Another while past, Tomo going through paper after paper and slowly marking very nearly every Japanese male off The List for varying reasons. But it wasn't until she'd actually written out the list and crossed out every name that she finally let out an exasperated sigh and crashed back onto the bed. "Maaan, I give up. You've gotta be lying or something, Ed. The only person it could be is Sano, but I know you wouldn't set up Sano with someone."
For what was amazingly only the second time since Tomo had crashed into his cabin, Ed palmed his forehead. "Why wouldn't I?!"
"No way!" And despite having been completely boneless with exhaustion only a second ago, Tomo was up in a flash, gripping the lapels of Ed's coat pleadingly. "Ed! You wouldn't, right? You're kidding, right?! I mean, I know I haven't really done anything yet. Okay, but you wouldn't set him up with someone else! You can't! Eeeed~!"
Groaning, Ed carefully pried her fingers out of his coat. She was smart, really. Sometimes. He was sure of it.
Just not right now.
"It wasn't for someone else."
"...oh," she responded after a pause, and her fists suddenly came easily loose of his clothing. "But then who..."
"..."
". . ."
Ed sighed and scratched again at the back of his braid, feeling a little embarassed for her. "Come on, Tomo, it's not that hard to figure out."
"Ed... you didn't. You can't! You didn't, really, did you?" She was pleading with him now, a crumpled paper clutched in one of her hands.
"Why not?" He asked, feeling a bit defensive. He really hadn't seen anything wrong with the idea at the time, but if Tomo was really upset with him...
"Argh, no! ED! How could you?!" Groaning, she grabbed the front of Ed's coat and this time really did shake him. "Why~, Ed! It's too embarassing, I'll never be able to face him again. What do I do? This is all your fault, Ed!"
Teeth chattering, Ed grabbed Tomo's wrists and held them before she could shake them right of his mouth. "Oh, come on, Tomo. You weren't ever going to do anything other than blush every time he came up."
"I might have!" Tomo protested, though her words were muffled thanks to the fact that when Ed wouldn't let her shake him anymore, she'd just dropped her face against his chest in defeat.
"Yeah right," Ed snorted and looked down at her. "Anyway, I don't know what you're so mad about. All I did was basically confirm that he likes you too."
For what was amazingly only the second time since Tomo had crashed into his cabin, Ed palmed his forehead. "Why wouldn't I?!"
"No way!" And despite having been completely boneless with exhaustion only a second ago, Tomo was up in a flash, gripping the lapels of Ed's coat pleadingly. "Ed! You wouldn't, right? You're kidding, right?! I mean, I know I haven't really done anything yet. Okay, but you wouldn't set him up with someone else! You can't! Eeeed~!"
Groaning, Ed carefully pried her fingers out of his coat. She was smart, really. Sometimes. He was sure of it.
Just not right now.
"It wasn't for someone else."
"...oh," she responded after a pause, and her fists suddenly came easily loose of his clothing. "But then who..."
"..."
". . ."
Ed sighed and scratched again at the back of his braid, feeling a little embarassed for her. "Come on, Tomo, it's not that hard to figure out."
"Ed... you didn't. You can't! You didn't, really, did you?" She was pleading with him now, a crumpled paper clutched in one of her hands.
"Why not?" He asked, feeling a bit defensive. He really hadn't seen anything wrong with the idea at the time, but if Tomo was really upset with him...
"Argh, no! ED! How could you?!" Groaning, she grabbed the front of Ed's coat and this time really did shake him. "Why~, Ed! It's too embarassing, I'll never be able to face him again. What do I do? This is all your fault, Ed!"
Teeth chattering, Ed grabbed Tomo's wrists and held them before she could shake them right of his mouth. "Oh, come on, Tomo. You weren't ever going to do anything other than blush every time he came up."
"I might have!" Tomo protested, though her words were muffled thanks to the fact that when Ed wouldn't let her shake him anymore, she'd just dropped her face against his chest in defeat.
"Yeah right," Ed snorted and looked down at her. "Anyway, I don't know what you're so mad about. All I did was basically confirm that he likes you too."
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