Darling in the FRANXX - The Divine Intervention

Chapter 11 - Facing the Consequences

After the unexpected series of events in their mission, Hiro and Zero Two had since returned to the Klaxosaur Palace. After docking their Klaxosaur, Aphrodite, in the hangar, Hiro and Zero Two walked down the large hallway of the palace leading to the throne room to meet with the Princess to explain their actions. Both Hiro and Zero Two were quiet with their surroundings being the same. Only the loud clanking of their bulky piloting boots echoing throughout the hallways was the only sound being made, disturbing a small Klaxosaur now and again as it scurried away.

Both Hiro and Zero Two knew that they were going to be in serious trouble with the Klaxosaur Princess once they had to speak to her on account of their actions. Although Hiro and Zero Two knew what lay for them ahead, both did not speak with the other about the matter and were awkwardly silent to the other. Hiro on the other hand especially felt embarrassed for getting Zero Two into serious trouble by making her go along with abandoning the mission and going ahead with the ludicrous scheme that he thought of at that moment. Hiro glanced at Zero Two's face, with her face stoic and looking visibly upset, yet again reinforcing his feelings of embarrassment for getting Zero Two involved in all of this.

"So... why didn't you tell me about your secrets darling?..." Zero Two said, breaking the silence, albeit with a mildly upset tone as she stopped walking.

Hiro glanced at Zero Two directly, then returned to staring back down the abyss of the dark hallway, not answering Zero Two's question and remaining quiet.

"Do not try to ignore me, darling!" Zero Two cried angrily, raising her voice, "I'm just trying to understand why you even put me through all of this! What was your reason for this darling? Why didn't you try to even tell me that..."

"Because... I thought I would look weak if I had told you before..." Hiro responded bluntly, cutting off Zero Two.

Zero Two paused for a little after Hiro's response to process what he had said.

"So? Is that your reason darling?" Zero Two responded with scorn, "...and I thought that you would have a better reason..."

"All I can say is that I'm sorry that I got you involved in my mess..." Hiro responded yet again.

"Have you forgotten the promise that we made? Why keep such secrets from me in the first place!" Zero Two continued to rant to Hiro, "You put our lives at risk and derailed our entire mission just to save the lives of our enemies? What were you thinking darling!"

"I'm sorry about that too..." Hiro yet again responded with a stoic face.

"Why did I even listen to you and go with your crazy scheme? What was I thinking even listening to you at that moment!" Zero Two continued to rant to Hiro, "What was so important about those humans anyways that you had to ruin our entire mission? You know they are our enemies right?"

"I would like to think that they were my enemies... but I could not bring myself to kill them like the others we had fought in the past," Hiro explained, "Those particular humans were... once close to me. I just couldn't make them my enemies..."

Zero Two glared at Hiro after his response.

"Well, in case you didn't know darling, HUMANS ARE OUR ENEMIES!" Zero Two shouted back angrily to Hiro, "I don't care if they were your friends, partners, or something else I could care little about in the past, they are always going to be our enemies no matter what! I don't see what is so hard about that!"

Despite Zero Two's rant, Hiro remained stoic and did not react in response to Zero Two, only meekly accepting Zero Two's scolding. Hiro's silence towards her would only infuriate Zero Two even more.

"Maybe you are right about yourself darling, you are just weak!" Zero Two scoffed back to Hiro angrily.

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