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Sai glared at his offensive finger the whole time he was meandering back to the base. It felt odd, kind of sticky, and extremely contaminated. He had always been rather sanitary and had no idea what had compelled him to act the way he had. As he neared the base he heard shouts coming from beneath the clothes rack.
"I'm telling you for the hundredth time already! I. DID. NOT. RUN. AWAY! She was the one who ran off!"
"We've been over this! She wouldn't run away if she could strangle you!"
"Well, maybe something's wrong with her, but I'm telling you, I did not run away. She's just a girl. I could've handled her." Sai sighed and shook his head. If Miriallia had heard that last comment, Tolle's heart would have been cut out and fed to him. She had been known to do some crazy things when she was enraged or offended, and that comment would have both offended and enraged her. If she ever found out about it, Tolle would be a dead man. Deciding the situation had gone far beyond Kuzzey's control, He pushed some of the clothing away and ducked into the base.
"It doesn't really matter who did what. The point is that we're all alive even though Miriallia isn't in the best mood, and if you don't mind, I'd like to keep it that way." Sai spoke up, alerting them to his presence.
"Uh, hi." Kuzzey waved slightly. Tolle looked annoyed, and Kira appeared rather relieved.
"Whose up for the next challenge? I'd say this one goes to Kira. It seems to suit him." Sai broke the awkward silence that had followed his interruption. Sai nodded his approval, and Kuzzey grunted. Kira sighed. "And if I don't want to?" He inquired. "You'll do it anyways." Tolle ordered. Sending a hopeful look in Kuzzey's direction, Kira slowly backed out of the rack. Kuzzey looked away, feeling guilty for making Kira do it, but not wanting to face Tolle's wrath. Said brunette was still upset about being accused of running away.
Miriallia was staring intently at the two potential weapons, as if she was hoping one would miraculously jump into her hand shouting 'Pick me! Pick me!' But to no avail. It seemed as if she would have to resort to the old-fashioned way of actually weighing her options. Sighing and looking to the right, hoping to see the answer there, she saw an extremely cute white hat. It was the guy who'd helped her up. "Uh, hey, you." She called out to him. He spun around to face her. "Um, hi, I met you earlier. Can I ask you something?"
"You just did." He pointed out. Rolling her eyes, she showed him her two choice weapons.
"Which do you think can inflict more pain?"
"Uh, what do you plan to do with them?" He asked sounding almost nervous.
"Let's just say male pride is the root of all evil and how proud can a man be if he can't really prove he's a man?" She stated, trying to be as vague as possible.
Shinn wasn't sure whether to answer and back away slowly, or grab his crotch and run away screaming like a six-year-old girl. He knew one thing for sure; he did not want to get on this girl's bad side. "Well, er, I'm not sure… I'm not exactly experienced in this area." Noticing the depressed look that crossed her face when he answered, he felt the need to help her with her decision. "I guess both of them combined could be pretty painful." He pointed out.
Kira wandered over to the hunting department, wanting to prolong the inevitable as long as was humanly possible, but all great things must come to an end, and so did Kira's freedom. He looked through the glass at the assortment of guns the store had. Pretending to be interested, he browsed up and down the counter, pausing every once in a while to stare at one that caught his eye. "Can I help ya?" A voice asked from behind the counter, making Kira jump in surprise. Taking a deep breath he tried to convince himself he could go through with the plan.
"Uh, yeah, I guess. Can you tell me where the uh, anti-depressants are?" He asked, trying to sound sincere. Glancing up, he suppressed a grin when he saw the look on the man's face.
"Um, down there, four aisles down take a right and keep on going until you get to personal health. I suggest you get a rather," The man paused to cough, " strong prescription." Kira nodded his thanks and quickly walked in the direction opposite the way he'd been pointed, ignoring the calls he was getting from the man.
Miriallia couldn't believe she hadn't thought of it before. Of coarse! She could use both on Tolle, and figure out which caused the most pain and then use that weapon on the others. "Thanks so much…" She trailed off not knowing his name.
"Shinn, Shinn Asuka."
"Miriallia Haww." She smiled at him. "Well, thanks for that. Sorry if things got a little… weird. My friends got a little out of control." Things were starting to get awkward.
A little? If they got castrated when they were a little out of line, what would happen if they were way out of line? Shinn shuddered at the idea. Looking over his shoulder, he heard his name being called. Mayu. Sighing, he turned back to Miriallia. "That's my sister calling. I should probably be going."
"Yeah, I should get back to searching for my boyfriend." She told him. Boyfriend. Of coarse she was taken. Not that he liked her or anything. She was a natural. Things couldn't work out.
"Well, see you around." He told her. She smiled softly and nodded.
"Bye" She whispered softly to him.
I think I made Miriallia and Shinn click a little too well. After I'm done this, I think I'll write a one-shot about what I think would happen if Shinn saw the pictures Lunamaria took of the meeting between Miriallia, Kira, Athrun and Cagalli in Destiny, and recognizes Miriallia from this encounter. This one felt a little more humorous, but I still don't feel like it's as funny as it could be.