Katina posts everywhere; A lover's spat.

[grandtheftmecha]

Ever since the Moon had been... stopped... fixed... turned into a spaceship... whatever, Katina had been out for blood. Viral's of course; she marched around I-1 tracking down the catman who she'd barely spoken to since Christmas.

She would have done it sooner but well... with the world seemingly coming to an end, she didn't want to do anything hasty and then have to deal with it when things turned around, and, well, now they did.

Now, where is that cat-bastard?

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[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

It took all of Viral's steely resolve not to jump straight up and latch onto the ceiling when Katina called out to him. What was the idiot trying to do, give him a heart attack? Viral slowly turned around, once he was certain his expression would not give him away, folding his arms.

"What do you want?" Despite his precautions, Viral still seemed nervous when he spoke.

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Katina crossed her arms and tapped a foot irritably. Viral was a terrible actor.

"What do you think?" See how merciful she is?

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

The corner of his mouth twitched, before he turned back to the workout equipment. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Katina almost growled at his dismissive attitude, and strode purposefully over to him. She aimed a kick at his back with the intention of slamming his face into whatever happened to be in front of him. "Don't ignore me dammit!"

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

It works. Viral's face knocks straight into something hard with a satisfying 'clang', before he regains his balance, turning to face Katina. The injury sustained disappears in a puff of smoke, but his scowl stays.

"What the hell was that for?!"

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She balled her fists up at her side. "You were ignoring me, dumbass," then she pointed an accusatory finger at him, "and you've been avoiding me, dammit!"

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

Viral growled, but didn't turn his back on Katina again. "You're imagining things," he bluffed. "What, do you want to spend more time with me?"

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Katina sputtered, trying to form a response to preserve whatever integrity she had around Viral. "I-it's just annoying when you disappear every time I happen to walk into a room you're in!" She was even worse at lying than Viral.

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

"Right." Viral forced a smile. "I'll try to make my exits less noticeable."

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

Katina stared Viral down intently. "You admit it, you are avoiding me! So what the hell?!" A hand snapped out to grab hold of Viral's collar. No exits, noticeable or not, this time.

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

He raised an eyebrow, matching Katina's stare-down. "So what if I am? It makes me curious why this bothers you so much."

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

"Because..." her hands clenched at her sides, eyes darting to the side for a moment, as though she were nervous or something. "Because it started... just after Christmas dammit!" She left whatever implications that meant hanging.

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

There's a long, awkward silence.

Again, Viral deflects. "Are you implying something?"

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Followed by another long, awkward silence.

Katina crossed her arms. "Hmph. Either... something happened that you think I'm even more of a 'stupid monkey' or... tch... dammit do I have to say it for you?!" She didn't want to be the only one getting anywhere in this damned conversation.

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

"... I don't think you're a stupid monkey." Viral couldn't believe what he was saying was actually being said.

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"So tha-" wait, don't?

Katina was struck dumb for a moment. She could probably argue with Viral later about who was more surprised that he said that.

"Uh. Um." Uh. Um. "Then... what... do you think??" The hell kinda question is that?

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

"You're one of the least annoying people here." What was he saying?! All logical sides of his brain were yelling at him to stop, and stop now.

"You're smart, good in a battle, and don't put up with anything. I actually enjoy your company."

All through the time he was talking, Viral didn't look away from Katina, his face expressionless.

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

...uh-huh. Right. This was Viral... saying all this.

She flushed red at his... intentness. He seemed to be forcing it out, but it also seemed completely honest.

'Smart' wasn't usually on the list of compliments people gave her either.

Of course try as she might, Katina couldn't put anything into words nearly as coherently. "...th-thanks... I... enjoy your company... too..." she managed lamely.

"Well that... just sounded pretty smart huh?"

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

Viral rolled his eyes and folded his arms, looking away.

"Feh... And this is why I was avoiding you." He scowled. "Christmas made me think about it too much." Viral seemed to be ignoring the fact that Katina said she liked his company as well.

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

And that was enough for Katina to snap back into form. "So what, you were gonna avoid me from now on just because of that? Because you don't want to think about actually liking someone?!" She snorted and looked away. "Un-fucking-believable."

[mr-catshark.livejournal.com]

"I figured it would fade after time had passed. Heh... I thought the shock from the idea that I might like someone would have kept you speechless for a little longer."

[grandtheftmecha.livejournal.com]

"Not when you're such a dumbass all the time." She sighed. God, she hadn't felt that awkward since she'd been in high school.