Music Shuffle: Gino&Anya
A/N: My old hard drive blew up along with everything from my 36 page essay on the Drake equation to about 50 incomplete fanfiction chapters. Now I'm lost and bored. STFU. On a more focused note, I created this out of boredom. I'm surprised I'm writing about Gino and Anya before Xingke and Tianzi. Some details might be a bit off in these ficlets, like I know Gino became a knight after Anya, but not like many people know that. And all you Naruto fans who read my stuff, don't give me no grief or sass.
Onward ho!
1. I Only Wanna Be with You – Hootie and the Blowfish
Well there's nothing I can do
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
I only wanna be with you
Yeah I'm tangled up in blue
I only wanna be with you
He was excited when he first met her because unlike the other knights, she wasn't old and boring. Before her arrival, being a knight was purely mundane. The other knights only wanted to talk politics and tactics, dull adult things. Given his age and status, one might've expected him to be "grown up," but never getting to live out regular teenage activities, he wasn't quite ready to "grow up" yet.
She seemed to be a bit shy, but Gino made it his primary mission to stick close to her and become her friend. He asked her all kinds of questions trying to get her to open up. He was shocked at how young she was and asked her why and how she became a knight. It shocked him even more when she said she couldn't remember. Many of the questions he asked her, she didn't have an answer to, and each time she had to say, "I don't know," he'd see her eyebrows dip slightly, the bridge of her nose twitch, and the right corner of her mouth pull down just a tad.
Many things she did shocked him; when she first whipped out her phone and snapped a picture of him, when he peered over her shoulder to see that she was blogging about him, and when he first saw her fight. It was at the invasion of the Philippines. The heavy weight Mordred hardly seemed to suit the small, thin, pink haired girl. He was curious to see what she could do, and when Bismarck gave the order to attack, Gino felt his face go numb. She set off the two Hadron canons and mercilessly obliterated the opposing Filipino forces. He heard her sigh over the radio and made a quick mental note to never piss off the tiny girl during combat.
Despite her somewhat chilly disposition, habit of ignoring people to blog, and forgetfulness, he stuck to her. He took it upon himself to be her guardian somewhat, and would always go find her if she'd get lost, remind her about training and meetings, and would ask her about the previous day to help her remember. Before he knew it, his whole life outside of combat revolved around her. Hell, even during a battle he'd worry for a moment if he heard her voice through the communicator. She had quickly filled the number one spot in his life, another thing that shocked him.
"What are you going to do now?" She asked the day after Emperor Lelouch's assassination as the two huddled by a window together looking out at Ashford Academy. It was unusual that she would be the one asking questions, but since her memories were restored, she wasn't afraid that she'd forget the answers.
"I'm sure Kallen will be helping rebuild Japan," the pink haired girl mentioned when Gino was taking too long to respond. She glanced over to her friend who was burning bright red in the cheeks and his left eyebrow twitching.
"Wh-Wh-What are y-y-you suggesting?" The blonde sputtered as he stared at the girl in disbelief.
"Nothing, I just assumed you wanted to get closer to her, that's all," she stated simply as she planted her elbow on the windowsill and rested her chin on her palm. Her autumn red eyes stared out to the courtyard half-lidded and calm.
Gino froze for a second and then gulped down the invisible lump in his throat. He stepped behind her and wrapped his long arms around her shoulders. He rested the space between his eyes on top of her head and took a moment to enjoy holding her in such a position. She didn't move or make a sound, but her eyes opened up fully in anticipation.
"Wherever it is Anya goes is where I want to be."
She let her hand fall from her chin so her arms lay crossed on the sill. "Really," she seemed to state more than question.
"Because Anya is my only, my only everything, my only reason why I wake up, my only true friend, my only ray of light, my only person who I want to be with," is what he wanted to justify, but could merely manage to say, "Yes, really," instead.
"I'm," she hesitated but smiled, "glad."