Foreignshipping (Rebecca Hopkins/Leonhardt von Schroeder)
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"...und Vielen Dank für die Berücksichtigung? Is that how you say it?"
"Yes, that was perfect! You really have the pronunciation down!"
Rebecca flushed.
"Don't patronize me," she mumbled, leaning her head on her hands as she stared down at the paper on the table in front of her.
Leon just smiled over the top of his coffee. They were the only pair in this cafe today, and the sunset was starting to paint the world in shades of orange through the wide window that made up the wall of their booth. Gosh, they had been here a really long time. He almost hadn't noticed.
"Uuugh!" Rebecca moaned, flopping across the table with her arms spread out. "This is gonna be so hard. Why did I decide to do this?"
"Because you're smart, and your idea is great!" Leon said.
He patted her arm.
"Come on, don't be like that, you're going to do great! Just think about it—you're going to be the youngest person ever to get funding from the German Research Foundation!"
Rebecca moaned again and pressed her face into the table.
"I'm such a fraud, oh my gosh, I can't do this. I'm only fifteen, oh my god, they'll never pick me, they'll never pick my stupid idea, oh my god why did I decide to do this?"
"Rebecca," Leon said soothingly, rubbing her arm. "Come on. Weren't you just telling me on the plane how revolutionary your energy system is?"
He hadn't understood a word of it, but it had certainly sounded impressive. Rebecca only moaned again however.
"Over-confidence and bravado talking!" she said. "Oh my god, I'm not a genius at all, what made me think this was a good idea."
Leon just shook his head with a smile—he knew she'd be back to her old bragging self once she got through this. And she would get through it. He had looked over her speech four times at her insistence, and it was perfect. Her pronunciation and grasp of German was just about perfect, and she was going to wow the world just like she kept wowing him.
"Want me to get you another cocoa before we leave?" he said.
"Yes, please," Rebecca moaned.
He laughed and patted her head once more before he slipped out of the booth to order a hot cocoa with extra whipped cream to go.
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A/N: I thought it was cute? I'm so tired hahaaaa :'D Next is Fontshipping (Marik x Ryouta).
