Corporate Prince

75: Arcade

Author Note:

Hey everyone. Lately I've been really busy with my business and working to expand it while also working fulltime. So, I'm only going to be updating every other week for now.

75:

Arcade

Ana got ready as usual for practice that morning. She went to the dojo and got dressed in her gi. Much to her surprise, Seto was already there.

"Amin-chan? You're early." Ana raised an eyebrow at him.

He looked exhausted and didn't answer her. He just grumbled under his breath. Oh? I would have figured that he'd bug me about the dream again. Ana could feel her face getting warm as she thought about it and quickly pushed it out of her mind.

"Well, let's warm up." Ana started on her stretches and Seto seemed to reluctantly follow along. Her grandfather left the warmup and a lot of the teaching to her until the end of practice now. It was more efficient since he and Seto couldn't get along. She was in the middle of stretching when she noticed Seto had stopped and was looking at her.

"What?" She asked. He blinked a couple times, then seemed to realize he was staring and went back to stretching. Ana smiled, slightly annoyed. He's being too quiet. "Amin-chan, you're a dweb."

"Huh?" He looked at her and glared. "Where the frick' did that come from? What makes me a dweb?"

"Ah! There's Amin-chan. You were being so quiet that I thought you were someone else for a moment."

He groaned and turned back to his stretches. "I didn't sleep well. Just do the stretches!"

Ana chuckled and went back to stretching. Her teasing had snapped Seto out of whatever reverie he'd been in because he paid attention to the stretches. After they finished stretches and warm up, they reviewed stances. Ana walked around Seto slowly, checking his feet and posture. He looked bored as she walked around him. Ana was feeling a little irked with his attitude today. His stance was a little loose. Quickly, she grabbed his shoulder and kicked out his back knee, sending him flat on his back onto the mat. He let out a very undignified "Uhgfu." Ana squatted done next to him, rested her chin on the back of her hand and smiled.

"You're not focusing today, Amin-chan."

He glared at her. "It's your fault."

Ana raised an eyebrow. "My fault? What did I do?"

His face turned red as he sat up and grumbled. "Never mind."

Ana sighed as he stood back up and took his stance again. At least he's focused now. This time, his stance was firm. He looked irritated, but was at least paying attention. Thankfully, he paid attention to the rest of the practice and even bit his tongue when her grandpa came to check on their progress. When they were finally finished with practice, Ana went to clean up and change. There was technically a changing room in the dojo and a shower room, but she couldn't use it when Seto was using it. After she was finished, she grabbed her homework stuff and met Seto outside. He saw her bag and scowled.

"No," he said bluntly.

"Huh?" Ana asked, confused. "No, what?"

"We are not studying."

Ana stared at him blankly. "We always study after practices on Saturdays."

"Not today. Go put your books back." He growled.

Ana's eyes narrowed at this sudden demanding Seto. She felt like she should pinch him, but she was curious about what had him so wound up. She went back inside to put her books away and this time only grabbed her purse. When she came back outside, she found Seto waiting and tapping his foot.