Men who did martial arts have always turned Cassie on, it was something about seeing the amount of skill and dedication that just got her going. So when Hayate invited her out to watch him... or something to that effect, she knew she couldn't turn him down. She actually sat waiting for him to get a break, but she stared and watched as every muscle that tensed at his movements.

His hair stuck to his face and when he took a pause to calm his breathing, that didn't help Cassie; he looked as if nothing could bother him and that going near him would only end badly.

Others were in the room, but Cassie didn't know any of them, so staring at Hayate was just as good. Hayate took a breath and began his stretches, yeah much more worth it.

After ten minutes of him stretching and Cassie drooling, he was finally let go. Hayate's eyes immediately went to the door and he found Cassie standing there. He smiled and went to her as he dried himself off.

"You're late." He said once he was in front of her.

"I'm not, you were just practicing for so long."

He chuckled, "I know, I'm joking with you." As always, then why even sound so serious? That shits not funny. He walked off to collect his jacket and get his water bottle, Cassie followed behind him like a puppy. "But since you are here how about we stay and watch the others."

"Are you supposed to?"

He nods, "We're training together, this'll help me become a good teacher too. The more I see, the better I'll be able to see what mistakes people make. Plus, it'll help me to see my own issues and know how I can help." Wow, you got all this shit figured out don't you? "But besides that, I figured you wanted to stay and watch anyway."

"Why do you think that?"

"You've always been interested in stuff like this." He crossed his arms, "Like boxing right?"

Her face went red, "Yeah..." Shyly, she averted her eyes from him and heard Hayate laughing.

"Although I can't teach you anything about boxing, I can teach you some self defense techniques."

"You don't have to do that."

"As you always say, just take my lesson and accept it." She stared at him, Being so close to you scares me and who knows where you'll have to touch on top of all that but-

"Okay... maybe just a few things."

...

"Hold your arm over your face, keep your other hand out so if you can grab something do it." He positioned her arms then moved to see how she looked. "That's good, but remember to tense up, I can tell you aren't." Then why don't you help me then, Cassie did as he said and kept her arms tense. After a few minutes, he told her to put her arms down. "Now, to be sure you actually learned something, I'm going to come at you. If you do this you should be able to block me." She nodded to him and watched him, he began to walk towards her and reached for her arms. Cassie panicked a bit and just rose her arms up. Hayate chuckled and she felt him grab her wrists.

"W-what's funny?" She said lowering her arms.

"That you panicked even though you knew I was coming at you." I can't help that this shit scares me.

"Sorry, I'm kind of nervous."

He was still pressed against her, "Well, let's try again." He finally stepped back and let her get ready, he nodded and began to move again, this time Cassie blocked his arms and grabbed his shirt with her other hand.

She waited a bit before looking up, "N-now what?"

He smirked before moving his other hand to where she was grabbing, "Naturally, people would reach for the hand that grabbed them, that's when you hit them. It'd be good if you hit them somewhere you SING."

"Sing?"

"Yes," He stepped back and pointed to each place on his body.

"Solar plex, In step or the foot, Nose, and the groin. Even on a woman, but in your case since you're likely to be shorter than someone who would attack you, the nose or the groin would be perfect." Why do you people think I'm so short? "Also, this can work if you're grabbed from behind. Would you like to be sure you can actually do this?"

Cassie made a face. Having your crotch against my back sounds like a nightmare, but having your strong arms around me is a dream. Simply, she nodded.

Hayate went behind her and prompted when he'd grab her, once he did he told her what to do. "Can you remember the places?" SING right? She moved her elbow, then her foot, then threw her head back softly, then moved her other hand to his midsection.

"I-I can't touch there."

He chuckled but remained holding her, "You could, but for now we are in public so perhaps that should be saved." Being in public isn't the only reason we shouldn't be doing that! He removed himself from her and stood in front of her with a smile. "You're actually pretty good at this, plus you have enough strength to defend yourself normally." Well my brothers were annoying when we were kids, I know how to drop my weight too. "Though, I feel like we've wasted the entire day."

"I learned something, so it wasn't really wasted."

He smiled at her, "How about I just take you home then?" She nodded and began getting her things as Hayate did, "Oh, but since today was wasted how about we go out later in the week?"

Cassie stood up normally but found Hayate in front of her.

The smile on his lips caused Cassie's mouth to open but nothing to come out, he chuckled after a bit and touched the top of her head affectionately. "I'll take that as a yes." Cassie closed her mouth and once more just nodded, Hayate moved to walk to the door. Cassie kept her back to him and gestured violently at herself. You're an idiot! He's not that pretty, so relax and learn to talk! "Cassie?" She turned back and gave him a small smile before joining him at the door.