((Collab -- Rethel34 & Joshua Tamashii))

Gale was still fuming as she and Joshua walked down the hall. Her brother, the subject of torment, had escaped their grasp twice. And she had been, as she put it, assaulted by her brother's friend.

"Are you going to look like your pants are smoldering all day or are you going to cheer up at some point?" Joshua asked Gale.

"How can I be cheerful after being [i]violated[/i] by you!" Gale exclaimed, not at all entertained by being told she looked like her pants were smoldering. "You are just so incredibly rude. I thought we were supposed to be a [i]team[/i]. What happened to that?"

"What happened was that I was helping you by helping Brent. I mean, it won't be much fun for you if the fun ends too early because you scared him away from seeing that girl, am I right?" Joshua said" Also, me covering your mouth is not violating you. I could do so in much worse ways, if I wanted to try."

Gale had tried interrupting, but was stopped by his explanation of what violating was and wasn't, and when he said he could violate her in much worse ways, her eyes grew wide, and then she was boiling like a tea pot again. "How dare you even suggest something like that! Didn't your parents ever teach you how to treat a lady properly?"

"Considering my mom is dead and my dad is a drunk, no, no they didn't," Joshua said in a low, heated voice. "Care to bring that up again Gale Ryutora? And do you honestly consider yourself a lady with your attitude?"

Gale couldn't figure out anything else to say, so she simply stopped in the middle of the hall, quite abruptly, and started pouting. It didn't last long, though, when someone who had been walking behind them didn't realize she had stopped and walked into her, knocking her forward toward Joshua.

Joshua saw Gale beginning to fall out of the corner of his eye and reacted quickly, moving to catch her. Angry at hero rno t, Gale was still his friend and he protected his friends. Problem was, when he caught her, one his his hands brushed a certain part of her chest best left avoided. This in turn caused him to go very red.
"S-sorry," he said stuttering slightly.

Having closed her eyes during the fall, Gale was shocked when she seemed to not hit the solid floor. When she heard a voice apologize, she was shocked to hear it from in front of her. Then she realized she was not at all lying down, but rather she had been caught. And when she opened her eyes and got back to her feet, she realized the one who had caught her was Joshua.

"Wait . . . [i]you[/i] caught me?" Gale asked, surprised. Then, after noticing how red his face was and remembering that he had just apologized, she continued, "And why are you apologizing? You just kept me from falling on my face. See? Now [i]that's[/i] how to treat a lady right."

"You honestly don't want to know why." Joshua said, looking away.

"Yes, I do," Gale replied, almost childishly, becoming more curious when he avoided her gaze. "What is it? What happened that made you so red?"

"... Because I accidently touched something I shouldnt have." Joshua said, still looking away

Gale looked confused at Joshua's answer. She hadn't felt anything. Eventually, she just shrugged, saying, "You must have imagined it. I didn't feel you touch anything other than my arms." Then, forgetting her earlier anger, she skipped away happily.

"Thank god for that," Joshua muttered.