#lunarcry (hinata.)

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"Machina", it comes out more stern than he wanted, unintended annoyance seeping through. But, really, Hinata was not only feeling the pressure of tonight's deadline but also painfully alone next to someone who was obviously thinking about a girl rather than the book in front of him. A short breathe to try to sound understanding. "It's only noon, she's probably just planning to give it to you later."

Where's she? Is she trying to prank him? No, no. Deuce is not like that. She's too honest and kind and nice and--aaah!! But where's she!? Is she still baking his valentine's cookies? chocolate? Maybe, it would explain why she is taking this long.

The murmurs and shuffling around the library made no difference to the young cadet. He was in his own little world. His impatience was because he already saw a couple outside sharing chocolate, together. THAT could be them! Uggghh!!!

Okay, he will give up on the chocolate, but not on her! The sudden voice that cut off his, well, colorful and interesting images, made him frown at the young man in front of him.

"What's the deal, Hinata?" another huff. "Huh? What are you-- wait, you think so?" that's beside the point, Machina ... "But why hasn't she contacted me or something? You don't think she is not going to--oooh my god...." insert uncoherent panicking noises.

"Duude! I-I will-- she-- She won't dump on Valentine's day, would she? Oh god.. she realized how lame I am ... I feel like the world is spinning around me, Nata... What's happening...? I feel so hot--is it hot? It shouldn't, right?" excuse him to banter more until he is stopped. Poor Hinata ... He has to suffer for the mistake which was befriending this lover boy.

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❛ i’m just glad you’re okay. ❜ machinaaaa from hinata !

Wiping the sweat off his brows, or was it blood? Who knows. In the constant fighting, it makes no difference. They ... just have to keep going. They won. It was evident by the cheering of the cadets around him, crying and hugging each other. The battle was intense. Fighting against Militese' magitek armors is already so hard for normal cadets let alone the vanguard, even class zero. The White Tiger saves no effort in making these machines deadlier in every battle.

Machina was sitting down on one of the rubbles, holding his head between his hand, processing what had happened.

He forgot.

He cannot remember the faces of the people who he was fighting against just a minute ago. Heck, he can't even remember the cadets who were fighting alongside him, who perished in the fight.

He can't ...

It irks him that his team just went back to the aircraft like nothing had happened while he is still mopping on the battlefield. Don't they ... feel anything?

A hand rested on his shoulder, shaking him gently before a familiar timid voice called him over. Machina looked up to see class four cadet, Hinata. It seems the young man was going around checking on the cadets and when he saw him he ran to check up on him.

"Ah ...mhm ... another day I get to survive." survive huh. He is sick of surviving only ... He wants to put an end to this. but he is tired, honestly. Seeing how worried Hinata was made him sigh and smile back at him. "I'm fine. Thanks for checking up on me. I'm okay. Are you okay, though?" the blood and everything... Machina knew Hinata was not a big fan of violence.

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"Do you ever get scared?" said where they sit at the back of the airship, away from the commotion at the front. Exhaustion in his eyes, blood staining his clothes (not his own, rarely his own) and fingers still curled into fists even though he had already handed the name tags to his commander. What good did forgetting do when he couldn't forget the moments where his magic stopped working. "Ah", there's a sudden life in his gaze once Hinata realizes his own words. "Sorry, I… That was out of line, you—you don't have to answer that." (FOR KING MWAH MWAH MWAH idk what setting but i like airship ones so i am yoloing

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Another day, another battle won. This means Mother will be proud of them, right? With this victory they have secured a safe route between the magic academy and another further point in Concordia’s region. This way they can operate on a larger scale in a couple of days--or so he assume because it only makes sense that they keep pushing now that they have some kind of upper hand in the region.

King could not care less which course of action they would take; to go out immediately to fight the Concordians or stay for reinforcement, they are going to fight in the end.  

The marksman helped move some supplies back inside the aircraft and then moved away to settle down for some rest. He could hear some whispers that how ... ‘used’ he look to all of this. Mhm ... they are not wrong but at the same time, he is not used to this. One of the things he vaguely seem to recall that ... he should not get used to this (wonder when and who told him this..)

Moving in and about to help around until it was time to take off in which he sat in the designated area with other cadets. Usually. class zero exclusively board on an aircraft on their own due to how secretive some of their missions. However, since this is the return to home aircraft, sharing it with other cadets would not pose a problem. 

The older cadet took notice of the young man beside him. He had seen him plenty of times already. Name: Hinata. Class: Fourth. Specialized in healing. Some more information rolled like an end credit scene in the marksman’s mind. Perhaps, another habit he had picked on without knowing--remembering some finer details about the people around him. One of the details that the young man is not actually fond of fighting per se. So, his statement did not raise any suspicion out of the older cadet. Humans feel fear; so it is obvious to question things.

Eyes narrowed down momentarily at the younger cadet. King had already crossed his arms when he sat down and leaned on the wall behind him to take a quick snooze when Hinata talked to him. He leaned back in a bit more to fix his posture, eyes closed in thoughts before replying. “ ... sometimes,” (anyone would fear missing up their mission) a brief pause, then he added, “We all want to come back alive and victorious. Fear is a normal thing. Without fear people will not have passion to fight what they want to protect.” to be honest, it is a heavy topic, especially in a situation like this. He opened his eyes a little bit to gaze at the cadets around him--bloodied, traumatized, and tired ... 

“Though ... there are more than fear which move a human to fight,” like loyalty ...love ... which what move a young man like King to fight; what moves Class Zero in particular to fight. Their love and loyalty to their mother make them fight day and night for her. Perhaps it is something that others cannot understand but they never asked for their understanding. 

“You don’t have to feel sorry for asking questions. Knowledge is power after all.”