Alejandro & Rodolfo ♂️

You, Alejandro, and Rodolfo all are playing a game, winding down from the last mission. The pair of them we're telling jokes and it was your job not to laugh.

"Ghost told me this one. What do you get when you drop a piano on a Army Officer?" Alejandro asks. He smirks at you, ready to deliver the punch line. You look at him with a straight face, mentally preparing to kick yourself to stop laughing. "A-flat Major." He finished.

Alejandro and Rodolfo laughed. It was so bad of a joke, it was funny. It took all of your strength not to laugh. "Oh come on, mi cielo! That was good and you know it!" said, a little down you didn't laugh.

"My turn, mi todo!" Rodolfo said, giving you the same grin that Alejandro has. "A drill sergeant grumbles at his fresh young trainee, I didn’t see you at camouflage training this morning, Private.' 'The Drill Sergeant says, mad at the trainee." Rodolfo starts. You notice he was more hesitant to finish the joke. "The trainee replies, 'Thank you very much, Sir.'"

Rodolfo laughed at his own joke, Alejandro chuckled, and you still had not laughed. They kept going at this until they both ran out of jokes to tell. Suddenly Alejandro looks you over.

"You know, mi cielo... You look handsome in that outfit." He commented, trying to compliment you. Suddenly you bursted out laughing, thinking this was a joke. "Good one!" You said, laughing.

You calmed down and looked back at them, only to realize they looked at you shocked. Why did you laugh at a compliment that would flatter most?