Pestshipping (Haga x Anzu)

He didn't mean to drop the cockroach on her head. But he would certainly take the credit for it.

"What, you can't handle a little bug?" Haga said with a snort. "You're a good hundred times bigger than it."

"You didn't have to throw it at me!" Anzu Mazaki fumed.

It was a brisk fall morning, and the trees were starting to change colors. People wore coats over their business suits now. The insects were starting to die, although, Haga was pretty sure he was the only one that noticed that, or even cared.

He cupped the little cockroach protectively in his hands – Anzu had nearly flattened it. It wasn't his fault that she was walking under the bridge when the cockroach had tried to commit suicide. He opened his fingers a little bit. Long antennae wiggled, but cockroach stayed stock-still in his hands.

I'm trying to save your life, he thought irritably. So stop trying to run away.

"What are you doing with a little pest anyway?" Anzu said, folding her arms. Her face was still red – with anger, shock, or embarrassment, Haga couldn't tell.

"He's not a pest," Haga said.

"Maybe I was talking to the cockroach."

Haga's face warmed. His hands started to clench into fists but he stopped himself before he accidentally crushed the cockroach.

"You take that back," he said.

"If you stop acting like one."

Haga glared at the much taller girl. Anzu glared right back. Then she sighed.

"Okay, I'm sorry," she said.

Haga blinked. His anger dissipated just like that, like he had been punched in the gut.

"What?"

"I said I'm sorry," Anzu said, looking as though she didn't quite like the taste of the words in her mouth. "You like bugs. I'm sorry I almost killed your little friend."

"Huh?"

Anzu rolled her eyes.

"Well, one of us has got to apologize, or we'll be stuck in a stand-off for the rest of forever."

People walked around them, never quite looking at the strange pair that stared at each other. Anzu hesitated for a moment. Then she took half a step forward, looking tentatively at Haga's cupped hands. She shuddered slightly and took a step back.

"Sorry, I don't know what you see in that," she said.

"It's cute," Haga said, hurt. "See?"

He held the cockroach towards her. To Anzu's credit, she didn't leap back with a screech. She swallowed hard and let herself stare at it. The cockroach wiggled its little antennae. Unblinking black eyes stared, although, probably not at Anzu. Anzu bit her lip.

"I still can't quite see it," she said. "But I can tell you do."

Her eyes lifted up from the cockroach and studied Haga's face for a minute. He felt his cheeks starting to warm in spite of himself.

"What?" he said.

Anzu just shrugged.

"Nothing," she said. "Although...maybe you're not such a pest after all."

Haga blinked. Who was this girl, and what had she done with Anzu Mazaki? A small smile flickered across Anzu's face.

"Talking to the cockroach," she said as she passed him by.


A/N: Haga now has a crush on Anzu, methinks. Headcanon accepted. :) Oh, so I started watching GX. I talk about the spin-off Yu-Gi-Oh series, complain about them and stuff, but I've never taken the time to actually watch any of them. I feel like that makes me a total hypocrite, since I often tell people not to judge something before they look into it. Thus, I'm watching GX. Only subbed in Japanese, though, cause I can't handle 4Kids' writing skills (or lack thereof XD). So I have accepted all the Japanese names, although it's hard to think of Jaden as Judai. But I have determined that Asuka/Alexis is awesome, Shou (Cyrus) is actually really super adorable (he really annoyed me in the English dub) and Jun/Chazz is more insufferable than Kaiba ever was. Plus, Chronos/Crowler is Italian. That makes way too much sense. Next is...oh Ra...Pervertshipping (Sugoroku x Anzu).