Story #6 : Lonely
Characters: Senel, Norma, Chloe, Grune, Shirley
Pairing: Senel x Shirley (one-sided) Senel x Chloe (one-sided)
Spoilers: Yes

I don't know, I just thought of this. This, basically being, the girls have a looong chat.

This isn't a romance short story, if you're wondering. :o The pairings are one-sided because the girlies are having a chat

Onii-chan means Brother.

Norma sighed.
Chloe sighed.
Shirley sighed.
Grune smiled.

The guys had gone on ahead, leaving them to clean out behind. While there were three casters, Chloe was having trouble fighting.
Norma observed Chloe's movements, and obviously knew she felt lonely without Senel.
Norma couldn't help but say it out loud.

"Feeling lonely there, are you, C?" she yelled, casting Rally.

Chloe slipped a little, but managed to regain her balance and finish the last monster.
She turned to Norma.

"Of course not!" she yelled.

Shirley stared at Chloe with uncertainty.
Chloe darted her eyes to catch a quick glance of Shirley, then looked back at Norma.

"No! Coolidge just helps a lot, but I'm certainly not lonely!"
"Who said I was talking about Senny?" Norma said.

Chloe flustered.

"Well, I thought you were," she said, pretending to cough.
"Oh my, well, maybe Norma-chan was talking about Senel-chan," Grune said, putting her hand on her cheek, tilting her head.
"Maybe I was," Norma said, putting her hand to her chin, in her devious pose.
"MAKE UP YOUR MIND!" Chloe yelled.
"Anywho, let's go" Norma said, pointing onward.

Shirley looked down. She felt uncomfortable without Senel. She's fought without him for quite a while, but she never was with Chloe.
She was usually always with Grune, Will, and Moses.
Norma caught a quick glance of Shirley, and pushed Chloe in front of her.

"Uh?"
"You lead," she said, running to Shirley.
"Hey Shirl!" she said to Shirley, quite happily.
"No-Norma-san.." she said, quietly.
"How come you're not talking?" Norma asked.
"Well, I'm not feeling very well, and-"
"It's C, isn't it?" she asked.
"Y-yes, it's Chloe-san.." she said, feeling a little ashamed.
"Right now, I miss Onii-chan,"
"Well, he's not that far away you know, run to him and run into his arms!" Norma said, stretching her hands out.

Shirley blushed.

"N-no way!" she yelled.
"Well, you're no fun," Norma said, walking up ahead.

Shirley thought about Senel. Did he care for her as much as he cared for Chloe? Chloe was his side-to-side combat partner, who he also talked to a lot. It looked like he could share anything with her, and she would be there with open arms.
But then again, Senel risked his whole being and the Mainland's existance to save Shirley. He didn't want to kill her like he was planning to. He couldn't. Was it because he loved her? And not as a sibling?
She wondered.

Chloe also thought about Senel. He would share a lot of things with her, and he told her nearly everything that the others didn't even know. She wasn't afraid to support him, just as she did in the Quiet Lands. Sure, she slapped him once or twice, but he attained his Sacred Eres that way. She helped him.
She helped Senel when he was trapped between his loss of Stella, and his betrayal from Shirley.
She wondered.

From now on, they both decided to try and open up to Senel, no matter what it took.

"Ah, hey, it's the guys!" they heard, their deep thinking interrupted.

"Coolidge!"
"Onii-chan!"

They both ran to him in a rush, spinning Norma, the leading of the group.
She then fell to the floor.

"Ow!"
"Geez, you guys are SOOO eager to see Senny, aren'tcha?" she yelled, getting herself back up.
"Huh?"

Senel looked in front of him, at the two girls' shady faces.

"Shirley? Chloe?" he asked.

They were both blushing too much to face him.

There! Shirley appears! That only leaves Moses!