"What should I do?! I think I got overly excited.." An embarrassed Gaige thought to herself, "What would he think-"

As Gaige turned to Flash, he was already leering at her like she was a prey. Gaige became even more embarrassed as her chest began to beat loudly.

"Ahhhaaa." Flash smiled.

"I-I was lying!" Gaige replied.

"Hahaha! Why are you blushing?" Flash chuckled, "You’re such a kid."

"Holy crap IS HE ACTING MATURE?!"

"Well then… Should we date?" Flash said with a confident smile.

"D-date?" An uneasy Gaige repeated, "No…N-No need.. I was lying.."

"HUH?! YOU WERE REALLY LYING?!" A surprised Flash exclaimed, "That’s just mean!"

Gaige turned her attention away from Flash in order to hide her face. The two remained silent until Flash spoke once again.

"Eh what the hell," Flash smiled as he lied his head down on Gaige’s lap, "If it’s really like that, then it’s all good! Besides, I'm already happy."

Gaige looked down and saw the peaceful image of Flash sleeping on her lap. She began to wonder why she had a connection with the boy.

"If I knew this was going to happen, I would have said ‘Sure’…" Gaige thought, "But, even if I told him I ‘like’ him, that was… I just said it out of blue…. GAH GAIGE YOU BAKA WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!"

The school day went on as usual, except for Gaige who was thinking of what happened earlier on. She was walking out of the school until suddenly she received a text from Flash notifying her that he couldn't be with her because of band practice. Gaige sighed in relief as she walked out of the doors. Outside, she saw Night and Fluttershy near the statue.

"Hey Gaige!" Fluttershy greeted as she waved to Gaige.

"Sup." Gaige replied.

"Where's Flash?" Night asked as he looked around.

"Band practice with his friends... I MEAN THANK GOD!" Gaige exclaimed as she waved her her hands around.

Night yawned and asked, "So what happened after Shy left you guys?"

Gaige's face instantly became red as she tried to look away. Fluttershy began to giggle and Night smiled, already knowing what happened. Gaige began to whistle random tunes and tried to change the subject.

"S-So uh, ever p-played Pokemon Go?" Gaige stuttered.

"Nevermind, I think me and Shy already know what happened," Night smirked, "Wanna walk home with us?"

"Hey, I'm brad-free right now, so let's do it."

"...That sounded wrong.. REALLY wrong."

After having good laugh (With Fluttershy not getting the joke due to her being innocent and all), the three headed home for the day. While they were walking, they discussed on what they should wear on Halloween, which is a few days away. Fluttershy decided to dress up as a rabbit while Night wanted to be the Flash. Gaige on the other hand, hasn't decided on who she should dress up as.

"You could dress up as Harley Quinn, Gaige." Fluttershy suggested.

"Nah, it's too mainstream." Gaige stated.

"Or you could try being a robot since you seem to like robots alot." Night chuckled.

"Shuddup Night." Gaige pouted.

"Just saying."

After a brief conversation, the three walked home together. They decided to go to Hoofbucks which Gaige insisted. On their way there, they talked about school and Halloween. The three happily bonded as they began to reach Hoofbucks. As they were near the doors, they noticed a group of Crystal Prep students who were in a circle. The group was talking about the new game called Overwatch as the three friends passed by.

"Hey! It's Night!" One of the Crystal Prep students exclaimed.

"Huh?"

Night looked at the group and soon recognized one of them. One had blue skin, yellow eyes and raven white hair, another had white skin, black slicked hair and dark brown eyes, another had pale brown skin, ruby colored eyes, and obsidian black hair and the last one had flame orange hair, midnight blue skin, and brown eyes. Night gave out a big smile as he approached the group.

"Hey it's you guys! Rapid! It's been a while!" Night said as he shook hands with the one with white skin, "And these are Lone, Spark and Tiberious, correct?"

"Si." The one who had flame orange hair said.

As Night (with Fluttershy joining them) and the student of Crystal Prep started to catch up, Gaige just stared at them blankly and was eager to buy a drink inside Hoofbucks. Her eye then noticed familiar sunglasses behind the group. She leaned to see who it was and saw that it was Neon Lights, who was looking irritated as he leaned on a wall.

She then turned her attention to Night and the Crystal Prep guys, who were now jumping and laughing for some reason. Gaige's eye twitched as he began to walk to Neon's location, but the boy wasn't there. Gaige began to look around until suddenly a hand was wrapped around her neck.

"Now what brings you here, love?" Neon slyly said, "Came to-"

"I CAN'T INVOLVE MYSELF IN YOUR SHENANIGANS!" Gaige exclaimed as she backed away from Neon.

"...Judging a person by his looks is bad you know..."

After growing impatient on waiting for the others to come to their senses, Gaige and Neon decided to go order their drinks. As they went in line, Neon asked about Flash and Gaige's relationship with each other.

"What?!" Neon exclaimed in surprise, "So you aren't Flash's girlfriend?"

"Yeah..." Gaige said in a low tone.

"Why?"

"Who knows? Why does everyone think that's an established fact?" Gaige replied, "Besides, I'm here to live my life as a normal teenager."

"Wow, what a boring life you have." Neon chuckled.

"I don't want to hear it from you, MATE," Gaige coldly replied as she pointed at the drink she wanted at the cashier, "A bully such as yourself doesn't deserve to be in this society."

"Don't put me on the same level as Ringo and Brawly mate," Neon said in an annoyed tone, "They're only idiots. It's fun watching people that aren't as smart as me."

"Really?" Gaige said as she payed and took a sip of her drink, "When I see those kind of people, I feel like I can't keep up.. I would feel uneasy."

"Tsk." Neon replied as he sat on one of the tables.

"So what's the deal with you and Flash?" Gaige asked in curiosity, "Childhood friends and all."

"You want me to tell the long version or short version?"

"I don't think there's enough time for the chapter."

"...Short version it is."

On a warm morning in June, a seven year old Neon sat on his desk as he waited for the class to start. He was reading a book about math until the teacher came in with a boy beside her. He had blue spiky hair and wore a cocky smile as he stood in the center.

"Today, you guys will be having a new friend!" The teacher introduced, "This is Flash Sentry. Be nice to him!"

After a brief introduction from Flash, the teacher assigned him the seat next to Neon. The young English kid looked at Flash in annoyance and began to glare at him, even if the new kid was oblivious.

As time went by, Neon became extremely annoyed and jealous of Flash. He excelled in everything, beating Neon in every way. Growing impatient, Neon decided to bully Flash. It was now recess time and Flash was at his seat drawing a shield. Neon grabbed the opportunity to bully him and approached Flash.

"Oi, new kid." Neon exclaimed as he crossed his arms.

"What is it, veteran?" Flash coldly replied.

"Veteran?! I don't know what that word means!" Neon thought.

Neon then saw Flash's pencil box and instantly snatched it. Flash looked at Neon and raised a brow.

"Don't get so full of yourself because you're a little good mate!" Neon warned.

"Huh?" Flash exclaimed, oblivious to what Neon said.

Suddenly, the pencil box began to rustle.

"What's the deal with this pencil box?" Neon asked as he opened the pencil box.

Neon's eyes shrank as he looked in horror. The pencil box was filled with numerous pillbugs. Neon immediately closed it and threw it at Flash, who caught it easily.

"KYAAH!" Neon shouted, "THROW THAT AWAY!"

"What? Are you scared?" Flash said as he stood up, walked up to a window and opened it, "You're stupid. I'm cool."

As Flash threw out the bugs inside his pencil box, an irritated Neon began to walk up to Flash and shoved him defiantly. Flash turned to Neon in annoyance as the two glared at each other. Outside the window was someone older that looked a bit like Flash. He had a big smile on his face as he approached the window with the two kids. Neon looked up to the older kid who was still smiling and glared at him as well. The kid began to pinch Neon's cheeks and began to laugh.

"Alright alright, that's enough, what are you doing to my brother?" The older kid chuckled.

"Blaze!" Flash called out to the older kid.

"OW OW OW OW!" Neon exclaimed in pain.

"I see you're making friends Flash," Blaze said as he let go of Neon and began to walk away, "You guys have fun now!"

"Even when I think of it now, to me it was probably helpful that I was completely defeated at that time," Neon explained as he took a sip of his drink, "I quickly learned that 'there are people on top of the top', that's why it meant that I was still at the top.. That still hasn't changed."

"Wow Brad beat you to everything? That sucks, I expected more from an Englishman." Gaige said as she loudly sipped her drink on purpose.

"I only knew him for a short time, but just before we started 2nd grade, that was probably the last time I saw that wanker."

"Why exactly?"

"Let's just say he sent two kids to the ER."

"Youch."

"Then I just saw the bugger during my first friendship game," Neon finished, "But he didn't seem to recognize me until another year in my second friendship game, and bloody hell he got even more stupider."

"Yep, that's Flash alright." Gaige smiled.

Neon sighed as he looked out of the window and saw his fellow classmates, who were still catching up with Night and Fluttershy. He then turned to Gaige once more and gave out half a smile.

"So... You and Flash banging or what?"

"BAKA."

After having a chat and eventually making friends with the Crystal Prep gang, she headed off first because she wanted to work on Deathtrap. As she walked her way home, she began to admire the sun setting in the distance and felt the warmth it was giving. The warmth then reminded her of Flash when she hugged him, making her bloom red once again.

"Flash is a weird person.." She thought as she continued walking.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed her from the mouth and pulled her into an alley. She began to panic and struggled from the brute force. She then looked up to see it was Flash with a mad expression.

"YEP HE'S DEFINITELY A PSYCHOPATH." Gaige screamed in her thoughts.

"I've been looking all over for you and what do I see? You and Neon sharing a drink together!" Flash exclaimed in annoyance.

"Why are you always giving me a heart attack?!" Gaige muffled in anger.

"What did you guys talk about in there?" Flash asked as he let go of Gaige.

"Huh?" Gaige raised a brow.

"DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT MY STUFFED TOY COLLECTION?!" Flash exclaimed as he grabbed a hold of Gaige's mouth once more.

"He was sitting here for a long time worrying about that?!"

"DID YOU?!"

Gaige sighed and said, "No, we didn't.."

"Oh, that's a relief."

Gaige began to blush again as Flash was still holding her.

"Hey, let go," Gaige said calmly, "You're hurting me."

Flash slowly let go of Gaige and looked at her in relief. Gaige looked away from Flash in order to hide her reddened face once more. Suddenly, Flash grabbed Gaige's hand and started to walk. Gaige began to struggle but was powerless and gave up. Flash then led her to the town park and stopped there. He then turned to Gaige with a serious face.

"Seriously, why were you with Neon?" Flash asked in a serious tone.

"Well.." Gaige said as she looked away, "It was just a coincidence that he was there with his friends, and we talked about you."

"WHAT?!"

"...Sorry," Gaige apologized, "I-I wanted to know more about you."

Flash sighed in relief as he closed his eyes and said, "Please don't go near Neon ever again."

"HUH?" Gaige said in surprised.

"If you see him again, run away. You never know what that asshole is thinking, understand?"

The two looked away from each other and remained silent for a while. Their faces remained red as the sun continued to shine at them. As it was getting more awkward, Flash and Gaige decided to finally go home.

On their way, Flash revealed more about his past to Gaige, including problems in his childhood and failure at socializing. Gaige grew even more concered at Flash. She then stopped and grabbed Flash's jacket.

"Flash, are you really okay?" Gaige asked in concern.

"Oh, that," Flash said, "Not really, I'm still having trouble fitting in, even if I'm already nice to everyone."

Flash noticed Gaige's concerned (And blushing) face and felt that her grip on his jacket was getting tighter. He began to become worried as he looked at Gaige and said, "What's wrong?"

"...W-W-Whenever I feel unsafe, I w-want to touch someone.." Gaige nervously said, "C-Can I touch you?"

"HUH?!"

Gaige let go of Flash's jacket and slowly raised her hand to Flash's cheek. She could feel Flash's face burning up. Flash on the other hand, had his heart beating as fast as a race car as he gazed at Gaige's sparkling jade eyes.

"Uh, Gaige w-what's wrong really?" Flash nervously said.

"..I admit, if you weren't here with me, I'd probably be really lonely," Gaige explained in a calm voice, "But, if you want to have something done, then you can't use anger to solve problems."

Flash listened intently as his heart began to lighten.

"Y-You need to use your heart and see what you really want," Gaige continued as she began to blush even more, "Don't get lost now."

Inspired, Flash continued to gaze at Gaige's eyes lovingly. Gaige didn't retaliate because she realized that it made Flash happy and looked away instead. The boy then smiled as he placed his hand on Gaige's hand and said,

"Okay," Flash smiled, "I want to be with you, Gaige."

*THUMP*

Gaige slowly looked at Flash as her heart began to lighten. The anxiety and problems that have shrouded between her and Flash seemingly disappeared. Her whole mind went black and started to become fresh.

"What did I think of before? What did I feel before?" Gaige thought to herself, "I can't even remember anymore."

Somewhere behind a bush, a girl with black nerdy glasses, brown hair that was tied into a messy pony tail, and white grayish skin stalked the two. She began to get flustered as she took out her phone and snapped a pic of the two.

"OTP! SHIP!"

Author's Notes:

And douchey overprotective Flash is back! Next up is the Halloween Chapter!

And now for the multicultural:

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