Mother Base, The Base of Operations for Big Boss' Mercenary Group, Militaires Sans Frontières…

The sun rises as Chico and Amanda fish for their breakfast.

"Dammit! We've been here for an hour and we still haven't had a nibble," Amanda shouted, angered by the fact they haven't caught any fish.

Amanda noticed that Chico hasn't said anything in a while, which is a surprise to her as she knows that her little brother isn't quiet or patient.

"Wow, Chico, I'm surprised," said Amanda. "You're actually taking the no fish thing pretty well."

Chico's head suddenly began to bob back and forth and he started to snore.

"No wonder," Amanda chuckled.

Amanda then noticed Chico's fishing rod violently shake and Amanda tried shaking him awake. Chico woke up and asked, "Did we catch a fish yet?"

"No, but we can if you reel in the one attached to your line," said Amanda.

Chico noticed his rod shaking and tried to reel in his catch.

"Wow! This fish sure is putting up a tough fight!" said Chico. "It must be a big one!"

Chico reeled in his catch and was surprised to find out that the fish was only 5 inches long. Chico sighed as Nuke approached him and eyeing the fish he caught. Chico gave Nuke the fish and smiled as Nuke happily ate the fish. Chico went back to fishing until he heard someone from behind ask, "Hi, Chico, how's the fishing going?"

Chico turned around and was surprised to find Paz behind him. His cheeks turned red as he stared at her cute and innocent face, causing Paz to worry.

"Are you okay, Chico?" asked Paz.

Chico snapped back to reality and answerd with, "I-I'm fine and the fishing going great. I just caught a fish that was about as big as un oso gigante."

Paz giggled and asked, "So where is the oso gigante fish?"

"W-Well, after I reeled it in, we engaged in a fight of epic proportions," said Chico. "I was winning, but unfortunately it escaped at the last moment."

Paz continued to giggle, which confused Chico until he realized why she was laughing.

"You saw the fish I really caught didn't you?," asked Chico.

"Yep," said Paz.

"And you saw me struggle for it too, right?"

"Mm-hmm. Well, I'll just leave you two to your fishing. Bye Chico. Bye Amanda."

Paz walked away and Chico sighed again.

"Great, I finally get a chance to talk to her and I make up a silly story," said Chico.

"You are kind of good at that," Amanda chuckled.

"This isn't a joke, Amanda! For all I know, she thinks I'm just a little kid!"

"But you are a little kid."

"I got to find a way to impress her!"

"Wait, you were just talking about her seeing you as a little kid. How's impressing her going to change how she views you?"

"Forget about that. I gotta focus on impressing her."

"Well, if you want to impress her, you can give her a gift."

"A gift? That's a great idea! Thanks sis! You're the best!"

Chico ran off, leaving Amanda to wonder, "I wonder what he'll get the peace loving high schooler on a mercenary base in the middle of the Caribbean."

Amanda shrugged and thought, "I'm sure he'll figure something out."

20 minutes later at the mess hall…

"I can't figure out what to get Paz!" Chico shouted.

As Chico panicked over his situation, Cecile walked up him and asked what was wrong.

"Nothing's wrong. I'm just trying to find out what I could give Paz as a gift," said Chico.

"You know, Chico, a good way to win a women's heart is through her stomach," said Cecile.

"I thought that was the way to win a man's heart."

"I believe that it's possible for men to do it too."

"Well, I can't cook, so… do you have any other ideas?"

"You could always get something from the MSF gift shop."

"Cecile… MSF doesn't have a gift shop."

"Oh right… You know, now that I think about it, it wouldn't hurt for this place to have a gift shop."

"Cecile, I don't think a mercenary base needs a gift shop."

"Of course it needs a gift shop. Imagine it Chico, MSF themed products that can be sold for reasonable prices. Whenever we have visitors, they'll go to the gift shop and be surprised at all the wonderful things they could buy. And then one day we could start a chain of MSF stores around the world, which would turn MSF into one of the best known mercenary companies in the world."

"But MSF is the only mercenary company in the world. Although I would admit that a gift shop would help fund operations here."

"See? It is a splendid idea!. I think I'll tell Monsieur Miller about it right now."

Cecile ran out of the mess hall, leaving Chico to wonder if Miller would agree with her idea. A few minutes passed until Chico realized that Cecile didn't give him any ideas. Chico walked to Dr. Strangelove's lab and found her working on Metal Gear ZEKE's AI pod. Chico walked up to her and asked what she was doing. Strangelove turned around and was surprised to find Chico in her lab.

"Oh, it you, Chico," said Strangelove. "What do you need?"

"Strangelove, do you know what I can give a girl for a gift?," asked Chico.

"I should, considering I'm female. Just tell me who the girl is and I'll think of something."

"It's Paz."

Chico noticed Strangelove's expression change and she told him, "Sorry, I can't help you there."

"But…," Chico stammered.

"Chico, I'm very busy right now. I don't have time to be involved in your attempt to impress Paz. Now please leave."

A confused and slightly annoyed Chico left the lab and ran into Huey.

"Hey, Chico, what were you doing in Strangelove's lab?" asked Huey.

"I was asking her for help on something, but she said no," Chico explained. "Wait a minute… Hey Huey…"

Chico stopped himself from asking Huey for help as soon as he realized who he was talking to.

"What is it, Chico?" asked Huey.

"Nothing," said Chico. "I'll see you later."

Chico ran off, leaving Huey very confused.

"I don't think Huey can help me in this kind of situation," Chico thought to himself. "He has a hard time just looking at the girl he likes."

Suddenly, Chico ran into Kazuhira Miller and fell on to his back.

"Whoa! What's the rush, Chico?" asked Kaz.

Chico stood up and explained what he was trying to accomplish.

"A gift, huh? You know Cecile just told me that MSF should have a gift shop. Anyway if you really want to impress Paz, you should give her the gift of song," Kaz suggested.

"You want me to serenade her?" asked Chico.

"Sure. You can confess your love to her and impress her at the same time."

Chico wasn't so sure that was a good idea which meant that there was only one thing he could ask.

"Uh, Kaz…?," asked Chico.

"Yes?" said Kaz.

"Where's Snake?"

Moments later, Chico ran into the shooting range where he found Snake testing out a prototype Arms Material Gun.

"Wow! Snake, where did you get that gun from?!" asked an astonished Chico.

"It's a new gun the guys at the R&D team made," said Snake. "Anyway, what brings you down here Chico?"

"I need your help, Snake. I've been running around Mother Base asking people for gift ideas for Paz but no one's been able to help."

"No one?"

"Cecile tried to but she soon went off topic. I then went to Strangelove, but she's Strangelove."

"I understand that."

"I ran into Huey, but I didn't think he'd be much help. I also ran into Miller but his plan is guaranteed to get me laughed at."

"Did he tell you to serenade her?"

"Yep. Snake, you're the only one left who can help me."

"I'm not really the kind of person to come to when it comes to love."

"Please, Snake!"

"Well, uh, why don't you make her something?"

"Make her something? Like what?"

"Well, think about what Paz likes."

Chico took a moment to think about what Paz would like and got an idea.

"I got it!" said Chico. "Snake, can I go to the R&D department to make my gift?"

Snake grinned and said, "Sure."

The next day, Paz was petting Nuke on the main deck, until Chico drowsily approached her.

"Are you okay, Chico?" asked Paz. "You look like you didn't get any sleep last night."

"I didn't" said Chico. "Anyway, Paz, I know it's been hard for you lately, with the whole Peace Walker thing forcing you out of your school and forcing you to stay on a mercenary base, so I thought I make you something to cheer you up."

Chico pulled a locket out of his pocket and handed it to Paz.

"Oh, Chico, it's beautiful," said Paz.

"Open it up," said Chico.

Paz opened the locket and found a picture of the peace sign on one side and a picture of Snake, Kaz, Chico, Amanda, Cecile, Strangelove, Huey, and herself on the other side.

"Chico, I love it," said Paz.

"I'm glad," Chico said before yawning. "One sleepless night was worth it."

Paz walked to Chico and kissed him on the cheek, causing his face to turn bright red. Paz walked off and as soon as she was out of sight, Chico fainted. Amanda walked up to her unconscious brother and smiled.

"I guess she liked you're gift, huh, Chico?" said Amanda.

Amanda picked Chico up and decided to take him to his room for some much needed sleep.