"Waaaaahhhh!" Laslow tearfully cried before boisterously blowing his nose into an already soaking handkerchief. "It's not fair! It's just not fair!"
"'Not fair'?!" Ananias hysterically repeated. "'Not fair'?! What are you complaining about?! I was the one who got kissed!"
Laslow let out a few loud sniffles before blubbering, "Don't rub it in!"
"'Rub it in'?! Are you kidding me?!" Ananias then began to furiously rub off all of the lipstick on his cheeks. "This has got to be one of the most embarrassing days of my life!"
"'Embarrassing'?! 'Embarrassing'?!" Laslow grabbed Ananias' collar and violently began to shake him. "Do you not realize just how lucky you are?!" He then stopped shaking him as the tears once again began to uncontrollably fall down his face. "To have all of the ladies in the kingdom kiss you with such love and admiration! How most men can only dream of such a moment!" He then let go of Ananias' collar in order to slap him on the shoulder. "For shame! Such a wonderful gift is wasted on you!"
"Are you mad?!" Ananias shrieked, his eyes widening to the point where one could reasonably fear that they would pop out of their sockets at any moment. "The only reason why they were all kissing me was because they saw you tailing me!"
"Impossible!" Laslow tearfully denied. "I made absolutely sure not to be seen by absolutely anyone!"
"THEN YOU FAILED!" Ananias screamed, angrily shoving Laslow. He then indicated towards himself. "I wasn't even making an effort to look for you and even I knew how you were following me! And when literally every girl who kissed me was able to spot you before kissing me, that's REALLY saying something! I mean, gods man, did you even try?! Was this some big master plan to get me back for what happened to you at the square?! Because mission accomplished! It worked!"
"Oh, shut up!" Laslow sobbed. "Why in the world would I ever give you that luxury?!"
Ananias was positively seething with frustration and anger at this point. "'Luxury'?!" He quickly paced around as he messily ran his hands through his hair and gritted his teeth. "I... I just...," Ananias then stopped and took a deep breath before letting out an aggravated yell.
Laslow leapt back, startled by his friend's uncharacteristic outburst. "Wha!"
Ananias took a few moments to catch his breath and calm himself down before slowly turning back to Laslow and softly growling, "How... in the world... can you be so obsessed with women?" He grabbed Laslow's collar and forced their faces to be mere centimeters apart. "How?!"
Laslow nervously gulped before answering, "W-Well, I mean, who wouldn't, you know?"
Ananias shook him roughly again, the crazed look on his face only turning more and more hysterical by the second. "Give me... a real... answer."
"Ah, well, um," Laslow thought frantically for a moment before shaking his head, "I don't know! I just do!"
"Then please, for the love of the gods, will you please just leave me out of it?" Ananias asked. "Because I can't take it anymore."
"Um... take what, exactly?"
"Your tomfoolery," Ananias answered. "I can't stomach it anymore. For all these years, I've been going along with it, because I didn't want you to feel lonely. But now... you've just taken it too far. Well, no more. That's it. I'm done. You going to keep flirting with women? Fine, go ahead. But leave... me... out of it. Do you understand? I want nothing to do with it anymore."
Laslow gulped before nodding. "U-Understood."
"You sure?!"
Laslow nodded. "Y-Yeah, I'm sure!"
"You promise you won't rope me into your crazy girl-centered antics anymore?"
"Alright, I promise! Now just let me go!"
Ananias took a few deep breaths before nodding. "Yeah, sure."
He let Laslow go and allowed Laslow to get his bearings. "Gods," Laslow panted. "I didn't realize you hated me that much!"
Ananias sighed. "I don't hate you," he said, his voice noticeably hoarse after putting a strain on his vocal cords. "We've been through too much for me to hate you. It's just...," he shrugged, "we really are just two... very different people."
Laslow nodded somberly. "Yeah, now that you mention it, I guess you're right." He gave Ananias a small smile. "Though, if I remember correctly, we weren't always so different. We were actually both pretty shy and awkward back in the day."
Ananias nodded. "Yeah. That was probably the closest we've ever been. You know, outside of fighting for our lives and all that."
Laslow chuckled. "Right. We were practically inseparable back then! But then... I guess things changed between us."
"We ended up living out our lives in completely different ways."
"And now, we can barely spend time with one another without upsetting each other."
Ananias nodded solemnly. "Yeah, seems like."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"... Sorry."
Laslow raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Hmm? What for?"
Ananias awkwardly scratched the back of his neck and muttered, "For being so... difficult. And moody."
"Oh, please. If anyone is the difficult and moody one, it's me. I unfortunately cause you a bit too much grief."
"And I'm always the one trying to ruin your fun," Ananias countered.
"Humph." Laslow smiled knowingly as he placed his hands onto his hips. "Here we go again. Maybe we're still a bit similar after all, hmm?"
"... I guess," Ananias admitted. He crossed his arms before suggesting, "Maybe that's the reason why we're still friends after all this time, and not just avoiding each other every chance we get?"
Laslow shrugged. "Perhaps."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Ananias sighed before awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck, averting his eyes, and asking, "So, see you again tomorrow morning?"
Laslow chuckled before giving him a respectful bow. "But of course."
Author's Note #1: And there ends Ananias' supports with Laslow. I hope you liked them. The next supports will be Rinkah, followed by Arthur, Silas, Leo, Keaton, and Subaki.
Author's Note #2: The Fire Emblem Warriors poll is up on my profile! Vote for which five characters you want for Ananias to support with from that game the most and, in the end, ten characters will be selected for Ananias to support with, so make your voices heard. Happy voting!
Author's Note #3: As Ananias has no real connection to the Three Houses cast and has no real reason to be there anyway, there will be no Three Houses supports for him. Sorry.
