Undercover in a high school as two New Students. Sounds simple enough right? Well it was until they started making friends with the other students. Monday mornings were definitely more fun than every other week at Shin-Ra, Reno and Elena would get up, pull on whatever they could find clothes wise and go, meeting up with Alex, Ash and Kain on the way there and decide whether to actually go to school for first period or not. They joked around, acting like a bunch of kids and even though they were on an undercover mission, the Turks loved it. They began to lose sight of what they were sent there to do…

Two months before, Shin-Ra was notified that there was a possible bomb smuggling situation going on in Midgar's top end school. Careful investigation proved this to be truthful and Reno and Elena were sent in undercover to deal with the problem with caution. They still hadn't got around to actually finding out who was behind the whole situation. Mainly because whoever it was knew how to stay off the radar but also because they were simply being what they were undercover as…layabout kids. And this morning was No different…

"Yo Alex, Slow up"

The Redhead ran ahead of Elena, tapping the girl on the shoulder and she glanced back before turning, yanking headphones from her ears with a grin.

"Hey you two, Kain's decided to skip double art this morning so he's gone to the park, what ya got first?"

Elena joined the pair and answered Alex before Reno even opened his mouth…

"I've got physics and he has double drama"

"…which I'm deffo not going to, I'm gonna go meet up with Kain in the park, you coming?"

Alex weighed up her options and shrugged.

"Nah, better not, I got a maths test first and I can't miss another one…Elena?"

The blonde shook her head, patting Reno's arm before moving to stand beside Alex…

"I need to hand in my assessment so ditto on my part…see ya later though?"

The Redhead saluted the two and waved, turning back towards the park. The two girls watched him go then began walking to school. Alex flicked her long black hair over her shoulder and eyed the girl beside her with a smirk before darting forward and jumping up and down in front of her.

"Have you asked him out yet?"

The blonde stared at her with large, confused eyes and shook her head…

"Wha…what? Who?"

She began untangling her head phones as Alex continued to bounce ahead of the girl with a massive grin.

"Tall, skinny, weird tattoos and loooooong red hair"

The blonde's mouth fell open and her cheeks flushed scarlet, she brought her hands up to cover her face and cried out.

"WHAT? Reno…jeez no way, why the heck would I ever wanna date HIM?"

"Cuz every time I see you with him you always seem so happy…you smile a whole lot more and blush like mad if he hugs you or something…"

Elena let out a sigh and shrugged, shifting her school books across to her other arm before continuing to school…

"Yeah…but he doesn't like me in that way, anyhow, we have an assessment to hand in so we better hurry, it's quarter to now"

"AH CRAP!"

The pair darted off and school bells rung in the distance.

Rocks skimmed across the lakes clear surface, jumping three or four times before disappearing beneath the water and a triumphant laughter echoed across the lake.

"Four times, you owe me 5 gil carrot top"

"Ah whatever Kain, and it's RED!"

The Turk fished into his pocket and dumped a note into the boys waiting hand before dropping down and sitting. Kain shoved the note in his back pocket with a grin and sat down next to his friend, elbowing him in the side…

"What do ya reckon the girls are doing right now?"

Reno let out a quiet laugh and flopped back onto the grass, crossing his arms behind his head and shrugged.

"Probably getting whined at for being late, knowing Alex anyway but when I left them they had about 2 minutes to get there so…"

The pair laughed and Kain hauled himself up off the ground and wondered over to the edge of the lake.

"Yeah probably…so what's going on with you and Elena?"

"Huh?"

Kain smirked and glanced back over his shoulder at the Redhead as he sat up, eyeing Kain suspiciously.

"Oh come on, don't think I ain't noticed that you like her"

Reno laughed and looked down shaking his head…

"And what makes you think that?"

Kain spun round and held up his hand, counting off his fingers as he gave Reno a short list.

"1. You're always smiling, laughing, whatever around her, 2. When the other boys in class are trying it on with her or annoying her then you always get pissed and have a hissy fit at em, 3. If she gets upset and runs off then you never let anyone else go after her, heck Reno you follow her in the girls bathroom just to make sure she's ok…jeez even I wouldn't go in there unarmed, 4. You're always with her outside of school, you know just like hanging and stuff but we always meet up when you are together and 5. The way you look at her…when you think know one notices…you love her but you holding your feelings back, I don't know why and I ain't gonna try and get ya to tell me but Reno…"

He broke off shaking his head and looked down at the Redhead who had gone very quiet whilst Kain had been talking and he noticed a light blush tinting the older boy's cheeks. He sighed and sat down beside Reno, patting his shoulder in comfort and looked out across the waters still surface.

"Won't you feel better if you told her buddy?"

The Redhead shook his head, letting a half-hearted smile pass his lips briefly and Kain frowned.

"It wouldn't do any good even if I did…she probably doesn't even see me like that so I'm not planning on it…"

Kain shrugged and stood, helping Reno up before shoving his hand in his pockets and staring up at the sky, listening as the Redhead skipped another rock across the Lake.

"OK, I want all the Leftover assessments in by tomorrow, any questions?"

Silence fell across the classroom for the first time in the hour long lesson and the teacher sighed and waved towards the door…

"Very well, dismissed"

Chairs scraped across the floor and students filed through the door to enjoy their lunch break, Elena met Alex outside the door and headed for the cafeteria when a voice dragged their attention towards the stairwell, where Ash was stood smirking.

"Oi, if you're planning on meeting Reno and Kain you'll need to wait a while, Principal's got em in his office for hacking it earlier"

Alex scoffed whilst Elena raised an eyebrow at the younger boy…

"And why do you look so smug about that kid?"

"No reason, it's just I heard some of the stuff he was saying to them as I walked past his office a moment ago and I wanna go back and have a listen"

Elena rolled her eyes at the boy whilst Alex's sniggering became full blown laughter until someone cleared their throat and Ash's face fell.

"What was that short stuff?"

The trio looked up as Reno and Kain walked towards them. They looked like they'd had a good earful from their expressions but Reno lightened up a little when Elena smiled at him and Kain smirked.

"What did old Princy want?"

"Ah…the usual, how'd the assessment thing go?"

"All done for now"

"Finally, can we actually go see that movie now you don't have any more homework?"

Elena laughed and nodded, Reno smiled a little before joining her in laughter, ignoring the others for a moment when Kain interrupted them…

"Yo carrot top, where've your tattoos gone?"

Reno paused and looked across at Kain in confusion, registering what the blonde had just said before flushing even darker and shaking his head.

"Shut up idiot"

"Aww bless his cottons"

"NOT helping Ash"

Alex and Elena watched the boy's banter and rolled their eyes before walking off towards the cafeteria as originally planned, this grabbed the boy's attention quick enough and they darted after the pair…

"Hey, Laney don't leave me with these two bleached blonde numbskulls"

"Waah, Alex don't ditch or I'll tell mom"

"Oh grow up short stuff, and it ain't BLEACHED carrot top"

"Whatever dude, at least mines natural"

Kain elbowed the Redhead before shoving him towards Elena, he looked over his shoulder at the boy who simply nodded before crossing his arms behind his head, slowing his pace a little to meet the twins. The Turk nodded back and grabbed Elena's arm and linked his own with it in a friendly way, they'd been doing it for the past few weeks now but neither realised just how much the other really enjoyed this tiny gesture. Kain simply grinned and caught Alex's eye, leaving Ash clueless in between the two of them. They all grabbed their lunch and sat at a table outside to eat, talking about how their mornings had been.

"So Ash, double art…on your own…"

"No thanks to you…"

"Ah, I bet you loved it, sitting on your own at that table, with all the girls you could ask for…you know, the ones Reno never pays any attention to cus he's too busy thinking about… OUCH!"

Kain rubbed his arm, glaring at Reno from the corner of his eye, staring into the clear blue eyes that now looked back at him with such intensity it was almost frightening and he shut up but not before Elena heard his 'gossip' and perked up, tapping Reno's hand gently to get his attention.

"Thinking about…?"

The Redhead patted her hand before shifting, glaring at Kain before grinning back at the Blonde.

"…about how much pain I will inflict the next time I kick Kain's arse"

"Bring it carrot top"

"Maybe I will Barbie boy"

"I want ring side seats when this happens"

Elena laughed a little at the three boys before taking a sip of her drink and looking down, smiling a little when Alex rubbed her arm softly. Then Reno's phone rang and he stopped to get it out, Elena glanced up, becoming worried by his expression as he looked down at the screen and she moved round the table for a better look and her mouth fell open. They looked at each other with wide eyes as his phone continued to sing…

It had been about a month since they'd started this mission, and now Tseng was calling for an update. The pair looked at each other and Elena covered her face with her hand...
"We're so Screwed"