On your way to the trainings ground a few soldiers salute Piers. He always gives a quick nod. "You are highly respected by the others aren't you ?" you ask him shyly. He can be very harsh, and you know that quite well. "Yeah you know, you should respect the man who can shoot you and you don't even notice him." He smirks down at you. You groan and punch him lightly in the shoulder. He pretends to tumble a but just laughs. "Then prove it already !" you pout at him. "I will. I will. And we arrived anyways. Just let me go change into my sports clothes and meet me over there in 10 minutes." Piers explains and gestures to the shooting ground. You straighten you back and salute him "Sir, yes, sir." you say in a firm voice, turn on your heel and walk away. Piers chuckles at you and sighs as he also walk away.

After a few minutes Finn appears out of nowhere, along with Chris. You don't notice them, but they notice you. Chris orders Finn to follow him.
"Did Piers forgot you here ?" Chris asks you grinning. Finn giggles lightly.
"Nooooo...at least I hope so."
"Where is he then ?" Chris asks a bit concerned.
"Don't know. He just went in there and said that he'll be back in 10 minutes. He has 2 minutes left though." You explain.
As if on cue Piers comes back with a very big gun in his hands and his winter uniform, you think.
"Already replaced me ?" Piers fake pouts at you.
"Well, what did you expect if you leave your lady alone ?" Chris smirks at Piers with a knowing grin. 'Wait a second....HIS lady ?!' you shake off the train of thoughts and look at the men in front of you.
"Ok, Piers. How about you don't let her wait any more time and show her your skills, a-a-a-as you already promised" Finn tries to break the awkward silence.
Chris joins in "Finn is right. Again." Even Chris himself wonders. 'What the hell is going on here ?' you think yourself with every sentence one of them say.
"Yes. You are right Finn. Come on (y/n). I'll prove my words to you. Like I promised." Piers smiles at you. You smile back and nod quickly. Finally you'll see if Piers Nivans is really the honorable man is he pretends to be.

The four of you walk over to the shooting ground. "Please go to the side. I don't want you too close to my target." Piers winks at you. You blush lightly and hurry to get next to Finn and Chris.
Piers sets aim at his target a few hundret feet away. You don't even take another breath, then you hear a shot. You flinch a bit because you weren't prepared. Piers did the same thing one more time.
You lean over to Finn, your eyes never leaving Piers and you whisper: "Is he always this awesome ?" Finn and you lock eyes and look back at Piers. Chris clasps a hand on your shoulder "Impressive isn't it ?" He smiles proudly. "No offend, but you act like he's your son." You grin back at Chris and you three break out in laughter. Piers looks at the three of you and raises an eyebrow. He lowers his gun and slowly walks over to you three. Chris whispers quickly "Don't tell him, but I'm proud of him like he is my son. But don't tell him. He'll just hype it too much." you giggle.
Piers approaches you and raises an eyebrow: "Any secrets you should tell me ?"
"No jus-" "Captain Redfield ? Would you please come over here for a second ?" Chris gets cut off. He sighs "Of course ! Excuse me please." He bows lightly and walks away.
"What now ? Do you believe me now ?" Piers says as his hazel eyes scan your face. You only now realise that Piers is merely a few inches away from your body. You only stutter "Y-Yes. I-I-I'm sorry that I didn't believe you in the first place."
"Don't be sorry. I wouldn't believe anything if I were at your point of view."
"Hey ! You also didn't believe her when she said that she would climb to get the ring back !" Finn interupts speaking to Piers.
"I-I didn't not believe her I was just ... concerned." Piers tries to save the situation.
Chris slowly walks back to the three of you. You notice him first, but don't mind. Finn continues "C'mon you weren't just concerned. You almost freaked out." Chris comes nearer. By now Piers noticed him too. The bad situation just slowly dawn to Piers. Finn carries on "She climbed that giant building without secures0"
Chris is almost there.
"Finn-" Piers warns through his teeth.
"You rather wanted to go yourself than endanger herself"
"Finn!-" Chris is standing right behind Finn.
Finn continues nonetheless. "And when she jumped into the hay you almost threw yourself in her direction to catch her-"
"FINN !!" Piers and you shout in unison. "What ? Do you think we don't know what's-"
Chris clears his throat.
Finn freezes, along with Piers and yourself. "She did what ? On detail, please." Chris says in a monotone voice. Somehow you are scared and you grab Piers arm hiding behind his broad frame. At least broader than yours. Piers glances at you and straightens his back, giving you a feeling of safety.
"Finn lost his sister's wedding ring. He asked me to shoot it down, but I had to mention the damage I would make. Then (y/n) offered to get it. By climbing. I tried to convince her not to do it but she did. Without any secures. She came back to us uninjured." Piers takes a deep breath after telling Chris a short version of yesterday.
"Piers, it was your mission to keep her save. And climbing a giant building without secures isn't how define 'save'. You know what follows now."
Piers takes another deep breath and hangs his head low. 'Wait...is he going to be punished ?! Not on my watch !'
"Wait ! You can't punish him !" "And how I can do that." Chris retorts stubbornly. "If you are going to punish him you'll have to punish me too. I didn't listen to Piers and disobeyed his orders." you cross your arms.
Chris thinks for a bit then smirks "Fine. You are both free if you show your skills again. And I'll choose the building." Without any hestation you reach out your hand "Deal."
You both shake hands and Chris leads the way.

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Sorry if it sucked, but my laptop broke down -.-
And I had to write everything again.
Let's pray it doesn't happen in the next chapter \(^o^)/
And my exams are coming up \-.-/.
I still try to hold my updating rhythm, but I can't promise anything.
See ya d(^o^)b