Did I Ask? (V, Elyss)

V was definitely having an absolute fucking morning. God fuck that Cresimir guy. What a bitch. She hated his guts more than pretty much anything else on the planet, and she had only ever met him the once. Bitch took her fucking sausage when all she wanted was a juicy bratwurst to bite into. Like who the fuck does that? V couldn't help but wonder that as she stalked to one of her favorite restaurants. Hopefully it wasn't that boo- and it was fucking booked. Long ass fuckin' line with like a thousand people or some shit and-

"Yo holy fuck, Elyss. Where have you been?"

V almost stumbled into Elyss, then realized she needed to be paying more attention, then realized just who it was she was looking at all in the span of maybe two seconds. She hadn't seen Elyss since she got her ass kicked by her then they went out for steak. Man she wished they could do that again. Except she wasn't in the mood to fight and this place was hella packed and there was no way in hell they were getting in.

Instead V walked right up to Elyss, got an arm around her shoulders with this big shit-eating grin on her face, and started dragging her somewhere else.

"Nah nah nah, you're coming with me now. We're gonna go get some fuckin' sick nasty burgers. And while we're on our way you can tell me where you've been, what you've been up to. Important shit? Bein' lazy? How's it been, huh?"

Even if it was sudden and invasive, that was just how V was. Elyss would probably have known that by now, but if she somehow didn't, well then here it was. She had been looking for V, and V had found her instead. Whether or not the redheaded Shinigami regretted that was up to her over the course of the next however long her and the musclebunny ended up hanging out.

"Aw, come on! You can tell me, right? We're pals!"

V was definitely loud and in Elyss' ear, but she didn't really notice or care much. The redhead was probably used to it even after their one and only real encounter. The bunny was definitely very dense and while she only had a vague idea of what a Shinigami was, it was more like the idea of a soul cop than anything. Their bearing on the soul cycle, or even what that fucking was to begin with was completely lost on her. All she cared about was that they were cool dudes with magic swords that killed big monsters like badasses.

V let up on the dragging as Elyss walked, the rabbit definitely impatient for some food but more than willing to let the redhead go at her own pace. She didn't want to overwhelm her, after all, which was about the nicest thing she could possibly consider. V had an overbearing personality to some and even she knew that, so giving Elyss a little bit of room to breathe seemed like a good idea even to V.

"I bet you've done some cool shit while you've been away, huh? Are you one of those, uh, lieu... loo... tin-ants or whatever? Come on, they've gotta give you something. You kicked my ass last time so that means you're pretty strong. That's gotta count for something, right?"
The rabbit just kept pressing on with a big dumb grin on her face. Elyss showing up was one of the best things to happen to her in recent memory, even if it was just an old friend to catch up with. V didn't have a lot going on in her life. Or at least, not until last week. Still, she was gonna try and have as much fun with this as Elyss could put up with.

V couldn't help but whine as her cheeks were suddenly pinched and her face fucked with. She couldn't believe this was happening to her, what a fucking travesty. How could Elyss do this? V was furious. And by furious, she meant mildly embarrassed, and then upset at the fact she was getting embarrassed. Still it was nice to hear that Elyss was doing well. Captain had to have been a pretty high rank, right? The musclebunny was proud of her friend. It made her almost want to ask for a remat-

"Hey what the fuck do you mean I was easy to beat up??"

V sounded incredulous, like she couldn't believe what her huge bunny ears were hearing. Had it really been that easy? There was no way. Elyss was just exaggerating, surely.

"I put up a pretty decent fight, eat my ass." The bunny huffed as she rubbed one of her sore cheeks. Wow that hurt a lot more than she thought it would have. It'd probably heal up in the next few minutes though, just in time for their juicy mouthwatering burgers. But now that she was at least 2% calmer, she did realize something that the woman had said.

"Mmm, but being a Captain probably has a bunch of paperwork n' shitty office desk bullshit attached to it, huh? Maybe it's not that great."

Still, didn't you have to be strong to be a Captain? Like, really really strong? V had no basis for what that would look like, or what Elyss doing strong cool girl shit would look like. But surely she had to at least be some kind of cool, yeah? V would kick her fucking ass if she had some boring lame ass power like, fucking what, throwing some bullshit around and calling it a day?

V didn't have it in her to be feisty in public right now. Her day had been mediocre at best and kinda shitty at worst. Elyss showing up was supposed to brighten it up, and so far it had, but the two had been walking for like maybe 5 minutes so far. That wasn't exactly enough to get her in the mood to throw a fit about getting called weak. And to be fair? She didn't really like doing that as much anymore anyways, on top of her somewhat soured mood. Being called lonely just made that mood a little more bitter though.

"Tch. So what if I am?"

V didn't like lying, and she was a bit too slow to come up with ways to dance around the point in a timely manner. So she was about as honest as she could be, and as aggressive about it as one would come to expect.

"I don't have a lot of friends. People don't really like getting told off or threatened by a woman, let alone one with bigger muscles than they'll ever have."

That was what V interpreted most reactions to her aggression, at least. Sure she could always lighten up or try to have a little more self control, but there was a bit of spiral she would go down every time she had that sort of thought. If she were to try and have self control, she would have to face her aggressive tendencies. If she were to try and change those aggressive tendencies, she'd have to think on why she was so aggressive to begin with. If she thought about why she was so aggressive to begin with, then she'd have to...

"I'm just glad to see you again, Elyss."

Her tone was a lot more somber, and after she spoke those words, the bunny would go uncharacteristically silent.

V definitely wasn't feeling the best. No, actually, she was feeling pretty shitty. And even that felt like an understatement. The past however many days had felt just kind of not great. Cresimir, that mafia shit, that cat beating the shit out of her... To say that her past like, month, was pretty not great was the biggest understatement of the century. But Elyss was here, so what did she have to be sad about? A bit of guilt pained her heart as she remembered just what she was here to do, at which point she wondered why she was even feeling sad to begin with. Elyss said something about her not having many friends and then...

But then the redhead spoke up, and words of encouragement flowed into V like a tsunami. Wow, was this what it was like having someone try and reassure you? Just the act alone, the sheer sentiment made V's heart surge with entirely too many emotions. To Elyss though, all she would see was her bunny friend wide-eyed and staring at her in astonishment. Someone actually cared about her? What the fuck?

"I... Thanks, Elyss." The bunny muttered, doing her best not to get misty eyed when they were about to step into a restaurant. Speaking of which, they were right there. With a deep breath and a brief slap on the face, V woke herself up from this sad stupor and turned to Elyss with the same big dumb shit eating grin she always had.

"Look at me bringing the mood down for no reason like a loser. I knew I missed you for a reason, asshole." She laughed heartily. "Come on, the place doesn't look too packed. Shouldn't be too long before we get any food."

And sure enough all V had to mention was a table for two to their host and they were seated in minutes. The woman left them with two menus and a wave before stepping off to go help the next customer who walked in. V didn't even bother opening her menu, she already knew what she was gonna get.

"So how long are you gonna be around for? You gotta go back eventually, right?" V wondered as she propped her head up on one of her hands and casually looked around the restaurant. Not too loud, not too busy, not exactly empty either. Maybe a little over half full. All V could do was pray to god she could eat this fucking meat without a psychotic vampire man trying to ruin her food again.