iiregularhunter:

“Just remember to be patient with yourself. No one became a great hunter over night.”

Well…

It was a little white lie– of sorts. Even Zero himself had been forced to start as a Class-D and had to fight to work up the ranks to being a Commander himself, though it had less to do with his skill and more to do with his attitude. Skill-wise, Zero had been at Class-S from the start of his Hunting career, but Sigma had held him back to make a point.

A frustrating and annoying one, but Zero could appreciate it now. He had no doubt he wouldn’t have been able to have any leadership skills if he had been granted his own Unit from the start. Not with how he had been prior to joining Hunter’s.

“You wanna go out later?” A hand gently clapped on her shoulder as he spoke. “Go get cleaned up first and I’ll make sure Velvet has everything handled for the rest of the day.”

She nodded in agreement, giving him a small smile.

“Yeah. I’d rather be a decent one first.”

Rebecca squeaked in response to his hand on her shoulder, nodding at that as well. She looked quite delighted, actually.

“Mhm, I do. And okay!”

Once Zero let her go, she immediately zipped off to the communal showers to get her armor off and wash down. She was covered in dust!