Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Ania Sensei
Night slowly fell over the academy as Mitch walked back into his teams room to find everyone sitting at a desk busy reading through the notes Professor Port's class. "Woah, woah you guys are doing the work already?" he said tossing a sweaty shirt on the bed as Ania turned to face him "Yes we unlike you get the work done early instead of cramming everything the night before" "You should try it sometime it leaves you open to do many other things later on" "Orrrr I could do those things now and dooo the work later" Mitch said grabbing a clean shirt from his pile laying on the floor next to his bed as Ania sighed "And maybe you should try cleaning up or washing the very clothes you have" "That requires effort and besides they're still good for" he stopped to give them a sniff "I'd say maybe another two days".
Throwing on a 'clean' shirt he walked outside eager to go for a midnight run as he spotted Jaune standing near his teams door hesitating to walk inside before his PDA went off. After reading it he gave a sigh and turned to walk away only to spot Mitch standing there "Oh hey Mitch" "Yo Jaune you planning to do some midnight laps with me?" "As entertaining as that seems I have other errands I have to err run" "Ah right well enjoy them".
"Yeah I shall try to" Jaune said sighing again as he walked off shoulders slumped down "I'd say something weird is going on between him but I can't be bothered meddling in affairs so I'll just let him sort it all out" Mitch said shrugging his shoulders as he leapt out of the open window landing on the school grounds before stretching his arms and legs "Ahhh nothing beats a run in the cool night breeze".
"I swear if he keeps this up Mitch will get kicked out from the academy" Ania said placing her pencil down as she leant back in her chair stretching out like a cat before yawning "Perhaps it's time for a coffee break" "Ohhhh coffee Professor Oobleck said I should try the magical elixir as it increases the efficiency of study and work by 120%" Tom chimed in as both his team mates just stared at him"
"I'll grab it I could use the leg stretch after all" Alan said standing up as he went to walk away "Make mine extra strong whatever that means" Tom called out before picking up his history book of the Faunus war and began reading from that as Ania groaned "Really you're doing even more reading after we've just done so much?" "Of course but this one is different it's on the Faunus war and Professor Oobleck said I should read up on it as there are some fascinating pieces of information in there".
"You two have become pretty chummy since that first class" Ania raised an eyebrow as Tom placed the book down and looked at her confused "Chummy?" "It means friendly" "Oh right well of course I am after all interested in history and learning about generals strategies for fighting so I decided to learn every bit of information I can from him" "Huh here I thought you were just sucking up for extra marks or something" "Why would anyone do that?" "…nevermind just keep reading".
Walking down the hall Alan spotted Pyrrha leaning against the wall staring at the ground with a concerned look on her face. "Hey Pyrrha is everything alright?" he called out as she seemed to snap free of her trance and look up "Oh Alan how good to see you" "You to but is everything alright I seemed to notice that perhaps there has been some sort of tension between Jaune and yourself happening throughout the day?" "No, no everything is alright between us he's just been really busy running other errands that well we know nothing about".
Alan gave her a pat on the shoulder smiling "Don't worry he's your team leader so I'm sure it's nothing bad and besides he's a genuinely nice and kind person so if it was he'd tell you" "I guess you're right" Pyrrha smiled slightly but still didn't look completely reassured as she walked off back towards her team mates room.
"Hmmm although I have seen Jaune hanging a fair bit around Cardin as of late and if it's anything to do with that big bully it can't be good" Alan thought to himself before shrugging his shoulders "Oh well I'm sure it'll all get sorted out between his team and himself, now where is that coffee room".
"Alright so while we're waiting for Alan to get back I suppose I could start teaching you on the basics of how to talk to women" Ania said as she sat up from her bed while Tom placed his book down and turned around to face her "Where do we begin?" "Well for starters how have you been talking to Sky" "I've been talking to her like I do a normal person" "So basically in a weird and blunt manner".
"Look Sky has been playfully flirting with you and probably expects to see you respond or you have been responding but doing it without realising which to be honest completely astounds me" "She does seem to talk to me differently compared to everyone else and she smiles a lot more" "Yes that's what we normal people call flirting" "OHHHHH so to flirt back should I talk like she does and smile a lot more". Tom attempted to do his best flirting smile which looked more like a crazed maniac about to hack someone up as Ania nearly fell off the bed from laughter.
"Yeah never do that smile in front of her EVER" "Right never smile" "So just for the basics you're looking to not treat her like you do everyone else which quiet frankly is weird you have to act playful with her and give a tiny hint that you are interested in her but don't make it completely obvious" "But am I interested in her?" "I don't know you tell me" "….I never really thought of it until now".
Laying back down on the bed Ania kicked her feet up "Well first you need to figure that out before we can advance any further" "Ummmm how will I be able to tell if I'm 'into her'" "I don't know apparently you get some weird funny feeling in your stomach and seem more drawn to her than normal. At least that's what I've heard love feels like".
"Why the hell are you talking about love?" Mitch said walking into the room as Ania opened one eye "Worn yourself out yet?" In response to that comment he dropped to the floor and started doing push ups. "Ania was teaching me how to speak to girls since apparently Sky was flirting with me" "Man he didn't even notice it sheesh he really does need lessons" "Do you have any advice for me Mitch" "Yeah this I want to hear" Ania sarcastically said "Nope can't say I know how to speak to women heck I can't even talk to people period".
"That's not true you're talking to us now" Alan laughed as he walked into the room carrying coffee as he passed them out and placed one down next to Mitch. "Fine I can talk to 3 people out of the whole world whoopee" "So what were you guys talking about while I was out?" "Ania was teaching me how to talk to girls since Sky flirts with me" "Seriously he didn't know she was flirting man my student has much to learn…."
"I can't really offer you any advice on the subject since I talk to everyone like they're the same" Alan took a seat sipping on his coffee. "When the hell are you going to take a break you're making me sweat just watching you!" Ania yelled as Mitch had now switched to doing sit ups while taking a sip from his coffee after every set.
"Now let's see what this magical elixir tastes like" Tom said picking up the cup and taking a whiff of one of the many forbidden liquids he was never allowed to ingest. It had a unique and strong smell to it as he slowly lifted it up allowing the liquid to flow into his mouth before swallowing it as his eyes lit up "…..this….stuff….is…..AMAZING" he yelled jumping up and holding the cup up "My god I never knew something like this could exist!" he took a giant swig before placing it down "I can feel the energy and vitality pumping through me, I can do anything after drinking this I AM INVINCIBLE!"
"Dude what the hell did you put in his coffee" Mitch said sitting up from his work out as the whole team watched him taking huge gulps of the drink eyes sparkling in admiration of the drink. "Nothing just what we have in ours" Alan mumbled as Ania rolled her eyes "I guess he's never had coffee so the caffeine has hit him all at once" "Ugh this is going to be a long night" Mitch groaned as he went back to his work out.
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