*sigh*Finally I've finished this story...It took me days to finish this. Well, this is my very first Type-0 Fanfic. hope you guys like it! Enjoy! ^^ and please don't forget to leave a review! Thanks!

Chapter I

~Stupid Love Bug~

First Day of School

"Hey Eight, who's that girl from earlier? " Nine asked. It's their lunch break and they're at the school's park.

"Er…" Eight got quite confused on Nine's question and tried to remember when in the world did he get together with a girl? It's not Cater he swear, he's too shy to be with her. Cater is his long time crush since their freshman year. Then he suddenly remembered that early morning, he accompanied his girl classmate back from grade school that transferred here on their academy, Peristylium Suzaku. And he's glad about it, he get a chance to be school mates with her again though, sadly, they're not classmates. And they're already on their senior in high school, so it means that he will not be able to get a chance to be classmates with her again. Then he realized that Nine just asked him about this girl, a malice thought run in his mind. 'hhm…I wonder if Nine got a small type on that girl'He hid a mischievous smile and looked at Nine, trying to hide that smile. "Well, are you just talking about the girl I am with this morning?"

Nine nodded casually. "Yeah"

"The girl with short silver hair?"

"Yeah"

"The cute one I am with?"

Nine felt irritated "Yeah, who else? Is there any girl who's with you this morning?"

Eight was quite surprised at his sudden burst of slight irritation. "Are you irritated?"

"Er…Not really. What's her name?"

"Why do you want to know?" He is still controlling the mischievous smile; he wants to see how long will Nine keep his secret crush with his former classmate. 'Why can't he just spit it out?' Eight thought.

Nine gulped, not letting Eight notice his sudden sweating, then he became irritated "Do you really need a reason? Is it wrong to know her name? I mean she is our new school mate. You know me; I know all the names of our school mates."

"It's because you're nosy." Eight snorted. But, his best friend is right, there's not at least a single name he doesn't know among their schoolmates.

"What did you just said?"

"Well, I said her name's Seven."

"S-seven?"

"Yeah, what's wrong with that? You're name's Nine, I'm Eight then she's Seven."

Nine just sighed, when Eight suddenly screamed. "Aw!"

Nine felt confused. "Why?"

Eight scratched his head "Er..n-nothing." Then he laughed sheepishly. Nine get his chance to escape, he simply leave Eight there for his friends not to get suspicious anymore about why he asked the girl's name.

"Stupid!" Eight and Nine cursed at the same time. Nine is already on their classroom, while Eight is still standing there at the school's park.

Eight thought 'Really stupid! You should've played around a little, Eight. You shouldn't have told him her name yet. Really stupid!'

While Nine thought. 'Damn why did I forgot to ask about what's his connection with Seven? And on why they're together. '

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Next Day of School

"Hey Machina! You know the new girl here? The girl I am with, yesterday morning?" Eight whispered to Machina. They're walking together going to their own classrooms. Machina is leaning his ear closely to Eight. Then he turned at him. "Yeah actually we're classmates. Her name's Seven, right?"

Eight nodded. "Yeah."

"Well, what's about her? You like her?"

"N-no…no…Yesterday, Nine had asked me about her. Well, her name specifically. And my instinct's telling me that Nine have a liking to her."

"And you are jealous?"

Eight didn't expect it. "No. I mean his excuse was—well 'it's natural for him to ask her name, because we know that he knows all the names of our schoolmates'."

"What's your point Eight? Why don't you just tell me that you also like her and you're jealous?"

"Tch! It's not the point. What I'm about to tell you will be our dirty little secret. I don't believe Nine's excuses about 'it's natural for him to ask her name' and whatsoever. I know he has some 'thing' for her. And I'm gonna take a look on that. I'll keep an eye on him." Eight's eyes narrowed.

Machina rubbed his chin. "hhhmmm…Well, I'm intrigued suddenly. I get your point now." He turned at Eight then his expression turned to curiousness. "But are you sure you don't like her too?"

Eight rolled his eyes. "…For the nth time NO."

Then Eight went in his classroom, leaving Machina at the corridor.

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Lunch Break

Machina, Eight and Jack were sitting at a round bench beside the school's garden. They're talking about Nine having a liking to the transfer, Seven.

"Wow, that's kinda interesting. Nine is known as a stupid guy, which is true. I didn't expect that he's also into girls and all, or I didn't know he is even thinking about them." Jack laughed out loud at his own joke. Then Eight and Machina chuckled. Well, Jack has a point. And he added. "Now, I just realized, yeah, I can't imagine Nine courting a girl?" Then the three guys burst out laughing, when Nine appeared.

"Having a fun time, eh?" Nine sat beside Eight. Then the three kept quiet.

"Well, is it wrong to have fun?" Machina said.

"No, It's just…How about you share it with me?" Nine smiled showing off his teeth. With that the three boys had their palms sweating.

Eight was the one who spoke, smiling sheepishly. "Well, it's not that necessary."

Nine slightly pouted. "Hmmm…"

Then fortunately, Eight saw something interesting and an idea went in his mind. "Hey Nine, look! Here comes Seven." He pointed from afar. Seven is walking with her new girl friends, Sice, Queen, Cinque, Deuce and Cater.

Nine turned his attention instantly to where Seven was and said, boringly. "So what's about her?" though his attention didn't move away from her. As he was busy looking at Seven, Eight, Machina and Jack is observing him and smiling mischievously to each other, throwing that smile at Nine.

Jack whispered. "See? Nine really has no brain, he didn't even know what he saw from that girl." Then the three snickered. And Eight said to Nine. "Er..Well she's beautiful, right?" Jack nudged Eight on the side, snickering still. "Jerk." Jack snorted. Eight just smiled. Machina can't stop from snickering but quietly.

"Well, kind of." Nine is still staring at her direction.

While on the other hand….

Cinque nudged Queen slightly on the side. "Hey Queen look, Nine is staring at our direction. I bet he's gazing at you." She whispered, keeping her eyes from Nine, for him not to notice that they're talking about him. Queen shivered inwardly and whispered as she took a glance at Nine, "Shut up Cinque. You're disgusting." Sice made a disgusting whistle, more like mocking. "…Queen, Queen, why don't you just admit you also find Nine cute."

Queen shuddered more, but visible this time which cause the girls to giggle at her reaction. "Shut up girls. There's no way in hell I'd like him. I mean, he's idiot. He doesn't even reach my standards."

"Hhhmmm…" Deuce spoke, her eyes far away. "How about King? I mean he likes you right? And he's good, kind and nice and your names are even compatible, 'King and Queen'." She emphasized.

The girls exchange glances and nod to each other. "Yeah."

"Deuce has a very bright point." Cater said, grinning. Then King is walking to their direction and smiled gently at Queen and away. The girls giggled except for Seven who's just quiet and smiling. Queen smiled embarrassedly "Stop it please. Why don't you just sneak in Seven's life? She's all but quiet." Queen turned at Seven's attention. Seven shyly smiled. "Oh, there's nothing really interesting in my life."

"There is." Cinque said. Seven looked at Cinque and found that all the girls' attentions are on her. She gulped. And Cinque asked. "Who's your guy crush?" They stopped walking, turning to Seven and waited for her answer.

Seven felt more nervous. "Er… I don't have any...for now"

Sice leaned closer "Hhm…Really?"

Seven nodded. "Yeah."

"How about Nine?" Deuce asked.

Seven sheepishly smiled. "Why always Nine? Maybe you guys are the ones who like him."

Queen clapped. "Exactly Seven!"

Then they all looked at Deuce. Deuce sighed. "…Enough of that. The better conclusion is, no girls will ever like Nine." Then she walks ahead of them. And the girls giggled at what Deuce said, following behind her.

"I'll take that as a fact, Deuce" Sice said. Seven just quietly followed behind, smiling. Then she took a glance at Nine then away.

Nine's heart stopped beating. 'D-did she just stare back at me?' Then he's still following her by his eyes until she's nowhere to be seen. Then as he turned his attention back at his friends, he found them looking at him meaningfully. Even though their lips are not curved up, he could clearly see the smile on their eyes. He gulped but still keeping his coolness. "What?"

Eight smiled, pursing his lips. Then he closed his eyes ad opened them looking at him sharply. Nine felt nervous by the way he stares at him. Eight raised his eyebrows up and down playfully, once. "You like her, right?"

Nine gulped. "W-who's her?"

Jack said playing innocent, looking up like he's thinking of something. "Hhhmm…Well, her name is my favorite number." Then he looks back at Nine with a very creepy smile, which cause Nine's heart to beat more faster.

"Is it Seven, Jack?" Machina turned to Jack, playing an innocent one too.

"Wow! Tsk! Machina you got it right! How'd you know it?"

Nine felt slightly irritated. "Are you guys making fun of me?"

"Oh no, no we're not."Eight placed his hands on his shoulders. "We just want you to admit."

"Why don't you just admit that you like her?" Jack said.

"Her?" Nine said, still trying to play dumb.

"My favorite number, idiot." Jack felt slightly irritated.

And Nine quietly said. "Seven."

"At last, he mentioned her name." Eight grinned and it's very refreshing.

Nine's cheek became a shade of pink. "Shut up guys! No, I d-don't." But instead his friends smiled more creepily. Nine's face flushed more. "W-what?"

"We don't believe you." Eight said.

Nine can't believe his friends; he looked to each of them. "Y-you guys are so mean. What do you mean by 'we'?"

Machina crossed his arms. "Simply, we don't believe you."

"Anyway, don't you trust us?" Jack said. Nine can't take his friends pushiness, which make him flushed even more in embarrassment. "A-am I that obvious?"

"Well, actually, yes." Eight said. Then they stayed quiet for a while. Nine can't look at his friends but his friends are waiting for his answer. Waiting for him to admit it. Nine is kind of confused about the looks of his friends. "W-what is it again this time?"

"Still not gonna admit it?" Jack smiled, mischievously.

Nine gulped, still not looking at them. "W-well no…I mean, I already said no." He really can't look straightly at his friends anymore. He's too shy to admit it. He never liked a girl before. Well, he's just attracted but didn't mean that he already likes her. But now is totally different, he's not just attracted but also 'he likes her'. He always wants to see her, and she can make his heart pound in a very different way, even if she just stare or glance at him. Just like what happened earlier, she met his gaze and he met hers. And wow, she could even make his day. Then his daydreaming soon interrupted as he noticed his friends snickering. He frowned. "What's funny?"

Jack teasingly, said. "You're flushing by yourself." Then the three can't help but to burst out laughing. Nine's face became redder in embarrassment. "Shut up please! You guys are really mean."

"You're still not saying yes. "Machina said, smiling.

"Okay…okay… I still don't know." Nine lowered his head more. Well, it's true, he really doesn't know. This feeling is very new to him.

Machina raised an eyebrow. "Y-you don't know?"

"Y-yeah."

Eight said. "Why you didn't know?"

"I don't know why I don't know…" Nine finally look up at his friends. "I mean, this is new. I can't understand myself." Then he sighed and realized one thing. 'Why am I denying it? It's too obvious even to me that I like her. But it's so fast; I just saw her yesterday and now this? I got a …c-crush on her?' He can't even say the word. The three notice his quietness and he seems in a very deep thought and Jack decided to interrupt him. "Ooohhh…you really like my favorite number, huh?"

Nine felt slightly irritated with him saying favorite number and favorite number again and again. He mocked. "Will you stop saying your favorite number? Why can't you mention her name?"

"Well, my favorite number is…Eight." Jack paused. Eight was surprised at what he heard. "W-what?"

Nine can't take his irritation. "Ugh! Enough." He ruffled his hair by his two hands, because of irritation. "You're just making me more confused." Then he huffed and stood and decided to leave them.

"It's not a good joke, Jack. It's gross." Eight said, shivering as Nine left.

"I thought your favorite number is Seven." Machina turned to Jack. Jack smiled showing his teeth. "I'm just kidding Eight. But I noticed Nine changed a bit, huh?"

"Change?" Eight said and he exchange glances with Machina.

"Change? In terms of what?" Machina asked.

Jack thought about it. "Hhhmmm…Well, I think, nothing about him has changed. He's still the stupid Nine we knew. Besides… it's just first day of school. Let's wait for the next days to come." He smiled at them.

Eight and Machina chuckled and said at the same time. "Right."

"Now I wonder, where did Nine go?" Jack looked sideways. Machina and Eight shrugged with a smile on their faces.

To be continued...

Well, what do you think? haha..I really love Nine and Seven together, though I have many guys I like with Seven. maybe all the class zero guys except for King. xP...I just see them as friends.

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