The scene was a classic. Three shaded figures dressed in Italian leather, two smoking cigarettes; the fire at the end the only source of light; one wearing dark sunglasses, all three looking sober. One lazily tipped the deep red contents of a small glass down his throat and repeated the only thing he had said for the past ten minutes. The thing that chilled the very souls of his companions, making them shudder involuntarily;
"I'm freezing my ass off"
Sheena could feel Zelos's smile through the darkness
"don't even think about it"
"whaaaat?"
"you were about to help him out."
The flame-haired man sighed
"dude, you read me like a chicks and cars magazine"
"uhuh"
Then it happened. The baby pink fairy lights that normally illuminated the hard core ninja's tent spat back on. They had electricity. Now normally sitting for 15 minutes without light or heat in the companionship of a hormonal expert groper and world champion ass-kicker would have been an ordeal for anyone, but now that he could see exactly where Zelos's hand had been making its way and the maniacal grin across Sheena's face, Kratos suddenly began wishing that they were back in a the dark.
"take/your/hand/off/my/thigh" he winced, trying to avoid the unnervingly energized piercing stare Sheena was giving him
"well?" she said, perfectly composed while her eyes sparkled with lured intentions..
"well…?"
"WHAT DO YOU THINK?!?!?!?!!!" she cried, seizing Kratos and Zelos by their throats and shaking them.
"oov..een.antig..o aa'at..cour llug tie nor"
"excuse me?" she blinked, releasing her grip.
"I said 'you've been wanting to say that for a long time now', yes?"
"Zelos" she marked dangerously "I am not an unreasonable woman… BUT WHEN IVE BEEN NEEDING A REPLY FOR NEARLY TWENTY MINUTES FOR AN ANSWER I HAVE NURSED AND NURTURED FOR-"
"OK! fine! I'll tell you! The thing is, Sheena.. Well, frankly… you're a bloody genius." the hated words tumbled from his egocentric mouth, and her eyes lit up momentarily before returning to their usual smugness
"well of course I am, you didn't need to tell me that. Now."
Kratos was actually shaking
"…n-now? Now what?"
"now we get this baby in action!"
The maniacal grin was back with a vengeance.