Title: without a reason
Rating: G
Fandom: Baten Kaitos, specifically Baten Kaitos Origins
Relationship: Milliarde/Sagi
Wordcount: 400
Short summary: Sagi gets Milly to talk after she acts irritated from Lolo's visit.
“I can’t wait to visit again! Later Sagi!”
After one enthusiastic hug, Lolo runs off, the door banging behind her. Sagi shakes his head with a small smile. He doesn’t think he’ll ever get used to Lolo’s energy. He turns around to look at Milly, only to find her gritting her teeth.
“What’s wrong, Milly?”
Sagi had likely been too oblivious at the beginning to notice the first few times this happened, but now that Sagi understands that Milly doesn’t really like Lolo, he recognizes the irritation. But to be this irritated is still a bit uncharacteristic for Milly...
“Do you... Never mind.”
Milly has stopped lying to Sagi as promised, but Sagi finds she still isn’t always forthcoming with her feelings. She’s given him permission to call her out on it, so he does, out of curiosity but also out of concern.
“Come on.” He tries to sound gentle and encouraging. “I won’t laugh at you no matter what you say.”
Milly looks down and away. Though soft, her voice is also harsh. “Do you have to hug her every time you meet?”
“What? I don’t...” Sagi is pretty sure Lolo initiates every hug between them, because he always feels like he’ll fall over whenever she hugs him. But he supposes that’s not how Milly sees it. So instead he addresses Milly’s unspoken concern.
“She’s just a friend.”
Milly looks back at him with a glare. “Just a friend huh.”
“Milly...” Sagi takes a step closer to her. “If you want more hugs, you can hug me anytime.” He extends his arms out towards her, inviting her to come close. “Hey, why not hug me right now?”
Milly frowns. “Without a reason?”
Sagi grins. “Does there need to be a reason?”
“I...guess not.” Milly laughs nervously. “It’s kind of embarrassing to do this out of the blue though.”
Sagi laughs. Well, if she won’t do it then... “Fine. You were jealous.”
Milly blushes. “Hey, don’t say that out loud!”
Sagi laughs some more, until Milly closes the distance and wraps her arms around him. He returns her hug, something he doesn’t do with Lolo, but there’s no need to point that out right now. It’s more important to hold Milly close, to enjoy her warmth, her strength, the smell of her shampoo... Maybe they are hugging each other without a reason, but just because is reason enough for Sagi.