Guide to Long Distance Love
by
Sha Yurigami
A week after she got the news that Fate was looking out for her Hayate came to her classes to look how the recruits were doing … or how they were barely holding on…
"You really don't know how to hold back, huh?" the shorter brunette had said looking at the students agonizingly trying to stand up for the last lap they needed to run. She laughed at her friends question but it was clear how she really felt.
"Un, I need to prepare them for the worst after all." she said but Hayate only shook her head and rested her hands on her shoulders.
"Don't overwork yourself or you'll get wrinkles" she pouted and Hayate giggled at that reaction "And you don't want to be all wrinkly when Fate-chan gets back, right?"
The blush she spurted was matched by her hair color and she knew that Hayate enjoyed seeing her reactions with utmost glee. The wound in her heart had been fresh at the time and her friends words actually hurt more than they should have. Thankfully Hayate realized that as well and she gave her an apology.
"Sorry Nanoha-chan, but its true that you tend to work too much when Fate-chan isn't around and I don't want to hear from her that I let you work too hard … I still have nightmares from that one time you fell ill and Fate-chan appeared in my house with Bardich in Zamber Form ready to behead me …" Hayate shuddered. That reaction actually made her giggle a little and she gave Hayate a pat on the shoulder.
"Thanks for the worry-"
"I mean seriously she actually bursted through the door with one of those expressions on her face you'd normally censor out of fear that little children would be scared for life and I even needed to cover Vita-chan's eyes-"
"Uhm, Hayate-chan?"
"-And then even Signum went all scary on us with her sword drawn ready to counter Fate-chan but then Fate-chan said that – that – that it was all my fault!" the shorter brunette threw her arms aside and screamed "and then Signum sided with her all of a sudden and…and…"
"Mah, mah, don't cry Hayate-chan."
"And they put me in a Flutter Shy custom while making photos of me crying to myself because I wanted to be Rainbow Dash!"
Did she mention that her friend was ridiculous?
Well after Hayate's outburst in the middle of her class and many hugs to reassure that the smaller brunette would make a cute and cool Rainbow Dash, whoever that is, her friend finally left …only to come right back with a bright red face.
She smiled to herself looking at Hayate's embarrassed face, until the smaller brunette stood right in front of her and said:
"I actually came to give you a message, sorry about that outburst earlier … it just" her blue eyes stared into the distance creating a dramatic effect "traumatized me." which quickly dissolved thanks to that statement.
"What kind of message."
"Oh, just the usual, Fate-chan wanted to send you a picture but the upper folks didn't want it to go out the civil way since Fate-chan's still on her ship. So she sent it to me and I brought it to you." Hayate handed over an envelope with lots of hearts and stars on it which made her blush since each had Nanoha written in he middle.
Opening the envelope she saw a picture of her, Fate and Vivio at the beach and a single question written with red ink in Fate's unmistakable neat handwriting: Let's go to the beach when I get back.
I smiled at that, though it didn't take the loneliness away it was a promise that she was sure will come true once they reunited … the problem is Hayate's panting at seeing her and Fate in bikini's on the picture.
"My, did becoming a mother make them grow larger? Must be nice, especially since Fate-chan loves your pillows so~ much. Don't worry once Fate-chan returns you can have a few days off … and invite me to look at the scenery okay?"
"Hayate-chan, do I need to cool your head?"
"Kyaaah, anything but that!"
… … tbc … …
A/N took longer than I though but I have fun writing theses snips and it allows me to experiment with a few new themes and feelings I haven't wrote about before XD
Alight! The Train continues!
Yours dear
Sha Yurigami
