Naru: Yo peeps. I felt the need to do this, don't make fun of me for it, shut the hell up and read.

Ben: Lay off the strawberry poprocks.

Naru: It's not strawberry poprocks, It's root beer. :3

Mating season in a bottle, Side story.


"So where are you staying, Albedo?" Cameron asked the doppelganger as they walked to Mr. Smoothies after the movie night they had with Ben, Kevin, Gwen, and Julie.

"An abandoned factory not too far from here."

Cameron scrunched his face, "Really? There's like, a million hazards in those kinds of places. How do you sleep?"

"I sleep outside most nights." Albedo just shrugged, "Watching the stars is what drives me to go home. But when I look back, I realize I can't. I can't change back to my normal self at all now. All traces of my previous DNA have already been erased, so I would never be accepted back. Azmuth made damn sure of that."

Cameron stopped walking, "Well, maybe you could stay?"

Albedo looked back at the boy, "What do you mean?"

Cameron grabbed both of the other boy's hands, "I mean, stay on Earth! With me and the others! You could stay with me, I'm sure my parents would love to have you!"

Albedo's pale cheeks turned a slight pink, "... Maybe just temporarily, I'll try to contact Azmuth to see if they'd accept me."

Cameron gave a small smile, "I guess that's good enough. Is there anything you need? I can help carry it."

"Not much. Just a single change of clothes and a multi-tool."

Cameron pulled Albedo into a hug, "Thanks, I get so lonely at home, mom and dad are always gone."

Albedo patted the half Anodite's back cautiously. "Yes, um, if you wouldn't mind, please let go. I still don't like physical contact."

Cameron let go sadly, "Sorry man. I'm kind of clingy so I guess that'll help get you used to it easier."

Albedo scoffed and held out his hand, "If it'll make you feel better, I'm already used to holding hands. Being arrested as many times as I have, I've had to."

Cameron grinned his usual idiot grin as he held onto the white hair's hand.


"Alright. This is my room." Cameron motioned to a blue door. "It's kind of messy, but that's normal."

The door was opened and a small room with a desk, a queen-sized bed, and a dresser was revealed. The walls were a peach tint and the bed had blue comforters. The bed was made, nothing was on the floors and posters hung around the room neatly, of course some of them had half-naked girls and guys.

"You call this a mess? Azmuth's lab, now THAT'S a mess." Albedo said.

Cameron flopped onto his bed, "Really? I haven't dusted in months. And uh- the bed might smell funny."

Albedo raised an eyebrow, "Why would that be?"

"Oh yeah, he, you're not originally human. I'm kinda glad you didn't get that joke."

The boy's red eyes rolled, this hybrid boy was such an idiot at times. He'd probably invite Vilgax inside his home for tea and cookies and have himself killed within a few minutes. "You're an odd one."

"YOU'RE an odd one."

The Galvan looked at the Anodite, his stupid grin plastered across his face yet again, he's heard a few teens doing this on the streets "You're a perverse imbecile."

"YOU'RE a perverse imbecile."

Albedo ignored Cam and looked at a painting on his wall. It was of a night sky with a blonde haired boy and a white haired boy sitting side by side on a hill looking up at the creasant moon. "This is beautiful..."

"You're beautiful." Cam said quickly. Albedo turned to look at the boy quickly with a red face. Cam had realized what he said, "Oh, man, I didn't- well I did mean it but it was more of a-a reflex at that point. Jeez I'm such an IDIOT!" Cam held his head and curled up on himself.

Albedo's face matched his jacket. His hand scratched the back of his head and he was lecturing himself over feeling embarrassed over something as simple as that, "I-It's fine."

Cam uncurled enough to look at Albedo, then enough to sit on his knees on his bed, leaning towards Albedo. "... Can I kiss you?" The blonde took the other's silence as a yes and leaned farther in to where their lips met. Both relaxed as they pulled away.

"What is this 'kiss' supposed to mean?" Albedo asked as his body instinctively turned red around the ears.

"It's a show of affection." Cam said happily.

Albedo blushed yet again, "So humans are capable of loving the same gender?"

"Yeah, teens call it 'swinging for the same team'. The scientific term is homosexual though."

The white-hair sighed, "That explains why your race is known as one of the most stubborn. You refuse to evolve once you got comfortable and you have found ways to decrease your population without actually killing people."

"And? If humans like their life and someone else tries to change it they revolt. It happened when Galileo tried to tell everyone that the sun was the center of our galaxy instead of earth. He pissed off everybody and they had him killed. After a few more scientists followed after him they finally began to believe him and put his only remaining finger in a museum." Cam looked back at Albedo, "What were we talking about?"

"Kissing?"

Cameron smirked, "Don't mind if I do!" Cameron stole another quick kiss.

Albedo growled, "You idiot."

Cameron shrugged, "I've been called that by almost everyone. Ben does too, but it normally follows one of my stupid jokes, none the less he still laughs. I liked his laugh, still do really..."

'So I'll just be a replacement.' Albedo thought depressingly. "I see."

"But I like you because you didn't push me away when I hung onto you at first. You even tried to make me feel better when I was down." Cam sighed. and just as Albedo was beginning to feel sympathy for him he shouted, "So you letting me sleep with you or do I take the floor?"

Albedo looked at the boy for a moment, "What do you mean?"

"I'm letting you take the bed."

Albedo sighed, "I'm not stealing your bed."

"... So I get to sleep with you?" Cam said happily.

"No, as your guest I'm taking the floor." Albedo stood up. Only to have Cam stand up and block his way.

"As your host, I say that the floor is not available for you to sleep on."

Albedo groaned, "Fine, we'll sleep together."

Cameron wrapped his arms around the doppelganger and flopped them both on the bed. Cameron was giggling madly and clinging to the other while Albedo was just trying to figure him out.