This is super short and more of a look into characters' thoughts than a story.
Nylock's comment came as a bit of a surprise. Kirbopher had never noticed how excited he became whenever Alpha logged on. He just wanted to fight him and hang out, that wasn't anything special, was it?
Was it?
Alpha had Flamey anyways, they were all chummy together. Together… Thinking about them together made his stomach burn. Was he seriously jealous? He shouldn't be sticking his nose in their business, he had no right to. He was lying to Alpha, to all of them. He had a job to do, a very important job at that. But, with Alpha infected with the virus, wasn't Alpha his job too?
It was all very confusing. He wasn't sure how Kizuna saw all of this; he had a feeling that it was negative. If he did have feelings for Alpha, he would just have to push it aside and focus on the task at hand.
Maybe he shouldn't have become friends with everyone in the first place.
Kirb had become more distant lately. He wasn't sure why and it really bothered him. Did he not battle him enough before? Was he spending too much time with Flamey and ignoring his other friends? He couldn't bear the thought of losing Kirb, he was the first person that he met on TOME! Was it something that he said? He wondered why Kirb hadn't said anything...
He always opted out of hacker business… Maybe he didn't want to take part in such dangerous activities. He still felt awful about that time that he hurt Kirb when he lost control. Was Kirb afraid of him? Oh no! That would be awful! He didn't want to lose such a good friend.
Maybe all those other people were right; maybe he was just too different to keep friends.