Alexander enters the Iluminare Consortium stretching lightly as already a sizeable portion of students have gathered in the establishment. Looking over to his left up the stairs at the elevated sitting area can be seen two familiar figures wearing the only cosplay in the entire club. Making his way up the stairs he stops to lean on the rail beside their table before being passed a bottle of his regular cinder fruit punch.

"Quite the opening speech as always Miss Eclipse." Alexander states taking a mouthful.

The student council president groans slightly in her chair beside him much to the amused giggles from her sister across the table.

"Don't mind her, she hasn't slept very well since we returned. I hear though you've been having quite the adventures with your new familiar." Lilith states taking a sip from her glass of fireball whisky.

"Don't even get me started... So many late nights to make sure preparations were up to our projections that we worked out on vacation." Cassandra comments taking a heavy mouthful of black coffee.

"Jesus, when do you properly take a break... In terms of our new familiar's, it's been... A little chaotic to say the least." Alexander sighs slightly taking a sip of his punch.

After waking herself up a bit from the coffee, Cassandra sighs in relief before taking a few glances out to the floor spotting Starlight at the bar.

"Hmm, isn't that your familiar standing idly at the bar?" Cassandra states taking another blissful sip of her black coffee.

Alexander stops mid-sip to take a look over at the bar.

"Well, considering there is likely only two anthro pony familiar's on campus at this time... Also, factoring in she was sent by my roommate and his familiar to keep an eye on me. Yeah, that's her. How do you know what she looks like?" Alexander asks glancing at Cassandra.

"I have little flames everywhere, you know this." Cassandra smirks behind her coffee mug.

"She likely has more spies than you do, Alexander." Lilith comments idly.

"I don't have spies... I have a full guild on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, but no spies here..." Alexander states taking a heavy mouthful of punch.

Lilith leans against the rail beside Alexander, sliding into place with the silence and grace of a midnight breeze making him shiver slightly.

"Hmm so, what words would you use to describe the relationship you have with her?" Lilith inquires like a deadly whisper making Alexander choke on his punch slightly.

"W-what is wrong with you Lilith? T-there is no relationship!" Alexander states in protest.

"Hmm, that's not what your neighbours said~" Lilith sings slightly.

"Holy shit, it was just a massage, come on!" Alexander groans lightly in protest to the interrogation.

"Mhmm, from what I hear in the gossip circles you two are hardly inseparable while walking around. Where one is seen, the other isn't far away." Lilith has an amused expression on her face as she sips her whisky.

"You have no proof-" Alexander looks down at the bar before dawning a deadpan expression. "This is hardly the best example..."

"If you two don't have something going on then I'm not a princess." Cassandra states idly sipping her coffee.

Alexander glances down to his left looking confused.

"The thing is though, you are a princess- Oh, I see what you did there..." Alexander deadpans before sighing deeply.

Lilith finishes her whisky before levitating the glass back to the table.

"Okay, level with me, my friend... It seriously didn't take me long to piece together the puzzle between you and her." Lilith drapes her arm across Alexander's shoulder.

"Though, it's highly possible that the signs have gone unnoticed by you, given your previous relationship." Cassandra puts her coffee mug down.

"I don't see what you're trying to point out to me here-" Alexander begins but is shushed by Lilith.

"You spend a serious amount of time around each other." Lilith observes.

"From what we hear, you don't shy away from some heavy flirting." Cassandra adds standing up.

"You and I both know you haven't given a massage to anyone since last year when you and your ex split." Lilith continues as she leans on him more.

"You two sound like the lonely hearts column of the academy student paper..." Alexander comments with a sigh.

"Psh, Alexander, sweetie, we are the lonely hearts column of the academy student paper." Cassandra states with slight sass as she fixes her hair.

"I had a suspicion about that section of the paper for the longest time..." Alexander states happy knowing he was right.

"Regardless of the hobbies my sister and I partake in. The main question I'd have for you is," Lilith leans in even closer clearly violating personal space awareness. "Did you take her on a flight?"

Alexander's attention is entirely stolen by that one simple question making him confused.

"Considering how very few people in this academy know about what I do in my spare time such as when I take flights... How do you even know about that one time?" Alexander questions with a more than normal serious expression.

"Alexander, no need to look like I just killed your dog. Jerry might have passed along a little information to me when I came back and it wasn't 'one time', was it?" Lilith states with her own serious expression.

"Might have been a few..." Alexander's attention switches back to the bar and to Starlight.

"Mhmm and as far as we know, neither Phoenix nor Amber were treated to midnight flights using your wind magic. Shall we also consider the fact that not even your closest friends know where you disappear to from time to time." Cassandra comments from his left as she leans back on the balcony rail.

"Okay... So, we spend a lot of time together, we heavily flirt a lot, I give her massages where I don't other people-" Alexander is interrupted.

"Special electric massages I should point out which 'nobody' used to get from you ever, not even your ex who taught you the technique." Lilith points out with playful eyes.

Clearing his throat loudly he tries to continue.

"Fine then, special electric massages, and I just so happen to take her along on my sacred midnight flights which I use to clear my head, oh my god I have feelings for her don't I?" Alexander states covering his face with his hand as Vivienne flips a record onto the Dj deck as if on cue.

Cassandra and Lilith high five behind Alexander's back.

"That's one way to put it. I imagine these massages have her naked." Lilith quizzes.

"Yeah..." Alexander answers bluntly.

"No limits of where she likes it and doesn't protest if you 'accidentally' have bold moments?" Lilith adds playfully.

"Holy shit I'm dense... I thought she was just being generally playful." Alexander keeps covering his face as his eyes are wide still staring at the bar.

"Any other quirks which have become insanely obvious?" Cassandra asks glancing at Alexander.

Alexander rolls through the past month and a bit in his mind. 'Massages, lots of time together, heavy flirting, she did deck my ex hard, midnight flights, saw each other naked in the shower and didn't really protest, me slapping her ass when she dropped on my lap, her liking my electric magic on her body...' Alexander swallows slightly as his insides do summersaults and his heart feels very tight.

"That's not poss-" Alexander begins to choke out before Lilith stops him sharply.

"I know what's the source of your doubt... I want you to forget it, right now, right here. Last I checked she got what she deserved not too long ago on your former anniversary. If you let Amber stop you from having this, I'll slap you myself and that's saying a lot." Cassandra states with a stern expression.

"You know how strongly my sister feels about what happened last year... We didn't work you through that just to have you stop in your tracks here. We should be getting to bed to set up the festival early in the morning. We'll see you around Alexander, try to get some sleep for the festival." Lilith pats Alexander's back before leaving down the stairs.

"I apologise if perhaps we were a bit too intrusive into some things since coming back... We felt it wouldn't have felt right not saying anything but we both hope it works out if you decide to take it further. Goodnight Alexander, I hope you get some rest." Cassandra bows slightly before following her sister down the stairs.

Alexander eagerly downs what's left of his cinder fruit punch before sitting down. He angles himself so he can still stare at Starlight, who suddenly notices him and waves lightly before making her way from the bar towards where he sits.

"This is going to be a long night..." Alexander takes several deep breathes.

Author's Notes:

We hope everyone enjoyed this little development chapter towards Starlight and Alexander. I hope the way I portrayed him in this situation feels right with everyone. He doesn't mind being playful with her when it's seemingly returned but due to his previous relationship with Amber Sweet, he wasn't sure or didn't wish to think it would be anything serious given how badly that relationship ended. Part of me feels that having the two sisters point out the obvious to him is better than him dealing with the drama later on if Starlight revealed her true feelings and he froze due to the before mentioned reason. Both routes I can see are good for the story but this is the route I ended up going for but it won't be without drama as he will still struggle. As always we will see you next time for more.