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I don't have any formal training or anything, I guess, but I'm pretty strong. I'll knock anyone out. [Though he probably doesn't look like it. He's kind of short. He sounds pretty sure of himself, at least.] Oh, and I'm fast, too! They won't even see me coming.

[He'd like to be able to brag about his powers, but there's no point if he can't show them off, so this'll have to do for now.]

[ As a short person who can kick some major butt, plus having met Levi as well, Yuri is well aware that looking like you can't kick butt doesn't mean that you can't. ]

Arm wrestle to prove it!

[Normally, Yata would be SO PUMPED FOR THIS. But instead, suddenly, he looks... entirely put off.]

W-wait. With you?

[THAT... THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM...]

I can probably kick your ass, you know.

[ And she has no problem with working around rules. ]

[His face is turning red, he's totally embarrassed.]

Yeah, right! There's no way in hell I'd lose to a girl!

[Except he already has. Because he can't actually touch her.]

Let's go then.

[ Yuri goes to her desk to go sit in her big chair, clearing some stuff off of it. ]

[HE... HE CAN'T...]

Forget it, there's no point! It's already obvious who'd win.

Me, right? Well, I guess it's an honorable concession if you just don't want to make a fool of yourself.

Who said anything about giving up?!

[There's nothing honorable about it whatsoever. If anything, he's just an embarrassment.]

[ That's why she's trying to goad him into it. ]

Then get to my desk.

H-hold on, that's just ain't fair! A guy should have to arm wrestle another guy, it's obvious!

And a guy shouldn't judge a woman's strength by what body parts they have. I can guarantee you no matter what your strength level is I can beat you in an actual fight, so we should probably stick to the arm wrestling for fun.

There's no way in hell I'm touching you!

[That's the real problem here. He's not even afraid of losing or anything like that. He's just making up excuses because he's... shy...]

[ On one hand, it could be a situation like Accelerator's.

On the other hand, Yuri is legitimately just reaching out to touch his arm now. ]

[And he falls right into the trap, too... When she reaches out, he jumps so far back, it's kind of embarrassing.]

Wh-what's your problem?!

[She's messing with him and he knows it! ...but there's nothing he can do about it, he's just that afraid of girls.]

[ She won't try again, at least. ]

Is it a personal reason or are you going to explode my hand if my skin comes in contact with you?

I-I don't know what you're talking about!

[Either he's in denial or he's a poor liar, it's impossible to tell...]

I really need to know the question, because if it's about respecting you I can do that but if my hand's going to explode when I'm trying to pull you up from a cliff because you accidentally fell off, then to have your back I need to know an effective way to do it.

[Yata grits his teeth, slightly conflicted over how to answer.]

Your hand's not gonna explode, okay?

[...that sounds so dumb to say. He'll take the possible exaggeration over any other kind of response, though—he is a man, okay, he's not going to admit that he's actually just a huge virgin who doesn't know how to deal with girls at all.]

See? That wasn't hard.

[ She smiles at him encouragingly. ]

Whatever your reasons are, they're yours. If you want to tell me someday that's fine, but I'm not going to pressure you about it.

[ Accelerator's not the only one she's dealt with that doesn't like to be touched. Of course, those reason were pretty different than Yata's. Not that she knew. ]

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