To say that Tsuji's girl anxiety wasn't serious was definitely a lie.
From a radius of three meters, he could already tell if a girl was coming or not. Within a one meter radius, he would already want to leave or most probably, run away.
Sitting in a room with females in a room was bad, too. He couldn't think straight, as Shinoda's endless briefing session went on. Ninomiya was sitting with his legs crossed, hand holding a pen and tapping restlessly against the blank paper he had brought for note taking. Inukai had a serious looking face on, but he was tapping his feet, showing his boredom.
Same, he wanted to say and pat them on the back. I can't wait to get out of this room.
Shinoda finally stopped at one point. 'Any questions?'
He mentally sighed in relief. Finally done.
'Then, you're all dismissed.'
The agents slowly stepped out of the meeting room, either stretching, yawning, or trying to out on a straight face.
His shoulder bumped into someone. He muttered a small sorry and turned around. 'Are you alright?'
'Yes, I'm alright. Sorry for that.'
Oh. The girly boy.
Shou gave him the creeps. The ones that came whenever a girl came too close, and he would start muttering incoherent words and panic. I'm not even sure if he's a guy or not.
'Tsuji-san? You don't look too good. Your face is pale.'
Who wouldn't be? After Shinoda's stupid and useless briefing session which reminded us of facts we were told so many times, who wouldn't be?
He gently pushed down his hand, which was about to meet with his own forehead. He jolted at the contact he made himself, puzzling the younger. His girl alert was on in his brain, siren blazing, and shouting: GIRL ALERT! GIRL ALERT!
He told his brain to shut up.
Shou's single green eye stared him down from behind his glasses lens. 'Are you sure? It'll be better for us all if you were at top condition at all times.'
He could feel the cold sweat at the back of his neck. Kid sure is crazy...
Tsuji took a step backwards and wiped this neck with his sleeve. 'Yes, I'm sure. And I'm guessing that you have more important things to worry about than my health.'
Seeing the shorter pale slightly, he celebrated mentally. Finally, I said something that made the kid shut up for a sec! Not that he thought he was annoying, but the 'girl vibes' he gave him were too strong for him to deal with. He could feel his girl alert coming back again.
Shut up, brain.
'Then, I'll be off now. Take care, Tsuji-san.' Shou bowed slightly and left.
He left out a sigh he didn't know he was holding in. Now I can relax...
'Tsuji.' Ninomiya's serious voice came from behind him.
Or maybe not...
'Ninomiya-san?'
'That kid was right. You don't look too good.'
'I swear, I'm fine. Don't worry, Ninomiya-san.'
Ninomiya raised an eyebrow, slightly suspicious. 'Your complexion doesn't tell me that. Come with me.'
He didn't leave time for him to collect himself before walking away in long, even strides.
His shoes clicked on the floor rhythmically, leading him back to their squad room.
'Was it your anxiety again?'
He shook his head.
Eyes narrowed, Ninomiya sighed. 'You know that you can't hind these things from me, don't you?'
Tsuji lowered his gaze, nodding slightly, affirming his previous question.
Sighing again, Ninomiya sat down next to him. 'We'll have to do something about it. I don't want this being a handicap in your combat. Now, I'll ask you a few questions. Answer me truthfully.'
He nodded again.
'First off, why are you so anxious around girls?'
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Ninomiya now had a better idea of why Tsuji had his 'girl anxiety'. Growing up without much interaction with girls, he feels uncomfortable around them, since he had near zero experience with girls.
Ninomiya cursed mentally, cursing at Tsuji's anxiety and the stupid reason why it existed .
'I think we have to solution to your problem.'
Eyes focused on him, Tsuji asked, 'what is it?'
Can't find many people who are willing to learn or fix their mistakes nowadays.
Sighing, he crossed his legs and leaned further back into his seat. 'Just interact with females more. You're probably stressed out over how to respond normally, but if that's settled, it should be fine.'
Tsuji thanked his guidance and left, promising to perform better in this aspect in the near future.
Honestly, young people nowadays...
