I do not own Hot Wheels Battle Force 5. That is owned by Mattel and Nerd Corps Entertainment.


Growling in disgust, Agura looked around the dress shop. The walls were a tan color, the ceiling tiled with lights on them. Gowns and dresses lined the walls, some mannequins were near the red fitting room stalls, and she walked around on the blue carpeted floor.

She was pissed that Vert left her to shop alone. One minute, they were looking at gowns for her to wear. The next thing she knew, he was gone. He'd been avoiding her ever since she confessed to him and it annoyed her.

Now that she thought about it...did he even feel the same way about her?

She thought back to when she had Spinner find out what Vert was doing because he kept denying her offers for a date. Sure enough, he caught photos of him and Tezz having casual conversation at a restaurant. On one of the pictures, the way they looked seemed...flirty to them.

It took all of her restraint to tell him that it was nothing. Vert and Tezz were only acquaintances, or at least, that's what she believed. Lovers would never cheat on each other, especially if someone with the same gender was advancing on one of them.

Or would they?

Soon realizing that she was being paranoid, she picked out a yellow-green gown to wear and took it to the fitting room to try on.


At a store with brown walls, a wooden floor, and various suits, Vert breathed a sigh of relief, plopping his rear down on a bench. Sure, it was rude, but seeing all those dresses and Agura's occasional disgusted looks made him want to get out of there before her fuse went short.

"Captain?"

Vert looked up to find Tezz staring down at him, a calculator in one of his hands. "Ran off from your 'girlfriend' again?" Tezz asked.

"You read my mind," he replied.

"Vert, may I ask you a question?" Tezz requested.

"Ask away," Vert told him.

"Why do you avoid Agura in terms of casual interaction?"

"She's in love with me, but I don't want to be involved in a relationship with her. As weird as it sounds, I like you."

"Er…"

"And that's one of the reasons," he finished, pointing at him with a playful smile on his face.

'He's cute when he's trying to figure things out,' he thought.

The sound of a phone ringing brought him out of his reverie and when he took it out he sighed at the name on the ID. He flipped it open and brought it to his ear. No sooner did he say "hello" did he have to move the phone away from his ear. Tezz sighed upon hearing her rant. He wondered when the cycle he was trapped in was going to break.

If he didn't do something about it soon, it would mean disaster. And Tezz didn't want petty things to break the team dynamic the Battle Force 5 have.