Intro: I was originally gonna do a one-shot, but now it's going to be random snippets I make up as I go along just because I feel like it! Thanks to FNAFFRENZYCAT for the review!
Lili had discovered an unlikely sparring partner amongst the blur of faces, a bright spark in pink and black with long blonde hair to rival her own and a zest to eclipse even Little Miss Sugar High Xiaoyu herself. Chuckling fondly at the newcomer, who dubbed herself Lucky Chloe, they find their sparring evolve into an impromptu dance number, graceful motions in tune with her playful bounces.
No doubt was in Lili's mind, that the J-pop emitting from the cellphone was Chloe's personal taste, an effervescent bouncy number with the odd lyric Lili could sing along too. The giggling duo fall on the floor, doubled up in a chorus of breathlessness as they high five.
"Lili-chan!" Lucky Chloe cheerfully says between pants and offers up a box of Pocky, "Have some!" Upon accepting the strawberry favored treat with a winsome smile, Lili ponders what made them such fast friends. Her energy was infectious, spreading all the while, even in the face of naysayers and a sweeping curtain of brow raising from some of the onlookers.
There was this admirable sense of cheery defiance in Chloe's disposition, cat ears poised that bit higher when she adjusts her headphones and smile even wider than possible with unflappable zeal. Passionate about Japanese culture and perhaps overzealously clumsy with honorifics, Lili deemed Chloe great fun nevertheless.
For Chloe, it was nice to just have a friend and bask in new experiences.
That maddening energy was back in bright blue eyes, a glint to express it was time for round two as she buoyantly grabs Lili's hands bone tight and leads the merry dance, "Are you ready?!"
"The sugar high hit you so soon!" Lili huffs, albeit smiling all the while, swinging around in tandem with the newcomer as they squeal childishly. A sharp revolving door back to her childhood with her father, on a rare occasion he wasn't too busy, swinging his precious princess round and round in their scenic garden, the full bloom of spring alive in Monaco. The smell of the flowers and her father's loving eyes greeted her subconscious with welcome arms.
Piercing squees from Chloe's end sharply tug apart the memory, and with that, Lili's grip weakens, sending the blonde reeling dizzyingly to the floor. "Oooh!" The carpet made for a surprisingly soft landing, Lili gracelessly planting palms to support herself with a wry smile, shaking her shiny locks to readjust from the Lucky Chloe express.
Laughing chirpily all the while, Chloe hurries to the scene of her groovy crime. "Maybe we went too fast!"
"You don't say!"
The sound of slow clapping erupts, both girls looking up in unison at the source from their less than elegant in a heap. Pairs of eyes blink at the sight of Claudio at the entrance, "Quite the show ladies!"
Chloe takes a bow as Lili glowers incredulously, "Nya! Thank you! We're just practicing for the tournament!"
Claudio quirks a brow, "An interesting method you have there, Miss...?"
Lili feels herself being hoisted upright by her lively partner in arms, a bolero clad arm winding painfully tight across her neck, introductions in full throttle along with her runaway train tongue, "I'm Lucky Chloe and this is my tomodachi Lili-chan!"
"Ow," The girls are literally cheek to cheek in closeness, "Chloe! I can't breathe!"
"Gomenasai!" The vice like grip lessens and Lili gasps for air, fanning herself frantically at the slight beads of perspiration forming under bangs much to Claudio's subtle amusement, gloved hand under his chin in thought.
"Nice to meet you ladies. I'm Claudio."
"Good to meet you too Claudio-sama! Do you want some Pocky too?!"
"I'm quite alright-"
"Onegaishimasu!"
Looking at the brandished confectionary in her cat paw like the blunt of a sword, Claudio silently accepts with a polite nod and watches the blonde bolt off in a pink and black blur down the hallway to the restroom. "Your friend is a lively one."
"Chloe is Chloe," She turns on a heel haughtily, fumbling through a red bag for a bottle of water. "She's tons of sugar in human form."
"The girl probably injects it all year around!"
"So," Lili halts Claudio's quips, "Were you just passing by?"
"The squealing could be heard for miles, pardon me, I mean training." Claudio quickly corrected himself, "Like I said, swinging around like children seems an intriguing prospect in training for the tournament!"
Disbelieving laughter rings out, "Patronizing as ever. I suppose beating Bryan Fury to a pulp wasn't enough for you, that you had to come here to bother me!" Lili remarks with a wave of her palm, "Just who are you? And how do you..." Pointing to his bandaged arm with mouth agape in struggling to find the words, "...that?"
"Full of queries today," Claudio counters calmly with a low chuckle, "Perhaps you'll discover in time. Provided you last the first round that is. Buona fortuna!"
That smug, arrogant stalker!
Before Lili could stop herself, even remotely talk herself out of this sudden motion despite being whirled around by Chloe, a dainty palm jabs Claudio in the forearm. Gray eyes alight with new found curiosity, the all familiar notion of being hit prompting the Italian to gaze at the determined Monegasque.
Calmly blocking off her graceful onslaught, Claudio whistles approvingly at such spirit exhibited in this impromptu sparring session. Flaxen strands wild with each approaching kick, overzealous and lost in the thrill of battle. Such passion could not eluded, simply earning awed laughter.
"Oh no!" Chloe smothers a shrill gasp with fluffy paws upon the rude awakening of her return, "Stop it! Stop it Lili-chan! Claudio-sama!" Lili huffs at this interruption and Claudio graciously halts, dusting off his white coat with gloved hands.
Lili hisses in her friend's ear after lifting up her headphone piece, "Chloe! I nearly had him!"
"Gomenasai Lili-chan, but he's getting away!"
Claudio takes his leave once more with a sardonic wave as the girls babble amongst themselves in the midst of bickering. Out the door and out of sight, the dark haired enigma smiles to himself and nods.
Niente male.
Outro: I have no idea why I ship Claudio and Lili! I really don't! But I find it superlatively cute! Anyway, find out why Hwoarang's temper soars to volcanic heights in the next episode and get a glimpse into Claudio's dark humor! Hope you liked this complete nonsensical tale so far xox