Pilot Candidate Fan Fiction ❯ The Traitor Among Us ❯ Apologies and Encounters ( Chapter 4 )

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Candidate for Goddess Fanfic

The Traitor Among Us

All of the Pilot candidates and repairs are 18 years of age....

* means thoughts or thinking
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Chapter 4: Apologies and Encounters

To be completely honest, Guardian WAS NOT looking forward to
getting up that morning. Getting up would mean he would
have to face Kizna. And he really didn't want his heart broken
again. But he had to be a man, metahuman or not, and face his
fears. So Guardian got up out of bed, grabbed what he was going
to wear that day and headed for the shower. After knocking to
make sure it was safe, he went and started his shower. Back in
Kizna's and Ikhny's room, Ikhny laid there awake trying to get
up the nerve to speak to Guardian and thank him for her
wonderful gift. She had gotten the nerve earlier, but when she
realized that he was getting ready to take a shower. That
thought alone made her deeply flush.

The next thing she realized was that she must have fallen back
to sleep. The readout display on her clock, was several hours
later now and she could smell breakfast being made. After she
quickly went through her morning routine, and finished making
her bed. Ikhny quietly opened the bedroom door, so that she
wouldn't disturb her roommate and walked toward the kitchen.
Without even looking Guardian knew who had just walked into
the kitchen. He was embarrassed and a little uncomfortable to
admit that even though it had been only a day. That without
having to turn, he could tell his two lovely assistants apart
by just their scent. Miss Allecto, used a Lilac scented shower
gel and a Jasmine scented shampoo. His "Kizi" used a Vanilla
scented shampoo and Guardian didn't know what she used for
shower gel.

But what ever it was, the scent always made him close his eyes
and release a very quiet, very shaky breath after she walked
past. As Ikhny sat down at the kitchen table, she still was
very nervous about talking to Guardian alone. "What can I
make you for breakfast this morning, Miss Allecto?" Guardian
asked with his back toward the table. On hearing her startled
gasp, he turned around and apologized to her. "That's all right
Guardian, you just startled me that's all" Ikhny quietly spoke
looking down. After finding out what his shy assistant wanted
for breakfast, Guardian turned his attention back to his
cooking. Ikhny nervously bit her bottom lip as she thought,
*you HAVE to speak to him, to apologize for what happen and to
thank him for your wonderful gift.*

Just when she was about to speak, Guardian spoke from his spot
at the stove. "Miss Allecto, I would like to apologize, I am
deeply sorry that my gift made you cry last night. I had hoped
that by giving you two a gift, that it would make you feel more
at ease around me and not as uncomfortable. But considering
what happened, It looks like I just messed everything up again."
Ikhny was speechless after hearing Guardian's confession. She
had worried all morning about her new mentor hating her, because
of how she had burst into tears when she received her gift. And
now she finds out that not only does he NOT hate her, But that
he had been feeling extremely guilty over making her cry last
night. Knowing that if she didn't do something now, that she would
completely lose her nerve.

Ikhny shakily stood up, walked over to the stove behind Guardian,
wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. To say that he was
shocked was an understatement, Guardian froze when he felt a pair
of feminine arms encircle his waist and hug him. But what shocked
him more was what the person said, "I-I am sorry for making you
think that I didn't like your gift last night. I-I-ts just that
no one in my lifetime has ever done anything so special for me
before. T-t-thank you Guardian, I will always treasure and cherish
the plushy you gave me." As quickly as the arms appeared and
encircled his waist, they disappeared as fast as well. Once he
got over his initial shock, Guardian flushed shyly and a small
understanding smile formed on his face.

After making sure that Miss Allecto's breakfast was all finished,
Guardian turned around and headed toward the table. It was then
that he noticed that the young women in question, had her head
laid on the table. And was using her arms to hide her face,
*Poor girl, that must have deeply embarrassed her to do that.*
Was what went through Guardian's mind, as he sat her plate of food
in front of her. "Miss Allecto, your breakfast is done and is
sitting in front of you when your ready to eat alright?" At first
he didn't receive any response, but as he was about to turn away
he heard something. "O-OK, T-Thank you for making me b-breakfast
Guardian" came a quiet and very shy sounding voice. Glancing back
to where his young assistant was hiding, he noticed that a pair
of beautiful brown eyes where watching him from the top of her
arms. And when they realized that Guardian was looking, they
disappeared.

Smiling, Guardian walked back over to where Ikhny sat and spoke.
"Would it make you feel more comfortable, if I left the room so
you can eat?" After she shyly nodded from with her arms, he
replied "Ok, I will go and work on some reports in the living
room. Tell me when you're done alright?" Only after Guardian left
the kitchen and sat down in the living room, did Ikhny emerge
from her hiding. As she started eating she glanced in the
direction of the living room, her already deeply flushed face
turned a deeper red as she though about Guardian. *He's so nice
and kind to me. Even though these are more his living quarters
then ours. He even went as far as leaving the room, so that I
could eat and not feel so embarrassed around him.*

Guardian had just started to work on his second report, when
he heard a small and still very timid voice speak "I' am done
eating Guardian, you can come back into the kitchen if you
want." After placing his reports back into his attaché case,
Guardian stood up and walked back into the kitchen. He was
delighted to find that his shy assistant, Miss Allecto, didn't
hide her face again when he returned. But was looking down
insecurely at the table, her face slightly flushed. "Would
you like anything else for breakfast Miss? I would be more
then happy to make more if your still hungry?" Guardian
asked when he had re-entered the kitchen. Ikhny turned
around and looked at Guardian with a deeply surprised
expression on her face.

She had started to speak but paused, shook her head no and
sadly turned away. Guardian's heart just broke at this point,
he could tell that she was still hungry. And that she was
used to going without. So she just said that she was done
eating anyway, even though she wasn't. Walking over to her
chair, Guardian knelt down, and placed a hand underneath
her chin. Turning her face so that she was looking at him,
he spoke. "Miss Allecto, it's alright if your still hungry
this isn't the GOA cafeteria. These are our quarters, where
the kitchen is open twenty-four seven. And if we run out of
food, I will just make a quick trip to the commissary and
pick some more up. Now truthfully, are you still hungry
precious?"

Bursting into tears, Ikhny nodded and buried herself into
Guardian's arms. The whole time thinking, *He was being
so kind and gentle to me, almost like the older brother
I always dreamed of having would. And it seemed that he is
going out of his way, to make sure that I am happy,
and comfortable.* Ikhny gasped in surprise, as Guardian
put his wings around her. But that didn't surprise her
half as much as when she found out that he was crying as
well. "Shhhhhhh, it's going to be ok precious, I know why
you said that you weren't hungry. You can put all of that
behind you in the past, your not a member of the GOA any
more. You are now a member of my family, Miss Allecto,
a member of my household. And I take care of my own,
especially when I now have such a beautiful little
sister to look after."

Ikhny was in shock, everything she had ever wanted in
her lifetime seemed to appearing before her eyes. She
had always wished for a older brother that would watch
over her, and look out for her well-being. But because
of the fact that she was an only child, she thought that
her wish could never come true. And now after all of
these years, her mentor Guardian has told her that he not
only considers her a member of HIS household. But that he
considered her his little sister as well, Ikhny didn't
know what to make of all this. Before this she felt that
she was all alone in the world. That the only person who
knew she even existed was her classmate, now roommate Kizna.
And that was maybe just out of politeness, for she could
never could see Kizna being rude or ignoring anybody for
any reason.

It was then that the clock chimed and she realized that
Guardian had been holding her for nearly two hours. Her
face started to flush again, as she looked down. She
didn't know if it was out of embarrassment, from her
mentor turned older brother holding her for so long. If
it was because she had burst into tears in front of him
again. Or if it was simply because of her thoughts earlier,
that she thought that her mentor, now older brother was
handsome. Feeling that someone was staring at her, Ikhny
looked up and found Guardian watching her with a worried
expression on his face. After her face flushed a deeper
red, she gave her mentor/brother another hug. And a small,
but still a little insecure contented smile, when she did
that she felt him relax a little.


Returning his new little sister's hug, Guardian spoke
"My offer still stands, my precious little beauty. All
you have to do is tell me, and I will be more then happy
to make it." Not being used to this type of treatment,
and not wanting to hurt her new big brother's feelings.
She just named something, that she had heard some of the
other students talking about in the cafeteria before. With
the knowledge of what his lil sis wanted, he hugged her
and pulled her seat out for her at the table. Ikhny sat
at the table watching her new big brother, fixing her
something else for breakfast. Ever once in awhile, she
found that he kept glancing over at her.

And when he noticed that she had caught him looking at her,
he either winked at her or gave her a shy smile before
going back to cooking. She didn't know why, but every time
he winked at her or gave her that shy smile of his it made
her deeply flush. Maybe it was because she knew how he was
feeling, a little shy and insecure. Or that this was some
type of secret game and he was deeply hoping that she would
join in. But to be completely honest she didn't care, because
for the first time in her life she felt like she belonged.
Guardian bit his bottom lip as he waited for his little
sister's pancakes do be done. He knew that he would be taking
a risk, but she had to get used to things like that since
she was going to be his little sister.

After placing her pancakes on the plate, Guardian walked
over and set them on the table in front of her. "Here you
go angel, one order of blueberry and banana pancake's
with maple syrup." He stated after he placed them in front
of her, "I didn't know how brown you liked yours, so I hope
that they are ok." Guardian spoke a little worried, until she
tasted them as a look of deep surprise and pleasure crossed
her face. Ikhny looked up at her mentor with a look of pure
happiness and stated " There delicious, thank you Guardian"
at this her face flushed deep red as she looked down
embarrassed. Smiling Guardian leaned down and kissed her on
her forehead " your welcome angel, I am glad you like them."
Ikhny froze when Guardian kissed her,*h-h-he k-k-kissed me!*
went through her mind as her face went through the colors of
a glorious sunset.

Guardian stood there worried that by kissing her, he might
make her start crying again. But when he noticed that a small
shy smile had formed on her face, it erased all the worries
and doubts he had. He watched in silence as his new little
sister Miss Allecto, happily finished her breakfast with
the shy smile still on her face. Back in the bedroom,
Guardian's other assistant was just waking up. She took one
look at her clock and nearly panicked, until she remember
where she was and what she was going to do that morning.
After showering and going through her morning routine,
Kizna walked toward the kitchen. The whole time thinking,
*I hope that he like my outfit*.

The outfit in question was a simple blouse and skirt set,
she had bought on their last field trip down to Zion. She had
always hoped that she would get a reason to wear it, even
though it showed off her legs more then she liked. Ikhny
noticed that Guardian had froze in position, and didn't
know why until she heard her roommate walk into the room.
"Good morning Ikhny" Kizna spoke yawning as she walking into
the kitchen. "Good morning Guardian" She shyly spoke looking
down as she flushed a light pink. Ikhny may have be naive when
it came to some things, BUT she wasn't blind. She knew that
something was going on between her roommate and Guardian.
On that note she pushed her empty plate away, got up and shyly
kissed her brother on the cheek. Thanked him for making her
breakfast, and left the under the pretense of taking a shower.

"Um, G-Good morning Miss Kizna" Guardian spoke trembling, with
his back still toward her. "W-what can I make you f-for breakfast
this m-morning." After she told him he near bolted to the other
side of the room to the stove. As her mentor was fixing her
breakfast, she timidly asked "G-Guardian m-may I ask y-y-you
a question?" Guardian gulped, he had an idea what her question
was maybe she Wasn't asleep when he kissed her last night. And
now she was going to ask him why he did it. "W-what is y-y-your
question Miss Kizna?" Turning red and looking down, Kizna asked
"What do you think of me Guardian?".......


Next Chapter: Confessions of the Heart

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