shigoto to koibito (work and lovers)

"I hate traveling," Yzak vented.

"But, traveling is like, your job description," Dearka reminded him. He munched on a stick of Pocky. Strawberry.

"Yeah, but who likes their job?" Athrun asked. He motioned with a stick of Pocky. Chocolate.

"I love my job !" Kira said, beaming. He happily crunched on his Pocky. Actually, it was Pretz. Pineapple.

"Of course you do, idiot! You get everything you want because you have Lacus Clyne as your girlfriend!" Yzak snapped some of Dearka's Pocky, threw the pieces into his mouth, and chewed them angrily.

"Are you saying that you want Lacus too?" Dearka teased.

"That's NOT what I meant, Elsman!"

"Well, I used to have Lacus, but now I have Cagalli..." Athrun began slowly. His ZAFT teammates weren't really sure where he was going with this.

"So you love your job too, right?" Kira asked.

"Er, yeah!" Athrun grinned back at Kira.

"Looks like the way to go is to date your superiors...right, Yzak?" Dearka said.

"Psh. I guess. For non-talented people anyway. Cheaters." He turned away, striking a pose that screamed superiority.

"But seriously, it is kind of nice, because otherwise I wouldn't get to see much of Cagalli," Athrun continued.

"Oh, the same goes for me and Lacus," Kira chimed.

"That must be nice, having your personal life flow so seamlessly with work," Dearka said admiringly.

"Oh, it is," Kira assured him. Athrun nodded.

"What do you think, Yzak?" Dearka asked, offering some Pocky to the commander as a peace treaty. It was accepted.

"Sure, it sounds...nice, but also it sounds a lot like cheating. And like bribery. And like using a woman just to—"

"Okay, okay, enough already!" Dearka said, motioning with his hands to Yzak. "So you think it's a bad idea."

"Of course I do!" He paused. "Doing it for business reasons anyway."

"Oh, so...okay," the blond replied. "Anyway, Commander, I was wondering if sometime, I dunno, maybe you and me could go out and get a cup of—"

Dearka never finished because a handful of crushed Pocky was shoved into his face. Strawberry.

"Don't fuck with me, Dearka," Yzak snarled.

"Well, there goes that idea," came the reply.

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