretcher or body bag.

"I know, but…" Alisa paused her face turning a brighter shade of red for some reason. "You're important to us, Leader…to me…"

Sighing in slight frustration at the girl's stubbornness, as well as her English nickname for him that the others had started calling him also after a while, Yuu leaned in so that their foreheads were now pressed together leading to a deeper shade of red flushing Alisa's cheeks.

"Listen, Alisa. I can't really promise you anything like what you're wanting." He told the girl causing her face to look crest fallen as her grip on him loosened. "But I can promise that I won't run away from living if that's what you fear. Will that be okay?"

He was expecting maybe a teary smile perhaps even a nod of the head. What Yuu was not expecting was for Alisa to suddenly wrap her arms round his neck in a bone breaking hug while also kissing him full on the lips. Apparently, Alisa had not quite realised what she had done also for just as soon as she had kissed him she was off of Yuu pushing off with such force that his head ricocheted off the floor adding to the list of injuries she had given in the span of a few minutes.

"I…suppose I can accept that. I'll just…leave you now…Leader" Alisa muttered hesitantly quickly disappearing through the doorway and towards her own quarters before anyone saw her beet red features.

Picking himself up from being once again sent to the floor, Yuu half wonder what the hell just happened while the other half wondering if he could get a few things out of Alisa in return: such as a promise to the lessening of her beatings and maybe an answer to why she called him the English equivalent of taicho instead of just his name like everyone else.

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