Undeniable

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for the night : pop smoke
'i know how to shoot and i know how to fight'

Today was our first day of actual training and i was excited to start. i got out of bed excitedly, only to remember i had to see mattia again. i sighed and got ready then talked to jess for a while until it was time for us to leave to go to our first session.

i made my way over to the shooting range and most of the group was here with their partner. they all got set up and started their practice and i grew impatient as i wasn't allowed to start until mattia was here to hold the target up for me. i looked at my watch and saw that it was 9:17am. he's almost 20 minutes late.

a few minutes later i saw him arrive and walk over to me. as he got closer i could see that his hair was a mess and he had an underdeveloped hickey on his neck and a irritating smirk on his face as he saw me look at it.

"i had something to do" he said with a smug tone.

"i don't care, do it in your own time not in my training time" i said coldly as i loaded up my gun.

"you're one of those annoying girls who don't know how to have fun" he sighed and i looked at him.

"you know nothing about me, all you can do is assume" i shrugged. let him think what he wants.

"tell me something then"

"no, you don't deserve to know anything about me so just shut up and hold the target" 

"that's not a nice way to talk to your partner is it" he said with a smirk as he looked at the teacher standing behind me, watching us both.

"y/n remember, try to get along. it will help your both" she reminded me and i rolled my eyes as she walked off.

"im gonna assume you're not really a morning person then" mattia continued and i sighed willing for him to shut up.

"keep talking and i'll use you as the fucking target" i glared at him and he laughed but did what he was meant to do and set it up and stood aside it so i could shoot.

i aimed the gun and closed one eye to make sure i had an accurate target area. after a few seconds i pulled the trigger and a loud gun shot went off along with the others who were shooting too. i looked up and saw a clean hole going through the dummy's forehead and mattia stood next to it with a different kind of look on his face. almost like he was impressed.

"how did you get it so on point" he asked and for once it felt like he was asking a genuine question.

"easy. i was imagining it was you" i answered.

i shot the next dummy with another clean hole on the left side of his chest, where the heart would be. i smiled at my sucess and put the gun down and it was mattia's turn now.

i stood next to the dummy and he got into position and then pulled the trigger. i looked at the dummy and the bullet had just managed to get at the shoulder.

"mattia work on your aim, ask y/n to help you" the teacher suggested and he rolled his eyes and shot again, this time hitting the neck.

after a few more practices it was time to go to our fighting session. i walked out ahead of mattia and got there before him and a few minutes later he came in behind me.

we had to find a mat to share and practice throwing punches. he was surprisingly good at it. i held up the pads for him and he was strong but i stayed balanced. then it was my turn and he held the pads for me.

"you're stronger in your left arm" he stated.

"yeah i know" i replied and he just nodded and we carried on.