Under the Weather

"I just—I don't know, I feel like he doesn't even see me, you know?" you said, finishing your sentence by laying your head into your hands.

"i think you're reading too much into this" F.F replied, an emotionless expression plastered onto their face. They picked up an apple and crunched into it.

Clearly, Foo was not the person to go to when looking for advice on how to get the man of your dreams to have anything but a simple small-talk conversation with you. It'd been months since the two of you had actually talked personally, and it was eating you up.

Hermès was sure to have at least a little advice; so you set out to find her, eventually finding her with Jolyne in a nearby hallway.

They were clearly in the middle of a conversation, so you just awkwardly stood behind Jolyne, waiting for Hermès to notice your standing. Of course, after a short amount of time, she did notice.

"Ah! I'm sorry! I didn't even notice you were there, what's up?" Hermès babbled out, talking rapidly with her face flushing due to the embarrassment of her accidental ignorance.

"Hermès, i need advice. How do I get someone I'm interested in romantically to talk to me" you spit out rather seriously, a focused face permantly etched onto your features

Jolyne snorted at this, Hermès soon joining her with her own set of laughs that echoed throughout the corridor.

"Is this about Weather? Or have you moved on from him alre—" Hermès was cut off by your fist flying at the wall next to her head. Both her and Jolyne's eyes darted over to you.

"You and I both know that's who this is about, and we also are well aware he can overhear conversations with his stand." You told this in a mixture of a yell and a whisper.

Hermès was stunned, Jolyne however, had her own idea of how to fix this predicament.

"I know! How about you seduce Anasui in front of him!" Jolyne almost yelled, she was very enthusiastic. Almost suspiciously so.

"Thats—not a bad idea actually, thanks girls! I'll update you" You said to them as you started towards the pipes leading to Emporio's ghost room.

As you headed there, you stopped in your tracks at the realisation it was lunchtime and the men were probably either getting lunch, or eating it somewhere near the cafeteria. Backtracking; you retraced your steps back to the lunchroom.

You saw both Weather and Anasui about to sit down on a bench outside the eating area. You slowly approached the two, trying your best to brace yourself for the show that you were about to put on.

You intentionally unbuttoned one of the buttons that held closed your prison uniform, making it so your chest was ever so slightly exposed. In doing this, the pop of the button alerted the men. Your act was about to begin.

Weather's eyes trailed to you as you approached, giving you a glance of acknowledgement. You had to physically prevent your face from churning into a scowl. Your frustration was immeasurable. How could he be so casual? Had you drifted too far apart in the time you'd been annoyed at him?

None of that was your priority however. It was to make him jealous, to see a tinge of annoyance fall over his features, to make sure he's well aware of what he's when he sees you being so flirty with Anasui.

Weather moved to make room for you beside him. Instead, you got on your knees in front of Anasui.

Both Weather and Anasui's eyes widened at this. The position you were in was making the chest exposed by the button which you'd undone more noticeable than before as you saw both of their eyes wandering.