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V grumbled as she sat in the landing pod.
She was alone, N and J were out hunting. Or whatever it is they did while they were out of the pod.
V hated to admit it, but… she got lonely when her squadmates were out. She would never tell them, but she kind of enjoyed it when everyone was in the landing pod. Even if they were arguing or not acknowledging each other, it was still nice. Just having everyone there made V feel somewhat more comfortable.
There was a loud boom and V immediately jumped in her chair before looking over where the noise came from.
She looked up and saw one of her teammates walking down from the ladder of the pod. V immediately turned around, pretending she hadn’t noticed N walk inside.
“Oh, hey V!” he began, rather chipper, “I didn’t know you were in here! I thought you’d be out hunting with J.”
V turned around and looked at N as he smiled back at her. She sighed before slouching down a bit. Her tail was idly swaying behind her, the nanite acid in her syringe lighting up the rather dark room.
“Needed to refill my oil.” she deadpanned and turned back to the console, resting her head in her palm before seeing something in her peripheral. It was a Worker’s arm.
“Here! Have this!”
V turned around, seeing the light on her teammate’s tail sway around as it wagged some. She looked at him for a moment before slowly reaching out and grabbing the arm. V put the arm in her mouth and began drinking the oil from it, chewing on the shoulder as well.
“Thanks… I guess… M..?”
N smiled and quickly nodded.
“Aw, of course, V! It’s actually N, but I know it’s pretty hard to remember.”
V didn’t respond as N let put a small, awkward giggle.
The truth was, she knew his name. Surprisingly, a whole letter wasn’t that hard to remember. V couldn’t quite explain why she’d pretend to forget. But she didn’t care enough to ask herself or dig deeper into it.
“So…”
V turned around to look at N as he started to make conversation. She raised an eyebrow, not entirely sure why he wanted to talk with her. But, being completely honest, she didn’t hate it. So, V simply looked at him with a blank, unreadable expression occupying her face.
“The weather’s pretty nice tonight, huh?”
N smiled at V as she hesitated.
“I guess..”
“Do you wanna go hunting with me?”
V turned back to look at N. She held the Worker’s arm in her hand as she blinked.
She’d never been asked to go hunting with someone. Usually she’d go out by herself. Or she’d follow J around wherever she went. But there were also many times when N would follow V. He would follow her like a lost puppy. He’d follow behind, watching his squadmate as she killed and tortured Workers. He often looked a bit uncomfortable. But V would pretend not to notice. If he hated it, then he could just leave. However, at the same time.. she was kind of glad that N stuck around her.
V looked at him for another moment before shrugging.
“Yeah… sure.”
N bounced a bit, clearly excited to hunt with his “secret” crush. He adjusted his hat, as well as his coat, and went back to the ladder. N’s tail was wagging uncontrollably behind him as he began climbing. He was like a little puppy, excited to go on a walk.
“See ya outside!”
V sat down in her chair for another moment. Going hunting with the boy she had feelings for… it did sound a bit appealing. This might be fun.
V took a small breath before pushing herself away from the control panel and standing up.
She buttoned up her coat, put on some shorts, and finally made her way out of the pod.