I don't own Battle Force 5, which belongs to Mattel and Nerd Corps Entertainment.
When I was younger, I was bullied by a girl in Elementary School, who thought she and her friends found me an easy target to humiliate because my father disappeared to who-knows-where and my mother died. She made my childhood miserable until she was caught by a teacher for trying to steal a few of my personal belongings and expelled.
Since then, I've been afraid of women, and have ironically gained-wait for it-affections for both genders.
I know. Weird, isn't it? But now that I think of it, it could've been the reason why I wanted to do things alone. Saving the Multiverse included.
Being a member of the Battle Force 5 wasn't bad. It was through Sage's work did I meet someone who I thought would be the love of my life. Zoom Takazumi, our team's Scout. I kept my own feelings locked away, despite me wanting to act on them. I was worried that he wouldn't understand them. He's with Grace now. It's the price I pay for keeping it a secret.
One day, people in the diner began thinking that me and Agura were going to be boyfriend and girlfriend. I thought it was just a rumor and brushed it off for a fair few weeks.
I guess Agura must've believed it, because she confessed to me the night after Krytus was awakened!
I wanted to say "no way, José" and tell her that I was afraid of her gender and that I only thought of her as a friend. But then I saw them. I saw the prying eyes of people outside the diner, waiting to confirm what's been spread around.
Though I felt like an idiot, I said I loved her back. At the time, I was thinking what Stanford was probably thinking: why couldn't it be him?
So, my life pretty much went on in misery, what with a "girlfriend" in tow, and strange dreams of a man kissing me at night while I sleep. That is, until things changed during Stanford's birthday.