"It's nice to say that I have to see her, but when I actually do, my heart starts going crazy. Is it because I'm flustered? Would I be happier if I was calm? I don't really know myself."

It was the middle of the summer and Neon paced around his room with a bored expression. His room was rather luxurious and was filled with vinyls and a few instruments that he plays. At his table was his phone.

"There's no point in loitering around," He said to himself, "If I want to make her fall for me, I should just take action!"

Quickly, he took his phone and began to dial the number. Luckily, he was able to bribe Treble with Vinyl's secrets and weaknesses in order to get Gaige's number. The phone began to ring and Neon waited impatiently for someone to answer. Finally, someone picked up, but unknown to him it wasn't what he was expecting.

"Hello? This is Neon Lights speaking, this is Gaige, right?" He asked.

"WHO THE HELL IS THIS?!" A roaring voice answered.

"...Neon Lights.." Neon responded with a bit of irritation, "Bloody hell it must be the dad."

Meanwhile in the Mix's residence, Gaige had just come out of the shower and headed towards her room. However, she overheard her dad Rift downstairs talking about Neon Lights. She headed downstairs to check what was going on and saw Rift talking to the home phone inside their kitchen.

"HUH?! FROM CRYSTAL PREP?! NYLON? OH NEON! JUST WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR MY DAUGHTER?!" Rift shouted to the phone, "ARE YOU ALSO TRYING TO STICK THE TIP IN?!"

"Dad.. What are you doing?" Gaige asked with a brow raised, "Hand me the phone."

Rift handed the phone and held up a rock gesture to Gaige. He then left the room as Gaige pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance.

"Hello, the phone's been passed to me." She said.

"No, what I'm saying is- Oh? Gaige?"

"Neon? I just came out of the shower."

Neon blushed as he imagined Gaige wrapped in a towel.

"D-Does your father normally greet people on the phone by asking the same questions over and over?!" Neon said in irritation, "Damn it, no wonder why I hate calling home phones, and why the hell did Treble give me this number?!."

"Nope, sometimes he yells out guitar rifts and makes the caller listen for minutes," Gaige laughed, "So what do you want Nylon?"

"Um... What kind of plans did you use for Deathtrap?"

Neon's mind was completely blank because of Rift. Everything that Neon was supposed to say completely flew out of the window. He contemplated if he should invite Gaige to the library or Hoofbucks, but it annoyed him that he had to be the one to invite her in order to see her. But, there was no helping it and Neon was impatient.

Unknown to Neon, Gaige was eager about the topic. She let out an excited grin and answered quickly.

"Deathtrap? I used google. Then I went to the junk and salvaged parts, then BOOM! The awesomeness that I have spawned was born!" Gaige exclaimed excitedly, "If you want the blueprints, I can lend it to you! I think this time we could have a really meaningful conversation mate! Come on over and I'll lend it to you!"

Neon pumped his fist victoriously as he smirked. He felt relieved after Gaige herself invited him over.

"Alright mate, then let's meet at 10 at the park."

At the park, the lone Neon waited for Gaige to appear. He wore a black shirt and ripped jeans along with his signature glasses. It was already noon and Gaige had yet to appear. After hours of waiting, he saw a familiar pigtailed girl who was wearing a rather different yellow jacket and not her usual gray jacket. On her arm was a hanging shopping back and held a big cabbage.

"Oh sh*t you actually came." Gaige said in surprise.

"The hell? What's with the 'You actually came?'. It's already lunch time!" The sweaty Neon exclaimed in annoyance, "And what's with the shopping bag?!"

"Well, since you didn't come on time, I made an exception and waited for five minutes," She explained, "Plus, I broke my phone a few weeks back, so I can't contact your British ass."

This made Neon even more irritated, and was at his boiling point.

"T-This woman! She left after 5 minutes for a meeting with me?! But I arrived here really f*cking early! I even waited for more than an hour!!" Neon thought to himself, "AND BUY A NEW CELLPHONE!"

"Damn it, I left the plans at home," Gaige sighed, "I guess there's no helping it."

"AND WHAT'S WITH THAT ATTITUDE?! SHE HASN'T SHOWN ANY REGRET IN WASTING TIME!" Neon continued to ponder, "DAMN IT! WHO CARES ANYMORE ABOUT THIS CABBAGE WOMAN! I'M GOING!"

Neon then stood up and began to leave in annoyance.

"Oh well, since I have so much sh*t to carry, I should really go back," Gaige said, "Before I go to Brad's house."

Neon suddenly stopped on his tracks and turned back to Gaige. He looked at her in surprise as he went back to her.

"His house?!" Neon said in shock.

"Yeah, I haven't heard from Flash since the summer break started," Gaige explained, "I just realized today though. Silly forgetful me! Might as well visit the idiot and check if he broke his face or something."

However, Neon imagined it differently. He visualized the image of Flash and Gaige doing something rather inappropriate for their age. He cringed and gave out a look of disgust to her. He then got a hold of the cabbage.

"Let's go, let me carry those." Neon insisted in a serious voice.

"Huh? But why?" Gaige responded with a brow raised.

"It's fine. Just let me carry those, I can't have a woman carrying those."

Neon's expression turned into a furious and serious look. He glared at Gaige as he let out a groan.

"First, we'll go to Brad's house and see what's wrong with the wanker, after that you'll give me the blueprints at your house, then after, I'LL GO HOME." He exclaimed.

Gaige began to question why Neon was angry. She raised a brow and gave him a confused look. She then shrugged and gave him the cabbage as they headed to Flash's home.

"...So how are you going to eat this?" Neon asked.

"Hot pot. I used to cook these back in Kyoto."

"But it tastes good if you fry it with pork."

"Huh? Flash? He went to Manehattan to visit our relatives."

At Flash's house stood a woman that had cyan hair and peach skin. Gaige presumed it was Flash's mother. Gaige's eyes widened in surprise while Neon let out a groan of annoyance.

"This is pretty rare." Gaige said.

"Yeah, he went straight back after summer started," Flash's mother explained, "You didn't hear anything from him?"

"Nope not one word."

"And he's supposed to be inlove with you."

"BAKA."

"Damn it, of course she'd get worried." Neon pondered.

Neon waited impatiently for her. It annoyed him because of the time wasted. His only goal for today was to make Gaige fall for him.

"Damn it, I can't even contact him because I broke my phone," Gaige said, "I can't even remember his number."

"Did you need him urgently? I can give you his phone number." His mother said.

"No, it's fine."

After that, Neon and Gaige departed. Neon questioned himself why he was doing this. Was it to make Flash's life miserable? Or was it because he actually found someone he could be with. He looked at Gaige and saw that she wore somewhat a bored and unhappy expression.

"Ever since you've found out about Flash, you've had an unhappy expression on your face mate." Neon pointed out.

"How did you know?" Gaige exclaimed in surprise, "Damn you nailed it."

"It's more like how wouldn't I know. If I had to say, people who say they don't know their own feelings are just deluding themselves," Neon explained, "It's because you refuse to accept what you're thinking deep down in your heart. You think you don't understand."

Neon stopped and thought, who was he talking about? Gaige raised a brow and took in Neon's words straight into her head.

"I see, so it's like that. Even though it was so simple, my Asian ass didn't notice," Gaige chuckled, "But since I've accepted it now, it's so much easier."

Neon stopped walking on his feet as he blankly looked at Gaige. He tightly held the cabbage on his head and pondered why he was doing this. Why he was working hard for her. What was he trying to accept?

"Am I an idiot? I purposely made a reason and called her, I get angry when she talks about Brad, I'm even walking around on the streets with a cabbage in my hand!" Neon pondered, "IT'S ALL BECAUSE I'VE FALLEN FOR HER!"

Desperate times comes with desperate measures as Neon ran and caught up with Gaige. It was the only time to see her and the only chance he'll ever get. He quickly thought of a plan and went all out.

"Oi mate, can we go somewhere?" He asked while he covered his mouth.

"Eh?" Gaige said with a brow raised, "Sorry, but I didn't bring any extra money right now."

"I'll pay, it'll be... A way of thanking you for the blueprints for DeathTrap," Neon insisted, "If it's like that, it's fine right?"

Neon waited patiently as the silence brewed between them. His chest was beating fast and his hands were sweaty. Gaige let out a sigh as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Eh, I am kinda hungry so yeah, BANZAI!"

"I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda," Gaige ordered, "Also can I use these coupons?"

At McDonalds, Neon's eye twitched as he watched Gaige order a heavy meal. Gaige's mouth was watering in hunger as she watched the cashier punch in the orders unto his cash register. Neon however, was in disbelief when he saw the price of what Gaige was ordering. Once again he questioned why he was inlove with a girl like Gaige.

"Oi, just because I'm paying doesn't mean you don't hold back at all, huh?" Neon said in irritation.

"What? I skipped out on lunch, so Mama's hungry!" Gaige pouted, "It's all because of you! Also are you fine with just a drink?"

Neon let out a sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose. He nodded to Gaige in approval. Neon blushed as he looked away, for it was alright for her to spend all his money as long as there was progress. However, no matter how much he tried to change his views, she was still unfashionable for him.

Neon carried the tray filled with food and looked for a seat. They then settled for a seat near the window and sat there.

"Well, I guess my goal to get her to fall for me hasn't changed. But that is something really hard to accept," He thought, "I guess that's what makes her... Well... Gaige... Bloody hell I should just accept it! It'd make it so much easier!"

Neon took his drink and lied on his back. He watched Gaige start off with a burger and nibbled on it slowly. He found it cute how she ate the burger, making his chest feel uneasy once more.

"If you become my woman, you have to change that part of you, got that?!" Neon thought with a blush as he imagined a few scenarios with Gaige.

After that, Neon looked away in order to avoid having Gaige notice his expression. However, he took a peek of her once more and saw that she had a seductive smirk while she licked the sauce from her fingers.

"Hey Nylon," She called out with a slurty tone, "You wouldn't invite me to such a place without some ulterior motive, right?"

Neon's eyes shrank (Thankfully he had his glasses on so Gaige wouldn't notice) and his cheeks began to turn red. He became extremely uneasy and nervous because he thought Gaige saw right through him. Sweat came out of his head as he tried to think of an excuse.

"Huh?!" He answered.

"I mean you wanted to build your own Death Trap, right?" Gaige asked.

"The hell? When you said you wanted to come here, did you mean this?!" Neon asked.

"Yeah, would there be any other reason?" Gaige continued, "Let me tell you, my information comes with a high price. I've collected my data ever since middle school."

"Sh*t, that's right, she's this type of girl," Neon whispered, "Wait, who do you think you're talking to-"

"...Well, why else would you call me specifically for?"

"OFCOURSE, IT'S ABOUT THE ROBOT."

Neon had his arms crossed and chin raised. Unknown to him, he lied to her with a dumb response. His whole body cringed as he looked away and drank his drink. Gaige raised a brow and continued to eat her food.

"Shee? I thought sho." Gaige said as he acknowledged the strange person infront of her.

Neon obnoxiously sipped on his drink and slammed it down on the table. Seeing how awkward it was getting, he had to calm down in order to catch up with her pace. Luckily, he thought of a topic in order to break the ice.

"Gaige, what's your favorite type?" Neon asked in a calm tone.

"...Math and history?" Gaige answered confusingly.

"ARGH! I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT STUDIES!" Neon responded violently, "ARE YOU TRYING TO CRACK A JOKE?! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

Neon performed a facepalm as he realized what he just said to a girl. He let out a sigh and calmed down once more.

"I meant the type of guy you like.." Neon said softly.

"T-THE TYPE OF GUY?!" Gaige responded in shock.

"You should have one right? The type that you'd like to date and marry."

"N-Not who I like, right?"

"No, I'm not talking about him."

Gaige whistled as her face turned red. She looked away and chuckled as her face began to sweat.

"U-Um, he has to have good financial capabilities, be smart, rational, and very supportive." Gaige said in a stuttering voice.

"Oh, she's talking about me." Neon thought as he smiled.

"...Then again I actually fell for someone who's far from that type." Gaige said in annoyance while still attaining the blush on her face.

"I thought you said we weren't talking about him!"

Neon let out a defeated sigh as he find it hard to get into Gaige's mind. The fact that she only reacts when she's talking about Flash, making Neon very anxious. He took a sip of his drink once more and started his second plan; he needed a way to stay in contact with Gaige. He then took out his Iphone 7 and showed it to Gaige.

"Gaige, why don't you buy a new phone?" Neon asked.

"Cellphone? Well I did break my old one when I tried to install a voice module for it, but then again I have my laptop so yeah I don't think I'll need one now." Gaige replied.

"Idiot, not for the phone but for the internet. You can find out what you want to know in the palm of your hand," Neon explained with a smirk, "I mean, think of all the animes and news about robotics you're missing at the moment."

Gaige's eye shrank as she spit out the food she was eating. She grabbed Neon's phone instantly and stared at it.

"I-If you say it l-like that.." Gaige said.

"Bite it, take the bait," Neon thought, "I don't want to talk on the phone with that old man again!"

"Plus, I do miss calling people with my phone," Gaige said, "Well, I still have my laptop so I won't buy one in a long time."

"Your choice mate," Neon responded, "DAMN IT."

"..And when school starts again," Gaige said softly as she handed the phone back to Neon, "I'll see him everyday anyway."

Neon let out an anxious sigh and looked away. It was like a dagger struck him in the chest after hearing Gaige's statement. No matter how hard he tried, he won't be able to see Gaige everyday.

The boy didn't notice Gaige was handing his phone back, which resulted to Gaige accidentally dropping the phone on the table. This surprised Neon and made him drop his drink, spilling it over the end of his table and drenching his feet.

"Ah sh*t sorry." Gaige said as she stood up and walked to Neon's side.

"It's alright, you don't have to get up and-"

Neon stopped midway as he looked at Gaige. She took out her handkerchief and leaned over Neon to wipe the mess that she made. She was very close to Neon's face and he could notice her sparkling jade eyes. His chest began to beat rapidly as he completely recognized her beautiful aspects.

He then felt his chest began to thump loudly and showed no signs of stopping while his face was hot as an oven. Realizing what was happening, he suddenly backed away from Gaige. The girl looked at him in surprise and noticed that his face was all red. Gaige processed on what just happened and come to the conclusion that Neon might have fallen for her due to the reactions he was giving.

"N-Neon.. Could it be that... YOU'VE FALLEN INLOVE WITH ME?!" Gaige exclaimed in an uneasy tone.

Neon violently shook his head and glared at Gaige.

"There's no way that I would have."

After a few minutes of Neon trying to tell Gaige an excuse, the two left McDonalds and headed towards Gaige's house. The two soon arrived at the place as Gaige headed inside to get the blueprints that Neon asked for.

"Wait here while I get them plans you wanted." Gaige said imitating Applejacks voice.

"Your dad won't come out?" Neon asked.

"Mom and Dad went out earlier."

As Neon waited, he completely understood what the problem was. It didn't lie with Gaige or even Flash, the problem was himself. This was the first time Neon hated himself for something he has done since he was born. He let out a sigh as Gaige came out with a handful of blueprints and plans. For a whole day, it was the two of them only with no one in the way. That day was the last chance he'll ever get.

"Here you go mate! Goodluck scavenging for parts at the junk shop!" Gaige said as she handed the plans.

However, Neon remained silent as he stared at Gaige. He then took the plans and grabbed Gaige by the hand. The girls eyes widened as Neon let out a sigh once again.

"Gaige, I-"

"Neon what are you doing here?"

A familiar voice interrupted Neon behind him. He turned around and saw Flash holding a box of donuts and was glaring at him. The irritated Neon glared at him as well as his eye twitched. Gaige was surprised by his presence and was glad to see him again.

"Flash?" Gaige said plainly, hiding the fact she was happy to see him.

"Yo Gaige, it's been a while." Flash said.

"You went to visit your relatives right?"

"Oh, you're pretty up to date," Flash laughed, "I just got back and I left my phone back at my house, and I bought donuts from Manehattan!"

Neon stood silently as he continued to glare at Flash. Flash however, noticed that Neon was holding Gaige's hand. He then tried to swipe her hand from Neon, but failed to do so as Neon raised her hand up to the point where Flash can't reach it.

"Won't you let go of that hand?!" Flash said in irritation.

"Nylon, why are you suddenly doing this kind of thing now that Brad is here?" Gaige questioned.

"If you're going to come at me, have a go at it!" Flash said to Neon, "You could have just said hi to me!"

Neon gave out a devious look at Flash as he let go of her. Flash then handed the donuts to Gaige as the two boys began to argue. However, Gaige then saw the mailman coming towards her. The mailman handed a small parcel to her and made her sign a contract. She examined it and saw that it was from Japan, and could only mean that it was from her Aunt. This made her happy as she turned back to the two boys and saw that they were punching each other. She decided to ignore it and headed inside to open it. The two boys then heard the door slam and Flash began to head inside until Neon stopped him.

"WAIT!" Neon shouted as he grabbed Flash, "YOU WANKER! DO YOU PLAN ON GOING THERE WHEN HER PARENTS ARE NOT HOME?!"

"HUH?! I'm just gonna go eat some donuts! Don't GET IT MY WAY!" Flash shouted in annoyance.

"Are you an idiot?! You're going home with me!"

Neon grabbed Flash by his neck and dragged him away from the house.

"LET GO OF ME! IT'S FINE!" Flash exclaimed.

"NO! WE ARE GOING!"

Suddenly, the door to Gaige's house opened abruptly. The two boys turned around and saw Gaige with a gleeful surprised look and was holding a pink Iphone 6.

"FLASH! HOLY CRAP IT'S FROM AUNT SAKURA!" Gaige exclaimed happily, "IT'S A BRAND NEW PHONE!"

Gaige showed the letter from her Aunt to the boys. Flash was happy to see this while Neon stayed silent. The adrenaline from using technology pleased her as she looked for the number.

"Even though you said you didn't need one, you look pretty happy mate." Neon said.

Gaige then held the phone at Flash's face.

"Baka! My number! Remember it!" Gaige said with a blush on her look, "From now on, if you're going somewhere, I want you to call me! I'll get worried if you don't!"

"Yup! Memorized it!" Flash said with a smile.

Suddenly, Neon pried the phone from Gaige's hand. He began to type in something to the phone and handed it back to Gaige. He then grabbed Flash and dragged him away before stopping and turning to Gaige once again.

"That's my number." He said as he dragged Flash away from the house, leaving Gaige dumbfounded.

As the two disappeared in a corner, Neon continued to drag Flash, who was smiling at him. He then let out a chuckle which got the attention of Neon.

"You really have fallen for Gaige," Flash laughed, "Ah well, it doesn't matter now."

Neon stopped walking and glared at Flash again. He saw that Flash was smiling at him victoriously.

"Since the one Gaige likes is me," Flash proclaimed, "And I'm not going to give her to you."

Neon smirked as he dropped Flash. He laughed and started to walk away from him, leaving Flash questioning what was going on with his head.

"Hmph, so what? Feelings changed!" Neon smiled confidently.

"Heh? Why do you have so much confidence in that?!" Flash responded in a nervous tone as he followed Neon, "Do you have some sort of secret plan?!"

"Of course I have one!" Neon replied, "As if I do! Now that I think about it, he just naturally accepted that this is a competition, what a moron. What the hell is he thinking?"

Neon's goal was determined from that day. He didn't want Gaige because he wanted Flash to be miserably, he wanted her because he had finally found the mend for his wounded heart. From that day on, he promised himself that he will go all out in order to have Gaige fall for him.

Back at Flash's house, Flash's mother was washing the dishes when she heard the doorbell ring. She wiped her hands clean and went to see who it was. She opened the door to see a well dressed man who had a sly expression. He had orange hair and pale orange skin.

"Oh! Welcome back! It's been ages!" The mother said, "Wait, where's Flash? I thought he came with you?"

"On his way back, he went to Gaige's home." The man said.

"Oh that's good of him, she was worried," The mother replied with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Curtis."

Author's Notes:

YAY MORE PLOT DRAGGING!

BUT WAIT! You might be thinking, who the hell is Curtis? Explanations in probably next chapter, which is more plot dragging. YAY.

And now for the multicultural:

赤ちゃんは実際には驚くほど耐久性があります。例えば、私は赤ちゃんのように複数回赤ちゃんとして頭の中に落とされ、今は私を見ます。それは2017年で、私は完全に正常で正常です！