Sighing as she sank into the tub, Vita
smiled lightly. Nothing was better than relaxing in the bath after a
hard day outside. Especially with how hot it had been lately, on top
of that, the bath tub felt really good, granted it could have been a
lot hotter if she had wanted it to be, but the moderately warm water
was just perfect to relax in. Closing her eyes, she just relaxed, enjoying
the feel of the water around her.
She didn't know how long she was in there
for, but the next thing she knew was that the door to the bathroom was
opening up and Hayate making her way in. "Oh! Vita! Sorry, I didn't
know you were in here." The brown-haired woman apologized as she
stood in the doorway.
Vita shrugged and sat up. "Eh, it's
okay. You wanna take a bath? I don't think standing there with a towel
over your front is really a good thing." When Hayate smiled at
her and walked in, Vita couldn't help but smile back. Her master, though
Hayate would smack her with a harisen fan if she said that outloud,
was, in Vita's opinion, probably the nicest person alive. Even Nanoha
wasn't as nice, and that was saying something.
Watching her lather her hair and body
up, Vita couldn't help but admire just how beautiful Hayate truly was.
Sure, she had overheard various men and women talk about Nanoha, or
Fate, or even Signum, the eternally small knight knew that those three
were very pretty, even if they were, in her opinion, boob monsters compared
to some women, but Hayate was in a class of her own. Not that Vita would
really ever comment on it, even if there was an attraction to her, it
really didn't mean anything. As Hayate slipped into the tub with her,
Vita was just happy that in the twelve years she had been Hayate's knight,
she couldn't wish for anything better in life. Well, maybe if she grew
a little, just a little... She was tired of shopping in the children's
department for new casual clothes.
"Achoo!" Hayate sneezed cutely,
covering her nose. "Sorry."
"You getting sick?" Vita frowned
worriedly.
"Maybe someone's talking about me?"
Hayate giggled softly as Vita rolled her eyes at her.
"More likely they're complaining
about your groping fetish." She responded dryly.
"Hmm? You mean, like this?"
Vita's eyes widened as she squacked out indignantly as Hayate, somehow
in less than an instant, got behind her, squeezed and rubbed her nonexistant
chest, all the while smiling and humming softly. "Oh my! It looks
like Vita's actually growing some breasts now." She said lightly,
half serious.
"Nnngh... No I'm not." Vita
muttered, putting up with the fondling, though her face did feel a bit
flush from the sensations, it didn't help that Hayate was holding on
and not letting go right away. Vita groaned and moved, slapping Hayate's
hands to the side. "Hayate... Stop..." She groaned as she
slipped to the other side of the tub and crawled out, her face bright
red.
"Vita?" Hayate frowned, not
worried about the fact that Vita pushed her away, but more worried that
she had hurt or upset her smallest knight. "What's wrong?"
"N..Nothing, Hayate..." Vita
was wrapped up in a towel, vacating the room. "Sorry."
"Vita..." Hayate called out
after Vita softly. Had she taken it too far? Getting up, she quickly
dried off and went after Vita. She needed to know what was wrong.
(---)
Vita shuddered as she sat against the
door in her room, still naked, her face and body flushed still. "Vita?
Please, what's wrong?" She could hear Hayate's voice on the other
side of her door, worried and sad.
Tears fell down Vita's face, she wasn't
truly upset, the tingling that she felt across her body from Hayate
was still there and not going away. It was confusing to her, she didn't
know what to think about it. The dampness on her face, not from the
bathwater, matched the growing dampness between her legs. It wasn't
that she disliked what happened...
She was worried that she liked it too
much.
Still, sticking around here was too much
at the moment. "Sorry, Hayate." She mumbled as she got up
and got dressed. She needed to talk to someone about this and sort her
own feelings out.
Part two...
Sitting at an outdoor cafe, Vita, dressed
in a black skirt and a red-striped t-shirt, knee-high stockings and
tennis shoes, sighed heavily, this really wasn't that great of an idea,
if she was honest with herself, but she didn't know what to do. Hayate
confused her, a lot. She had thought about visiting Nanoha, or even
Fate, but she quickly shot those ideas down, mostly because neither
of them had been at home when she had stopped by. She could have gone
to see someone else, but she didn't know anyone well enough to talk
to them, the admirals, maybe, they wouldn't mind seeing her, but she
didn't want to bother them with her own personal problems. That and
she wasn't truly close to any of them. There was Yuuno, but Vita was
almost certain that the librarian was worse at relationships than she
was. Though, considering how close he was with Nanoha and Fate, she
sometimes wondered.
She honestly wouldn't be surprised if
the three of them showed up and announced that they had been in a relationship
for the past decade. Not that she paid too much attention to it. The
three seemed more attached to their work than each other at times, even
if Vivio managed to drag them away from their work to pay attention
to her all the time.
"There you are." A familiar
voice caused Vita to jump in her chair lightly. "Hayate called
me and asked me to help find you."
Looking behind her, Vita could only look
at her other best friend, dressed in casual slacks, a light blue shirt
and some sneakers. "Hello, Nanoha." She said softly, causing
the brown-haired woman to frown lightly at her.
"Vita?" She said softly and
sat down next to her. "Are you okay?" Now that Nanoha had
a better look at Vita, she could see that the short knight really didn't
look all that well, her hair was hanging limply down on her shoulders,
her eyes were blood-shot and there was... Well, the brunette wasn't
sure exactly, but if she had to call it anything, she had to say it
felt like an aura of sadness. "Did Hayate upset you?" When
Vita shook her head, Nanoha grabbed her shoulder. "Hey, this isn't
like you. What's wrong?"
Shrugging off Nanoha's hand, Vita rolled
her shoulder and shook her head. "I... I don't know..." She
finally admitted, sighing heavily. "I... I'm confused." She
finally admitted, causing Nanoha to blink at her a few times.
"What happened?" Nanoha asked
her, her eyes soft, worried about her small friend. When Vita started
explaining, realization dawned on her. "You felt uncomfortable
when she was groping you?"
Vita was silent for a bit, squirming
slightly in her seat. She didn't really want to face this, but she didn't
want to go home to face nothing but confusion and unsettling feelings.
"A little... But..."
Nanoha blinked as Vita's face started
to turn red, even from the groping, Vita never turned that red before.
"What?"
"IthinkIlikedittoomuch!" Vita
got out in one breath, her face even more flush, if that was possible.
"Uh, Vita, I didn't catch that."
Repeating what she said, albeit slower,
Vita turned more and more red with each word, causing Nanoha to blush
slightly at the words. "Nanoha, what... What should I do?"
"I... Actually don't know."
She admitted, causing Vita to slump even more in her chair. "Vita,
maybe you like Hayate."
"Of course I like her!" She
snapped, almost insulted that Nanoha thought she wouldn't like her master
at all.
Nanoha shook her head. "I mean,
you're attracted to her. That you like her more than just a friend."
Vita blinked, blinked again, before it
dawned on her. "You mean... Like how Chrono and Amy..?" She
trailed off, a shell-shocked look on her face from the realization.
"But... She's my master... I... I'm a knight, I'm not supposed
to..."
Nanoha put her finger on Vita's lips,
causing her to quiet down before she started bringing attention to herself.
"Vita, you and the rest of the Wolkenritter mentioned that Hayate
was the best master you ever had, the only one who thought about you
first and took care of you. You've had a life for over a decade now.
Maybe, just maybe, your feelings for her changed along the way?"
Vita blinked and smiled lightly. "For
someone who's so dense when it comes to her own relationships, how is
it that you can put things into perspective for others so easily?"
"Nyahahahaha..." She laughed
nervously. "Hey, who's dense?" She mock-glared at her friend,
who stuck her tongue out in response.
Part Three
Vita looked at the house that she had
come to call home. She wasn't sure if Hayate felt anything for her other
than a housemate and a friend. It didn't matter though, Nanoha had been
right about one thing, that she needed to talk to Hayate about how she
felt, otherwise it might get a lot worse, for both of them.
"Just remember, even if she doesn't
feel the same way about you, Hayate won't kick you out of the house."
Even if the thought of Hayate not feeling
the same way about her made her chest ache horribly, Nanoha was right,
her master wasn't one to kick her out of the house over something like
this. She just hoped that Hayate wouldn't distance herself after this.
"I do wonder, Vita, why is it
that you, Signum and Shamal never complain about Hayate groping you?"
"It's not that bad. At least
that's all she does."
The conversation had dropped off after
that, Vita never wanted to think about the things some of their masters
had done to Signum or Shamal. Or the really twisted ones to her and
Zafira.
Still, that stuff was lifetimes ago,
Hayate would never do that stuff to them, well, other than the groping
at random times.
"Vita!" Hayate's voice caught
up to the mini knight a moment before she found herself in a tight hug,
her face pressed against fairly modest cleavage, though that was compared
to people like Nanoha, Fate and Signum, all three of them were far too
large in the chest, in Vita's opinion. "I'm so sorry! I didn't
mean to." Vita could feel Hayate sobbing lightly, which made her
wince.
"Hayate..." Vita muttered and
hugged her master tightly, just glad that she could hold on tightly.
"I'm sorry, for worrying you." She managed to sniffle out.
Seeing Hayate get so worried and upset really bothered her. "I
just had something I needed to work out."
"Vita?" Hayate frowned lightly
and pulled back to look at the blushing redhead. "Why did you just
leave? I'm willing to listen to you."
"I just... Get so confused..."
Vita muttered softly, causing her master's eyes to soften before Vita
found herself in another hug.
"Want to talk about it?" Hayate
smiled as Vita nodded against her chest. "Come on, I'll put some
tea on."
"Okay..." Vita muttered as
they walked into the house. "Hayate..."
"Yeah?"
"Please don't grope me in the tub
anymore." Hayate blinked, but nodded at her. "It wouldn't
be fair to have to change the water for the others to get in."
The short-haired brunette wondered just
why Vita would bring that up in confusion. It wasn't like she got dirty
before getting into the tub, so... The brunette's eyes widened and she
blushed heavily. "Oh..." She muttered as she got it.
Vita smiled as she sat down and watched
Hayate start to make tea. Getting a good look at her master and friend,
Vita saw what Hayate was wearing, flip-flops, a brown pair of pants
that barely reached her knees and an over-sized orange t-shirt that
barely held onto her shoulders and gave the impression of a low-necked
blouse worn under a small vest in virginal white with the straps tied
together at the shoulders in innocent little string-bows. "Hayate..."
She smiled in thanks as she was given the tea.
"Vita... I, um... Boy this is hard."
She admitted after sitting awhile in silence.
Vita slumped after hearing that, she
knew that she shouldn't have gotten her hopes up. "Sorry... I'll
just..."
"Vita, wait..." Hayate grabbed
the small knight by her arm. "I... I don't know how I feel, but..."
Vita blinked, her eyes widening slightly.
"But..?" Dare she hope?
"Vita, I... I'm willing to... Willing
to give it a chance." She smiled lightly as Vita turned and hugged
her tightly. Returning the hug, Hayate smiled to herself, regardless
of anything else, Vita deserved a chance for real happiness, if Hayate
could help her get that chance, then the brunette would at least give
it a try.
Vita deserved that much at least.
End
Omake:
I couldn't help myself here... This is
just a short Omake, but it would fit so perfectly.
Vita never wanted to think about the
things some of their masters had done to Signum or Shamal. Or the really
twisted ones to her and Zafira, and then there were the weird ones,
that one pervert came to mind. 'Honestly, what kind of a man needed
people to steal so much female underwear?' Vita wondered to herself.