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Shyla couldn't help but smile, she almost never felt happy after a fight, except for this time. It had been such a clean victory that the cheering of the crowd as the titans were given their medals got to her. Not a single front fell, it was outstanding.
She closed her eyes and sighed, a smile formed on her lips as she felt an elbow meet her arm "not bad right?" the spunky voice of a fellow titan sounded clear in the ceremony's chaos. Shyla opened her eyes to look at KJ "now you don't have an excuse Shyla! you have to come relax with us!" the titan continued as a third guardian reached them
"well I am pretty sure I have to go check if there are-" she tried to say but she was interrupted by the collective sigh of her fire team "come on Shyla..." Finerum interjected , his voice soft as ever as he crossed his arms. "Try to not think of work for a minute, you gotta learn to relax hon" he said with only the hint of a smile on his metallic face. Shyla sighed with fake exasperation "Fine.. but I this time you two will NOT get me drunk, not after last time" she said smiling widely.
The trio begun to walk away "let's do my place for once! we never do my place" KJ said sort of pouting, which made Finerum snicker a little. "are you one hundred percent sure it's in habitable conditions?" he asked raising an eyebrow "last time I was there there were rats all over the place"
"yes! about them! they're still there!" she said before quickly adding "b-but now they're.. officialized! I named them all!" as she noticed the two's expressions. She reached to scratched the back of her helmet as she let out an awkward laugh.
Finerum pat her upper back with one hand as he chuckled "alright well if they are official rats we have to check them out, right Shyla?" he asked "of course! I can't wait to meet them, what are they called?" she asked as she brushed her hair out of her face "w-well they are all named the same since I can't distinguish between them but you can call them Mirko.. n-no actually it's Mike.. Mike sounds nicer.." she blurted out slower and slower.
After a moment Finerum finally broke out into laughter at that "oh Traveler KJ.. please never change." KJ chuckled a little, confused at his reaction but happy non the less. Shyla slowed down before she finally stopped, the other two turned to her "you ok there Shyla?" Finerum asked. "yeah.." she said with a big smile before she dove forward to hug them both "thank you guys.. for wanting to spend time with me even if I'm always so busy.." she said ever so softly "it's ok honey... we do it because we love you.. right KJ?" he said as he looked to see the smaller titan practically curled around Shyla "yeah!" she yapped "we love you so much Shyla!!"
Shyla breathed in, feeling more vulnerable than she ever did
"thank you"