Tao wiggled his fingers, holding his arms out. "C'mon! Don't you trust me?"
"Should I?" M21 muttered. Even as he said it, he knew what the answer would be. He trusted his comrades with his life. But this was a bit different from rushing into battle and saving each other from modified monsters.
M21 swallowed nervously before closing his eyes, folding his arms across his chest, and falling backwards. His descent to the ground only lasted for a second before a pair of strong arms caught him. Opening his eyes, he glanced up at a smiling Tao.
"See?" Tao asked as M21 straightened himself up. "And you thought I would drop you! I told you your weight wouldn't be a problem."
M21 huffed. "I never said anything about my weight."
"Well," Tao drawled. "You have been eating a lot."
"I don't eat a lot!"
Tao hummed. "Mhm~ And Seira's cooking doesn't have anything with you going for seconds."
"Her cooking is delicious!" M21 retorted. "It's only polite that I help myself to seconds."
Tao just smirked. He teasingly poked M21's sensitive sides. "Seems like someone might need to level up on Boss' island."
M21 sighed. "What's the point of these trust exercises anyway? It's not like it'll work in real life."
As fate would have it, a situation arose when Tao could prove M21 wrong.
Running across the rooftops of the tall buildings, Tao looked back with wide eyes. The Union agents continued their pursuit, resilient as ever. Tao came to a sharp stop at the edge of the building, looking down at the sharp drop below. No big deal. He could just fly. But the problem was that Takeo was down below firing his guns at a rogue agent.
Tao glanced back at his own pursuers before looking back down where Takeo was. Coming to a quick decision, Tao turned to face the enemy. He grinned before folding his arms across his chest and falling off of the building. "Takeo! Catch me!"
Takeo looked up, eyes wide as his comrade performed a trust fall. "What the-? Tao!"