Chapter 2: Sincere? I think not!

DisclaiMMOIRE: I don't own Tales of Symphonia, or Namco. But I sure wish I did.

Note: Sorry if the characters seem OOC, my brother always skips the Z-Skits.

Chapter 2: Sincere? I think not!

"Alright. Listen closely." Lloyd and Genis were sitting in a borrowed library room. Genis was holding a notebook and a pencil, and was copying down everything Lloyd said, and was even making notes on his body language. "Ahem." Ahem. "You don't need to be that detailed. Okay, the first thing you need to do to get a girl to like you is to know their likes and dislikes." scribble, scribble. " You have to know what they like and what they don't like. For example, if, for Colette's next birthday, I give her a Remiel collage made entirely out of green peppers, she'll probably hate me forever." jot, jot, jot. "Next is to know their feeling and attitudes. Like, never, never say the word 'voluptuous hunny' near Sheena."

"Erm, why not?"

"Well, that you'll have to ask Zelos."

"Hey, that's right. Where is he? Haven't seen that old philanderer in a while." Genis enjoyed using words that made Lloyd's head hurt.

"He's in the inn with Raine."

"...!" Great, now what...

"She's trying to pull out some of the nasty cards embedded in his more vital organs."

"O-oh, ah, for a moment, I thought..."

"Never mind Let's move on."

"Finally, the last thing you need to know to build a lasting relationship, is, er, is to know, erm, their... um... let's leave that for a later lesson, shall we..." Lloyd inched a teensy bit closer to the door. "Okay, those are the Three Most Important... Ls? Bs? As? Ns? Oh, never mind. And that concludes our lesson for today." Hmm... how does Raine do it...? Oh, right. I've got it. Mua ha ha, Genis is sooo going to hate me! "And your homework is..."

"Wait, homework?"

"...to go to Zelos and write a three-page compendium based on his notes!"

There was a silence. Genis' eyebrow twitched. thump!

"Heh, serves him right. I wonder if there's any more chocolate to steal..." Lloyd moseyed off.

"And Lloyd told you to do that?"

"$!"

"Now now, my favorite little brat, Lloyd has told me all about it. No need to fear, mah midget, for the Great Tethe'alla Chosen has you covered one hundred percent! XD"

I was afraid of that...

"Right," said Zelos, taking out the outline Lloyd had given him. "Never thought the kid would be this commited... anyways. Section 1. Gifts. Hmm, let's say... Christmas. What would Presea like?"

"Well, I don't really know... she hasn't, well, you know... shown much personality towards me."

"Yet you still want her."

"$!" Zelos chuckled. This would be fun.

Later...

"Hmm, does she like to cook?"

"I don't know."

"Does she like to garden?

"Dunno."

Zelos put his hands to his head. "You're hopeless... how can you know so little about your crush?"

"Does Sheena like to garden?

"Oh! Of course... wait... no, hmm... I think... damn!"

Genis was smiling sarcastically. "Any more ideas, O Great Master?"

"But how can you like her so much and know completely nothing about her?"

"Well, I know she likes to cut wood."

"Okay, okay, that is definitely the way to go. 'Happy Valentines day. Here's a dead branch. Have fun with it.' Good luck!"

"Look; you know Presea hasn't been, well, communicative."

"Or she just plain outright ignores you." Genis' eye twitched, again. "So, forget that for now. Section 2. How are your notes?"

"Empty."

"Huh."

Oookay, that was a larger waste of time than when Lloyd tells me to do his homework. Genis handed his sloppy notes to Lloyd, who looked at them upside down with a blank expression before stuffing them into his pack. "Get some rest. We're heading back to Meltokio tomorrow."

"Sure thing. By Martel, I'm beat." Genis tumbled onto his bed, and soon fell asleep.

"Umm... may I sit beside you, Presea?" Wow, my first stutter-free sentence!

"Sure." Genis sat down. Well, let's rock.

"Er, um, er... do you like me?"

"Of course I do!" Wow! Really? This has to be a dream! "You're cute. I really like your soft hair, your nice little clothes, your cute pointy ears..."

KHZZHKTZTK!

"...your fat arse!"

"Wait, what the-what?" Lloyd was standing over him. What happened? Where did...

Zelos walked in. "Yeah, I just can't wait to see my hunnies again... so faster, my little brat!"

Raine also walked in. "There are some ruins near Meltokio that have opened to the public. I want to get there early for tickets, so don't make me take your kendama away!"

Genis got up, disoriented. Whaa...? Hunnies? Ruins? Kendama? Presea? Suddenly... DAMMIT!

ooc: Wow, I'm mean. R and R please! And there are no subliminal messages.

There are no subliminal messages.

Repeat after me. There are no subliminal messages.

There are no subliminal messages.

THERE... ARE... NO... SUBLIMINAL... MESSAGES!