Team AERO: Chapter XIII

Light trickles into your room and threatens to disturb your sleep.

[Sleep through it.]
[Might as well get up.]

You get up and look around your room. Looks like everyone else is still asleep. You could really do anything you wanted!

[And that thing is?]

You silently slip out of bed and cross your room to slide in with Regalia. She has her back to the room and she's sleeping near the far edge of her bed, so you slip in behind her and cuddle into her back.


[Just lay there a while.]
[Do other things (what?)]
[Leave, you perv.]

W-wait.

What are you even doing?

You quickly slide out of her bed and grab your clothes before locking yourself in the bathroom. You get ready for the day and open the door when you're done.

Your team is still asleep. Now what?

[Breakfast?]
[Hang out and wait for them to get up?]
[??]

You decide to try and get back into bed with Regalia. You slide in behind her again, and before you can get comfortable, you feel a few layers of wire tighten around your ankles.

A silken whisper sounds from the other side of your teammate's white hair.

"You didn't think I'd let you do that twice now, hmm~?"

[Panic.]
[Try to break free.]
[??]

You panic and flail. The wires on your ankles get tighter and Regalia turns around and places her finger on your lips before you can wake Oliver and Crystal.

You can feel wires around your wrists.

[???]

You open your mouth and lean forward to close it around the finger. You silently nibble on the appendage as initial shock turns to a deep blush.

You have her just as much as she has you. Now what?

[??]

You take more of her slender finger in your mouth as your tongue wraps around it's length. You nibble more as her wires closer around your wrists and bring them together. You tease her finger more as her shock turns to a smirk.

Looks like she's fully awake and ready to reciprocate in full.

[Continue.]
[Panic.]
[Stop and beg.]
[??]

You keep assaulting her finger trying to squeeze your legs between hers. She relents and lets you move closer before pulling her finger from your mouth.

"Let's try not to do this with them in the room~" She whispers before the wires loosen on your limbs.

You're just oddly intertwined with Regalia now.

[??]

You lean forward and peck her lips before muttering, "I'm going to get breakfast, then. Wanna come?"

She smiles against your lips before chuckling, "Give me a moment~"

She slips out of bed and grabs some clean clothes before disappearing into the bathroom.

You get out of her bed silently and move back to yours. It doesn't take long for her to get ready, and soon the two of you are leaving your dorm.

[Cafeteria food.]
[Go to town.]

You head to the cafeteria with Regalia and get some food. You sit down in your usual spot and begin eating.

[Just eat.]
[??]

"Should I try to cuddle again, am I to expect a trap every night now~?" You ask.

She chuckles, "Now why would I ruin the surprise~?"

You think for a moment, "Got a good idea on how to get Oliver and Crystal out of the room for a few hours?"

She nearly chokes on her food, "W-what for?"

[State your intentions.]

"Now, why would I ruin the surprise~?" You wink.

She shakes her head at you before the two of you finish your meal.

You head back to your room and Oliver and Crystal are awake now.

[I'm tired, you're Aero' brain, think of something.]

You fill your tiny palm with your teammate's cheek before she strides inside.

"Hey, Crystal, wanna go for training now? You two wanna tag along?"

She shrugs, "Sure."

Your team makes it's way to the training grounds with their weapons.

[What are you training?]

You have Crystal set up a field of bubbles.

You ready your new weapon and start practicing controlling multiple shots.

You fire your first shot and are able to manipulate it with ease. You fire again. It just goes straight as you try to split your attention and fail.

You try again with the other two shots in your magazine. This time, the first shot drops as you control the second.

You reload and keep trying for a while. This goes on for some time, before you start to sweat. You check your scroll.

[Aura: 68%]

All that work and nothing to show for it.

[Keep trying.]
[Move on.]
[??]

"Am I doing something wrong?" You ask your partner as you glance to see Oliver and Regalia sparring in the the training field next to yours.

She shrugs, "You know your semblance better than I do. Maybe you just need to work at it?"

You go back at it for another hour or so, but you're starting to get tired.

'One more.' That little voice in your head's been saying it after each failure, but it's voice is getting quieter with each shot.

[Listen to it.]
[Ignore it.]

You fire once more. The shot zips around the air, popping bubbles with ease. You fire again and try to move the shot while keeping your other shot active.

It curves slightly and nicks a second bubble.

"I did!" You cheer.

"Good job." Crystal smiles.

You look over and see that Oliver and Regalia are still going at it.

[???]

You continue to train. While you're able to replicate your feat, you are unable to surpass it.

Your scroll goes off.

[Aura: 20%]

You look over to see Oliver and Regalia are both laying on the ground, but appear to be fine and chatting.

The sun is also beginning to set.

[???]

You head over to join your team with Crystal in tow.

"You guys hungry too?"

They both nod.

You go over to Regalia and hold your hand out. She grasps it and you lean back to help her get up.

Crystal does the same with Oliver and soon you're sitting down with your food.

[Words.]
[Just eats.]

You focus on eating, as do your two other teammates. Your partner, however, seems more into her scroll than her meal, though she's keeping pace relative to the smaller portion she took. She must have better control over her semblance than you, since she set up targets all day, but you remember seeing her Aura still above 60% when you stopped.

You finish your food and dump your trays.

Now what?

[Town?]
[Study?]
[Relax?]
[???]

You head back to your dorm and relax. You've had a busy week. You earned this respite before class resumes.

You lounge about with your team before slipping into sleep.

[Chapter XIII: End]