ONE

"Tsubasa! Guess what time it is!"

Tsubasa looks up, blinking to refocus on the woman grinning at her. "Hm? Tachibana?"

Glancing at her watch, she realizes it is already lunch break just as Hibiki says, "Geez, if it weren't for me I think you'd work straight through lunch every day and forget to eat!"

"You say that every time. These reports need to be catalogued properly, and goodness knows no one on this ship has the patience for archiving," Tsubasa grumbles, but she sets aside her work when Hibiki cocks an eyebrow and lifts her left hand to draw attention to the boxed lunch she holds with her own.

She laughs, waggling a finger at Tsubasa, gloating, "And you give the same token protest and give in the moment you see the lunch Maria's made for you! Stuffy librarian work is totally secondary to eating."

Only moments later, Hibiki is left with her mouth gaping open and hands devoid of lunch. Tsubasa pats her on the shoulder as she walks out of the office.

"Hey, no fair!" Hibiki shouts after her, jogging to catch up. "You can't go around abusing your cool ninja skills like that," she pouts.

Tsubasa shakes her head. "All's fair in war, so," she smirks, "your lunch is mine."

Continuing to pout, Hibiki reaches ahead to open the door to the staff room as she grumbles, "Just because I ate your lunch that one time…."

"I'm glad you understand," Tsubasa smirks.

"Oh no, Tsubasa's smirking! Hibiki, what did you do?"

Glaring, Tsubasa retorts, "Well, good afternoon to you as well, my dear wife."

Maria tilts her head and grins winsomely up at Tsubasa.


a/n: So here's the second chapter, and the one after, since I uploaded two chapters on AO3 last night for some reason.

#8-14 are still open.

~Teddy.