Never in my life have I felt so humiliated before.
While in the armory, I introduced everyone to the filly and told them everything about how I found her in the facility. Raze, like Killjoy, was the first to take a closer look at the filly with star-filled eyes and started booping her snoot countless times, causing the filly to release an ill have to admit, the cutest sneeze I had heard as her tiny wings flared up at the force. I couldn't help but release a small aww at the sight, but luckily it was drowned out by the even louder awws from Raze, Killjoy, and Skye. the boys however weren't amused in the slightest as they continued on what they were doing. Sage, the 3rd in command of Headquarters and our healer gestured for the female agents to be quiet as she took a closer look at the filly herself.
Raze took a step back to give room for Sage to see the filly in all its cuteness and glory. But mostly her eyes were more focused on the wings that were now resting on her sides. Her wings were really tiny, obviously not ready to be used for flight yet, Sage looked like she was deep in her thoughts, I had not seen her blink for… um, about 30 seconds or so?
They continue to stare at one another in a rather awkward silence, the filly was the first to move, tilting her head slightly whilst flapping one of her ears in confusion, which seemed to have done the trick as Sage was rapidly blinking her eyes, before giving a small smile.
“She’s beautiful,” Sage says as she gently rubbed the filly's head, messing her mane up a bit, but the filly didn't mind.
“She is sooooo adorable! I'm so glad this little potranca is going to be living with us!” Raze chirped out.
“Ehh, I do not like how it stares at me with those big eyes,” Cypher remarked. “but she's alright I guess.”
“As long as this pony isn't a hassle,well-trained, and is on a leash at all times, then I'm fine with her staying,” Kay/o says as he finishes assembling his shotgun, not bothering to look at the tiny filly.
Everything was going swell, they all seemed to be ok with her staying around, albeit with some ground rules which I could hopefully manage well enough. I sighed as I cuddled the filly, happy that she would be staying with us and with me for who knows how long, maybe when the time is right I could even help her learn how to fly. Hmm… But first a name. While I was pondering in my mind, thinking of a suitable name for the filly, he came in.
I turned to see the door of the armory opened, revealing the blue spiky-haired, rift-walking, arrogant prick, Yoru. he was playing with his butterfly knife comb, fidgeting around with it before combing the right side of his spikey hair with an unamused look. Right as he entered the room, he looked around with a questioning gaze until his eyes laid on me, and his questioning look grew into a smirk. that painful annoying smirk of his.
“Wow Jett, Never knew you were into animals,” he says with a fake surprised look. I rolled my eyes.
“Aren't you supposed to be somewhere in the world Yoru? You know, somewhere far away from here.” I said, trying not to release my anger.
“Actually I was, just came back with my findings from the cold north.” He paused, staring at the filly in my arms to which the filly stared back with a curious look.
“And I'm guessing you found yours? Aren't you supposed to find like a… tch, I don't know, a blueprint of sorts and not some horse.” his smirk grew even bigger after he had said that.
“For your information, I found this one in a laboratory, barely surviving on its own with an injured hoof, I couldn't just leave her,” I said through gritted teeth, he was really getting on my nerves.
“Oh, so you're taking care of the horse?” he laughed. “No, no, no, I think you should let flower girl over here take care of it instead of you.” he gestures to Skye on the sideline with Phoenix, to which she gave a disapproving look.
The rest of the agents were spectating the scene before them, they had stopped what they were doing, genuinely interested in what was about to come down. They knew Jett and Yoru. both were arrogant, overconfident, and very toxic. That was Jett’s personality when she first joined the valorant protocol, but after getting to know her teammates for months of working together, she had a drastic change of personality and was opening up, Although her toxic personality is still there, she mostly uses it in battle instead to her team.
Yoru however is a different story, He was a bit late to join the valorant protocol than Jett but his personality is similar to hers, albeit slightly different. He was that typical cool kid in your classroom and focuses a lot on his looks, thus the butterfly comb he carries around with him. But unlike Jett, His personality stayed the same over the months, refusing to share anything about his past and being toxic to his teammates, but not as much as how he is toxic to his enemies.
So seeing these two together, they knew there would always be a fight between them, one that they had gotten used to over the months of knowing them.
“You think I can't handle this filly on my own?!” my voice raised up a bit. the filly covered her ears with her front hooves, if her mother was going to get angry, she didn't want to hear any of it. Yoru raised a brow, his smirk never leaving his face.
“100 creds say otherwise.” that was the final straw. just as I was about to lose it, Sage got between the two of us with a look that no one would dare to fight in an argument.
“Enough you too.” her voice was strict but she maintained her calm expression as she turned to look at me. “Jett, take the filly to your room.”
“But~”
“Now.” she warned. I looked at her contemplating whether I should stay, before eventually following her orders, and leaving the armory, but not before shoving Yoru’s shoulder.
“Ouch, what was that for?” Yoru faked hurt, rubbing his hit shoulder. But after looking at Sage’s glare, he knew he had done enough.
“You, Room, Now,” She ordered, her glare never fading. Yoru released a grunt of approval as he too stormed off the armory as well. Once he left, Sage released a heavy sigh.
These two were never going to get along.
Here I was walking down the endless halls to my room, with a filly in my arms, thinking about the recent event.
‘When did he have the fucking right mind to simply say those things to me like that? Just because I wanted to take care of some filly?! It's not like it was my choice to do so. I never wanted this!’
I paused, rethinking my thoughts before shaking my head. what was I saying? I just wanted to help the filly get back up in her hooves and maybe even find a shelter for her to stay in until someone would want to raise her and she would be in a loving family. I didn't actually think that I would be the one to take care of her.
I lightly laughed to myself. ‘Out of all people, it had to be me to handle that responsibility.’ I sighed. ‘Yoru was right, there was no way I could take care of her on my own.’ As much as I hated it, it was the truth, no matter how many times I tell myself that I can do it. The filly must have noticed my distraught state as she pulled on my hoodie with her mouth drawing my attention to her.
There she was, right in front of my face as she used her hind legs to stand up straight in my arms and her front hooves were pressed against my chest so she could maintain balance. We were really close to each other but I never looked away. Sometimes I questioned her acts from time to time, they were so random, and yet it was somehow adorable. Then she did something that caught me off guard.
She licked the tip of my nose. It was short but it was something that I thought she would never do. She then gave me a reassuring smile, it was weird to see her emotions so clearly, she really did have a look of a human but at the same time, she was a pony. But that lick had said it all. She trusted me, a complete stranger that rescued her hours ago, to be her carer for the rest of her pony life. And I sure wasn't going to fail her now.
I smiled as we finally reached my room, opening it I dropped the filly on my bed, and quickly discarded the remaining of my things, before joining her. The filly did quick turns around my bed before finding a good spot to rest. I was pretty tired myself after the whole mission. Before sleeping, however, I reminded myself that I had people that were willing to support me in raising her. And who knows? I might just prove Yoru wrong and get that free 100 cred easily.
And with that, I fell asleep.