This chapter contains spoilers for Sound Stage X.
Teana sighed and rubbed her eyes. It was late and everyone else had gone home, but here she was, still filling out paper work. There was a lot of it after the whole Marriage thing. It didn't have to be filed right away, but the resolution of the incident still left a bad taste in her mouth. She wanted it to be done with so she could move on.
She really did like Runessa. She really did want her to become her permanent aide. But sadly, that was not meant to be. All their subsequent meetings would be at the penitentiary.
"It's not good for your health to work so late, you know."
Teana jumped a bit as Vice leaned over her shoulder.
"Sempai." She breathed. "What are you doing here?"
"Checking up on you." He said, studying her. She looked understandably down. He placed a hand on her shoulder. "How are you handling it?" He didn't need to specify what 'it' was. Vice only had a short conversation with Runessa, but she seemed nice enough. A tad awkward, sure, but certainly not a bad person. It sucked royally having to take her in. He could only imagine how Teana, who had been much closer to the girl, had felt arresting her.
Vice had to acknowledge how this girl who was his junior had grown into a fine woman. She had earned her black jacket, and seeing her handle this case showed just how capable she was. She was strong and beautiful. However, having to apprehend a friend must have still been hard on her. He hoped she wouldn't try and hold it all in.
Teana let her shoulder relax under his pressure. She felt better just knowing that he was there for her. She placed a hand over his and rested her head against his arm. Closing her eyes to savour the moment, she took a deep breath. "It sucks, but I'll be fine. Thanks."
They stayed like that in silence for an unknown duration of time.
"I still have forms to fill…" Teana said eventually, returning her hands to the keyboard.
"I'll stick around until you're done, Teana." He offered. "And treat you to a drink after."
She smiled. "I'm still underage, Vice-sempai."
Part of this was inspired by a scene in Gundam 00 with Klaus and Shirin.
And with this I am done. I did have an idea for a chapter with Dieci (my favourite Number), but it didn't end up coming together. So as it stands, this fic is 11 chapters long, which sucks because I hate odd numbers that don't end in 5. Perhaps a future chapter of Force will spark an idea. But until then, it's back to writing Yuuno fics! Whoo!