Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the idea, which my sister gave me.

Zero: So technically, the sister owned it first.

Yeah. Life stinks.

Rodentium…
By GundamWingFanatic90.
Date: 2-24-08.
Time: 15 minutes.

"…X…?"

"What is it, Alia?"

"What happened to you? And why is your voice all squeaky?"

"Oh. Well, earlier I ran into Zero…"

"I see."

"…And he said that he saw Axl inhaling helium in the training room with some rookies…"

"Let me guess. He said you two ought to try it."

"Yep. So Zero tried it yesterday, and then things went screwy."

"What happened?"

"His voice got all squeaky, and then I made the mistake of laughing at him."

"Did he hurt you?"

"No, but he got Douglas to somehow alter my voice synthesizers while I was asleep."

"So that would explain why you sound like a chipmunk on helium."

"Yep."

"That would also explain why you're down here in the infirmary."

"Yep. Speaking of which, why are you here?"

"Well, Palette decided that we should all take bets during the last Maverick insurrection… Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You made bets during a war? On what,exactly?"

"Just little things."

"Little things like what?"

"…Like on how quickly you were going to beat a Maverick General, or whether or not Zero was going to die again, or if Axl was going to get shot in the butt or not…"

"Those aren't little things, Alia. They're actually pretty serious."

"I know that! But you know that they are good subjects for betting!"

"That's not the point! …What did you bet, anyway?"

"…"

"…What?"

"Nothing. We bet stuff like beauty products, and the occasional money bet came along…"

"And?"

"…And…"

"…And…?"

"Well, Palette bet us that if you could beat that ice-controlling Maverick within the time it takes to comb Layer's hair, she would buy us each lunch the next day."

"…And what did the losers have to do?"

"…Thelosershadtoasktheircrushesondates!"

"…What? You said that too fast for even my processor to pick up. And why are you blushing?"

"I said that the losers had to ask their crushes on dates!"

"…Oh."

"'Oh' is right."

"…So, how does that explain why you're down here?"

"…"

"…Alia? Are you okay?"

"Yes! Yes, I'm fine!"

"…Did you just huff some helium, or something?"

"No!"

"Then why do you sound so squeaky? …And you called me a chipmunk on helium…"

"Um… Oh, is that Lifesaver calling? Coming! See you later, X!"

"…Bye, then…?"

"Bye!"

"…That was weird… I wonder why she was blushing so much…"

FIN.

That one was kind of fun to write. Alia is amusing when she's flustered, and X is just so clueless…

Zero: That dork. Lemme go knock some sense into his thick titanium skull…

Now, now, be nice… And please, how did I do? Did I over-do it?

-Fanatic