Heyo!

Quick update that I had time to work on.

There's a excellent story behind this. See, this started as a prompt that I half wrote a few months ago. I could never really finish past the first few lines. But then the other day I was working on something else when I got an idea, or rather a question; why does Maya (obviously) put all that effort into her looks? Is she trying to impress the bandits or something? So as I thought about it I got an idea for how to finish my prompt. I then discussed the question with Civilized Lee and the resulting conversation also helped lead to this finally being finished.

I don't own Borderlands.

Enjoy!

Misunderstandings

Axton and Gaige sat at a booth in Moxxi's. Gaige was talking about something involving Deathtrap but Axton was only half listening. He was more interested in the two sirens sitting together at the bar. Something about them just seemed, different. But Axton couldn't figure out what it was.

"Hey Gaige?" He asked, interrupting the mechromancer.

"What?"

"Do you notice something different about Lilith and Maya?"

"Different how?"

"I dunno." He said turning to the mechromancer. "They just seem different."

Gaige turned her head so she could see the two sirens.

"Maya looks a little more... Blue."

"She does, doesn't she?" Axton answered. "Like she put a lot more effort into her makeup today."

Gaige looked at the two sirens again, focusing on Maya. She had been kidding when she said that Maya looked more blue, she just wanted to steer the conversation back towards Deathtrap's new mod. But when she actually looked at Maya it did look like the siren was a little... brighter, than usual. Her blue lipstick had a sort of shine to it and her hair was done up a bit more than usual. And now that Gaige was looking at her, she noticed that Maya's nails were done so that they matched everything else.

"I think you're right." Gaige said turning back towards Axton. "Last time she looked like that she was trying to hit on Zer- oh."

"What is it?" Axton asked taking a sip of his drink.

"I think Maya's trying to hit on Lily."

Axton choked a little on his drink.

"You alright there?" Gaige asked.

"Yeah. Fine." He said between coughs. "But what was it you were saying?"

"I said I think our resident siren is hitting on our other resident siren."

"That's what I thought you said."

"So what do you think?" Gaige asked.

"I dunno." Axton replied, keeping one eye on Gaige and the other on the sirens at the bar.

Lilith was laughing at something that Maya had said a minute ago, maybe it was just them being friendly. But then Maya's hand moved so it was on top of Lilith's. Lilith looked up into Maya's eye for a minute and Maya looked back. It only lasted for a split second, then Lilith tore her eyes away and looked back down at the bar. But Axton could swear he saw the faintest blush go across Lilith's face before disappearing. Axton was just beginning to get the picture when he noticed something else, Lilith's hair was done up too.

Axton looked back at Gaige who was looking at him expecting a response.

"Gaige, I don't think Maya's hitting on Lilith." The mechromancer opened her mouth to protest but Axton wasn't done. "I think, that they may be on a date."

Gaige raised an eyebrow.

"Are they now?" She said.

"Looks that way. Take a look at Lilith, she did her hair today. I've never seen her look like that before." Axton said standing up from his seat.

Gaige took a quick glance over at Lilith as she stood up too.

"I think you're right Axton. I think you're right."


Two sirens, Maya and Lilith, were seated at the bar in Moxxi's. The two were drinking and laughing and having a good time. But then Maya got serious for a moment.

"Hey Lilith?" Maya asked.

"What's up killer?" Lilith replied.

"I just wanted to thank you for having some fun with me today."

"Anytime." She said taking a sip from her glass.

"I usually can't have any fun around here that doesn't involve killing bandits and frankly it's nice to have a break every now and then."

"Yeah, I know how you feel." Lilith said. "There was nothing to do in Frostburn Canyon except disintegrate bandits and that gets pretty old after a few days." Lilith took another sip from her glass. "I just have one question though."

"What?"

"How come you did this with me and not Gaige?"

"The little mechromancer over there?" Maya said, shooting a quick glance at Gaige who was sitting with Axton on the other side of the room. "She's nice and all, but she's not exactly patient or willing to do anything outside of the realms of killing bandits and working on robots. So sending a day relaxing and doing hair was out of the question."

Lilith nodded.

"I guess you're welcome than." She said. "To tell you the truth though, I had doubts about this. But, now I feel great and I probably haven't looked this good since I first got to Pandora."

"Well you're welcome than."

There was a brief silence before Lilith spoke again.

"Hey, Maya?" She asked.

"Yes?" The other siren replied.

"This is going to sound really stupid but... Could you maybe help me with something?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"Well I... I was think about asking someone out and well... I'm not really sure how they feel."

"And who is this mystery Vault Hunter? Is it Axton?"

"No."

"Is it Salvador?"

"Nope."

"Krieg?"

Lilith burst out laughing.

"It's definitely not Krieg." She said between giggles.

"Well then... Is it me?" Maya said, placing her hand on Lilith's.

Lilith looked at the other siren for a second and then looked back down at the bar.

"No Maya." She said. "It's not you."

"Well I tried." Maya said throwing her hands up in mock defeat. "But seriously who is it?"

"It's Brick."

"Brick? Really?"

"Yeah."

"I think you should be fine. Absolute worst case scenario he lets you down really gently."

"Gee thanks."

"That came out worse than I meant it too. I'm sure he likes you Lilith. You've got nothing to worry about."

"You really think so?" She asked hopefully.

"I really think so." Maya said.

"Thanks Maya."

"No problem." She smiled.

Both sirens took a sip of their drinks. Maya's eyes wandered over to the commando and mechromancer seated at a booth across the bar. The two of them had become fast friends after they got to Sanctuary. Come to think of it, the two of them spent most of their free time with each other. Maya raised an eyebrow as the two of them stood up and walked out together.

"Hey Lilith?" She said.

"Yeah?"

"Do you notice something different about Axton and Gaige when they're around each other?

Author's Note: And thus it goeth full circle, the cycle complete, and the the unending chain unbroken. Or something like that. And then they fucked.

Author's Shameless Self Promotion: Go check out my new fic Mysterious Ways, which expands on the story of fem-Zer0.

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