"You wanted to see me?" Ananias asked as he slowly entered the male tactician's very own personal tent.

Robin looked up from his work and smiled as he turned to properly address the man he had requested an audience with. "Ah, Ananias. Yes, I indeed wanted to see you. I sincerely hope that you granting my request isn't too much of a bother."

Ananias nonchalantly shrugged as he shook his head. "Not really. I mean, I work here, you know? And you're kind of like one of my superiors, you know? So if you ever need anything from me, then that kind of takes priority, right?"

Robin chuckled. "Yes, I guess I can see the logic in that, but please, although I may be the Shepherd's tactician, that does not make me any more important than anybody else in the army, so please, I ask that you treat me like you would anybody else."

Ananias released a weary sigh. "I'll try, but I make no promises."

Robin smiled. "Fair enough."

"So," Ananias asked, "what was it that you needed me for?"

Robin smirked. "Funny you should mention that," he said.

Ananias raised an eyebrow slightly in mild surprise. "What?"

"All this talk about who is a superior and who isn't," Robin explained. "Despite the fact that I firmly believe that there should not be too much talk about who should technically be considered a superior and who should technically be considered subordinates to those superiors, I am actually here to ask if you may allow yourself to be my superior, at least, for a little while."

Ananias' eyes widened in surprise. "I… I don't follow."

Robin nodded his head understandingly. "You see, ever since you became a part of our little family, I've admired your impeccable ability to keep your cool, even under the most dangerous, strenuous, and unlikeable of circumstances. I was hoping that you could take me up as a student of sorts. Teach me to be as calm as you whenever I require such a state of composure."

"Um… yeah, sure, okay, but," Ananias rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, "aren't you, you know, already pretty good at that?"

Robin chuckled at the usually straight-faced man's sudden showing of personality. "There's no harm in finding ways to better one's self, and quite frankly, I think you may surpass me in that regard. So what do you say? Will you grant this man's request?"

Ananias sighed. "I think you already know the answer to that."

Robin frowned upon hearing Ananias' response, but his eyes widened upon realizing what Ananias meant. "Oh, yes, of course! Customer satisfaction!" He chuckled good-naturedly. "How could I have possibly forgotten?"

Ananias casually shrugged. "Well, I don't exactly look like an Anna, so…."

An awkward pause, before Robin uncomfortably coughed, averted his eyes to the side, and said, "Um, yes, well, shall we begin then?"

Ananias' eyes widened slightly in mild surprise. "Now?" he asked.

Robin nodded. "Why, yes, unless you have pressing matters to attend to that is."

Ananias shook his head. "No, but I haven't exactly warned you about the training yet."

Robin's eyes widened in surprise. "Such training requires a warning?" he asked incredulously.

Ananias nodded. "Doesn't all training require some type of warning to be given before someone partakes in it?" he asked.

"W-Well, I suppose that's true, but," Robin frowned, "how dangerous could this particular training be?"

"It's not particularly dangerous," Ananias explained, "but it certainly is… unorthodox." When he saw that Robin didn't exactly get what he was trying to say, Ananias quickly added, "I'm just trying to tell you that nothing about this might be what you are expecting."

Robin gave Ananias a reassuring smile, before chuckling, and saying, "I haven't expected a lot of things throughout my life, but I make it a point to never let that discourage me." When Ananias still did not look convinced, Robin added, "Don't worry. I'll just have to make sure I CAN handle it. Now," he smirked, "how about you give me my first lesson? Come on! Do your worst!"

Ananias sighed. "Well, if you say so." He then proceeded to step on Robin's foot as hard as he possibly could.

Robin, not expecting such an action from the usually amiable and mostly harmless Ananias, could not react fast enough to avoid Ananias' foot stomp, and let out a cry of pain once the attack connected. "Ah!" Robin then rubbed his foot tenderly before looking at Ananias as if he had gone mad and asked, "What was that for?!"

"You failed," Ananias said disinterestedly.

Robin's eyes widened in shock. "Excuse me?!"

Ananias let out an exasperated sigh. "You failed," he repeated.

For a long moment, Robin could only stare at Ananias, his mouth agape in disbelief, but the more he thought about it, the more he understood where Ananias was getting at. "Ah, I see," Robin said as his look of incredulity turned into a look of realization. He gave Ananias an amused look. "Well played." He then readied himself for Ananias' next assault. "Now please, let us continue."

Much to Robin's surprise, Ananias merely shook his head at his student's request. "No."

Robin's eyes widened in surprise again. "No?" he repeated incredulously. "Well, why not?"

"You failed," Ananias said simply.

Robin's mouth hung agape once more. "A-Again? But how…."

Ananias sighed. "I warned you."

Robin grimaced at realization of what he had just agreed to. "I may have more work ahead of me than I had initially realized," he quietly admitted.


Author's Note #1: Poor Male Robin. He probably should've taken that warning a bit more seriously. Well, now marks the beginning of Male Robin's supports with Ananias. Hopefully they are a little bit more entertaining than the previous set of supports.

Author's Note #2: So far, in terms of where to place Tenk in the current order of supports, there has officially been one vote for his supports to be done right after Male Robin's. In case there are any latecomers, I'll wait until the end of Male Robin's supports to see where Tenk stands.

Author's Note #3: Speaking of the order of supports, the current order of the supports after Male Robin are: Father, Tan'bay, Lucina, Gerome, Nah, Cynthia, Noire, Kjelle, Zephyra, Lumaria, Yarne, Laurent, and then Brady. Where should Tenk be situated in this list? Make your voice heard by leaving a review.