Man & Machine (Infinite Stratos x Male Reader)

Brewing

Surprisingly the newest development in academic life came sooner than expected. It was not an immediate means to heal, though that would be appreciated. It was not an update from Laura, who was in contact with her unit. It was something completely unexpected.

That task began with you and Ichika sitting tensely in one of the medical wards, curtains around each bed. Disbelief was still the one emotion that stuck through, along with a sense of dread. Why? Just why?

The clicking of heals interrupted this and the curtains pealed back to show Yamada.

"Sorry to keep you waiting gentlemen." She began. "Everyone should be down here soon. And here's your special measuring tapes."

She handed said tools of measurement to each male student. Ichika was the first to break silence.

"A measuring tape? So what exactly am I supposed to do with this?" He asked. As grating as his obliviousness could sometimes be, you were with him as far as questioning everything about this.

"Really? That's for taking body measurements." Yamada did not seem to take the hint. "In the wake of attacks by unmanned units, we realized we must improve our IS suits. In which case precise body measurements will be vital."

"We understand that part Yamada-Sensei." You cut in. "What we don't understand is why do we have to do it?! Even if you tell us how to, isn't this job better suited for the medical staff and physicians?"

"I can see why you would think that." Yamada conceded. "But the Student Council already voted it through, so here we are."

"You mean the one held in such short notice that the one male representative could not make his objections known?" You snipped. "The same Student Council effectively controlled by the President?"

"What're you gibbering about now you blockheads?" That insulting greeting heralded Chifuyu's arrival.

"Onee-mph!"

"Orimura-Sensei." You said, hand covering Ichika's mouth. Someone had to recognize protocol in school. Just as well, because Chifuyu's hand was raised.

"I don't know why you can just follow through your assigned duties like you're supposed to." She chided, letting the hand fall by the wayside.

"With all due respect Sensei, this task is anything but regular duty." You replied politely, but pointedly. "You're telling two male students to conduct detailed body measurements for female students. Not physicians. Male students."

Chifuyu smirked. "If that's going to be the case, then I have just the thing for you boys."

She held out two pieces of black cloth.

"A blindfold!" Ichika exclaimed with delight.

"My work here is done." But as you took your blindfold, Chifuyu winked at you. Without another word, she turned and took her leave. Still, better not to refuse such a gift. However, something became clear when the blindfolded was put on.

"This is see through!" Ichika vocally confirmed. Come to think of it, it seemed more like mesh.

'Pantyhose stockings?!' You thought. 'Was that what she was winking for? It's her stockings? Why would she knowingly give me some of her clothes that I could see through?'

"Ichika, can you see my eyes?" You asked. That would be the most crucial detail of this blindfold. It too transparent, the anyone would know exactly where your eyes were pointed.

"No." He said. Good. What that meant was you could reliably get this over with, and give the female in question the illusion that you were not looking at her in a vulnerable state. Of course as you took position behind the curtains with Ichika on the other end, you realized that you had to keep your facial expressions in check too.