"I am very satisfied with the people like me. I was brought up in luxury and without any difficulty, I have fulfilled both my parents' and others' expectations of me. Elitism? If I am not elite, then who is?" Neon thought to himself, "So what am I doing here?!"

An irate Neon followed a mesmerized Gaige in the Robot Convention that they were attending. His eyes couldn't stop looking at Gaige due to not only that she likes the girl, it's also due to because he can get lost easily and has a bad sense of direction.

As he looked on to her, she got more and more geekier as they passed by multiple exhibits showcasing different inventions from different people. He became even more irritated by this and began to question why he has fallen for someone like Gaige. Suddenly, the girl turned to Neon with a big smile, making him roll his eyes.

"So unfashionable.." Neon pondered.

"OOOH OOOH! YOU KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO?!" Gaige shrieked in delight.

"Stay calm and enjoy the convention normally?" Neon guessed.

"Hell no Baka! This!"

Gaige reached into her jacket and pulled out the cube containing Deathtrap. Neon was still unaware of Gaige's creation and raised a brow. Gaige threw the cube in the air and began to spawn a large robot. Neon took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes in amazement.

"Am I looking at a hologram mate?" Neon asked, who still couldn't believe at what he was looking at.

"Oh this? You mean my awesome junk oriented creation known as Deathtrap?!" Gaige exclaimed, "I mean this is the only place that he can fit in without some stupid idiot thinking it's a killer machine!"

The robot began to purr and rubbed the head of Gaige, much to her delight. Neon saw Gaige's adorable smiling expression, making his face turn red. He then distracted himself with his phone in order to hide his face.

As Gaige was still geeking out at the convention, she remembered what she said to Flash during that time where she took out all her courage and confessed to him. She had to make sure there were no more misunderstandings between the two of the, to make sure her feelings could be expressed to Flash, who then decided to make things worst.

"Even if it's the right answer for me, is it not okay from him?" Gaige pondered.

"Oi, you listening to me or what?" Neon asked.

"Huh?"

"You've been standing motionless for about two minutes, you sick or something mate?"

Just from looking at Neon's face, Gaige felt guilty of how Flash treats Neon. She looked at him in concern and gave out a sigh.

"I'm sorry dude. I'm sorry that you were dragged into this mess." Gaige apologized.

"Huh? Why are you apologizing?" Neon replied with an irritated expression.

"No matter how much I tried to express my feelings back to Flash, I don't know why but," Gaige said as her expression slowly turned to irritation, "Because of his jealousy towards you, the conversation ended up somewhere unexpected. I mean, what the hell is his problem?!"

"Damn it, I told her to wait," Neon thought as he began to spoke up, "But don't you guys suit each other? You're the same type of people."

"What do you mean?" Gaige asked with a brow raised.

"There are two types of people; the intelligent and the stupid ones," Neon explained as the two (Plus Deathtrap hovering behind them) started walking and scouted the convention, "The stupid people are people like you who don't have the brains to see the whole picture."

"Baka, you're the baka!"

"As I was saying, I am on this side, and you guys are on THAT side." Neon said as he gestured an imaginary wall.

"How are we different from you?" Gaige asked.

"At the very least, if it were me, I wouldn't make you feel uneasy or lost." Neon said with a smirk.

The two stopped walking as Gaige stared at Neon with a confused look. Realizing on what he just said, Neon began to sweat and panic.

"Did... Did I just say something to woo her?!" Neon thought.

"Just where on earth do you get so much confidence from? You Brit's are weird, more weird than us Asians," Gaige chuckled, "But then again, are you fine with Flash just, you know, doing those kind of things to you?"

"He's like a child, but it's fine," Neon replied, "I'm only annoyed at the fact that wanker acts way too clingy towards you."

"Yeah about that, I think it would be better if you don't go near Flash anymore," Gaige suggested, "Or near me as well."

"Why should I give a damn about him?" Neon asked in irritation," Is he really that jealous? He's just flaunting his relationship with you?"

"Flaunting? The hell are you talking about?" Gaige said while she patted Deathtrap, "It's just that you're very charming."

*BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP*

Suddenly, a group of adults began to surround Gaige and Deathtrap. They had amazed expressions, which made Gaige a bit flustered and awkward. Neon slowly backed away from the group and watched Gaige get surrounded.

"Young lady, did you build this magnificent contraption?" One of the adults asked.

"Why yes old guy, I did build this menacing robot!" Gaige replied with a confident smirk.

"Can you tell us more about this robot? I want to know!" Another adult said.

Gaige then turned to Neon, who had his arms crossed and brow raised.

"You can wait right?" Gaige asked.

"I was thinking of leaving, duty calls," Neon excused, "You okay with me leaving you?"

"Yeah I can take care of myself, you go on."

After saying their goodbyes, Neon made his way out of the convention. It was already nighttime and Neon gazed at the stars in the sky. He then recalled Gaige's remarks towards him, making him smile uncontrollably. He then covered his mouth with his hand and felt that his face was getting hotter and hotter.

"That girl thinks I'm charming?" He pondered to himself, "Crap, I can't stop smiling."

Meanwhile somewhere else, Flash sat on a bench near the convention. He too was gazing at the stars as he waited for Gaige and Neon. The cold December breeze went through Flash as bits of snowflakes fell from the sky. Suddenly, he began to hear rustling in the bush near him. He thought that it was just a squirrel, but was surprised to see Neon coming out of the bush with leaves everywhere on his body.

"What are you doing here Neon?" Flash said with a glare, "You lost again?"

"Leave me alone," Neon replied coldly, "Aren't you the same? You're prowling around this place, are you a stalker or something?"

"Nope," Flash said as he rubbed his head, "Before I knew it, it was already night time."

Neon began to recall what happened in Hoofbucks, in other words Flash wanting to punch the living hell out of Neon. He began to panic and ponder if he will be alright around him.

Flash then stood up and walked up to Neon.

"Come on, I'll take you to the bus stop," Flash insisted as his face slowly turned to a sinister grin, "Or are you too scared of me?"

"Wanker, don't look down on me." Neon replied with a confident voice.

Flash walked on and accompanied Neon to the bus stop. As Neon was behind Flash, he looked at him intently and remembered his past with him.

The young elementary school Neon continued to walk as a boy behind him followed on. Neon gave out an annoyed look and turned to him.

"Stop following me Flash, you're gross!" Neon shouted, "You were slightly better than me in the tests, but you're getting carried away!"

"What do you mean Neon?" The young Flash asked.

"Because you're like this, you get bullied," Neon explained, "Though I'm the only one that bullies you!"

"Flash, you have certainly changed mate." Neon called out.

"Huh? I've changed?" Flash said with a brow raised, "I haven't changed at all. Nothing about me has changed. The person who's changing is always Gaige."

Flash turned to Neon with a worried expression.

"I always think that one of these days, she'll leave me behind," Flash expressed as he chuckled, "I sometimes feel like I want to break her arms and legs so she can't run away."

"You need to see a doctor mate." Neon said as he cringed.

"Yeah probably... But I can't do that."

"Of course you can't you wanker!"

Flash let out a sigh and a warm smile as he pictured himself inside a well while Gaige was at the top throwing a rope at him.

"That's why, I can only look up at Gaige." Flash smiled.

Neon looked on and let it all in. His intentions and actions were now very clear.

Flash continued to lead Neon to the bus stop. Soon, a taxi stopped by and Neon was relieved. The two said their farewells as Neon entered the taxi. As he was about to close the door, Flash stopped him and stared at Neon in the eye with an intimidating look.

"Neon, though I can't do that to Gaige, I can do that to anyone else... Including you." Flash threatened.

Neon smirked and kicked Flash off the door of the taxi. He shut the doors closed and opened the window to deliver his last statement.

"Hmph, what a boring warning you're giving me."

With that said, the taxi started and drove away from Flash, leaving him with a dumbfounded look. Flash let out a tired sighed and walked towards the bus stop to wait for Gaige. He quietly sat on the bench as snow started to fall from the sky. While he was there, he began to think of the thorns of his past; Sunset and Twilight. One had Flash only as her puppet, and the other he can't be with because she was another being from another dimension. They were the only ones who could have cured his loneliness, but yet they only made it worst. He exhaled deeply and closed his eyes for a short nap.

After a while, he began to feel someone tapping behind his shoulder. He opened his eyes to see Gaige carrying a plastic bag filled with freebies. She wore a confused look as Flash looked at her with relief.

"Brad, what are you doing?" Gaige asked, "Were you waiting for me all this time?"

"Yup!" Flash smiled.

"Damn it, how should I react?" Gaige said while she began to blush and turned away from him, "Should I be happy?"

"Gaige you really are a hero, you know that?" Flash said as Gaige turned to him, "Just when I thought I wanted to see you, you came."

"Huh? But you were waiting for me-"

Suddenly, Flash pulled Gaige to an embrace. The two began to feel the warmth of each other while Gaige red as a tomato. The hug went on for a long time until Flash spoke up.

"I love you Gaige." Flash said warmly.

Gaige stood silently as she was still in Flash's embrace. Instead of resisting, she let him hug her. She then raised her hand behind Flash in order to hug him back, but was soon interrupted when Flash let go of her.

"So why am I the only one who must have self-control?" Flash said, which surprised Gaige.

"Self-control?" Gaige asked with her brow raised, "You were using it? In what way?"

"I did, to the point where I was about to DIE!" Flash replied in annoyed expression, "I actually was about to run into the convention and go on a rampage."

"If you did that, we're finished." Gaige replied coldly.

"I thought so," Flash said as he looked away, "Why do I have to undergo so much pain?"

Gaige's eye shrank and was shocked at the boy who then looked down on the ground.

"I love you Gaige, I don't want you to hate me," Flash said in a low tone, "But what I don't want even more is you to leave me."

Gaige raised a brow and became confused. She did not know what Flash was talking about or how it came to this point. She did not even know what to say to him. She believed that if she told him and showed him how she felt, everything would work out.

"I want to have a sense of security, I want confidence," Flash said with his voice breaking, "I want all of you, Gaige."

"HUH?!" Gaige exclaimed in anger, "THAT'S NOT HAPPENING!"

"I didn't mean it that way..."

"Y-Yeah, I KNOW THAT!"

The stared at each other in shock as the December snow fell from the sky. As the two awkwardly looked at each other in the eye, Gaige thought of a way to bribe Flash and help him get a peace of mind.

"LET'S GO SOMEWHERE!" Gaige suggested with a somewhat nervous yet seductive smile.

"Huh? Where?" Flash asked in surprise.

"During winter break, we can go anywhere. Yeah, Let's go to a place that you like!"

Flash's chest began to beat rapidly as the butterflies in his stomach started to act up.

"Well.. I don't mind going anywhere..." Flash smiled.

"Alright! It's a promise!" Gaige said without hesitation, "In exchange, I want you to behave yourself from now on, especially Neon!"

"Alright! Leave it to me!" Flash replied with a determined tone.

"HELLO MY NAME IS GAIGIEPLIER AND WELCOME TO MY- F*ck it you get the point."

After arriving home, Gaige immediately went to her room to make a Vlog. It's been a while since she did one and didn't want to lose any subscribers or followers. Better yet, it was a way to take out all her feelings and emotions on things.

"I just got back from the convention and I have tons of goodies!" Gaige said in glee as she showed the bag filled with freebies to the camera, "Now, I'm not going to talk about that in this Vlog, I'll be talking about... Well.. My relationship with Flash Sentry; you know, that one guy who creeps the crap out of me but manages to make me happy everytime I'm with him."

Gaige laid on her chair and stretched her arms out. She let out a sigh and gave out a saddened expression.

"But why is there so much of a difference in our thought processes? There is probably something out of sync, but I don't know how to change it back. I don't exactly know the right answer, but I didn't think that painful suggestion would be so successful."

Gaige began to chuckle as she smiled infront of the camera. She no longer had nothing to say so she finished the vlog and went downstairs to eat supper.

Weeks had passed and it was already the winter break. The time where everyone relaxes and enjoy the holidays, but for a certain family, it was a day of mourning. In the cold morning of December, a black limo drove near a sidewalk next to Canterlot cemetery. Coming out was a teenager wearing a black suit who looked alike like Flash, but was slightly taller and had longer messy hair compared to Flash's spiky hair. He yawned and started to enter the cemetery.

The boy passed by numerous graves until he stopped on a certain one. Waiting near the grave was a woman who had brown short hair, light amber skin, blue eyes and was wearing a black dress. She was sobbing and crying as the boy placed his hand on her shoulder.

"You okay mom?" The boy asked.

"I'm okay Blaze, I'm just saddened that she left us at this time of the year." The woman sobbed.

"I'm sorry it's only me," The boy named Blaze said as he looked at the grave, "Huh, just like back then, he didn't offer any incense .. Dad's so stubborn."

"Hey, he came to the funeral, that's already enough." Blaze's mother replied.

"Have you seen my brother? That person is really difficult."

Blaze looked around his surroundings and couldn't find anyone else. His eye then caught a glimpse on someone behind a tree. He turned to his mother and coughed.

"Does Flash know? About... You know."

"I didn't tell him, it's too troublesome," Blaze's mother replied to her son, "He normally bursts into fits of rage. Who knows what would happen if he found out?"

"How terrible."

"It was your fault he turned out like this, you know that Blaze."

Blaze let out a regretful sigh and let go of his mother. The mother then raised a brow as she wiped off the tears from her face.

"Well, I'm off mom, I need to go attend business somewhere." Blaze bid as he started to depart.

"Oh Blaze?"

Blaze stopped and turned to his mother, who had a warm smile as tears ran down her eyes.

"Thanks for coming today." The mother said as Blaze too let out a smile.

Blaze then departed and headed for the tree that he saw earlier. He passed by it and saw Flash Sentry wearing a similar black suit that matched his brother's. Blaze smiled as Flash glared at him and started to walk away.

"You're very impressive today Flash," Blaze smirked, "But since you can't greet your relatives properly, it's still not a pass!"

"I came for Grandma, don't be mistaken." Flash coldly replied.

Blazed stared at him intently until he thought of a way to get his attention.

"You're the same as usual," Blaze plainly said, "Gaige must have had it REALLY hard."

"DON'T TALK ABOUT GAIGE!" An irritated Flash replied with a child-like expression.

"'Don't talk about Gaige'?" Blaze said, imitating Flash while he crossed his arms, "You're just like a kid, trying to control everyone."

Flash stopped as his brother let out a laugh.

"Are you afraid that she'll abandon you? No matter how hard you try, you still can't trust her?" Blaze said with a serious yet sadistic tone, "I'll... Tell her, the only thing important is yourself, that's why you will never be able to trust what other people say."

Flash turned to Blaze with an emotionless expression. The older brother continued to smile at him sadistically as he continued to talk.

"The proof is that... Right now," Blaze continued, "There isn't a single thing you're satisfied with, right?"

Flash's expression slowly turned into anger as he began to clench his fist. Unknown to Blaze, their mother was standing behind them. She raised her hand and slapped Blaze on the back of his head.

"Mom! what are you doing?!" Blaze exclaimed, "Jeez, why do you people always resort to violence?"

"Flash, don't take anything he says seriously." The mother said.

"I was just giving him advice!"

Flash let out a sigh and started to walk away. He left his mother and brother alone and departed from the cemetery. His chest was as heavy as an anvil just from thinking of his Grandmother, the person that cared about him and was always there for him.

The ten year old Flash lied on the couch and was reading a book about Biology. He was fascinated at the fact that many living things inhabited the world. As he read through his book, an elderly woman entered the room holding a tray that had two sandwiches and a bottle of juice. Flash smiled as the elderly woman placed the tray on the table near the couch and sat next to Flash.

"Grandma, as humans, what are we able to do?" Flash asked.

"Hmm? What makes humans 'Human' is the fact that we have education, language, tools, and love," Flash's Grandma answered, "You said you didn't know anything about love right? So, you're not a human."

"Grandma I know what love is! I think..." Flash said as he closed his book and took a sandwich, "It's when a male and female-"

"Well then, this bottle of juice, do you think it's cold or warm?" The Grandma interrupted as she pointed at the bottle of juice.

"Of course it's cold!"

"How can you be certain when you haven't even touched it?"

Flash sat silently as his Grandma laughed.

"That's what I'm saying, you think you understand something when you actually don't," The Grandma explained, "And you still don't have enough life experience to just guess."

Flash's Grandma stood up and raised her hand to him. She swirled her finger in the air and pointed it at Flash, making him raise a brow. She then smiled as she poked Flash on the forehead.

"It's difficult isn't it? To you, "Other people" are things that hurt you, 'Relief' is constantly mixed with 'Anxiety', the concept of 'Warmth' is only an unemotional impression within your heart," The Grandma said as she continued to poke Flash's head while she smiled, "That's why Flash, I'll cast some magic onto you. A day where you will feel warmth on the palms of your hands will come, even if it's just for a moment. At that moment, you will be able to find something that will fill and satisfy your heart."

Flash's eyes widened. His intelligence as a ten year old made him believe that the magic was working, making him smile in glee.

"At that time, you will definitely become a very happy person."

At the Mix's mansion, Gaige had just finished taking a bath after working on Deathtrap's voice module. So far, the only progress that she had made was that she made it work, but Deathtrap could only speak Chinese because she used a Chinese-made radio. She decided to go in town and buy an electric dictionary, hopefully she can make the voice module work.

Her parents were out of town and was left only with Treble, their butler Rupert and some maids. After putting on her usual clothes and a scarf, Gaige headed downstairs and saw Treble lying on the couch in the living room watching The Walking Dead.

"Yo irrelevant brother of mine, I'm going out for a bit," Gaige said to him, "There's some chicken inside the fridge if you get hungry."

"Where you going spin-off sister?" Treble asked with a smile.

"Shopping. I'll be back in two hours," Gaige said as she grabbed the door knob, "This place better be in tip top shape or else I'll make Deathtrap cut you in half."

"Sure thing! I'll probably just invite the guys over. Have a safe trip!"

Outside, Gaige took a deep breath and did a victorious pose. It was a brilliant start to her Christmas vacation and a day without Flash in her sight. She started to hum a song and happily walked her way to town. It was finally a day where she was free, she felt like she could do anything. She jumped and giggled in joy as she continued to walk.

"Yup! Today's going to be a perfect day!" Gaige said in glee.

"Gaige!" A familiar annoying voice called out.

Gaige's world broke into pieces as her plans were already ruined. She turned around to see Flash standing behind her, who was still wearing his black suit. Oddly enough, he didn't have the jolly aura he usually had. She then realized something, when did she get used to her plans being spoiled?

"Why are you here?" Gaige asked.

"I came to see you." Flash replied.

Flash slowly walked to her and placed his hand on Gaige's cheek.

"Do you need anything? I have things to do-"

Gaige was soon interrupted when Flash patted her cheek. It soon became even more awkward when Flash started to pat everywhere on Gaige's face.

"F-Flash? What are you-"

"Gaige, can I kiss you?"

"HUH?!"

Gaige's face turned red while she looked at Flash's saddened face. Her face began to sweat and became hotter and hotter. She then cringed and let out a defeated sigh.

*THUMP THUMP THUMP*

"You can..." Gaige said as she closed her eyes.

Her chest began to beat rapidly as she awaited for Flash's lips to meet hers. Gaige stood silently and waited, but for a very long time, something was wrong. After a full minute of waiting, Gaige slowly opened her eyes and saw that Flash was already gone. She looked around her and didn't see Flash anywhere. She then slumped on the ground and wore a gloomy expression.

"Is he toying with me?!" Gaige said with an embarrassed tone, "That guy!"

Gaige remembered Flash's facial expression earlier. She questioned if maybe something happened to him, and only came to her to confirm something.

"I know that if I just chase after him and call out his name, it would stop him. I could just ask what happened and what he's thinking," Gaige pondered, "Why are Flash and I... Staying where we are?"

Gaige stood up and patted the dirt away from her knees. She then shook off what just happened and continued on with her plans for the day.

After a while, she reached the crowded streets of Canterlot. The loud chatter around her didn't mind her as she was used to the loud noises in Kyoto's streets. She then reached a pedestrian lane that was still on a red light. She waited until a limo near her stopped and honked at her. She raised a brow as the window went down and revealed it to be Blaze (Who was holding a cup of ice cream), someone who she hasn't met personally yet.

"Yo!" Blaze said as he scooped some ice cream to his mouth.

"Uh... Can I help you?" Gaige said nervously, pretending to not know who Blaze is.

"You must be Gaige! Flash has told me about you!"

"Wait how do you know him?"

"Oh he hasn't told you about me yet? That bastard brother of mine," Blaze laughed, "Oh where are my manners, my name is Blaze. I'm his older brother."

"Nice to meet you I guess?" Gaige said as she rubbed the back of her head.

Gaige noticed that Blaze too was wearing a black suit similar to Flash. She raised a brow and began to question it.

"What's on today? Flash was in a suit as well."

"Oh you've seen Flash?" Blaze surprisingly said, "There was a memorial service today. It's the first anniversary of our Grandmother."

"Grandmother?" Gaige asked.

"She was very close to him as a child," Blaze explained, "Thanks to her, Flash has become the good and strange kid we know and love! Speaking of which, was he strange today?"

*THUMP*

Gaige's cheeks turned red after recalling her encounter with Flash earlier. She turned away and tried to hide her blushing face from Blaze.

"HAH! Well... I-I-If you were saying that he was strange... H-H-H-He was," Gaige replied nervously, "He was more aggressive than usual."

"He's so boring when he acts normal," Blaze continued as he took another bite of his ice cream, "On the way back, I did thinks to get him pissed."

"Heh? What for?"

"Well... Because siblings do that kind of stuff!"

"Oh? Is that so? I have a brother as well," Gaige said, "Even if he's an annoying turd, he's family to me."

Gaige soon remembered what Flash told her a few weeks back about a dead person. The question was, what did he come for? Gaige wondered if she should have chased after him, but since he didn't say anything, it must have meant that he didn't want to talk about it. She thought that it must be something he couldn't tell to her.

Once again, she recalled Flash's gloomy state and began to feel unease. She then violently shook her head in order to forget about it, for she had better things to do.

"Um I have to do some shopping!" Gaige said nervously as she waved goodbye.

"Flash hasn't told you anything, right?" Blaze asked as he opened the door of the car, "Do you want to know things about Flash? If you do, then get on."

Gaige felt more and more tempted. She wanted to know what was going on and wanted to know more about Flash. She slowly walked towards the car as Blaze smiled in delight.

"Gaige."

A familiar English accent called out behind Gaige. The surprised girl turned around and saw Neon with his arms crossed. He wore his casual attire which was his usual black aviator glasses, black gray jacket and brown denim pants. He had a serious expression on his face and proceeded to stomp his way to the limo and shut the door forcibly.

"Sorry, please continue this another time mate." Neon coldly said.

"Ah! I was wondering who it was! But it's you! Neon Lights!" Blaze smiled at him.

Neon then wrapped his arm around Gaige and proceeded to walk her away. Blaze pouted in disappointment as he looked on and watched them disappear in his sight. He then turned to the driver with a gleeful smile.

"Did you see that Curtis?! He whisked her away! Like a Prince! HAHAHAHA!" Blaze exclaimed.

"Oh he was so manly." Curtis replied in a laid back tone.

"Flash is in trouble! Won't get Gaige get taken away?!"

"Yeah, if that happens, there will be trouble."

"You okay there dude?"

After getting dragged away by Neon, Gaige looked on to the boy as he heaved on a pole nearby. He looked like a fountain with the sweat coming from his head and with his constant heavy breathing. Gaige crossed her arms and approached the boy. She could see the fear coming from Neon's expression.

"You were pretending to hold it together." Gaige chuckled.

"DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR HEAD MATE?!" Neon shouted with a raging voice, "DON'T JUST GET INTO A MAN'S CAR SO CARELESSLY!"

"Huh? But he said he'd tell me things about Flash! Plus so the readers could stop complaining."

Neon sighed, stood up and positioned his glasses back in place.

"You can find out things about him from other people." Neon said to her, "Argh, I feel sick, this is all because this woman!"

Even if it irritated him, Neon felt lucky that he bumped into her in the first place. Neon started to walk away and kept a straight face.

"See you later mate." Neon said without turning back.

"Oh, you're fine now?" Gaige said in surprise.

Neon stopped on his tracks.

"Listen up Gaige, this was done only out of goodwill," Neon proclaimed, "There's no hidden meaning behind it, so don't misunderstand it."

"I'm not really misunderstanding anything, but thanks for the kindness I guess?" Gaige said as she rubbed her head, "Oh, Neon!"

"WHAT IS IT?!"

"If it's alright with you, do you have any time?" Gaige asked.

Neon turned around and looked at Gaige with a startled look. His expression then turned into a laid back smile.

"Yeah mate, I do have time," Neon replied, "Also where'd you buy that shirt?"

"From the supermarket."

A tired and annoyed Neon watched on to the girl infront of her, who had a shining expression on her face as she was completely mesmerized by the purchase she just did; an electric dictionary for Deathtrap's voice module. The two were outside Hoofbucks seated on the chairs.

"Holy crap Nylon! I can finally make Deathtrap say 'Holy sh*tballs skagf*ck d*ck biscuits'!" Gaige exclaimed in excitement, "I won't regret buying this!"

"Watch your language young lady! You took two hours just to buy one dictionary!" Neon exclaimed in annoyance, "And it's an old model too!"

"Of course! I have a strict budget!" Gaige pouted as she embraced the packaging of the dictionary, "I'm different from the likes of you."

"You know what, forget it," Neon said as he stood up, "I'm going to buy something to drink, do you want something to drink?"

"Wait, I made you go to the store with me so..."

"It's fine, I can't let a woman treat me."

Neon entered the cafe and went up in line. He crossed his arms and waited. He soon realized something, doesn't this feel like a date to him? But then again, the electronic store wasn't a very suggestive place, and it was the first time he had to spend two hours in an electronic store.

"What the hell am I thinking?!" Neon thought while he took out some money from his wallet, "Towards a girl who buys clothes in the supermarket?!"

After ordering their drinks, Neon took the tray with the two drinks and headed outside. Again, he began to think of Gaige.

"But, she's not bad at all... She has a good posture, and if she cared about her appearance more seriously, smiled a bit more, then she would be surprisingly..."

*BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP BADUMP*

As he got near their table, Neon caught a glance of Gaige curiously looking around. Not only did he find it adorable, but somehow it gave him a peace of mind. He soon noticed his heart beginning to accelerate and began to punch himself in the face multiple times.

"The hell is my heart thumping so loudly for?!" Neon thought.

"What are you doing?" Gaige asked.

"Nothing."

"Baka. Oh, here's the money for the drink." Gaige said as she handed money to Neon.

"You're so persistent, I don't need that," Neon said as he sat on the chair, "I said that before."

"I can't accept that," Gaige replied as she took Neon's hand and gave him the money, "Here you go govnah!"

Neon became startled by this and pulled his arm away instantly. Gaige confusingly looked at Neon, who then began to turn red. He turned away and proceeded to drink his tea, prompting Gaige to do the same.

After a while, it was pure silence between the two until Gaige spoke up.

"Neon, you have experience with women right?"

The boy spat out his drink and looked at Gaige, who had an obvious nervous expression. He wiped his mouth clean while Gaige playfully turned her cup around.

"H-H-Have you... Kissed someone before?" Gaige asked nervously her while her face began to grow redder and redder, "Y-Y-You don't have to answer... Since it's private... B-But was there a time where you didn't want to do it?"

"Are you talking about Flash?" Neon asked with a brow raised.

"HUH?!"

"What, did he kiss you or something?"

"H-He didn't do that... I think... Well he said he was going to... But he didn't."

"By the way, are you two going out?"

"Well, we're not at that stage yet."

Gaige furiously shook her head and wiped the sweat from her face. She turned away from Neon and let out a sigh.

"S-Sorry, please forget about this," Gaige apologized, "Pretend I never said anything to you.."

"Huh," Neon said with a smirk, "Well, maybe he got scared and chickened out at the last moment."

"Chickened out?"

"Who knows! Ask that wanker!"

"I could but, I was thinking maybe I was missing something important as a girl."

"Yup, you're definitely missing something; you lack appeal."

Gaige's jaw dropped and looked at Neon with a surprised expression.

"But this sure comes as a surprise, even you think of these kind of things," Neon explained, "You always had the attitude where you thought it was only natural for Flash to like you. You have too much confidence mate?"

"BAKA, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS FROM YOU!" Gaige exclaimed.

Gaige dug deep and recalled her first encounter with Flash. From the first time she met him, Flash always expressed his love for her. He was the first person who ever liked her in such a way.

"Damn it, in the end, we're talking about him," Neon pondered to himself while he took a sip of his tea, "No matter what I say, she has only Flash in her eyes. There's no point, when she sees me, she won't even smile."

"If I turned my head, he'd be there by my side, even if I my back towards him," Gaige said as her chest beginning to flutter," What can I give back to Flash?"

Afterwards, Neon and Gaige departed from Hoofbucks and walked in the streets of Canterlot. Neon was behind Gaige and watched her pigtails get blown by the December breeze. He pondered to himself on why he was falling for a girl who shops at supermarkets for clothes and a girl who Flash loves.

"Well then, see you Gaige." Neon bid farewell.

"You're going to be fine here?" Gaige asked.

"Yeah, I'll take a taxi."

"I see, thanks for today. Whenever I talk to you, I can collect my thoughts," Gaige thanked as Neon listened intently, "I should be able to talk at school but, for some reason I don't feel like talking about this at school... Especially to Hazel."

"Don't compare me with them." Neon coldly replied.

"Yeah, I'm glad I met you today."

Gaige stopped walking and turned to Neon. To Neon's surprise, his chest began to beat rapidly when he saw the warm smile that Gaige was giving to him. The rustling sound around him didn't bother him as he was focused on Gaige's adorable smile.

"Thank you very much Neon." Gaige said with a smile.

There was only one thing that was certain to Neon, that was he being in love once more.

Hazel waited and sat outside Flash's house while she looked at her phone. She intended to borrow one of Flash's baby pictures (Don't ask) and ask questions regarding Gaige. She scrolled through the pictures of Gaige and Flash on her phone and began to drool. She then saw Flash walking on the sidewalk and headed for her. Hazel gave out a big smile and stood up.

"Hazel? What are you doing here?" Flash asked.

"Can I borrow a picture of you as a baby?" Hazel smiled.

"I'm not in the mood right now."

"Flash wait-"

*RIP!*

The side of Flash's pants suddenly ripped apart. His eye twitched and glared at Hazel. He then lifted her collar and stared at her like he was about to beat the holy hell out of her.

"SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY! IT WAS YOUR FAULT!" Hazel exclaimed as she stared at Flash's expression.

"What? Do I have something on my nose?" Flash asked in annoyance.

"When you make that really scary face, you make people wonder if you hate them!"

Flash's angry expression quickly disappeared and released Hazel from his clutch.

"Sorry Hazel, I don't hate you at all." Flash explained.

"Oh that's great! And to think you hated me for stalking you." A relieved Hazel said.

"What?"

"Nothing."

Flash rubbed the back of his head and looked away from Hazel.

"Sorry, I was thinking about stuff." He said.

"Hoho! So even the great Flash Sentry thinks?" Hazel chuckled.

"Sometimes I think you treat me like an idiot." Flash laughed.

"Well, don't you treat me like that as well?!"

"I guess so!"

"Well, what were you thinking just now?"

Flash looked at Hazel as his expression turned to worry. He sat on infront of the doorstep and placed his hand on his chin. Hazel too began to get worried and sat with Flash.

"The moment where mutual feelings connect?" Hazel guessed.

"Yeah, I've experienced it," Flash replied, "I felt that feeling from Gaige and was extremely relieved. But it doesn't happen all the time, just once in a while."

"Oh?"

"But at those times, it feels like the emptiness is filled up," Flash continued on, "I want that feeling."

"Is that why he's attached to Gaige?" Hazel pondered.

"I tried it out today and as I thought, it's impossible."

"Test it out? How did you do that?" Hazel asked with a smile.

"Like this; I patted her on the head and then I said 'May I kiss you?'" Flash explained as he demonstrated the patting on Hazel.

Hazel sat up in shock and began to turn red.

"D-D-Did you do it?!" Hazel exclaimed excitedly.

"Well, I didn't kiss her, I left half way."

Hazel froze and stood motionless. She then collapsed on the floor, but sat up instantly and grabbed Flash by the shoulders.

"FLASH YOU'RE THE WORST!" Hazel exclaimed.

"Ah, if I knew that, I would have kissed her back then."

"THAT'S EVEN WORSE!"

"Why's that?"

"If it was me I'd fall of the stairs and die a happy woman!"

As the two were talking, Treble, Soul, Sparkjump, and a boy with black hair, white skin and was wearing a black chef's outfit were passing by and noticed the two. They noticed Hazel and Flash and proceeded to head to them and talk. Treble had a big grin on his face while Spark had a disappointed look.

"Today was horrible! The group date was a disaster!" Spark exclaimed.

"BUT THERE'S NO DEPRESSION IN IRELAND!" The boy with the chef outfit said.

"Jesus Mise we know!" Soul exclaimed in annoyance to the boy named Mise.

"Even though Treble went as far as singing 'Baby' to Vinyl!" Spark pointed out.

"I don't know about you guys, but I enjoyed every second of it!" Treble said.

"Oh you guys sure are lively." Flash laughed, "What's up?"

Hazel stayed silent and hit behind Flash.

"We were just discussing the winter getaway we're having this weekend, which is also gonna be the whole entire plot of the next chapter of this story," Treble explained, earning confused looks as usual, "WE'RE HEADIN TO COLORADO TO SKII! YOU GUYS ARE ALL INVITED FOR I AM THE KING OF POME."

Suddenly, Spark's phone began to vibrate. He pulled it out and saw Neon calling him. He accepted the call and put his phone on his ear.

"Ah you finally decided to pick up!" Spark said in annoyance, "Cabron! Why did you turn- Huh? The geeky girl is with you? Why the hell is she with you? Wait a moment."

Spark turned to Flash and handed his phone.

"Yo Brad, your fair princess has been found-"

Flash snatched the phone instantly and placed it on his ear.

"Gaige?" He called out, "I'm so glad you're alive!"

"HUH?!" Gaige exclaimed in the other end, "My phone was dead so I couldn't call you."

"I was thinking of going to your house." Flash explained.

Gaige, who was still in the same place she was with Neon, felt relieved upon hearing his voice. She let out a sigh of content. She felt relaxed and calm, but it felt like he was so far away from her. She wanted to see his face so badly.

"I was busy with shopping," Gaige said calmly, "Why the hell is it noisy over there?"

"Your brother and the boys are discussing plans for a skiing trip."

Judging from his voice, Gaige knew Flash was happy. She felt really anxious that she couldn't give anything to Flash in return... Until she heard Flash say "Skiing Trip."

"Hey, Brad," Gaige called out while wearing a warm smile, "Since I said, I'd go anywhere you wanted to go, let's go skiing with that stupid brother of mine."

"Really?" Flash replied excitedly.

"Yeah, let's go," Gaige smiled even more, "Let's go and have heaps of fun with everyone."

Back at Flash's house, the boy smiled warmly as Hazel began to geek out and drool. Flash turned to Treble and told him that his sister was coming at full force.

"Gaige did you eat something weird today?" Flash said with a playful smirk.

"Err, I ate some shawarma?" Gaige replied.

"Huh, I guess I'm coming to your house later."

"Wha-"

Neon snatched his phone back from Gaige and placed it on his ear.

"Oi, don't use other people's phone for so long."

Flash's eyes shrank when he heard Neon's voice. He began to panic and pace around his yard while the others just stared at him blankly.

On the other end, Neon looked at Gaige as she apologized. He then focused his attention on Flash.

"If you want to say something, just say it Flash," A confident Neon proclaimed, "Since I won't be backing down anymore. See you, the good-for-nothing bastard who couldn't even kiss a girl."

*BEEP*

As the call ended, Flash became even more panicky. He started to roll around their lawn as the others complete ignored him and discussed their plans for the skiing trip.

"Girl I have not met before, you wanna come skiing with us?" Treble asked.

"Since Gaige and Flash are going, then yes, I'm coming." Hazel proclaimed as she adjusted her glasses.

They then noticed Flash still rolling on the lawn. Spark leaned to Mise and began to whisper at him.

"So should we calm him down?" Spark whispered to him.

"THERE'S NO DEPRESSION IN IRELAND!"

"Nevermind."

Back at Gaige and Neon, the two continued to walk home. She then remembered that one night where she actually got kissed by Flash.

"Now that I think about it, I've been kissed by Flash before." Gaige plainly said.

"HUH?!" Neon exclaimed in shock.

"I completely forgot about it though."

That night, he really did came to Gaige's house.

But she was already in her jammies.

And she was already working on Deathtrap.

And Flash was disappointed.

Finally, Gaige was amused that Deathtrap could say "Cunt".

Author's Notes:

A bit rushed because of school work. Anyways:

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