A workday had passed for Roy. A normal day, nothing unusual happened, nothing new was discovered.
Then suddenly, someone ran into the lab.
“HIDE ME ROY!!!” The Elite Defender Catalina Ramírez jumped under the only desk with enough space for an adult woman beneath it.
“Huh?!” Roy jumped when he heard the loud voice. “Miss Ramírez?!”
“HIDE MEEEEE! Just stand in front of me so she doesn’t see me!!”
“Uhm… Okay…” Roy went to the desk to cover Catalina. “Can I ask who you are hiding from?”
“Hey, Roy?”
Charlotte entered the lab.
“Mh?” Roy turned around to look at the other Elite Defender. “Can I help you?”
“Have you seen Catalina anywhere? I know she hangs out here a lot.”
“Uhm…” Roy thought for a second, then shook his head. “No. I haven’t.” He could practically hear Catalina’s heavy breathing from beneath the desk.
“Oookay… If you see her… Please tell her we found her arm. She must have forgotten it after the Elite Defender meeting. She can pick it up at my office.”
“Sure. I will tell her when I see her.”
“Thank you. Have a nice evening~" Charlotte turned on her heel and left the lab.
“...” Roy squatted to be on eye level with Catalina. “Why did you hide from Charlotte? You’re both elite colleagues.”
“Ahh…” Catalina crawled out from under the desk. “This is so embarrassing…”
Roy raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong?”
“Wahh….. Well- You see…” Catalina scratched her cheek. “I’m so, so bad at talking to her… Whenever she stands in front of me I stumble over my own words and get so sweaty… I can’t keep my cool when talking to her!”
“... Miss Ramírez…” Roy sighed.
“Oh.” Famfay looked up from Roy’s shoulders. “I can sense a strong, sensual emotion within her.”
“Sensual?” Roy tilted his head. “You mean…”
“Miss Ramírez has fallen for Miss Evans.”
“StoooOOOOOP!” Catalina covered her face with her hand. “That’s so embarrassiiiing!”
“You… like Miss Evans? Ah...” Roy pushed up his glasses. “But, that’s not a bad thing. Why are you so ashamed?”
“Oh man, you have no idea Roy…” Catalina got up. “I don’t just like her… She takes my breath away.” She sighed. “She’s the kindest and prettiest person at this place. Her beautiful skin… her soft lips… her beautiful eyes….. She’s just perfect….”
“...” Roy got up as well. “If you like her so much, you should tell her.”
“HECK no! What if she rejects me?!”
“How will you know if she likes you too if you don’t tell her?”
“If she rejects me I might as well turn into dust…”
“Mhm.” Roy crossed his arms. “I don’t understand. If I were you, I’d just tell her.”
“Well then OBVIOUSLY you have no idea how I’m currently feeling!”
“Mh…” Roy looked to the side.
Yes, obviously, he had no idea. He hadn’t loved anyone in years. So far, he’d only had one girlfriend. A girl he had met online but never come face to face with, who had one day just ghosted him, never to be heard from again.
“You know what?” Roy faced her again. “I think it’s obvious. You have to leave the defenders.”
“WHAT!!”
“Just tell your Morpho Partner you can’t do it anymore, I bet he’ll understand.”
“Wait-- I-”
“I mean, when you can’t face the most important woman in this HQ without completely embarrassing yourself, what’s the point?”
“OKAY okay- I get what you mean!” Catalina grunted in annoyance. “I…. I’ll figure something out. M-Maybe- Maybe I can just ask her for a date… or… something.”
“Sounds good. If you want to, I could ask her for you.”
“Oh, you wanna be my wingman?” Catalina grinned.
Roy furrowed his brows. “Wingman? Like your Morpho Partner?”
Catalina burst into loud laughter. “Just because Goada is a bird doesn’t mean he’s a wingman! Oh, forget it, you’ll understand when you need to! … But, uhm-” She looked up to him with an embarrassed smile. “Can you pick up my arm from her office before you leave for today?”
“Mhrg. Sure.”
“Thank you!!”
“Wait here, Famfay.” Roy took Famfay off his shoulders and placed him in his little cat bed before he left the lab.
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