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Today, Hel was sitting in a field that was surrounded by trees just outside the school grounds. Luckily, it was not the forbidden forest…not that she was worried about getting caught, it was just that her present company wouldn’t even entertain the thought of being there. Hel was sitting on Mot’s feet.

Hel was sitting on Mot’s feet, with her lips parted in awe, as the boil exercised.

She had only become aware of the fact that Mot was training recently. Not just idly training, or doing it every once in a while, but seriously training. Scheduled exercise. You know, the kind she wished he’d been doing since their first year…

But better late than never.

“…I have to say, Motty, I am really proud of you.” She genuinely meant it too.

Hel just grinned at the boil, and nodded her head. “Ya! Neh, Mot? If you want to train together regularly, we can!” The ghoul then nodded her head again, and laughed. “Ha! Certainly! You can sit on my feet…though you have to pardon me if I doubt you will keep me anchored.” She stuck her tongue out at him.

“You may be getting mass, boil, but you are still a bean pole.” Hel was fairly certain she weighed more than he did…despite the fact he was nearly a foot taller than her. “Oh…OH!” Hel suddenly cried, patting his knees with her hands. “I have things to tell you!”

“Ya, certainly!” Hel replied cheerfully. “I am up early as well…so I can just work along side you.” The ghoul idly played some sort of weird ‘patty cake’ on his knees as he did his crunches, and cackled at his comment. “Ya, probably.” She agreed. Once Mot finished, Hel grinned widely, and planted her hands on his knees.

“Things.” She echoed. “First, I had a talk with Mac.” She paused for a moment. “It was not the talk I was expecting, or wanted…but it was still good. An unexpected kind of good, yanno?” Hel leaned a bit, resting her chin on top of her hands on top of Mot’s knees. “He made me figure out what my problem was…like flipping a light switch in a room! Why I had such a bad attitude for a long time now…to sum it up, I was just frustrated, at everything, and I was taking it out through…well…nagging and worrying at those closest to me…as well as being really aggressive to those younger than me.” Hel drummed her fingers on his knees.

“So, now that I know, I feel better…and I made a promise! I am going to be an ever better reaper than I was my first year!” She grinned at the boil. “No more feeling sorry for myself…but oh…do not worry, I verbally smacked him too, okay? I told him he needed to stop being cruel, and that I probably would not have nagged so bad if he had just grown a pair and talked to me.” She beamed at the cowboil. “And I know you do not like him but you are my best friend so you must tolerate me as well when I say that we are dating now.”

Mot deflated, and Hel couldn’t help but laugh. “I acknowledge your feelings on this matter…but I do not need, or want, your confirmation or approval, but I am happy that you are happy for me for the peace of mind. I will also not convince you as to why it is not wrong, either…” She shrugged. “It is what it is, ya?”

At his bit of encouragement though, Hel was back to grinning widely. “Ya!” She cheered, and threw both of her hands into the air. “I think so too! Failure is not an option!” The reaper then flopped onto her back, and assumed the position. For crunches…but wait…

This was a prime chance to troll Mot.

Hel laid her hands above her head, and lidded her eyes. Her knees were touching, but she let her feet sprawl out to the sides. “Please be gentle with me, Mot.” She breathed. “This is my first time.” First time someone holding her feet while she did crunches.

Hel just laughed, kicking her feet up and down as well. “Ahhhhh, Mot!” She cried. “Come on now, this is me we are talking about! Though I do so love to make you blush, I would think you would get used to this by now, eh?” Hel was then a good ghoul…for now…and she got into the proper position. “Ahh, come on, Motty. Sit on my feet already!”

She laced her fingers behind her head, and waited. While waiting, she was also thinking. “…Neh, Mot? Would your ghoulfriend truly be upset if she heard half of the things I said to you?” Hel asked, genuinely curious.

Once Mot had her feet pinned…Hel started to do sit ups instead. She also unlinked her hands from around her head, and just held them off to the sides in fists as she pulled herself up, only to go back down again. She was honestly touched by the sincerity of his answer. “Ya, this is true.” Hel replied, her voice appearing close and further away as she did sit ups. “Ha! Ya! I would not be bothered if she was cross, but I would be bothered if she was cross and you were bothered by it!” The ghoul grinned.

“But I think I can see the other side too. I think…nah, I am fairly certain I would be cross if ghouls teased Mac like that.”

Hel just snorted, and then laughed. “Ya! I know!” She cried. “I have a lot of cross things to say about him.” She snickered. “Ya, ignorance is bliss, I agree…though yanno, I am certain creeple have a lot of cross things to say about me as well.” Hel shrugged once she completed another sit up, before going back down again. “But though I do not hear a lot of it, even if I did, I would not care.” She replied. She knew Mac didn’t care either.

“But ah, speaking of creeple saying things…” Hel sat back up, and was grinning widely. “I heard Professor Red is your mentor now.”

Hel grinned, clearly very elated and even more proud of the boil for going to Red on his own. As he said she might not like him though, Hel tilted her head, and looked puzzled briefly. As he went on to explain, Hel seemed to understand it a bit better, but was still confused.

“…Uh…” Her lips twisted. “To hold a grudge…but…we had to, did we not? It was either us or her…survival is a cruel thing, ya but…” The reaper shrugged a bit. “I do not know…” Plus, Red seemed to be…okay…when she encountered the professor at the vending machine…Hrm. Now Hel felt the need to be on the look out for the professor, for Mot’s sake. She wasn’t going to let anyone do anything bad to Mot, professor or no.

“Well, I am very glad she accepted you regardless…” Hel looked surprised about Remi. “Him too, huh? Interesting…” Because Remi was well…Remi.