"Oh um thank you Hibiki."

She accepted the present from her. She hadn't seen her in a while.

She had something back in her room. She just barely finished it.

She returned the hug to Maria, "We all have a lot we need to work on but we can do it together. I wouldn't even have a name if hadn't met you and Kiri-chan."

She had no memory of parents at all. Then again most FIS didn't. They just found her one day.

She smiled at her. A small one but it was there. Smiling didn't quite come as easy to her as it did Kirika.

"You could never disappoint us Maria. We just worry about you. And yeah Tsubasa wouldn't want you to overwork yourself either. It took a while for her to convince you to perform with her.

She held Maria's hand to try and help her feel better.

"So please don't push yourself you have your idol work too. Don't you and Tsubasa have a concert soon?"

"No I should have said something earlier so it's my fault too. I just don't want you to overwork yourself. The battles are over now we haven't even had a Gjallahorn alert in a long while. I get you want to stay in shape but not eating or overworking yourself isn't going to help." +

She could tell her heart wasn't fully in that smile. She was guilty about this.

"I'll make that then. Kiri-chan wanted a mint chocolate cake. She hasn't had one in a while. We can get her that, but she's probably asleep by now. Maria what's wrong?"

Blunt and straight to the point.

"What do you want to eat when we get home?"

She was able to make just about anything. It is getting colder now. They should make enough before anyone gets sick.

"I was thinking of making Chicken Soup."

She shook her head, "It's fine it happens. I'll meet you up front."

She left the training room to get ready to leave.

"That you did go get changed I'll just make us something when we get home."

Was it strange for her to be scolding a woman older than her? Yes probably but she didn't really care. Someone had to keep Maria on her toes not to push herself.

"Kiri-chan and I were waiting for you to finish to go out and get dinner. Kiri-chan fell asleep so senpai took her home. I decided to wait for you. You need to stop overworking yourself."

"Finally done Maria? I've been here for 2 hours. It's almost midnight. You are pushing yourself too hard Maria."

There she was her rather blunt attitude. It was out of concern though.

Shirabe was silently watching Maria as she trained. She had been at it for quite a long time. Things were definitely peaceful but she needed a break.

"Jiiiiiiiiii."