Madoka looked up from her work as she heard a familiar voice from outside the Beypit.

"Is something wrong with your Bey?" It clearly was Benkei's loud voice, this time not enthusiastic but rather concerned. "I delivered it as you said and I was extra careful with it! I was so happy you gave me such an important task, Kyoya! … Hey, wait for me!"

Kyoya? That must mean the green haired blader had come to see her again! But … It sounded as if she had messed up when repairing his Bey. Madoka wondered what could have gone wrong.

Her heartbeat accelerated as the other boy answered, confirming that it was indeed the blader she had thought of. "Tsk, hurry up, Benkei."

Expecting the worst Madoka headed to greet her friends, trying to smile. However, the feeling of Kyoya getting angry with her laid heavily in her stomach.

"Madoka, show me what you did to Leone." His greeting was as cold as always, not wasting any time.

"What I did? I repaired it, wasn't that what you wanted?" The girl tried to stay cold as well – he might be the incredibly cool Kyoya but she wouldn't allow him to speak with her in such a tone.

The green haired boy seemed to remain unimpressed by her answer and Madoka couldn't help but feel unwell in the position she was in. The last thing the girl wanted was starting an argument with the blader she admired.

"Yeah, show me how you did it."

As he didn't add anything she still didn't understand what Kyoya wanted from her and a look to Benkei, who was standing behind the green-haired blader, showed her that even he did not understand the intention of his friend.

With a slightly impatient expression, the boy finally explained what he wanted. "I want to see how a Bey is repaired, is that so weird? How can I be the strongest blader when I don't even know the basics? After all, I will be the one to defeat Ginka."

"I see", Benkei muttered thinking of his friend's word. "That's a brilliant idea, Kyoya!", he continued then cheerfully. "Only you can come up with something like this! Oh, I am so proud to be your friend!"

Madoka, however, remained with mixed feelings. On one hand, the girl felt relieved that she hadn't made any mistakes, on the other hand, there was the disappointment that the green-haired blader hadn't come to see her. Well, of course not, why would he ever do that?

At first, Madoka was unsure about what to answer. Kyoya's sudden request surprised her and a glance to the outside showed her that it already got dark. Normally, the girl would stop working around this time, but it was Kyoya … And it would only benefit herself, Madoka concluded as the blader would learn what effort it was to repair a Bey. Maybe her work would be more appreciated then. Though it would probably bore him to death before …

"Fine, Kyoya. I have some Beys to do, so if you really want, you can watch me", the girl offered finally. "But it might be boring, Ginka always falls asleep at some point."

"Don't compare me to that idiot", the green-haired blader grunted, already on his way to the workshop, followed by a rather perplexed looking Benkei.

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The clock showed half past twelve and the room was filled with Benkei's snoring, who had fallen asleep on his chair, his head leaning against the wall.

Kyoya's eyes were still focused on the girl in front of him, trying to figure out her secret. She would sometimes look around, maybe to figure out if he was still there, but none of them had spoken a word. Not that he had wanted to, his one and only mission was to observe in order to find out what kind of magic Madoka used. Nothing else. And the blader had even brought Benkei along to make sure that no awkward moment could happen between him and the girl who was absorbed into her work.

Sitting backward on his chair, his arms resting on the backrest, his view was not perfect, but the green-haired blader did not dare to come any closer to Madoka. He didn't want to have this strange feeling again.

"Aaaaah … ." Finally, Madoka stretched out her arms. The work was done, the Beys were as good as new.

Kyoya was still watching her attentively as the girl turned around. The boy couldn't help but note how cute Madoka looked as she blushed under his view and immediately turned away from him again. Cute? That wasn't what he was supposed to think and in the end, his attention had been focused on the girl instead of on the Beys …

"Well, I'm done now", Madoka began timidly. "Sorry, it took me so long, you know once I get started it's hard to stop myself … ." She laughed embarrassed. "Anyway, did you see what you wanted to? I hope it wasn't too boring?"

For a moment Kyoya didn't know what to answer. Benkei was asleep, they were as good as alone which made him feel awkward again. But he couldn't just tell her, how interesting it had been just to watch her and that he hadn't looked at the Beys for even one single second because she was just too distractive – the blader didn't even want to acknowledge that to himself.

"It wasn't boring to watch you", Kyoya answered then, trying to smile confidently. It was best to be honest after all and it was not as if he had said too much. "I learned a lot tonight." Madoka looked up from her work as she heard a familiar voice from outside the Beypit.