Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks
Agore's POV
"Hmm…" I looked down at my book.
The last few weeks had been weird, we had all been training but that wasn't' the hard part, Akame had been acting strange. She wasn't coming around as much and when I tried to talk to her she always said she had something to do and would go running off.
I heard Tatsumi calling me out for dinner, it smelled great, Akame and Suu had gone out fishing so I was sure they got something good.
"Wow…" I gasped when I walked out into the kitchen.
Akame was cooking with her hair up in a ponytail, she looked really cute. I took a seat at the table and served myself, I looked over at Akame and smiled but she just looked away when I did.
Did I do something to make her angry?
"Man Suu's food is the best." Leone laughed.
"Thank you for the meal." Akame smiled as she cleaned up.
I handed her my plate and she was quick to take it away.
How can one girl be the perfect assassin and a perfect housewife?
"Hey Suu let's do some training tomorrow." Tatsumi said.
"Sure." The man shrugged.
"See, it's like I said Susanoo is amazing." Boss smirked.
"I'm impressed you were giving such a useful Imperial Arms." I shrugged.
"Actually until now Susanoo was sleeping, he woke up when I arrived."
"That's amazing Boss!" Akame cheered.
"It must be my immense Charisma." She smirked.
"Actually Najenda looks like my former master." Suu explained.
"That makes sense." I nodded.
"I bet she was amazing like me." Boss said.
"Tell us about it." Tatsumi asked.
"Okay…" Suu shrugged "he was a great general."
"HE?!"
"HAHAHA!" Leone laughed "She looks like a man! Boss is such a hunk!"
"She is somewhat masculine." I smirked.
"Stop…my sides!" Tatsumi cried.
"Shut it!" Boss yelled punching us.
"Sorry…" we all bowed.
"Huh?" Mine said "Shoo go away, this is mine."
I looked over and there was a cat on the couch with Mine.
"Where's that come from?" I wondered.
"Ugh fine…" Mine said cutting a small piece of her cake "Here."
"NYA!"
The cat jumped up and grabbed the plate, leaving mine with just a spoonful. The cat was surrounded by smoke and Chelsea took its place on the floor.
"It's all mine, thanks."
"AHHH!" Mine screamed "YOU!"
"You've got too many openings." Chelsea smirked.
"So you can even turn into a cat?" Lubbock asked.
"Yep it's useful, my Imperial Arms Phantasmagoria: Gaea Foundation." Chelsea said holding up a case "You should be more careful Mine, our you'll end up dead."
"Shut up!" the girl roared "You're Arms is useless in a fight!"
"You're right." The spy shrugged "But it's worth it to see a surprised face like that!"
"I HATE YOU!" Mine yelled.
Can't say I disagree with Mine, Chelsea tends to rub people the wrong way…
Everyone gradually headed to bed but I stayed up and sat around the fire, Akame was finishing cleaning up, normally the two of us would be talking but we didn't say anything.
"Hey…" I sighed "I was thinking about going out and doing some training tomorrow, you wanna come?"
"…"
"Akame?"
"Umm…okay." She said not turning away from the sink "S-sure…just the two of us…"
"Yeah." I smiled "It's a date."
"W-what?! WAH!" she dropped a plate and it shattered "Owww!"
I ran over and saw she had a small shard in the back of her hand.
"Wait here and don't touch it." I said running to grab my medical bag.
I had Akame take a seat on the couch and I got some tweezers to pull the shard out.
"That was stupid." I smiled "It's not like you to be so clumsy."
"Yeah…" she mumbled as I pulled the glass out of her hand.
"Let me clean and bandage the cut, good thing it didn't hit any tendons, this is your good hand." I said.
I sprayed the hand with a germ killer, Akame hissed slightly at the stinging, I then slowly wrapped her hand, her hand was so soft and delicate.
These are the hands of a killer…yet they feel like an innocent maiden's.
"There, good as new." I smiled.
"Thank you." She said standing up "I should finish cleaning up."
"Okay, just be careful this time." I said going to bed.
The Next Day
"HRAAAA!" I brought my shovel down and bashed a danger beast, Akame stabbed it in the side to finish it off.
"Dammit." I sighed looking at the Shovel "This thing won't hold up much more, especially if our opponents keep getting tougher."
"Perhaps it's time you start to fight with a real weapon." Akame suggested.
"I have no training with other weapons." I said.
"I can teach you how to use a sword." Akame said "I mean…if you want to learn."
"If you're my teacher I'll gladly learn." I smiled.
Akame looked away.
"Are you feeling alright?" I asked "You look feverish."
"I feel fine." She said batting my hand away.
"Akame…" I said "We…we should talk."
"About what?" she asked.
"The last few weeks, you've been acting strange, what's bothering you?"
The two of us sat down on a log she still didn't answer me
"Akame…the last few weeks I've been doing some thinking."
"Me to." She whispered.
"Akame I…I'm not sure how to say this…I think I…"
"Just…say it already!" she shivered "I heard you the other day, so just say it!"
"You heard…" I gasped.
"Please…"
This is a little strange...best to just rip it like a band-aid.
"I think I love you." I said, just coming out with it.
"Agore…" she wouldn't look up.
Aw man…I really screwed this up, she doesn't feel that way about me, our friendship is ruined.
"I…I like you too." She mumbled.
"What?"
"I said I like you too." She blushed.
She...she likes me.
I just smiled "So where does this leave us?"
"I'm not sure." She said "I want this, but I don't want it to get in the way of our work."
"Yeah…" I said "but I want you."
I made her turn to face me "I love you Akame."
I grabbed her hand and laced her fingers with mine "Even if it's just for a little while, I want to be able to say you were mine, and I was yours."
"Agore…" she frowned "Don't make me choose."
"You don't need to choose." I said as we both got closer "let's just be together, even if it's for just a while."
"Okay…" she looked up at me with that cute smile "I guess we can try."
"Good." I said leaning my forehead against hers.
"A few ground rules." She said cutting me off "No getting yourself hurt to protect me, I can handle myself."
"Okay." I smiled "I trust you."
"And no public affection." She blushed "It's embarrassing."
"If that's what you want." I said "But good luck keeping it a secret with the people we have around here they already think we're together."
"Uh huh." She giggled a bit "We should get back to the lodge, take the Danger Beasts with us for food."
"Sure thing." I said "You'll still teach me how to fight right."
"Of course." She nodded hugging me "I need to make sure you can protect yourself, so you can keep coming back to me alive."
"I won't die, not by a longshot." I said hugging her.
Later
"Looks like you've all gotten strong enough to take care of the beasts around here." Boss said as we dragged the corpse back with us.
Apparently Tatsumi, Leone and Mine had also been out killing.
"I already feel stronger." Mine smiled.
"Well you've been watching them for a month, what do you think Chelsea?" Boss asked.
"Yeah they're strong, stronger than the last team I was in." she nodded.
She praised us!
"But strength isn't all you need to survive." Chelsea said "I read your old reports, Sheele and Bulat, they were killed in action, they may have been nice people, but as assassins I'd say they were a failure."
"Grr…" I glared at her "It'd be wise for your to not speak ill of the dead."
Akame grabbed my arm and shook her head.
"You'd all best do something about how soft you are, or else you'll end up dead too." Chelsea said walking off.
"Everything she says pisses me off." Mine growled.
"Me too." I said.
"She's certainly blunt." Boss said "Don't mind her, she's a lone survivor so she's had it rough."
"Well for now we should cook the beasts you brought back." Susanoo said.
"We need to fill our tummies." Akame drooled.
"You two are peas in a pod." I sighed.
Akame and Suu had their time cooking and feeding the rest of us, I sat next to Akame at dinner and she smiled at me most of the time.
After dinner I was sitting around the campfire with Mine, Lubbock and Tatsumi.
"What did you want to talk about Mine?" Tatsumi asked.
"Aren't you guys made about how he talked about Sheele and Bulat."
"Of course I am." I said leaning back a bit "She wasn't there, she should just keep her mouth shut."
"I don't want people saying what they want about Bro." Tatsumi said.
"Then we'll have to strike her speechless." Mine said "And while she stands there shocked I'll strike her with a finishing blow."
"I suddenly feel that nothing good will come of this." I told Tatsumi.
"Yeah I don't think allying with her is safe."
"You're on my side right?" Mine raised an eyebrow and her voice "Right?!"
"Yeah whatever." Tatsumi said "What are we supposed to do?"
"I don't know you figure it out." She said "I'll think up my part and we'll execute it later."
"Strike her speechless." Lubbock sighed "What to do…AH! Tatsumi can use Incursio to sneak into the bath and pour cold water all over her!"
"That's the dumbest plan ever." I sighed "Count me out."
"But it's a chance to see a cute girl naked!" Lubbock yelled.
"Uhh…" I looked up and saw Akame giving me a death glare from an upstairs window "I'm…I'm good."
I'd like to keep living, and destroying my relationship with Akame one day in would be bad.
"Suit yourself." Lub shrugged.
I headed back inside, closing the door behind me. Akame was at the top of the stairs.
"Hey." She smiled.
"Hey." I said walking passed her "You need something."
"No." she said touching my arm "Just wanted to see you."
"Goodnight Akame." I said leaning close.
"Goodnight Agore."
Akame quickly looked around to see if the coast was clear before she quickly pecked my lips and ran off.
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