Navalia came home from another job earlier than usual. She went straight for the mirror and slapped herself.
"Get yourself together, woman!"
Hooty peered over her shoulder.
"Someone got back early. Something go wrong, hoot?"
"Nope! I'm fine! Why would you say that, ha ha!! I'll be in my room, being fine! Ha ha ha ha!!"
She awkwardly ran up to her room and slammed the door. Navalia changed into her home clothes and screamed into her pillow.
Hooty wove into her room.
"Is someone having a predicament?"
"Yes. The answer to that question is yes."
"Does that someone wanna talk about it?"
"Yes!!"
Navalia ranted to Hooty about all her past experiences with Hunter and how they've changed over the last couple weeks.
"I mean, it's a little weird. We're supposed to be like, enemies or whatever, but it's gotten a little awkward after Latissa. He's obviously holding back more when we fight, and to be honest, I am too. Tonight, we were in this chase because I took some bounty we were both after. In the end, someone else snatched it before we could. Wanna know what the bastard did?"
"What?"
"He asked if I wanted to get food with him! And so casually, too!"
"Did you go?"
"...yes. And I had a good time, too. We talked and got to know each other a bit more. Hunter's actually really nice and funny when he doesn't realize it. Before we went out separate ways, I asked if what we did was weird. Know what that idiot said to me?"
"What'd he say?"
"'No, this is what friends do, isn't it?' The nerve!"
She curled up into the fetal position and flopped sideways.
"He didn't even get that pissed when I called him by a nickname I came up with. In fact, he gave me one, too."
"Ooh, what is it?"
"Well, I call him Huntsman, and he calls me... Naverick. Ugh! It's so stupid but it's so cute!! And he came up with it on the spot, too! I hate that guy!"
"Do you though? Because your face is pink."
Navalia let out a small gasp and tried to cover it up with her pillow. Hooty thought this was sweet.
"Navalia, let me ask you something. What do you hate about Hunter?"
"Ha! Where do I start? He supports the Emperor, he's his right hand, his job is to do Belos' dirty work, he interferes with my work, he refuses to see how what he does is bad—"
"The pillow is muffling your voice."
"Oh."
She moved the pillow away from her mouth.
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FanfictionShe came from almost nothing and ended up with everything. You'd think he had everything, but it was practically nothing. Two teenagers with big reputations. One is an intimidating law enforcer. The other is a criminal that doubles as a pain in his...
