[ENG SHORTS] Lone Brigade: The Gift

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Lone Brigade

[ENG SHORTS] 

The Gift

  Hmmn, Christmas huh? Now come to think of it, I never really have anything interesting to do on such day. You see, in my line of work, my top priority is to ensure the safety of the village above all else. So that means I never have the chance to enjoy holiday.

I'm not complaining though. After all the job keeps me occupied. Going around the forest, keeping the dangerous beasts at bay, paying regular visits to our vampire lord to make sure they are on friendly terms with us while making sure Elise did not bite my neck while I am at it, and other dangerous stuffs.

While I make a quick stop at my favorite bakery, I spotted one of my colleagues; Tira. Her beauty sure makes her really stands out among the crowd. Usually I will just let her do her own thing but this time, she seems rather confused while holding something on her hand.

As I approach her, I noticed she is holding a red letter with a love symbol on it. At this point, I think I may know what is going on... one of my colleagues Jim probably tried to confess to her but the man ain't got any balls to confess directly so he had to send her a love letter.

  "Evening Tira"

  "Eeeep!"

 

She made a quick 180 turn and enters her battle stance with her spear on her left hand. As soon she realize it's me, she let out a relief sigh at me.

  "Sergeant, you scared me"

  "Is that so?" I replied, chuckling a bit. "So it seems you get something special huh?"

Tira raise her eyebrows for a moment as if she don't understand. I had to point at the love letter she hold on her right hand then she opens her mouth as if she is saying "Oh".

  "Lemme guess, Jim sent it?"

 

She nods at me.

 

  "I've read it but I don't think I understand what he wrote" 

Huh... welp, Jim sometimes have a terrible handwriting if he think about something a bit too much and at times it can be really hard to catch what he is trying to tell us. Oh well, it's his and her problem, not mine right?

Besides, it's a love letter. It'll be kind of rude for me to ask her to allow me to read it.

At least that should be the case but alas, Tira hands me the letter while staring at me with her adorable puppy eyes and before I could even respond to say no, she cuts me in.

  "Sergeant, I am terribly sorry but would you be kind enough to read it for me?"

  "Uuuuh....."

  "I know you and Jim hates each other but no one in the Lone Brigade understands him better than you"

Well.... it's true, I hate Jim for what he did to Rachel back then when we were kids and I really want to kill him BUT I will admit, he is a reliable and trustworthy comrade. His loyalty to the village is the sole reason why I haven't end his life.

I could refuse her request but I couldn't resist those adorable puppy eyes she have right now.

I let out a sigh and open up the letter. Let's see....

....

Damn Jim, your handwriting is even worse than I thought. I wonder if that bastard got drunk while writing this love letter to Tira. It almost feels like he is writing this in an alien language and this probably would make a lot of money if sold to a museum but I understand what he write.

Basically he is trying to be poetic while confessing his love;'Forest village, the blinding light destiny of love'. The heck with that nonsense?! Also what's with the 'man to woman night battle'?! Bruh, it's way too fast for that!

I understand you two are old enough to marry but bloody hell, you can't just simply tell a girl that you love her and then ask her to do night battle 2 seconds later. It's waaaay tooo fast for the norm around here. Did he talk to that damn succubi again?!

I try my best to not let out a sigh and silently make a mental note to reprimand that stupid succubi later.

 

I glanced at Tira, she is looking at me with eyes full of curiosity. 

Okay Jim, I still hate you but I will help you on this one. Let it be the first and last nice thing I ever do to you and let it never be spoken again... EVER.

  "There is no mistake about it, this is a love letter"

  "A love letter?"

  "Yep"

She remains silent for a moment as if she expects me to continue. I didn't because I wanted to see her reaction but it seems I'm not going to get one anytime soon. Both of us stays silent for a moment then she speaks...

  "Sergeant, I understand people likes all kind of things but how does one likes letter?"

Huh? Wait, what?

  "I never thought senior Jim loves letter. He is more like kind of a person who likes to eat mushrooms"

  "Uuuh... Tira? Which part of love letter you didn't understand?"

  "I've said it sergeant; I don't understand how one loves letter"

No way... you have to be kidding me right Tira? Please tell me you are joking. Are you that pure or are you that dense? I can't really tell at this point with that confused look on your face.

 

Fine, I'll just have to be direct with her then. I hand her back the love letter.

  "Tira, Jim is basically trying to say you are beautiful, cute, and adorable. He would like to ask you to go out with him" I facepalmed so hard.

  "To go out with him?"

  "Yes"

  "Patrol duties?"

No! ABSOLUTELY NOT! I shake my head aggressively. Tira rubs her chin and clearly confused as heck.

  "He wants you to become his girlfriend"

Tira's eyes widened as soon as I finished my sentence. Good, it seems finally I made it through her thick skull.

  "But I thought he already considered me as a friend since my first day. Could it be... I've done something to betray his trust at some point?"

  "Wha? No!"

By the Gods! I know what is on her mind. I thin her definition of girlfriend is "a female friend". Considering she is a girl... dammit, are you.... SERIOUS?! Why all of my subordinates are bunch of goofballs?!

Tch, fine, I'll just have to take it slow then. Maybe Jim really have no balls to get close to her.

  "Tira, let me ask something"

  "Yes sergeant?"

  "What did you do with Jim when you two are off duty?"

Tira tils her head slightly and put her right point finger at her cheek.

  "Umm.. he invites me to take a walk in the park, sometimes he invites me to lunch or dinner..."

  "Uh-huh, sounds good so far. Continue"

  "He always talk about someone named Tira and said something about how much he really want to make a family with her and live happily forever. I never knew there is someone else named Tira in this village. Everytime I have to thank him for being such a nice friend to that Tira"

Uh-h... WHAT?! 'friend'?!

  "Also, he always crying for no reason afterwards"

So Jim made all the move he could all these years?! This is bad. REALLY bad. Heck, this is even worse than a demon invasion. I think the problem is not on Jim... it's all on Tira herself.

This girl is too dense! Waaaaaay denser than earth's core and to top it off, she thinks Jim as a "friend". Daaaamn that hurts.... even if I hate Jim, I feel really bad for him. I guess I should be nicer to him from now on.

However, I'm not going to give up. I don't know why I am so determined to see this to the end and I'm not sure I want to know where all of the determination comes from but if I keep talking to Tira, I won't make any progress.

If that is the case, then I should just make her to get closer to Jim by herself. I think I may have an idea how to accomplish that!

  "Okay~okay, new topic Tira; what do you think of Jim?"

  "A nice man who always spend his time in the garden although I wish you and him could be a best friend once more" she replies with a sweet smile

  "Don't get your hopes up on that one. Anyway, I notice he always look out for you right?"

  "Yes sir. He always there for me no matter what"

  "Since its almost Christmas, why just don't you get him a present? A gift?"

Tira paused for a moment.

  "A gift?" she asks

  "Yep, you can go to him ask him to go take a walk with you and then you can buy him things that he likes the most"

Tira mumbled something under her breath but I think I she mumbled word "gift" couple of times while thinking hard..... really hard. Then she snaps her finger and with a smile she shakes my hand.

  "Very well, I, Tira will do my best to give senior Jim, a gift that he will never forget! Thank you sergeant!"

  "No probs. Now go Tira! Don't disappoint Jim!"

 

With an energetic nod, she turns back and run with a bright smile on her face. Whew, did I... actually managed to get through her thick skull? I hope so.

 

I turn around to find out somene familiar walks towards me. Her white hair and pale skin makes it easier for me to identify her. The "Grey Ghost", that's what we call her. She is sort of a legend among us.

  "Capt'n" I nod at her

  "Being nice to your subordinates as usual?" she replied with a faint smile

  "Yeah. I am a bit worried about them though"

  "Then shall we spy them?"

  "Yeah, hopefully Tira and Jim finally can become a couple"

Both of us followed the path Tira take and it led us back to our post. We can see Tira speaking to Jim with a bright smile on her face and Jim face is red as a tomato. Due to the crowd, we can't hear what they are talking about and I am worried about Tira's denseness.

But soon, Jim gives her the happiest smile I ever see and nods happily. Both of us watch from the shadows as Tira and Jim hold hands together and walk away while the rest of our comrades in the post seemingly shocked but cheered on them neverthless.

I don't know why but I feel really victorious right now.

It seems we all just witnessed the birth of the most impossible duo in existence. Hahah, a new page of history starts here then for them and they shall live happily forever after.

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  At least that's how it supposed to be...

 

The next morning, I find Jim lying in middle of the snow crying like a baby. Apparently, last night on their "official date", Tira brought him to a flower shop and she gave him a bouquet of flowers while kneeling in front of him.

Sounds romantic and made me go "aaaawww that's sweet" until I find out that...

She bought him the bouquet because she thought he loved flowers so much due to the majority of Jim's time being spend taking care plants on garden and thank him for always being nice to the other Tira just because both of them have the same name.

Tira! By name of the Gods, STOP BEING DENSE DAMMIT!

Aaaah, to hell with these two. I'm done! That's it, screw it, I'm out! I give up!

The end

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