She knew that she was spending too much time, far too much time, with Hiruma when she found her right hand tensing during extra long committee meetings, index finger curling further back the longer Yomura-kun babbled on. She worried a bit about that, but not too much. The telling point, she felt, was that, however enticing the idea of things that went bang and whoosh and crackle were, she didn’t really want to shoot Hiruma himself. If she were being corrupted by his wild, thoughtless attitude she would, wouldn’t she? No one annoyed her as much as he did, after all.
What she wanted to do to Hiruma was swat him repeatedly in the face with a wet mop. And only sometimes.
She did find her eyes and then her fingers wandering over the guns he left on the bench beside him, though, tracing over the rough grips, brushing the slides. She had to admit, in the privacy of her own mind, the way people hopped to do what Hiruma said when he had one of these in hand was extremely tempting at times.
“You wanting to burn something else up, fucking manager? You’ve got the wrong one for that.”
Mamori snatched her fingers back, flushing. “Don’t be ridiculous!” Warming to the offensive, which was the only way to deal with Hiruma, she added, “And that was your fault for leaving something that dangerous just lying around.”
He raised a brow at her and snorted. “Who was it who picked the damn thing up and pulled the trigger without knowing what it was?”
“You should have said,” she insisted stubbornly.
He gave her a long look. “Well, that’s a .30, and that’s an AK-47, and this is an uzi, just for fun, that one’s a SAM, and for fuck’s sake you don’t just poke at them, hold it like you mean it.”
Her spine stiffened at that last bit. “Fine, then!” She wrapped her fingers around the smallest one, holding it away from either of them.
Hiruma rolled his eyes. “Not like that!” He pushed up to his feet and came around behind her, hands closing over hers to bring the gun up in front of them. “Even the kick on this little thing will take it out of your hands if you hold it like that. Like this, so the punch goes back into your shoulders.”
At first she stiffened a bit, finding him more or less hugging her. Kind of more than less, actually. She blushed at the press of his thigh against hers as he nudged her foot forward.
“Little further apart; there. Now unlock your elbows.”
Slowly, she relaxed. His hands moving her arms, shoulders, ribs, were light and impersonal. And she could feel that this was a more solid way to stand.
“Like this?” She lifted the gun in both hands, chest high.
“About. Now, see that blocking sled over there?” A long finger pointed over her shoulder.
“The one Kurita-kun broke today?” she shot back a bit dryly. Honestly, it was a good thing Hiruma did have ways to get more funding out of the principal.
“Yeah, that one.” She could hear his grin. “Look hard at it, and pull the trigger slowly.”
The crack of the shot made her jump, and even she could see the bullet went wild. She frowned and lined up again before Hiruma could say anything. She wasn’t used to not being able to do the things she tried. The next one jarred her back, rocking her on her heels, but a hole darkened the sled’s padding. She nodded with satisfaction and lifted her chin, looking over her shoulder at Hiruma. Just let him try to call her ignorant or incompetent again. When their eyes met she had to blink, though.
His sharp grin, gleaming down at her, wasn’t impersonal at all.
End
*sparkles*
*sparkles some more*
*sparkles a whole lot more, actually*
Oh yum. Yum, yum, yum.
*hearts* I will forever love the scene with the flamethrower. Not to mention the SAM actually being canonical. Hiruma is wonderful and crazy, and Mamori is /totally/ being corrupted. *snerks*
Ooooh! That was, well, rather sexy in a way. Especially the ending. Great Job!!!
Thank you! I’m totally convinced that Mamori secretly likes guns.
RAWR!!!
After that shooting practice, they did it down and dirty.
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*snerks* I would not be at all surprised. ^_^ Glad you liked it!
♥!
Sogoooood~
*sparkles* Thank you!
VERY nice. ^_^
*grins* Thank you!
Yep. Hiruma would find a girl with a gun sexy. *nods firmly*
*laughing* He completely would. Glad you liked it!
uh huh. yep. They’ve so got to be hooking up. >.< And weaponry — not to mention Sena — is just fitting to do the job. I like how you captured her perfectionist attitude with the missed shot closely followed by a second attempt without prodding. Where you left though… such a tease! ~_~;;
*giggling* I know, I know. But these two are hard to get explicit smut out of. Hiruma keeps shooting at me when I try to peek, you know.
Thank you!
awesome-sauce. Pure awesome. Mamori feels spot on to me, with her fiery temper underneath the goody-goody exterior, and her perfectionist streak (hee the shooting lesson). Hiruma too (ahaha the flamethrower incident). The ending totally hit the spot. Will be looking for more of your fic! ^_^ *memories*
Thank you! I’ve always thought Mamori was way too stroppy to stay nice for too long. *grinning* Hiruma is just what she needs to bring it out.
I’m always happy to see good Hiruma/Mamori (or good Hiruma, Mamori, actually. I’m not ALWAYS about the pairing. ;P) fanfic around, so I just have to sit here and give you starry-eyed looks. *_______*
*blushing* Thank you! I have to say, I really love the dynamics between these two, romantic or not. They just ring together so well.
Aaaw, this is my first foray into ES21 fandom and I’m glad it was this fic~
I like the way Mamori thought using Hiruma’s methods to get people to do stuff was tempting. Still a member of the disciplinary committee at heart, I guess X3
Nice job – this was hot in a cute way <3
Thank you! Glad I could provide a nice introductory experience. ^_^
Foreplay comes in many shapes and sizes…
*blush*
Thanks for sharing! I love them as a couple…
*waddling off to hide from the gunfire*
*very pleased* Indeed it does! It’s great to hear you liked it. ^_^
Oh, that one made me grin at the end. … yeah, is it weird that the word I immediately thought of was “cute”? In any case, that was just delightfully in character, and — I really love the… hm, matter-of-fact sort of writing style? It makes it seem very realistic, and additionally the straightforwardness of it is incredibly Mamori.
The ending was just brilliant, too xD
*sparkles* Thank you! Mamori’s voice is sometimes hard for me to keep a grip on, so it’s great to hear that it’s working out. Especially since these two tend to do their relationship stuff in really oblique ways. *wry*
♥♥♥ thank you so much for writing good (really good!) Hirumamo. The ES21 fandom is sadly lacking. Love how Hiruma brings out this new side of her.
Thank you so much! I have to say, I really love these two, and the dynamics between them.
Wow! I loved this! I love shooting so this was especially great for me. It took me a few times to realize that I shoot left handed… The rush is amazing and I really think you got the feel of it down. Wonderful piece, you wrote them beautifully. Wow, I really can’t describe just how much I enjoyed reading this. Thanks,
-Kelly
Thank you! That’s really great to hear, especially since the only thing I’ve ever shot myself is a recurve bow. *grins* Good to know the feel of it came through right!
Nice! Seems like Mamori to want to learn new things 🙂
*grins* Indeed, I think she does. Glad you liked it!
Another HiruMamo!!!
Yay!
I really like it.
Even though I don’t think that Mamo will ever fire any of Hiruma’s weapon XD
Glad you liked it! *snerks* You have to wonder after her encounter with the flame thrower.
The ending line was priceless. 😀
*hearts* Thank you! I love Hiruma and Mamori, they’re so subtle about these things.
XDDDD
this is exactly how i imagine hiruma would express his feeling for mamori~
love it! YAHA!
*hearts* Thanks! I’ve always been very amused by the possibility that Mamori would be seduced by the firearms. ^_^