A new chapter! FFnet suddenly deleted my chapters 6-9, and a lot of reviews as well! Although they are still in my profile, so I don't really get it… I hope you can see this ;;

"Geez, you two! We're not waiting for you next time, you know."

Genis glared at our boys as they finally joined the rest of the group for dinner. Raine quietly joined them as well, managing to avoid raising suspicion about her being behind the boys' tent as everyone was focused on Genis' rant.

Lloyd laughed nervously and sat down. "Ah, yeah, I'm sorry."

Genis raised an eyebrow. "You're sorry? Usually you make up excuses for being late."

"They're not excuses! Everything really happened!"

Genis rolled his eyes. "Last time you said you had to save Noishe from a giant dinosaur."

"Err…" Lloyd raked his brain for a way to deny that. "It was really true! Kind of…"

Zelos sighed. "Does it matter? We're here now, brat, so shut up already."

Genis turned to look at him suspiciously. "You're both acting weird. In fact, I think you two are up to something! The only reason why Lloyd wouldn't make up excuses would be because he was late because of something he doesn't want me to know!"

Lloyd turned crimson and sputtered something. Zelos twitched slightly and quickly diverted the attention from him buddy. "You're paranoid, kid. And now you're the one causing the food to get even colder."

Genis blinked and turned to look at the food. "Shut up, I- Oh, you're right…"

"Of course I am."

Genis shot him one last glare before beginning to load food onto their plates, muttering something about idiot chosens.

Most people then dismissed it as one of Zelos' antics and continued to dinner.

After dinner everyone decided to go back into their tents since it was so cold. Raine made for the boys' tent to get her book back, but was beaten to it by Sheena, who grabbed Zelos by his collar as he tried to enter the tent after Lloyd.

"Hey, idiot!"

"Yes my vol- Errm, Sheena?"

Sheena raised an eyebrow at him swallowing back 'voluptuous hunnie'. "You and Lloyd have been acting weird, just like Genis said. You better not be up to anything, you hear me?!"

"Ah! Yes, I hear you!" Zelos whined as she shook him violently.

Sheena nodded and dropped him. "Good. If I find out you've done something to Lloyd…" She shot him one last glare. "You're dead meat."

Zelos smiled nervously and nodded. "I- I'll keep it in mind!"

Sheena then turned and stalked of to her own tent.

Zelos gulped and quickly continued inside.

"Hmm? Zelos, what happened?"

Zelos pouted at his hunnie. "Sheena was mad for no reason, and nearly strangled me!"

Lloyd looked at him suspiciously. "Are you sure it was for no reason?"

Zelos nodded indignantly. "In case you hadn't noticed, I haven't flirted with her all day! Or with any of the others, for that matter."

Lloyd smiled. "Yes. I'd noticed." He trailed his fingers along the red marks that were now slowly appearing on Zelos' neck. "Would you like me to ask Raine for some crème for those?"

"No need for that, Lloyd, I brought some along after I saw Sheena shaking Zelos up." Raine said as she crawled into the tent.

The boys jumped. "Ah! Professor!"

Zelos grinned nervously and caught the bottle she threw him. Lloyd tried to slip her book in the sleeping bag, but Raine grabbed his wrist.

"I'll take that back, thank you Lloyd."

Lloyd paled and handed her the book. Zelos glared at her. "Miss Raine. This is massage oil."

Raine grinned at him. "Yes, it is."

Zelos' glare intensified. "You know, we read your book."

Raine nodded. "Yes, I saw. You really shouldn't steal stuff, you know."

"You really shouldn't spy on people either." Lloyd said. Raine sweatdropped.

"It's… Research."

"No it's not! You're just trying to play matchmaker, you sick fangirl!"

Raine turned and blinked at Zelos' outburst. "Even if that would be the case, why are you so angry about it?"

Zelos blushed "A-Anyone would be angry about being spied on!"

Raine hmm'd suspiciously. They sat in awkward silence for a while.

"So, err, professor, are you going to stop spying on us now?"

"Of course not! I must continue observing until my research is complete."

Lloyd sweatdropped. "And… When would that be?"

Raine was silent for a moment. "Why, it will never be as long as long as you two are interacting."

Lloyd face faulted. "So that means you're going to be spying on us for the rest of our lives?!" He groaned, annoyed.

"If you're planning to spend the rest of your life with Zelos, then yes."

"Ah…" Lloyd glanced at Zelos, feeling heat rise to his cheeks again. Raine grinned madly.

Zelos smiled sweetly at Lloyd, and then turned to glare at Raine.

"If you're going to spy on us, fine, just keep that book safe so no one reads it, and stop playing matchmaker."

Raine cowered back slightly at his evil glare and nodded. "I, err…" Then, en evil smirk appeared on her face. "Okay, I will. Then, I'll leave you two to each other now."

She then dashed out of the tent, clutching her book and laughing madly.

Zelos blinked, slightly put off by her behavior. "Woa. I'd fully expected her to refuse it… That smile didn't bode much good…"

Zelos blushed slightly as Lloyd looked at him curiously. "What? It was a scary smile."

Lloyd nodded absently. "It was… But Zelos, why are you so angry? You just told her it was fine for her to spy on us, so then why are you mad."

Zelos huffed, pouted and crossed his arms, looking every bit an angry child. "Because, if someone is playing matchmaker on me that would imply that the great Zelos needs help getting who he wants! And I don't!"

Lloyd was silent for a while, before bursting out with laughter. Zelos looked at him, feigning hurt. "Lloydie! Don't laugh at me!"

Lloyds' laughter succumbed to snickers and finally he crawled into the sleeping bag, motioning for Zelos to join him, who gladly obliged. "Don't blame me for laughing when you're being so… you."

Zelos sobbed fakely. "You're so harsh, Lloyd."

Lloyd laughed softly as he cuddled up to Zelos. "How about I make up for it by tending to your poor neck?"

Zelos looked thoughtful for a moment. "But not with that oil Raine gave us." His expression changed to one that radiated naughtiness as he fished a bottle from his bag. "Use this instead."

Lloyd turned an interesting purple as he read the label on the bottle Zelos handed him.

Ah, what is in the bottle, I wonder…? By the way, that you can't see the reviews doesn't mean I can't, either! I hope, at least... Reviews fuel my writing powers, so keep it up!