Shanzira and Stahl: C Support.

Why does he have to be so damn adorable?

I was just sitting quietly in the pantry and minding my own business when Stahl walked in. He didn't notice me sitting on my chair, nope, he went right to the food and started looking around. I get the feeling he'd do the splits just to reach a jar of cookies if it was the last jar. Gaius would do the same, I bet. Hee. Men motivated by food are cute.

In any case, he's presently holding up two items in front of him, trying to pick one. From the way he's doing it, one would think he's trying to decide what he wants to be in life (which he already decided when he became a knight)... Well, here's what he says: "Hm... Bread, or chicken? Hard decision..."

It's not that hard. But then again, I think, he's practically a gourmet. He's like the resident Ilyana (the Tellius series was awesome, that is all). If he was thrown in prison with only shitty food and just a little of it, I think he'd be in a hell of a rage.

Or he'd just be calmly moping about it. I forgot, he's the laid-back type. Not like Ilyana. Those two would go so poorly together, they'd eat everything in sight.

More for me. Wait, what am I thinking? Damn me and my weakness for men... Why must I always think with my overies? Would it hurt to use my brain more? Wait, if I used my brain, I'd end up falling for Laurent. Fucking shit, he's hot, too. Okay, what about my heart? Wait, my heart would tell me Chrom. Screw the heart. What would all three say together?

... That's a hard one.

But I can't deny: Stahl is really, really adorable. I would cuddle with him all night long if I had the chance.

Stahl must be channeling my thoughts, because he just said something along similar lines: "Wait! I'll combine the two!"

Yes! Yes, go, Stahl! Revolutionize the world with new and reinvented food! "And call it a sandwich!"

He nods his head quickly, and I can only guess his eyes are wide open, but I can't see him; his back's turned to me. "Yes, that's genius! And," he spins around, trying to find the origin of my voice, "where did you come from, Shanzira?"

I try not to giggle and blush. I know that's the sterotypical thing for a girl to do, but fuck it, this is so cute, and he's tickling my amusement palate. "Ohh, I've been, um, floating around." Nervous chuckle. Calm down, Shanzira, calm down and resume your normal attitude. "Okay, let's face it, it was funny to watch you debate with yourself."

Stahl has the best smile. He brings both the corners of his lips up so high, they push into his eyelids, like he's laughing. "Heh! Well, I'm glad I'm entertaining. Is there anything you need?" His smile droops, but only slightly; he's still cheerful, just more aware of himself. You can't see if you're grinning like the Joker.

I chuckle again, spotting a common theme here. "Everyone asks that when I walk up to them. It's like they just want to be helpful." And once more I revel in a beauty of humanity: We are inherently good (or so this naive optimist believes). They really do want to be helpful. I go up to Chrom? I could ask him to do anything, as long as it's not lewd. I go up to Frederick? Oh, the things I could make him do. I go up to Stahl? I... Uh. I kinda just smile like a dumbass because this guy is just so huggable. I have to hold myself back.

"Well," Stahl begins thoughtfully (he's not scatterbrained ALL the time!) with his smile slipping a little more, "usually, when someone comes up to me, they either need my help or just want to talk." He takes a pause and rakes me over with his eyes. "Judging from your posture, you want to talk. Right?" And there his face goes, back to puppy mode.

"Damn, you're good," I say, meaning both his face-reading skills and his own admirable features. "Umm..."

He points a finger at me as he pins down my problem. "But you don't know what to say."

Nod and chuckle nervously. "Yup. Funny, huh? For a wordsmith, I sure spend a lot of time being speechless." Yep. It's really sad.

He cocks his head to the side. "Wordsmith?"

"Writer, scribe, poet, whatever you call us," I fling my hands about as I list the synonyms. "Wordsmith sounds prettiest, but I didn't invent it." Ninny was the one who got me to use it, though. We both love writing soooooo much. She actually made a writing tumblr, what was it, NovellaNinny? Something like that. Almost sounds like a Pesterchum username, heh.

Mr. Viridian Knight shrugs. "Well, I'm sure you'll think of what to say soon enough." His gaze wanders down to his hands, and he begins to rip the bread in two and place the chicken between the halves. Thanks for the vote of confidence, love.

Lightbulb! Inspiration has struck, just like lightning! "Like right now! Short and sweet!"

"Hm?" Pause. Looks to me. Oh my gods those brown eyes are so anime. Just speak your mind, Shanz.

"I think you're really, really cute!"

I just fucking said it! Oh, my gods! Shanz, get the fuck out of there before this becomes more awkward! BYE! OUT OF THE PANTRY FOR ME! And there's one of the cutest guys I've ever met, calling after me: "Hey, wait! Shanzira! Aw..." I just had to go and fuck this up, didn't I? Well, I have no one to blame but myself.

But, seriously, he's only cute, not attractive or anything... Gods damn it.

Short and sweet, like I said. Also, subtle advertising, yeaaahhh! I felt like I overused the word "cute", because it kept popping up in my head, but now that I re-read this, I used it only two or three times, opting for a synonym or something close more often than not. Phew! I didn't want to open a thesaurus. I know people requested a support between Shio and Stahl, but that'll come soon! Just give me some time. Shio's supports might take a while, because she's my closest friend and naturally she's really hard to write. It's weird.