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The Deer in the Headlights.
"Why do you act so weird around Erza-san?"
Chisame liked it better when the Vice President tried to speak in big words. Then she'd be frustrating in how she'd be all but impossible to understand, but she was even more annoying when you could tell what she was asking you.
Chisame turned back from the large pile of plates she had been washing and glared at the busty blonde. "I don't act weird around that woman."
"Yes, you do!" Haruka insisted. "It's so strange because you're never that way around anyone! It's as if she scared you, but simaltuneously you couldn't stop looking at her when she talks to you. It's… It's… ah hah! Like a deer!"
"A deer?"
"Yes! A deer caught in the carlights!" Suzushiro said, apparently very happy at finally getting the comparison that had been eluding her so long. "I don't get it. Do you hate her, or she scares you, or what? Because not even Eva-san makes you act like that. I'm kind of worried by now, actually."
"You. Worried about me," Chisame said dryly.
Haruka nodded. "You're my comrade in arms, the most important person for Negi-sensei, and the only link to Ala Alba I've got left now. Why wouldn't I care about you?"
Chisame winced uneasily at this statement, phrased so plainly and with no hesitation. "I don't know, it's just… hell if I can figure that woman out, at least with Evangeline you can tell she's going to be grouchy all the time. Erza-san is annoyingly friendly and casual one moment, then a drill sergeant, she's kinda too… intense, but unlike Saotome, you just can't push her back."
"Oh, I see," Haruka nodded. "Well, I suppose that makes sense. Especially for someone like you!"
Chisame frowned again. "What was that supposed to mean, now?"
Haruka flippantly turned around on her heels, starting to walk out the kitchen. "You take everything as a personal attack, don't you? Relaxate every once in a while, Chisame-san." Before Chisame could tell her that she of all people was the least entitled to ever demand relaxation and calm from anyone else, Haruka favored her with a smile shot over her shoulder, which almost made her look like President Fujino for the briefest of moments. "Then again, I guess that's why Sensei can't just push you back neither."
And she left, leaving Chisame standing there, utterly confused.
"What… What did you mean with that last part…!?"
Haruka kept on walking, soon reaching the spot where Natsu Dragneel stood indolently by a wall, noisily picking a chicken—or a bird kind of like a chicken anyway—leg clean. "So," he asked out a corner of his mouth, "what'scher verdict then?"
"Heads over heels, " Haruka sighed, never stopping and walking past him. "And honestly, if even you and I have picked up on it…!"
"Why do you act so weird around Erza-san?"
Chisame liked it better when the Vice President tried to speak in big words. Then she'd be frustrating in how she'd be all but impossible to understand, but she was even more annoying when you could tell what she was asking you.
Chisame turned back from the large pile of plates she had been washing and glared at the busty blonde. "I don't act weird around that woman."
"Yes, you do!" Haruka insisted. "It's so strange because you're never that way around anyone! It's as if she scared you, but simaltuneously you couldn't stop looking at her when she talks to you. It's… It's… ah hah! Like a deer!"
"A deer?"
"Yes! A deer caught in the carlights!" Suzushiro said, apparently very happy at finally getting the comparison that had been eluding her so long. "I don't get it. Do you hate her, or she scares you, or what? Because not even Eva-san makes you act like that. I'm kind of worried by now, actually."
"You. Worried about me," Chisame said dryly.
Haruka nodded. "You're my comrade in arms, the most important person for Negi-sensei, and the only link to Ala Alba I've got left now. Why wouldn't I care about you?"
Chisame winced uneasily at this statement, phrased so plainly and with no hesitation. "I don't know, it's just… hell if I can figure that woman out, at least with Evangeline you can tell she's going to be grouchy all the time. Erza-san is annoyingly friendly and casual one moment, then a drill sergeant, she's kinda too… intense, but unlike Saotome, you just can't push her back."
"Oh, I see," Haruka nodded. "Well, I suppose that makes sense. Especially for someone like you!"
Chisame frowned again. "What was that supposed to mean, now?"
Haruka flippantly turned around on her heels, starting to walk out the kitchen. "You take everything as a personal attack, don't you? Relaxate every once in a while, Chisame-san." Before Chisame could tell her that she of all people was the least entitled to ever demand relaxation and calm from anyone else, Haruka favored her with a smile shot over her shoulder, which almost made her look like President Fujino for the briefest of moments. "Then again, I guess that's why Sensei can't just push you back neither."
And she left, leaving Chisame standing there, utterly confused.
"What… What did you mean with that last part…!?"
Haruka kept on walking, soon reaching the spot where Natsu Dragneel stood indolently by a wall, noisily picking a chicken—or a bird kind of like a chicken anyway—leg clean. "So," he asked out a corner of his mouth, "what'scher verdict then?"
"Heads over heels, " Haruka sighed, never stopping and walking past him. "And honestly, if even you and I have picked up on it…!"