When Reki Met Magi

As the warp rings disappeared around the golden blond, his now blue eyes flickered over the corrupted data in this area. The area was still being removed of the data bugs, and was the perfect place to hide.

"Halt!" commanded a voice behind him. Reki whirled around to see an effeminate figure in garb similar to his own march up. "This area is off limits to Users!"

He smiled at the girl in glasses, a friendly, if a little sleepy, expression on his pleasant face. She was pretty cute, as most PCs were. He bowed.

"Uh, hello! I'm Reki, Balmung-san's assistant." The girl did not look like she particularly cared. He mentally shrugged. "And I'm afraid my boss might be here..."

Reddish eyes behind wire-rimmed spectacles narrowed. "I don't think the Events and Development Administrator would be here, sir." She stated primly, straitening her glasses with a hand covered in a fingerless glove.

His smile became slightly remorseful. "You'd be surprised at the places Balmung-san likes to loiter at..." His tone had taken on the sound of a parent talking about a hellinous child. The grayish-haired girl opened up her mouth to protest that they would know if he was here, thank-you-very-much, but another, much more cheerful voice cut in.

"That makes me sound like a delinquent, Reki!"

For the second time that day, the golden blond whirled about. Balmung sat in what might have been a tree, but for the massive amounts of flawed data it quite resembled an ostrich. The Descendant of Fianna sat like a statue of Buddha, arms and legs crossed, a deceptively peaceful look on his face. A smirk suddenly appearing, then the man who associated with the Azure Sky floated down.

"Oh, uh, Sir?" The reddish-eyed girl blinked, her back stiffening as she pushed up her glasses in an adorable nervous habit. Reki grinned. She was very cute. "What are you doing here, sir?"

"Experiencing the joys of The World!" he rattled off explosively, making her jump. "Come now, Reki, what took you so long to find me?" His eyes were closed in a pleased expression.

The man rolled expressively large blue eyes and said drolly, "I thought you might be at a Server, doing some sort of work... what was I thinking?" He then smiled at the girl, and she looked at him like he was crazy.

...Oh well...

"You may need to leave, sir." Her composure had returned, the startled look in ruby eyes fading away.

The two nodded and bid her their polite goodbyes. As the golden rings formed around Reki, he locked blue eyes with reddish ones and winked. She huffed indignantly, a soft pink blush forming on her cheeks.

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Outside the Gateway, the winged-man turned to the blue-eyed Operator and explained, "Don't mind Magi. He's kinda overenthusiastic." Balmung slung an arm around Reki's shoulders. "He works under a colleague of mine, Kamui of the Cobalt Knight Brigade. She's pretty gung-ho herself..." he then trailed off, chuckling.

The golden-haired male made a mental note that her name was "Magi"...

Then blinked bright blue eyes, a questioning look in the depths.

...Did Balmung-san say that Magi was a... he?

Blue lines appeared under ocean eyes, which in turn had shrunken to dots. His jaw became unhinged, and the words that left his mouth in an incoherent jumble was, "ThatSheHeMagiwasaman!?"

The silver-haired System Administrator nodded, understanding exactly how Reki felt. "Yes, the PC Magi is a male. Didn't you notice?"

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Removing the visor, Fujio stood in front of his desk. His brown eyes were wide and twitched sporadically over the next few minutes. He rubbed his temples. He blinked chocolate eyes twice. He took a deep breath. Fujio didn't freak out and start slamming his head against the wall, or anything. He wasn't an anime character. He was a worker in CC Corp, a college graduate with a degree in history, and a responsible man. Why would he freak out? Magi was probably going to tell the entire staff he was queer, but beyond that...

He'd practically flirted. He let out a muffled moan. His spotless reputation, tarnished forever because he just had to slack off on his duties this one time...!

Today is definitely not a good day.

The ping of an e-mail arriving alerted Fujio back to the monitor.

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Subject: To: Reki
Sender: Balmung

I just thought I'd let you know, Magi the PC is male. Asako Saito, the lovely lady behind the PC, is not. Hope I didn't give you too much of a scare, but you need to lighten up! The World is agame... Don't be so serious all the time, or you'll end up like Magi... orKamui!

:)

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Now Fujio's pleasant face was alight with a grin, his eyes crinkled with smile.

He'd practically flirted.

All previous comments on the day were revoked, as Fujio, who could barely look a girl in the eyes offline, danced about his room.

-Fin

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The Ryuujin here! Hi! I hope you all liked it... I made Fujio kinda nerdy, but Reki more self-assured, because on the Internet, your personality changes, if not drastically. You don't have to see a person face-to-face, so there's less pressure... and stuff... :D

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