Requested by: Anonymous
Prompt: "Please tell me you know how to diffuse a bomb."
This was their last task before graduating from the special operatives training. They had gone through one hell of an obstacle course, a surprisingly detailed and tedious exam, and now this…
Her blonde partner, who introduced herself as Lucy, stood on the other side of the black box, waiting for the announcer to give them their orders. Erza had a small tinge of excitement, ready for whatever was to come from the small and ominous box.
A click, followed by a small hissing sound came from the box and white fumes were exhausted from it. The box popped right open, revealing a digital alarm clock?
The red numbers glaring at her, beginning to count down from five minutes. Oh, maybe this wasn't an alarm she thought.
Brown eyes met brown and the soldier in front of her sighed. "I certainly wasn't expecting this, it's so cliche."
She took residence on the floor, beginning to toy with the millions of wires spewing from the top of the clock proportion. Then it clicked, an aha moment.
The red head nervously chuckled, kneelin on the other side of the box, "Please tell me you know how to diffuse a bomb." She already knew she failed the exam, if it was the same for this, she wouldn't make it through.
Lucy nodded, already working diligently through the wires. "Just remove all the yellow wires, and the small gray ones."
Erza nodded, trusting her small partner. As soon as she pulled a gray one, the timer lost four minutes. Now they were down to thirty seconds! Simultaneously, they both squealed.
"I said small gray one!" Lucy exclaimed, scrambling to pull the rest of the aux-like cords.
Ofcourse she pulled the wrong one! "You do the gray ones, I'll get the yellow." Again Erza nervously chuckled, she was startled by the blaring noise and the blonde's beauty. Now she definitely couldn't mess this up.
Three…
Two…
One? Erza cringed as she held the last wire in her hand, Lucy whooping in victory.
The voice from over head boomed, "You may now leave the testing facility."
The duo got up to leave, Erza nervously twiddling her thumbs. "Would you maybe want to…"
"Hmm?" The blonde hummed, her black combat boots clicking against the cement.
"Get a coffee? I thought we worked great together." The red head finished her statement, sheepishly glancing at her fellow comrade.
Lucy blushed as they exited, it seemed like she wasn't expecting a question like this. "Y-Yeah," she was sure flustered alright, "You want to go right now?"
The bomb didn't make an explosion physically, but it certainly did leave an imprint on their lives. They walked from the room in a fit of laughter and giggles.