That Kind of Friendship (P)

Continued From Here

Lucky followed her great and skilled captain back to the locker rooms, trailing along slightly behind her with a wide grin on her face! She was almost worried that the kiss she had given her would've elicited a violent reaction or at least a hostile one but, much to her surprise and comfort, Rosemary took it like a champ AND the right way! She was just the best ever! Very cute too... Once their lips had locked, Sakura had felt the heat from Rose's cheeks SPIKE almost instantaneously right before she started kissing back! And boy... was that a good kiss.. She giggled softly to herself as they slipped backstage, the recent memory of their contact replaying in her mind over and over again...

Rosemary was a STRONG individual, strong and skilled and cool! But she was also such an adorable cinnamon bun! Lucky just wanted to hold her tight and snuggle her until day turned to night, she was so cute! Ah... fantasies... they make excellent manga material... But on a more serious note, she wanted to know this woman better! Yeah, yeah they met for the first time in this match but she just HAD to add Rosemary to her "friends list!" She was too cool AND cute not to!

"So... yeah! I got a favor to ask of ya!" Lucky admitted, getting right to the point. "You were so cool... all those cartwheels and flips... The way you hold yourself and preform for the audience... I really don't know how to tell you how COOL you are!" She paused slightly, a little blush flashing across her face as her emerald eyes flicked to the side... "Uhm... Would you mind teaching me how to do what you do...?"

Rosemary had remained mostly silent as she escorted Sakura to the back, arm in arm. The crowd had seemed to appreciate the show of good sportsmanship… though they had popped even harder for the finishing kiss. Rosemary on the other had has fallen quiet after, pretending as if Sakura hadn't just locked lips with her… and that she hadn't then participated. She felt like an utter fool, not really knowing why she had done that, especially in front of a crowd.

She had brought them all the way to the locker room, happy to finally have a seat. She broke off from Sakura to slump on a bench, reaching up under her hat to quietly work off the bobby pins that held the headpiece on. It didn't take her very long work it free, letting her hair fall naturally around her shoulders. She set her surcoat and hat aside, peering up at Sakura. By now she had finally stopped blushing and was ready to talk.

“A favor?” Rosemary reached up, massaging her neck and shoulder, trying to work a few kinks out. She was starting to blush again as Sakura showered her in compliments. She averted her gaze, chuckling sheepishly. “Thanks… It’s really nice to hear you appreciate what I do.” Being called cool though, was new to her. At least by a non-crowd goer. She was finding it hard to envision herself like that… she was less action hero cool and more revenge of the nerds cool, in her eyes anyhow.

“Teaching you?” Her lips parted slightly, glancing back to Sakura with a faint look of confusion playing across her features. She had never trained another wrestler, never even trained alongside another one really. Even Scarlet who had become her supposed tag partner didn't train with her. Here was this cheerleader, flattering her… kissing her… not wanting to learn from her. What even was this night?

“I… don't really know if I would be a great teacher. I would be willing to try though.” She rested her hands in her lap, playing with her fingertips. “You could probably find a more professional teacher than me if you looked.”

Sakura wasn't all that nervous when Rosemary broke away from her! She simply sat herself down beside the captain as she let her have it! Lucky smiled widely as the captain thanked her for her appreciation of her work the cheerleader laughing softly at the remark!

"Well... yeah! Who WOULDN'T be a fan of your work?? That's the kind of stuff that makes people famous right there!" Compliments, compliments compliments! Sakura was full of them and she wasn't even trying right now! Seriously, she was surprised she didn't have paparazzi dogging her every step, stalking her from behind the lockers or something! She wasn't ANYTHING like anyone she'd ever seen in this sport before and believe that she's watched a LOT of it on T.V! She wanted to pull the girl in for a hug, wrap an arm around her and be all chummy and friendly and stuff... but she had taken note of how easily she blushed... Even though she kissed her back, Lucky was pretty sure she had made her uncomfortable with her... uh... forward nature.

Restrain yourself, Sakura... Not everyone is like you...

Once she asked her question, the cheerleader took in a deeeeeeep breath of anticipation and held it, waiting for that answer! THE SUSPENSE! IT WAS KILLING HER! ...LITERALLY! ....Seriously, if she didn't answer soon, Lucky was going to start keeling over! Rosemary seemed confused by her request, her mind racing behind those intelligent, fierce eyes, her decision taking it's time to reach it's full form. Lucky was starting to regret her attempts to look adorable by holding her breath... Why's that...? Ask her blue-ing complexion!

BUT! BEFORE she could be whisked off to dream-land, Rosemary spoke, AGREEING to train her! The MOMENT confirmation was spoken, Sakura let out a loud heave of air... before LUNGING at her captain, wrapping her arms around her in a tight hug! She... forgot about her little self-reminder... Who wouldn't after being told they were being trained by an air-pirate acrobat!?

"YES! THANK YOU!" She practically groveled, rubbing her cheek heavily against her new teacher's! Rosemary was also quick to put herself down as well which shocked Sakura to a certain degree, remarking how she had never taught anyone and that she could find a better teacher if she knew where to look.

"Nah... Impossible!" Sakura declared! "Nobody can teach me your wisdom as well as you can, Cap! but seriously..." She would pull away, staring warmly into her eyes. "Thank ya for giving me this chance. I'll try not to blow it!"

How Sakura had this much energy after their match was beyond her. By most standards she was rather spritely and energetic herself but this girl out her to shame. It was hard to keep some smiling, while she wasn't sure how old Sakura was, the woman had a youthful air about her that made her expressive gestures and faces heartwarming.

She was left blinking, wrapped up in a tight hug and drawn in close. She was pretty certain even if she had the energy to struggle, Sakura would have been able to keep her here. It wasn't until the girl began to nuzzle against her that she shuddered a bit, cheeks reddening. Any attempt to remain upright on her own power faded as she just leaned her weight in, enjoying the sudden closeness while it lasted. She could just… not mention this later too.

She winced at the girl's yelling so close to her ear though. “Inside voices.” She remarked softly, as if to set the tone… though it was hard to be serious as this girl was using her as her private cuddle buddy. When she was finally let go, she wobbled before weakly sitting upright, shoulders slumped a bit. She kicked her feet out idly, feeling like a little girl all of a sudden.

“Uh… just give me your contact information and we can start next week. Bright and early, I can include you in my workout routine.” She let out a soft sigh, straightening back up as she glanced sidelong at Sakura. “I keep a very tight schedule, and if you are going to learn from me, you are going to have to adopt my training regiment... If at any point you have second thoughts, let me know. I will not hold it against you if you decide my methods aren't for you."

"Oh!" Sakura blinked at Rosemary's request, blushing a little bit as she lowered her voice. "Sorry..." She always did have that habit of being TOO energetic... too loud, and too close... Mix them all together and you got being yelled in your ear albeit accidentally. She had COMPLETELY forgotten how worn-out Cap was after their match! Poor girl looked like she could curl up on this bench here and passout for hours! Perhaps it was wrong to think this but Lucky wanted to just hold cradle her as she went to sleep... She felt almost... protective of her that way....? Was that the right word...? She wanted to help her, suffice it to say but if she was blushing THIS hard from just being nuzzled... She doubted Cap would be up for cuddling...

A true pity...

She, of course, let go of the captain once she voiced her protests, the woman asking for her contact information!

"Oh! Sure!" She agreed, ready to spell out her number for her! Rose wasn't done yet, though... She wanted to make it clear that this wasn't going to be some casual, every-day training... for Lucky at least. She was warned that she would have to adopt her training regimen, that she ran on a tight scheduled! It almost sounded like she was trying to warn her off, that it might just be too difficult for her... WELL IT WASN'T! She was tough too, dang it and she could be on time easily! Plus, what kind of student would she be if she couldn't stack up to her teacher's training? It was then Lucky made a quiet vow to herself... That she would be the best student ever and make Rosemary PROUD to be her sensei!

"No, that's fine, Cap! I understand! Here, let me give you my number and email..." Once she recounted the information to her, Lucky would smile widely... "Thank you for giving me this chance... I won't letcha down."

Rosemary nodded along as Sakura rattled off her contact information. She was sure to double check the spelling before committing it all to memory. She would pop it all into her phone once she got around to getting into her locker. For now, she was content to sit and rest.

She had doubts that Sakura really understood how grueling a schedule Rosemary kept on her training days. The cheerleader looked like the type of girl that didn't rise early and hit sleep on her alarm several times before getting coaxed out of bed… though that might have just been her imagination running wild. She bet the girl looked cute when she slept… stop it Rose.

“We can see about starting next week. I will make sure to iron out the details in the next day or so to give you some time to prepare. That sound good?” She reached up, combing her fingers through her long brown locks, trying to hide the faint blush on her face. She gathered her hair into a ponytail, reaching out with a free hand to collect her pins from the inside brim of her hat. She didn't have her hair bands on her, so this was the next best thing.

Truth be told, it was likely Lucky really didn't understand what Rosemary had in store for her, but that didn't bother her over much. What was really important was that she was gonna learn from this goddess of acrobatics over here! She would push herself to any extreme, do whatever she had to do, learn as well as she possibly could to not only add such an amazing skill-set to her technique, but also to impress her new teacher! That was the most important part. If she wasn't impressing Cap, she would've been doing something very, VERY wrong. With the date set for next week, Lucky flashed a wide, eager smile like a puppy looking to make it's owner happy.

"Alrighty!" Sakura declared! "I'll wait eagerly!" With that, she would get up to leave, seeing as they didn't really have anything else to do. Well... in truth, she would've liked to stick around and snuggle the living life outta Rosemary for accepting her as her student, but the air-captain didn't seem too up to it right now... She couldn't help but wonder why... OH WELL! Some people just didn't have her energy! Resisting every urge in her body to cuddle up to her newest buddy like she was a life-sized stuffed animal, Sakura would blow one last kiss Rose's way, winking cutely before heading out of this locker room and began the LONG trek back to her own locker... on the other side of this place.

All the while, the instant her back turned, Sakura's face flashed with blush as she giggled quietly to herself, the widest smile ever climbing across her face!

"O...m....g! She's so cute!" Lucky whispered to herself once she was certain she was out of ear-shot. "She's, like, the cutest thing I've ever seen! I'ma snuggle the stuff outta her one day!"