"So, should we like, come up with a code or something?" Virgil suggested as he sat with Eduardo and Tye on the bench while Newt leaned against the wall, watching Asami concentrate her energy, "I mean, there's gotta be some way we can talk to her!"

"I don't know, I've been doing just fine talking to her," Tye shrugged.

"Yeah, that's because you herd her around like some lost little lamb," Eduardo said, "How do you even know she likes that?"

Tye narrowed his eyes, "I would know if she didn't like it. I'm pretty good at reading people."

"Oh, is that why you're here?" Eduardo turned his head, smirking, "The person that kidnapped you must have seemed like such a nice guy."

"Hey, he got me from behind!" Tye exclaimed, standing up and clenching his fists, "I would have fought if I'd seen him first!"

"Whoa, whoa, guys!" Virgil waved his hands in front of them, "Hold up! Can we not fight right now? Jeez, this happens almost every time I try to bring this up. This is not a competition."

"Virgil, please tell me you're not that dense," Newt sighed.

"Stay out of this Newt," Tye said as he shoved his hands into his pockets and sat back down.

"Why should I?" the older boy frowned, "I don't see why you guys just can't ask Dr. Wilcox to get you a tutor to learn some Japanese. Or better yet, get her an English tutor. She can learn while you guys practice."

"Please, Wilcox wants her all to himself," Eduardo sneered, "He likes her the best and he definitely doesn't want us influencing her. When it comes to Asami, we're on our own."

"Still can't see why you can't just ask," Newt grumbled, directing his attention back to the training grounds. At this point Asami was trying to keep herself sustained in the air, but she only managed to stay afloat a second or two before the sonic rings gave out from under her.

"Naze kore wa totemo muzukashīdesu?" Asami said, her lips twisted into a pout.

"Sorede ī no yo, Asami-san," Dr. Wilcox smiled from behind the glass, "Mōikkai?"

"Hai," Asami replied and nodded. Before she took her stance, she glanced back at the bench and waved, smiling, "Kon'nichiwa asoko!"

"I know the first one!" Tye said, his excitement catching Newt not entirely off guard. He returned the wave, "Kon'nichiwa!"

Asami giggled and turned around, settling into her stance.

"What does it mean?" Eduardo tried to ask as nonchalant as possible, but Newt knew better by now.

"Means hello or good afternoon," Tye replied, not even bothering to look at him. His eyes were glued to Asami and it seemed like they were going to stay there for awhile.

"Man, don't you guys have girls at home?" Virgil chuckled, placing his hands behind his head. He looked up to the ceiling and his eyes clouded over, probably thinking about someone special back home.

Newt let out another long sigh as he stared at the bench of teenagers. Sure, he wasn't too much older, but had he been that bad and obvious when he was their age?

A vision of blonde hair and blue eyes flashed in front of him and a laugh that could pierce the sky surrounded him. And instead of thinking up ways to discipline the unruly boys, he wondered what she would think of all of this. It'd been almost a year since he'd seen her, leaving for Metropolis with her cousin just like that…

Kara.

He guessed when it came to love, men were fools at any age.

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Yeah, I ship Neutron and Supergirl in this universe. What'cha going to do about it? It came to me when I discovered Neutron was originally a Superman villain haha.