Blue

“Is it just me or is Lame-dia preferring blue more and more recently.” Nero muses offhandedly as he fiddles with Nico’s new experimental devil bringer. V and Claudia stood near the entrance of the garage next to a raving Nico (what she is raving about this time, no one knows) and meanwhile, Tasha and Nero are hanging out by the van’s hood. The comment earned Nero an eyebrow raise from Tasha and Nero swore there was a mixture of fond amusement in the girl’s expression.

“Yeah? What made you think so?”

“I know she didn’t like whites or gold and kept complaining about the Order dress... and a few of the clothes I knew she originally bought were near reds.” The hybrid’s blue eyes carefully went over his unaware girlfriend’s form, a small smile making its way onto his lips as he sees her laugh over whatever remark V made in response to Nico’s outburst. He hears Tasha sigh beside him but he pays it no mind.

"But when I checked her wardrobe, I could barely see anything other than blue."

"And pray tell exactly why were you snooping in her closet?" Nero let his blue eyes wander around in embarrassment, refusing to meet with his pseudo-sister's own brown, curious ones. He mumbles an incoherent excuse, something about Claudia needing to shower in his room but Tasha cuts him off from further digging himself to a grave.

“No offense Nero, but I really don't want to know what you and Claudia are up to behind closed doors--"

"L-Like I said! It's not--"

"But you know, maybe it's just that her tastes in colors change? You know that tends to happen when something big occurs in someone’s life.”

“Oh? Like what?”

“For example: Her falling head over heels in love with a certain devil hunter, hmmm?" Tasha nearly laughed when Nero, red faced and flustered, tried covering his face with his hand but had forgotten he was holding a devil bringer. The end result is Nero, slapping himself with a detached arm while muttering curses in the speed of light. Tasha shakes her head, recalling the conversation she has with Claudia the day before.

”Do you have this in blue?” The sniper holds up a wine red dress as the salesperson nods excitedly. Tasha had agreed to help her pick out an outfit for their group date night and so far, nothing seemed to agree with Claudia’s taste. 

Until now.

“Huh. I thought you liked the color.”

“I mean I do... But I want it in blue.”

“Really? Why blue?” Tasha notes her friend turning red as she barely whispers out a reply.

“It... it reminds me of Nero’s eyes.”

As Claudia worriedly looks over an embarrassed Nero, Tasha couldn’t help but think how cute they are together. She can’t help but look forward to tonight when Claudia wears that dress and knocks Nero out with it.