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I love the next few chapters... and where this is going *eyebrow wiggle* Writing them makes me shy and blush like a schoolgirl ./w/. But you will see for yourselves, haha! Btw, I'm currently reading over all chapters again to correct small mistakes. I'm crappy with tenses, though, so I don't see most of the mistakes I do there x.x I was thinking if I don't find a beta-reader here, maybe I'll buy one on Flight Rising *sadface*
Tobirion: Ahh, my probably only fan! I'm glad if at least you and I like it xD .. btw I saw you seem to have a nice FF too, Invisible Molestation! O.O (saw fanart on dA) I will look into it as soon as I have more time!
I was stressing myself way too much. Ridiculously much. Now, starting the exam, I noticed that I could almost answer all of the questions immediately.
The desks were ordered neatly, each side of the room having someone to watch for cheaters. I obviously wasn't going to, but their mean stares made me uncomfortable nevertheless. Since this was the first possible date for the test, not that many people had showed up. However, I wanted to pass as soon as possible, therefore I was taking it now and it surprised me how easy it was for me. Okay, thirty questions, multiple choices and calculations, but nothing heavy. 'Enough for the 2nd Rank exam, though... I wonder how hard the first Rank one will be, considering that there will be practical exams too...'
There were a few questions I couldn't answer, so I guessed, hoping for the best. I handed it in, walking back to my seat to take my clothes and bag. The results would be E-Mailed to me in a few hours, but I would be anxious until then, anyway. Kunsel cast me a glance then got up as well when I was on my way outside. I stopped in front of the door, waiting for him.
"How did you do?", he asked, grinning when he saw my smile.
"Not too bad, I was not sure in some points, but overall I think I did fine." I swung my bag over my shoulder, starting to walk towards our dorms.
"Wanna grab a coffee? My treat."
"Oh?" So, different direction. I turned on my heels without actually moving my feet. "So confident?"
My roommate scratched the back of his neck. "Actually, I think I haven't had enough field trainings yet. There were quite a few questions I couldn't answer, just from my knowledge of the books..."
"Aw... No, I'm sure you did well!" I tried to cheer him up, but still I caught the disappointment in his eyes. True, I had never really noticed him going to more than two field trainings, but I assumed that the side knowledge the instructors gave us would be in the studying material as well. Or that was just me, who was always paying super much attention in my classes with the General in order to impress him.
He shook his head, stopping to move.
"My treat then. Let's go to the cafeteria." I offered, finally earning a smile from him.
We sat down by the window after getting a fresh coffee. I did my best to convince him that he didn't do bad, and if, then he could always improve after taking some more field trainings.
"Yeah, maybe you are right...", he mumbled, staring out of the window. Most of the leaves had left the trees already, though, the sun was still shining and offered a little warmth before the long and cold winter. Not nearly as freezing as at home in Nibelheim, so I would be fine. Getting sick was a rare thing for me, I grew up getting used to the roughness of nature and having people with a cold around me. We didn't get visitors often, but when we did, they got sick from the weather after a short while.
The weather here in Midgar was not the problem, but the air pollution. What would be clouds back at my place was replaced by mostly smoke coming from the city. ShinRa Corp tried to hide it a bit by planting trees between the buildings here, but the color of the sky or the lack of most stars couldn't lie. Even the usually green trees seemed to slowly become less saturated... but maybe that was just my imagination.
I wasn't going to complain, though, because this was the life I had chosen for me.
"I wonder if they can get those Wutaians to leave Costa del Sol...", Kunsel mumbled more to himself than to me.
I blinked. "Huh?" Was he serious? Then again, he had always been one to know inside information nobody else knew...
"Oh" He suddenly looked around hectically. "Yeah, I heard so. Why?"
"I didn't know what the mission is about at all, I was just curious because my Se... my instructor is taking part in, or, well, leading it." I scratched the back of my head 'I really need to stop calling him mine in my head... although I wish he was.'.
"Ah, okay. Well, all I know is that they are trying to negotiate first, then use force if necessary... but you don't know that from me." His eyes searched for possible listeners again.
I blinked. "Is it such a secret mission? Or why are you so nervous?"
"Just worried that our guys will get in trouble... that's all.", he said before loudly slurping the rest of his coffee. "Okay, I'll go head to the library first, see you, and thanks!"
I watched him leave, wondering what was up with him all of sudden. He sure was a person of many secrets as well, so I wouldn't bother him. Maybe he knew more than he wanted to admit, or also had a loved person among our army.
On the way home, I remembered the exam and stuck to my computer. No E-Mail yet.
After a little thinking, I chose to message Seph.
*Hey =) Had exam today...*
This time, his reply took a few minutes longer than usual. Maybe he was busy...
*Hey. I know, how was it? Greetings, Sephiroth.*
I rolled my eyes at the formal ending, wondering if that would ever stop. It possibly wouldn't, but if he went further with me after that, I wasn't gonna complain...
*Don't have a bad feeling, but the results are not out yet. Waiting for them to arrive.*
Again, a few minutes later: *Okay, then I wish you best of luck!*
I smiled, answering politely: *Thanks! Am I bugging you?*
*No, or I simply wouldn't answer. We just got back, time for a shower now... :) *
'I really do want to ask him what is going on there... what they are doing... but such serious stuff is none of my business yet...', I sighed, barely able to hold my curiosity back. Kunsel had given me a basic idea, but obviously I wanted to know more about what was going to be my job in the future. If I became second Rank today, I would be one step closer to that...
*Yeah, you are right... O_O photo?*, I joked, sort of trying to get a rise out of him.
As usual, he joked back first. *Of the shower? ;) *
*With you inside? ;) As far as I'm concerned, dressed as well :D :P* Just any photo of him would actually suffice. Any photo he took for me or because of me, I would gladly accept. Even older ones... I would feel weird just taking one of him. The only ones I had were from the newspapers, a ShinRa recruit catalogue and... the one of his hand.
His answer took me a bit aback, though... *Ha ha... or naked and the whole body...*
'Bad Cloud... Don't imagine it... don't...', I thought and kept refreshing my E-Mails. He wasn't going to make me all excited now... The violent beating of my heart however told me something different. Well, it sort of sounded like an offer...
*O_O If you insist on it, it'd be bad of me to decline...*_* * Okay, that was as un-fanboy-ish as it could get, considering my huge crush. I obviously couldn't just write "YESSS *drool face*" or something like that. I had to chuckle at that thought...
*... and some things in close-up view? ;)* Curse him and his sexiness. He knew exactly what I wanted, before even I knew that i wanted it. Not that I only wanted to see THAT, honestly, I was very humble concerning this matter. However, I was glad that he was treating me as an adult - and not like a student - by offering me such an answer...
In our talks, he played with me as much as I played with him... although, my red-hot face subtly let me know that he was prevailing.
*O_O O_O *_* *_* nosebleeding?!* was the simplest thing I could answer to that without getting too personal. It was not a "yes", I didn't want him to win and possibly put an end to this yet...
*Did you bump into something?*, he asked me and I wondered how he didn't know that expression widely used in Animes etc... okay, maybe he was too old to know such things or simply took no interest in them. 'Although there are quite a few I could recommend him...'
*No... you get that when your head gets too hot from sexy thoughts :D :P ;) *_* *, I explained him truthfully. 'Better don't mention Anime or he will try to change the topic...'
*Now, now... what were you thinking? ;)*
'Uh oh, think of something...' I pondered what I should say, since writing "Was looking at your photos from the ShinRa magazine and then imagined you there without clothes on instead" could put me in the wrong light... and the only photo he knew I owned...
*O_O Well... your sexy hands of course ;) Haha... and your face ;) all innocent* seemed suited enough, I added the "face" part to not let him get the thought of me having some kind of weird hand fetish... Truth to be told, I had a weird Sephiroth fetish, but he didn't need to know that.
Clicking of keys in the lock let me know that Kunsel returned, I greeted him briefly because the General had already answered.
*I see, then it's not so bad... ;)* I read before my roommate came up to me, looking over my shoulder. "Hey, what are you doing?"
I semi-turned on my chair, looking back at him. "Texting and waiting for the results." I pointed at my E-Mail inbox, still empty. It was already evening, so it couldn't take long anymore.
"Oh, right!", his voice came from behind me. "I'll do the same, let me know later!", he called, disappearing into his room.
Now I felt lucky that I had my little distraction in form of my text messaging partner. With him, time seemed to stand still for me, even though it was flying by quicker than at any other given time. That reminded me that I still had to answer him, or think of a tease.
*;) or did you mean something else?* Of course he wouldn't have meant his hand- if he was being serious - which I doubted, knowing him that much.
*Don't know what you wanted to see... but I would not have thought of sexy hands! ;) ;)* I smiled broadly. 'All of you. Every day. Or at least now...'
His text made me chuckle softly, so I text back concerning the hands comment: *:P Well, depends on the owner ;)*
The answer was sweet and made me smile again. *He he, then I'll take that as a compliment... ;) Okay, really have to go now.* Even though he had to leave... I replied with *See you later =)* and refreshed my inbox one last time after I noticed my stomach growling.
"Ding" was the magical sound I had been waiting for...
RingadingadINg
NO . .. just kidding. I've never listened to that song, honestly. Only know it from memes :x
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