"A date." Gaige said.

"....What?" A surprised Flash exclaimed.

"A date. Take me on a date." Gaige repeated with a blush of red, "L-Let's hang out."

Flash froze in place as he continued to look at Gaige, who seemingly looked away. His heart began to beat fast and his face sweaty. Millions of things began to run around his mind.

"R-Remember that incident with Ringo and Brawly back then?" Gaige reminded, "R-Repay me w-with a date."

"Uhhh...." Flash remained silent for a while as his face went on full red. He then recollected himself and said, "Sure?"

"...And then she left off..." Flash finished.

"...Exactly why are you telling us this dude?" Treble said.

"More importantly, why are you even here?" An annoyed Warhawk said.

It was now another school day for the students and Flash was with the guys over at their lunch tables. He had his face down on the table while the others except Daemon were looking at him blankly. Warhawk gave out an annoyed cough glared at Flash.

"..Okay what do you want us to do?" Warhawk asked.

"I need everything you know about dating!" Flash instantly said.

"WHOA WHOA WHOA!" Treble exclaimed while he waved his hands around, "Didn't you like bang Sunset at one point?"

"I HEARD THAT!" Soul shouted at the other table.

"SHUT UP BLUESUN!"

"Yeah we dated," Flash replied as he stood up and clenched his fist, only to frown and had his face on the table once more, "But I wouldn't even call it a relationship."

"Why ish dat?" Daemon asked while he had food in his mouth.

"Oh wow he finally talked." A surprised Straight Edge said.

"I mean, everytime I was with her, she would just ask me to do things for her," Flash explained with hand gestures involved, "Homework, school projects and somehow there was this one point she made me stand in the middle of the sun for thirty minutes because it was an 'Experiment'."

After hearing that, everyone on the table except Flash facepalmed in unison. The boy became confused and looked at everyone, only to become even more anxious and disappointed at his current state. He then turned to where Gaige was and saw her with the mane six.

"...And if I asked for a date, she would say she was busy or just turn me down." Flash finished with a saddened voice as he covered his face.

"Wow, and I thought Soul was in trouble." Zero chuckled.

"HEY!" Soul shouted once more.

"Wow dude, you were portrayed as a waifu stealing bastard in the movies, but seemingly you look pathetic in my sister's fanfiction," Treble said as he sipped on his drink, earning the usual confused looks around him, "Tell me, how far have you gone with Gaige anyway?"

"I kissed her."

Treble along with Daemon spat out whatever was in their mouth while the others just looked at Flash with complete shock. The boy gulped as he felt unease at Treble glaring at him while he had his jaw dropped. Warhawk began to whistle as he looked away. The others did the same except Treble who continued to glare and pout at him. He then stood up and walked up to Flash. The boy felt unease when Treble placed his hands on his shoulders.

".....WHY?" Treble said in a serious voice but yet in a comedic way.

"I don't know! My heart just started beating fast when she was with me!" Flash explained, "I'm guessing I'm deeply inlove with your sister?!"

"YOU BASTARD!" Treble said as he pulled out a barbed wire coated bat, "THIS IS LUCILLE! AND SHE IS AWESOOOOOMEEE!!!"

"Whoa whoa whoa calm your melon Treble," Zero said as he grabbed a hold of the bat and put it down while Treble went to sit, "And I thought Soul was rushing his relationship with Sunset."

"THAT'S IT I'M COMING OVER!" Soul exclaimed as he made his way to their table and sat next to Flash, "WHY DOES EVERYONE ON THIS TABLE KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT ME?!"

"Nothing much. Back to the topic; you shouldn't have done that Flash," Zero explained, "This isn't one of those romance novels you read."

"Well technically this is a romance fanfic." Treble said as he raised a finger.

"Shut up Treble."

"Just saying.

"Anyway, you should just take it slowly if you want a working relationship," Zero continued, "Cuz what I've heard, you also tried to rush things with Twilight.... And somehow tried to flirt with my girlfriend!"

"Sorry bout that." Flash said as he gave out half a smile and rubbed the back of his head.

"*Sigh* When you go on dates, be a man. Show her how much of a gentleman you are and treat her to something cool, like a dinner or something." Zero explained.

"How about you go ask her where she wants to go?" Daemon suggested.

"Yeah, because this scene is taking way too long and it's going over budget." Treble added.

As Flash heard them, he stood up in determination and clenched his fist. He nodded to the group and departed to Gaige's location. After he was far enough, the entire group sighed in relief as they went back to their own business. Straight Edge however, turned to Treble with a confused look.

"You're letting that guy date your sister?" Straight asked.

"Would you rather see her with someone like Atlas then?" Treble said as he pointed to a boy on another table.

The boy known as Atlas was flexing his arms infront of Lyra and Bon Bon (Who were ignoring him). Atlas then saw Treble and smiled at him as he said, "I'm Atlas."

"Yikes, and I thought Soul was cringey." Straight said.

"GAH!" Soul exclaimed as he slammed his fist on the table, "If you wanna talk cringey, then you should have seen him yesterday!"

"Why is that?"

"He came to us in the library seeking guidance."

Inside the library were Flash and the other guys of the group; Clyde, Night, Soul, Rivet and Swift. The five looked at Flash with brows raised as the boy explained everything to them.

"A date." Flash said.

"With who?" Clyde asked.

"Gaige."

"Wow, you guys are already that far?" Rivet asked, "That's nice, then go on a happy date with her."

"But... What if it was night time?" Flash asked as he rest his back on the chair.

"Huh?"

"What if we need to stay at some place during the night?"

The boys except Rivet shuddered as they looked away and whistled.

"But is that even possible? Even thought it was Gaige who suggested it first," Flash continued as he sighed, "That girl is really daring."

"Flash.. I don't want to pour cold water on you," Rivet said deadpanned, "But I think the last half of your plan would just scare off Gaige. You should rethink this."

"I think your interpretation of a 'date' is wrong dude." Soul added.

At the girls tables, the girls were enjoying their lunch except for Gaige, who was reading a book about robotics. She didn't seem to mind the noise around her as she was completely focused on learning more knowledge about robots. The focus was then interrupted when Sunset tapped the back of Gaige's back.

"Watcha readin?" Sunset asked with a smile.

"Robot Programmer's Bonanza by John Blakenship," Gaige answered, "I'm trying to make Deathtrap sound like a cat."

"Why a cat exactly?"

Gaige remained silent for a while which made Sunset uneasy. Gaige suddenly stood up and faced Sunset. She placed her hands on Sunset's shoulders and looked at her with a serious expression.

"BECAUSE. I. LOVE. CATS!" Gaige exclaimed.

"O-O-Okay?" Sunset said nervously as Gaige went back to sit.

"Wow, you really are Treble's sister." Rainbow Dash intervened.

"Correction, little sister. He's two years older than me," Gaige corrected, "Plus, I'm not as insane as he is... Well there was this one time I almost chopped off my right arm so I can replace it with a cyborg hand so... Yeah I'm not that insane."

The girls except Pinkie Pie looked at Gaige with surprised looks. As they were about to question the girl, they simply shook it off and went back to whatever they were doing as they realized that they are talking about Treble's sister.

"You must really love that robot." Sunset smiled.

"Totally, it's like, a pet and a bestfriend at the same time," Gaige explained while she flailed her hands, "Plus, it's my proudest work. And it's been a while since I gave Deathtrap upgrades."

As Sunset was about to reply to her, she saw Flash coming over to their table. Sunset smirked as she slowly moved away from Gaige and pretended to do something else. The others soon noticed this and went along.

Flash soon reached the table and was behind Gaige, who was still busy reading her book. The boy let out a cough, which startled Gaige. The girl turned around and saw Flash, making her blush once again upon seeing him.

"F-Flash? W-What do y-you want?" Gaige said nervously.

"N-Nothing much, I just wanted to come say Hi and ask you how are you-"

"You want something don't you? Spit it out." Gaige said with an annoyed expression as she looked at Flash with a poker face.

"Uh, right," Flash said nervously, "The da- the date, is there any place you have in mind?"

The girls began to giggle and smile in joy as they looked at the two. Gaige closed her book and let out a big sigh as she looked at Flash. The two gazed at each others eyes as the girls got even more excited. Gaige then looked away with her face blushing red.

"The public library." Gaige said deadpanned.

The others including Flash had their jaws dropped in unison. They gave out a surprising and disappointed look as Gaige went back to read her book. She then noticed the looks around her and raised a brow.

"What? I wanted to research more about programming." Gaige proclaimed.

Flash let out a defeated sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose. It was still a date, he didn't want to lose that opportunity. Even if he was disappointed at the place the date was, he wanted to be with Gaige.

"Alright, is Saturday good?" Flash asked.

"S-Sure... Saturday.." Gaige said in a low tone.

"Great! I'll pick you up then!" Flash smiled as he departed from the table, "God damn it, why is she acting like this? It's been days and I feel like she's avoiding me or something."

As soon as Flash was gone and left the cafeteria, Gaige let out a big exhale and slammed her head on the table. The girls became worried of her and began to ask questions.

"Something wrong Gaige?" Rarity asked.

"If you're talking about my heart condition right now, it's worse than ever," Gaige said, referring to the fast heartbeat she was experiencing, "I can't focus on what I'm doing with that guy around me."

"Look, we're here to listen to you and give you advice dear," Rarity explained, "We're your friends, don't be afraid."

Gaige sighed once more as she turned her head to the side. Once again, she began to think about what she was feeling and her relationship with Flash. She couldn't decide if it was a distraction from her work or a good thing.

"After that day, I can't bring myself to look at Flash in the eyes... Perhaps it's because my heart was shaken?" Gaige thought, "This is the first time I've wanted something so badly other than science and robots."

Gaige began to explain everything to the girls. Somewhere in the distance, the girl from the that day had her phone out and was drooling on the table. She began to smile menacingly as she closed her phone and started to geek out.

The school bell rang and it was now chemistry class for the students. Sunset entered the class while she was holding a book for the subject. She went to her usual seat and noticed that her partner wasn't there. As she was about to text her partner, their teacher Doctor Hooves came in the room and started the class.

"Alright class, today we're doing algorithm for detecting epistatic genetic interactions," Doctor Hooves explained, "Now, you're gonna need your partners so pair up."

After realizing her partner was absent, Sunset stood up and walked up to Doctor Hooves.

"Uh sir? I think my partner is absent today." Sunset explained.

"Well, you can't do this task on your own," The teacher said, "I suggest you group up with a pair instead."

"Alright.." Sunset said as she turned around.

She began to look around and noticed that ninety percent of the class were complete strangers for her. She was about to lose hope until she saw two students whom she recognized; Flash and Gaige. She smiled in relief as she began to approach the two, but stopped on her tracks when she saw the two were not facing each other, as if they were ignoring each others presence.

Sunset proceeded to walk up to them. She waved hi to the two, but no response was given. Flash noticed her and smiled.

"Oh hey Sunset, what brings you here?" Flash asked.

"Well, my partner is absent today and Doctor Hooves said I should group myself with a pair," Sunset explained, "Then I noticed I didn't know anyone here besides my partner and you guys."

"Sure, plus WE could definitely use the help, right Gaige?" Flash said in an obvious manner.

The girl didn't respond and continued to read her book about robotics. Flash's eye twitched as he moved away from Gaige and prompted Sunset to sit in the middle. She sat silent between the two as the class went on. It was weird for her to be in that scene. One reason was that the boy next to her was her ex, and the girl on the other side was loved by her ex. It was certainly awkward for her.

It was now time to do the procedure and the two were still ignoring each other. Sunset was reading the book for the procedure and soon noticed the two. She began to became awkward and began to lose her cool. She then tapped Flash's shoulder.

"How many estimated orders of single nucleotide polymorphisms existing as standing variation in the human genome?" Sunset asked.

"I have no clue, ask Miss Asian over there." Flash pouted.

"Why don't you ask her Flash?" Sunset suggested with a smile.

Flash let out an irritated sigh and faced the direction where Gaige was at.

"You know what, let ME ask her," Flash said in irritation, "Why are you ignoring and avoiding me? It doesn't feel good."

Sunset began to grew nervous as she felt the tension between the two. Gaige's eye twitched as she closed the book she was reading and faced Flash with an irritated look.

"Fine, I'll say it; recently whenever I'm with you, my chest feels freaking uncomfortable. I have no clue why, but I'm unable to concentrate on doing the things I love to do such as working on Deathtrap," Gaige explained, "So, I don't wish to see your face at the moment. HHMPH."

"HUH?! WAIT WHAT?!" A nervous Sunset thought to herself, "Aren't these guys supposed to be friends or something? She might as well be saying she loves him!"

Flash raised a brow as she stared at Gaige.

"...Then do you want to go to the infirmary?" Flash said deadpanned.

"FLASH YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG!"

Sunset's eye twitched as she said those words. Not only was she uncomfortable between the two, she was also irritated to the fact that Flash doesn't understand what Gaige was feeling.

"That wasn't what Gaige was trying to say!" Sunset exclaimed as the two and soon the others around her began to look at her, "If she didn't have any feelings for you, why would she feel uncomfortable?! DON'T YOU HAVE ANY BALLS?!"

The whole room including Doctor Hooves remained silent. Others just stared at Sunset while others had their jaws dropped. Flash and Gaige on the other hand, became embarrassed by this and were shivering.

"I-I DO! OFCOURSE I DO! RIGHT GAIGE?!" Flash said with a taint of red on his face.

"DON'T DRAG ME INTO THIS!" Gaige replied with her face being red as well.

"YOU! COME WITH ME!" Sunset exclaimed as she grabbed Gaige and marched out of the room, "EXCUSE US SIR!"

"Errr.. Right." Doctor Hooves said.

Outside of the room, Sunset let go of Gaige's hand and stared at her with a serious and mean look. Gaige gulped as she let out half a smile. Sunset then slammed her hand on the wall and got close to Gaige.

"Look I used to date that pussy!" Sunset said, "What the heck are you doing?!"

"Okay first off, I'm trying to focus on what I love doing," Gaige explained, "And second, did you just say pussy?!"

Sunset sighed as she remained silent to calm herself down. She soon recovered and faced Gaige once more.

"Gaige what makes you happy?" Sunset asked.

"Uh, robots, animes, science and hot coco?" Gaige answered with a smile.

"And what makes Flash happy?"

"Basketball, playing his guitar, his car, and his stuff animal collection."

Sunset arched her brows and glared at Gaige, making her even more uncomfortable.

"Are you forgetting something?" Sunset asked.

"Err.... Twilight?" Gaige guessed.

Sunset pinched the bridge of her nose and grabbed Gaige's shoulders. The pigtailed girl could notice the fiery and serious look that Sunset was giving her, which made her stop and listen to her.

"Stop thinking about yourself and think about others," Sunset proclaimed, "Your chest hurts because you're distancing yourself from Flash. Instead of doing things yourself, why not do it with Flash? One person caring about another represents life's greatest value, and you're not doing it."

The words from Sunset's mouth went straight to Gaige's brain. She began to process this and realized everything she was doing wrong. Sunset finally let go of her and went back inside. Gaige on the other hand, stood there motionless until she frowned. Her selfish manner consumed her well being and regrets were inside her mind. Disappointed with herself, she went back inside the classroom to continue the class.

The next morning came and Gaige was near the Wonderbolt statue waiting for the school bell to ring. After hearing what Sunset had to say, she spent all night processing this. After the long night, she had already made a decision on what she should do. She watched the clouds pass by in the sky while students passed around her.

The school bell then rang and the everyone started to head inside including Gaige. She walked towards the door until she felt a tap behind her. She turned around to see Flash with an uneasy poker face.

"Oh, good morning Flash!" Gaige greeted.

Flash remained silent as he continued to stare at Gaige. The girl raised a brow as she opened her mouth with confusion.

"What's wrong?" Gaige asked.

"N-Nothing," Flash answered as he got near Gaige, "You seem rather.. Normal today."

"Oh, I was being weird a few days ago," Gaige explained as she crossed her arms, "I'm sorry."

Flash winced in shock as he backed away a bit. Gaige let out a giggle as Flash was still shocked on what he just saw.

"We're friends!" Gaige smiled, "We have to get along from now on too!"

Flash's pupils shrank while Gaige headed off. He began to sweat as he ran to Gaige and grabbed her hand.

"Uh, Gaige? A-Are you okay?" Flash asked.

Gaige stopped on her tracks and turned to Flash. She gave out a warm smile to him and said, "What do you mean?"

Once again, Flash stood motionless as his face started to get red. Gaige once again raised a brow and looked at Flash as he covered his mouth with his hand.

"What's wrong Flash?" Gaige asked.

Flash remained silent as he looked away and started to get even more red. Gaige chuckled once more and headed for class along with Flash.

Thanks to Sunset's ranting yesterday, Gaige realized one thing; she didn't need anything that would be a distraction.

It was now Saturday and Warhawk, Soul, and Straight Edge were hanging out at Treble's house. The three argued on who was the strongest among them as Treble came from the kitchen holding a tray of pepsi. The sunglass wearing boy sat on the sofa and was about to watch the three in amusement until their butler Rupert came to the room.

"Sir, you have a visitor." Rupert said.

"Let him in dude." Treble said.

Rupert nodded and went to the door. It was none other than Night, who was holding a history book. He soon joined the four as Treble welcomed him with open arms.

"Sup guys, where's Gaige?" Night asked, "I came to return this book I borrowed."

Treble handed a pepsi to Warhawk, who proceeded to drink it. He then faced Night.

"Oh her? She's on a date." Treble explained as Warhawk spat out his drink.

"A DATE?!" Warhawk exclaimed.

"Oh? You didn't hear?" Treble smiled, "My little sister left this morning to go on a date with Brad."

"Dang it, I also wanted to thank her for this book and ask about what to study for this coming exam for geometry." Night said.

"So it's now actually a DATE," Straight chuckled, "Those two are making progress."

"It doesn't look like much has changed between them since I heard about them going at it," Soul added, "It kind of makes me a little worried for them.. Mostly Gaige."

"Seriously, Flash is such a pussy. I mean Gaige asked him out," Warhawk said, "Someone should give him a whipping."

"ON IT!" Treble said as he brought out a bat covered in barbed wire.

"NO! WE'RE NOT DOING THAT! AND WHY DO YOU KEEP SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!"

".....A nod to my evil self."

"Seems like Gaige is surprisingly aggressive." Straight said.

"And she has weird tastes too." Warhawk added.

"...Hey Gaige..."

"What is it Flash?"

"Do you know why we're here?!"

Gaige and Flash were at the public library in town. The two sat on a table that had different kinds of books on top of it. Gaige was reading a book about wiring and programming while Flash was playing with a rubiks cube. The boy let out an irritated sigh as Gaige looked at him with a brow raised.

"...To research about robotics?" Gaige answered.

"Ah, since this morning you've been reading different kind of robo books- THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DATE!" Flash exclaimed as he slammed his fist on the table, "You told me to take you to the library!"

"Oh, sorry, I didn't realize." Gaige replied.

"Really?" Flash said as his irritated expression turned into a happy expression, "If you understand, it's fine."

Flash began to hum in glee as he went back on playing his cube. Gaige became confused by this, but decided to forget about it and continued on reading.

A few minutes had passed and Flash became bored. The boy placed his arms and head on the table and gazed at Gaige. The girl decided to ignore this but after a while, she became uncomfortable and her chest was acting up again.

"Crap, he's staring at me," Gaige thought, "Just ignore it Gaige, don't let him distract you now."

Flash's cheeks became redder and redder as time went by. Gaige became aware that it was Flash's actions that has been putting her into mess. She needed to find a way to endure his seductions and signals.

"Um, Flash? What's wrong?" Gaige asked.

"N-Nothing.." Flash said as he looked away.

"You... Like me right?" Gaige said deadpanned, "I finally said it..."

Gaige sighed as she looked at the boy with a serious look. Her mind and chest were racing that even her couldn't even explain what was going on. She then cleared her mind and made a decision.

"Flash, I want to say something clear. I don't know if I'm supposed to just tell you just like this but, right now, I don't hold any feelings of affection towards you."

Flash's pupils shrank as he shuddered in shock. His face began to become gloom as he stared at Gaige with a confused look.

"How can you say something like that with such an expression.." Flash thought to himself.

"I feel that I cannot control my emotions any longer and it's distracting me.. I don't want it to affect my life and goals," Gaige explained, "I am different from you; the first problem is that I have to repeat it a few times just to get it right."

Flash crossed his arms as sadness shrouded him. He wore a disappointed look while Gaige returned to reading her book.

"Can I ask you a question? Am I getting in your way?" A worried Flash asked.

"Not really?" Gaige answered without even looking at Flash, "It's just something I have to deal with myself."

"Right.." Flash said with a sad tone, "That will have to do..."

The boy then turned and faced the window next to them. Millions of things were racing in his mind, and two of them was depression and profound sadness.

Author's Notes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf-ANnjvrlA

What's that? I promised you guys Halloween? Chapter 12 was supposed to be the Halloween chapter but I figured I need to put something in the middle first, cuz something big is gonna happen in the Halloween chapter, WHICH IS FUCKING NEXT!

Chapter's a bit rushed but it will have to do.

And now for the multicultural:

Ysgrifennais hanner y bennod hon hanner noeth. Oes, underwears yn ddefnyddiol ac yn gynhyrchiol. Hefyd fy mraich arogleuon rhyfedd.