Konichiw~achoo! *rubs nose* running down with this stupid cold. Here's the 12th chapter! Sorry for the I-don't-know-how-many-days-wait! Enjoy or not~

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-Two days later-

Remember the time when Rhionne said that Gazel would rather talk about it tomorrow? Well, the idea didn't really work as much as it was said. What happened yesterday? Gazel spent his whole time staying in bed cause he had a really runny nose because of all the crying he did. So the two friends thought of waiting for Gazel to recover from his cold… kinda ironic. The ice captain of Diamond Dust catches a cold? But the good thing was that the snow-haired boy recovered very quickly from things like these, he was very immune to them…of course for someone like him.

Today was the Genesis match, the worst day ever for the captains of the master rank. They hated to watch the match between Genesis and Raimon, but unluckily, Kira tells them to observe—no other words. So, all the so-called "aliens" settled at a clean cave with a big screen in front of them. Seats were everywhere, not until the chairs were occupied so quickly after the aliens entered the cave.

Burn was tiptoeing to find a seat,

"Morons… taking seats without letting their captain sit first!" muttered the redhead, his two snooping eyes spotted a vacant seat beside… 'Damn, why of all places…beside Gazel?' he mentally face-palmed himself. He looked another time around, but there was no other option than to sit beside his ex-boyfriend.

Sucking in his breath, making his chest literally expand like a balloon, he nervously walked over to his destined seat.

"Move your ass…" he rudely said to Gazel. The ice teen looked at the one saying trash, 'It's…Burn!' he flinched; he stared at him before looking away and moving at a slow pace. 'Wait a minute… how dare he orders me around? I'm a captain too!' he thought, but he already made his move, he couldn't do anything else about it… it was like being checkmated in a chess game.

-Back of the seats-

"Yes…the plan worked…thanks to Bomber's big butt!" softly cheered Rhionne. The big guy glares at her from a distance; Rhionne yelps and hides her head,

"Splendid! Now let's just see how this goes…" Stellar winked.

-Middle Seats-

"Tch, why did you even choose to sit beside me?" Gazel 'hmped',

"Look around you…ice bitch, can you see any more vacant seats?" retorted Burn, the snow-haired teen looked around and saw the evidence that Burn was right. So this was just a coincidence then…

"Stop calling me ice bitch all the time…!" Gazel whisper-yelled,

"Why shouldn't I? You act like a bitch, you sound like a bitch, and you even look like a bitch!" yelled Burn, which everyone heard.

"Stop it!" Gazel tightened his fists and blushed lightly in embarrassment, trying his best not to burst into tears again.

"What? You're gonna cry, Gazel? Do so!" Burn laughed, and wasn't really thinking what Gazel really felt, why should he care about his feelings? They broke up.

"Uhh—ohh…" Rhionne softly said. This plan wasn't good.

"I'm not crying! Who ever said I was going to cry?"

"Well, what do we have here?" the redhead pointed Gazel's left cheek; "It's a tear!" teased Burn.

"Y-You're making it up to embarrass me! Liar!"

"Bishounen!"

"Tulip-head!"

"Idiot!"

The arguments got louder and louder, until it ended up as...no longer a private conversation. In the middle of the first half of the Genesis match on the screen. Two figures were blocking the view; the orphans from different teams didn't know which to give importance and attention to… Burn and Gazel's arguments probably going to turn to a fist fight? Or the Genesis match which Father told them to observe "the-true-power-of-the-Aliea-Meteorite"?

"I HATE YOU!" both shouted in sync, and left their seats.

"Hey, F-Father said to observe the Genesis ma—"

"I DON'T CARE!" the two of them interrupted the poor Reize. He was only trying to remind them.

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The Genesis match was finished, and it ended up futile (as well) because of Raimons unbeatable spirit…

All the aliens were walking out the cave and didn't know what to do with their lives, because Kira was jailed, Aliea Academy is going down… what's not to be hopeless about?

"I can't believe this! My life is over!" cried Heat dramatically,

"No Heat…" Nepper patted his back, looking very sympathetic and happy at the moment… "OUR LIVES ARE OVER!" wailed the brunette as well. Stellar managed a little giggle to slip out of her lips,

"What are you laughing about?" glared Nepper and Heat.

"S-Sorry… Nepper…you were…kinda funny…!" the brown-eyed girl giggled in between breaths,

"You think the apocalypse is funny?" Nepper shouted, questioning.

"Apocalypse?" repeated Stellar, raising a brow…

"The end of our lives is the apocalypse to us~! Whaaaa~" wept the duo.

Stellar just shrugged it off, 'I told Father his plan was going the wrong path! And I proved it! But I feel sorry for him though…' thought Stellar, looking at her toes, at the left side of her space, she saw long feet…tracing it up to the familiar body she saw Desarm. He looked kinda worried and wretched, the brown-eyed girl turned a little concerned about what he looked like, she couldn't help but ask:

"Desarm-sama…are you alright?" Stellar turned apprehensive,

"Yeah…" the older teen replied plainly… something was definitely wrong with him. But Stellar didn't want his feelings to go much deeper… she decided to let him be.

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Rhionne's room…

"But I wanna talk to Gazel this time!" Stellar moaned, "It's unfair!" she added.

"I don't want to talk this out with Burn! Didn't you hear what words he shot towards Gazel-sama? If he ever does that to me I'm gonna cry!" she pouted, begging Stellar to handle the redhead, again.

"Hmph… fine. Here's the plan… what if you tell Gazel to help you find your missing 'notebook'—because someone might read your precious diary… be good at acting this out okay?" Rhionne gives a quick nod, "Then tell him you lost your notebook in the Prominence hallway, bringing him to the Prominence hallw—"

"O-Oi! Wait! Gazel-sama might find it obvious that I like s-somebody from Prominence…" she worriedly looks at the purple-haired girl. Stellar groaned:

"Do you want Gazel and Burn to get back as couples again? If you do… cooperate and don't let anyone stand in our way." Stellar planted her hands on her hips, "Resuming to where I was interrupted… when Gazel reaches the hallway, I'll be taking Burn there as well… stall Gazel or something—"

"Wait! How will you get Burn to stay in the hallway even when Gazel and I aren't there yet—or if Burn's…you know… the other way around." Rhionne scratched her head; growing a bit confused of the plan…she implored it would turn out well.

"Rhionne, we won't make Burn and Gazel talk together… we'll make Gazel listen to Burn's true feelings—without making Burn see that Gazel's just behind the walls, but of course…Gazel's within earshot." Stellar explained.

"Oh…! Now I get it!" Rhionne snapped her fingers, happy that she understood it. "But," she disturbed Stellar from smiling… "a-actually you didn't answer my question." The orange-haired girl sweat dropped.

"Oh, sorry… how to get Burn to the hallway? Err… I don't really know." The auburn-eyed girl rubbed her arm, this was a nicely well planned, but without the two components in it… the plan wouldn't be complete.

"Uhm…what about the pull-the-money prank?"

"Pull-the-money?" she wasn't so familiar with the word or whatever it was…

"You know, in the TV comedy shows, they tie a transparent string on the bill and when a person tries to catch it, you pull it until it reaches your trap…" the girl with the mask raised a finger.

"Burn's not that stupid to fall for pranks like that…" Stellar rolled her eyes,

"Well, Burn loves money…" Rhionne looked aimlessly in the air…touching her chin,

"I still think that's just plain stupid. I'll just go face-to-face with him… I think that's much better…"

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Stellar's act…

The wind user walks along the Prominence hallway, heading to her former-captains room, she was breathing like there wasn't ample oxygen within her surroundings… she was nervous. 'What if Burn ignores me again like the other day?' she narrowed her brows. ;How would Rhionne and Gazel go? Dammit!' She took in a deep breath, she had to try at least… it was one turn away from Burn's room; she stopped and exhaled, hiding behind the wall. 'No, no, you can't turn back now…' Stellar bit her lip, suddenly:

"Stellar-chan…?" the brown eyes dilated and quickly turned her head to look at the one who called her name, she lost her balance when she took a step back, letting a soft moan of pain after falling on her butt.

"Heat?" she whispered loudly,

"Hi!" the white-haired boy grinned, "Whatcha doin'?" he whispered,

"None of your business scar-boy, don't you see I'm in the middle of something…?" she whispered with a tinge of ignorance, looking back at Burn's turn-path to his room. Heat raised a brow 'She looks busy… wonder what she's up to…' he wondered.

"Ste—"

"Shhh! Would leave me alone for now?" she whisper-grunted, shifting gazes from Burn's room and the white-haired teen. Heat narrowed his brows and pouted, he still didn't get what she was trying to do, not even the slightest clue,

"Why are we whispering…?" he crouched down and whispered in her ear making her tingle. She quickly slapped her ear from any ghostly whispers to go through it; she blushed and looked at the boy,

"What was that? What was that!" her eyes widened in embarrassment.

"What was what?" he was actually just pretending that he didn't know what he was doing he was trying to seduce the innocent younger teen…

"Tch… just—"the wind user thought of a brilliant idea she looked at Heat like she was intending to do something… "That's it!" Heat flinched when Stellar pulled his collar towards her. "Will you be my—"

"Boyfriend…?" Heat lightened up, thinking: 'Stellar loved me all alo—'

"Idiot! No!" Stellar's cheeks were gripped with hard blush, 'Heat has feelings for me?' she curiously wondered to that point, but she had no time to think of that now…sadly, the white-haired teen's heart crashed like a vehicle hitting a post… "Look, I'll explain this fast… Me and Rhionne are helping Burn and Gazel to go back together again- they're were both couples before...and yes, they're boys...but they still like each other...ghaa! Let's skip those confusing parts..." she rubbed her forehead, "and so, I need you to have a casual talk with Burn, lead him to the Prominence hallway, then I'll be there, sitting like a normal person on one of the benches, then you tell Burn 'Oh! I need to get something! Stay here okay? Sit beside Stellar-chan for the moment! I'll be back!'" she mimicked a man's voice. "Then that's when Gazel and Rhionne eavesdrops on our conversation about Burn's feelings… please help me…!" the brown-eyed girl begged with a bent back and hands on her knees.

"Sure…anything for you." Heat knew what to do, he understood the plan very well, but his wretched face and austere voice was all because Stellar didn't give importance to his feelings... bad timing. "But what makes you think our captain would follow what I said?" Heat questioned.

"I'll stall him, don't worry…"

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Rhionne's act…

The orange-haired girl found Gazel looking idly on the floor and sitting on one of the benches along the Diamond Dust hallway… she nervously walked past him and started her fake act…

"Gazel-sama!" she touched her pocket, Gazel saw she looked kind of worried, like she'd lost something… "I think I lost my diary! Could you please help me find it! Please~ I'm begging you! If one of the people here in Aleia reads it I'm doomed!" Rhionne tried to act dramatically by face palming herself, like some damsel-in-distress…

"Oh my… that must be really serious! Don't worry, I'll help you…" the snow-haired teen smiled, "Where did you last remember… errh…where you left it or read it?" Gazel asked.

"At the Prominence hallway? I think…" Rhionne placed a finger on her chin to act out feigned remembrance. Gazel flinched, 'Prominence hallway?' that's where Burn is! What if the redhead sees him and talks trash to him again?

"Are you sure?" Gazel raised a brow, hoping the younger teen would have another option for him. Nope, Rhionne nodded and it was final…

Gazel's heart dropped, his feelings were pumped up and ready to be hurt again. He wished he wouldn't coincidentally see that jerk this time, 'Here goes nothing…'

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Whew…really sorry for the wait and errors guys… I can't always be online ( I'm sick… *sniff sniff*). And being from the Philippines, our class starts on the month June, unlike you guys—summer and all~ so studies will be interfering with this…