"How should I know where he is?" Vel demanded, brows furrowing as she spoke into her phone. Tim, who was sitting across from her, only listened curiously. "Haven't you heard? We don't talk anymore, not after what he did to me, so asking me how he's been doing lately is pointless." She raised a brow. "Why are you even checking up on that dipshit, anyway? He's a grown man for goodness' sake, I'm sure he can take care of himself..." She scoffed, "Sure, sure, there's that. But honestly, who would bother to assassinate a heir pres- never mind. You get my point." She sighed, shaking her head as she glanced at her boyfriend, who looked confused more than anything. "Anyway, I'm busy right now. Why don't you ask someone who's actually in touch with him? Like Vector or Troy? Okay? Okay. Don't contact me ever again if you're only asking me about him." She said with disgust, hanging up. She then put her phone down and turned to her boyfriend apologetically, "I am so sorry about that."

"I-err, it's okay, I guess." Tim muttered, sighing. He wouldn't even bother asking who it was, as he already knew the answer to that: "Nothing". She was so secretive, now that he thinks about it. Vel was always so suspiciously busy...and every time he tried asking her about it, the answer is always the same: "Nothing", or on rare occasions, "Nothing that you should worry about". And on the rare occasions they do spend their time together, there's always a phone call or text message or two that interrupts the mood in one way or another. He doesn't even know why they got together in first place, now that he thought about it. He could have had dumped her by now like the other girls prior to her and woo another girl, but for some reason, something is keeping him from doing that...

The two sat together in silence, not really knowing what to say and such. Until the waiter approached them and asked for their order. "Err, I'll just order the first thing in the menu, with uh, water." Tim said to the waiter, who merely shrugged as he listed it down.

Vel took her time as she scanned through the contents of the menu. "I'll just have some lasagna, with some diet cola."

The waiter paused for a moment, "I'm sorry Ma'am, but we ran out of diet cola."

She frowned at this, "You've got to be kidding me," She muttered under her breath, pinching the bridge of her nose in exasperation. "Fine, some regular cola then. But you'd better have diet cola by the time I come here again or so help me I'll travel back in time to where you were born and strangle you with your umbilical cord." She muttered irritably, a bit louder for the waiter to hear this time. The waiter merely nodded at this as he walked away, albeit being a bit terrified.

Tim is a bit taken back at her death threat to the waiter, how it sounded so nonchalant as if she's talking about the weather. "Uh..."

"So," Vel started casually with a bit of cheerfulness, as if she didn't just give a death threat to an innocent waiter five seconds ago, "How have you be-" Her words were cut short as soon as her phone rang, muttering irritably about how her date is being ruined by phone calls, she picks it up, "What?" She demanded, but soon her eyes widened once she realized who it was (whoever it was), "Oh...Oh, I'm so sorry, I just-what did you just say?" She abruptly turns to Tim, "Err, I need to take this, is-"

"I-it's fine," Tim said, frowning a bit. "Go on, I don't mind."

Vel smiled at him, standing up and walking out of the restaurant they were in for some privacy.

Once his girlfriend had gotten out for some privacy, Tim sat back and sighed. It has been at least a few months since the group date incident, and let's just say Tim hasn't been into group dates lately. He even went as far as to avoid Tecna and even the rest of the Winx girls lately (he couldn't avoid the Specialists though, as he practically lived with them and such), and needless to say, the Winx (especially Tecna) has been avoiding him back.

Bored, Tim turned to the windows to take a look of what's going on outside. There were a fairly lot of people walking through the streets. Uninterested, he was about to turn back to his table where food has already been served, but two people in his peripheral vision caught his eye.

Two people, a blue-haired man and a magenta-haired woman, were walking together from across the street, the man firmly holding the woman's hand as he led her to a cafe from across the street. Tim clenched his fist upon seeing the two. They seem to be laughing about something, presumably some lame joke the man had made, as they got in to the cafe from across the street. They then sat down at a table right next to the window, making it much more easier for Tim to see them and feel infuriated beyond belief with a dash of jealously.

But hey, at least Tecna didn't see him, even Adam seems to be engrossed in telling something presumably hilarious to his girlfriend. Yes, you've heard that right, girlfriend. Tim heard from Brandon that the two had gotten official a week or two after that group date incident. Much to Tim's dismay and the Winx girls' relief that their friend had 'moved on' from her previous lover.

Bitterly, Tim turned back to his food, and just as he did that, Vel came back, presumably done with the phone call, he assumed. The two then ate in silence.

"You know, I've always wanted to show you this invent-" Vel started, looking up, but stopped abruptly as soon as she saw Tim's expression. "What's wrong?"

Tim shrugged, idly playing with his food, "Nothing."

Vel frowned, looking at him. "You're upset about something...whatever it is." It wasn't a question. "What's upsetting you all of a sudden?"

Tim clicked his tongue, a bit irritated. "I already said that it's no-"

"Are you upset about the couple in that cafe from across the street, perhaps?" She asked nonchalantly, sipping her cola as she pointed at the cafe from across the street.

He stared at her, surprised that she even figured it out that fast. Gee, since when has she become this observant? "I-n...yes." He admitted, finding it no use to lie as she already knows anyway.

She observed the couple with slight disinterest. "Oh, so they finally got together." She noted nonchalantly, not really impressed, while Tim didn't notice her fist clenching from under the table. "Poor girl, probably doesn't even know who that man really is." She shook her head, turning back to her meal.

Tim looked up at her, a bit alarmed at what she had said. He was about to ask what she meant by that, but another question seemed to baffle him more. "Wait, you know him?" He asked, referring to the blue-haired man from across the street.

She shrugged, glancing at the man with a look of indifference in her eyes. But Tim realized, upon closer inspection, there seem to be something else in her eyes...something he can't figure out but knows is something not good. But he just shrugged it off, thinking that the fact that his girlfriend seems to personally know his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend is more...important for this matter. "Of course. We went to preschool up to high school together until I had to...err, never mind. But you get my point." She was about to tell him some more info but stopped herself with a frown. "So yes..I guess you could say we were friends. Good, good friends." Tim was more focused on asking questions about Adam to his girlfriend to notice her jaw clenching and infuriated tone while she said 'good friends'.

"So that means..." He rubbed his chin, a small smirk making its way on to his lips.

Before he could finish his sentence, Vel beat him to it, already knowing what it means. She had always been observant of people's emotions and face expressions, mostly because she spent most of her life trying to figure out a certain someone. "Okay, so now you want to ask me questions about him, correct?" She asked, with a slight eye roll.

He pretended to be surprised at what she said. "What..?" He asked in the most dumbfounded tone he could ever muster. "W-why should I? It's not like I will want to have anything to do with his personal information that I m-may or may not u-use against him anytime soon..." She gave him a look. "Okay, maybe I want to ask a few questions about him. But that's because I don't trust him, not one bit! And I'm just worried for Tecn- I mean my friends' well-being since they're getting close with him and...like I said, I don't trust him." He rambled on, with a frown. Well, it's true. The Winx, even the Specialists had been close friends with Adam lately, making even more group dates just so they can hang out with him. Normally, he'd be a bit bothered by the fact that they basically replaced him in group dates with a total stranger, but he's bothered more than usual at how they sense that he's bothered, and how Riven basically took this as an advantage by going as far as asking Adam to join the Specialists. How Riven was serious about it or not, no one knows. But Adam thankfully rejected, saying that he's not really what one would consider to be a 'hero'. And, for once, Tim agreed with him there.

"That sounds a bit weird but, okay...?" She raised a brow at him, pondering about it for a bit while occasionally glancing at Adam. Finally, looking at Tim, a small smirk made its way on to her lips. "Um...sure, why not? What's the first question?"

"Well..."

Meanwhile.

Adam casually glanced at a restaurant from across the street, where a certain couple was sitting next to a window where he and Tecna (who still seems oblivious of the fact, but he figured she'll figure it out eventually) can conveniently see them, and vice-versa. They seem to be in a rather serious and intense conversation, with the man nervously asking questions, and with the woman answering said questions with ease. Whatever they're talking about, it's probably something about him. How else would they talk about someone behind their back without them occasionally glancing at their subject of conversation?

But hey, it's not like he didn't want the sudden attention given to him. He liked it how Tim would briefly glare at him, his hazel eyes filled with rage and hatred. He also liked it how Vel, oh his good, good friend Vel, would also briefly glare at him. But this time, her purple eyes seems to be filled with bitterness and disdain.

Normally, people would be upset when they find out that some people were talking behind their backs. But honestly, he just doesn't care.

He even found it a tad hilarious that they think he isn't aware that they're talking him, maybe they even think that he isn't aware of their presence at all.

But they're wrong. So wrong.

Seriously, Vel should know him by now. He knows they're watching. He knows they're talking about him.

And maybe that's partially because of a certain device he had invented a while back, which he is holding now under the table, reading it. Once he was done, he put it back on his pocket as he decided to ignore the couple for now and pretend to be oblivious to play along (because it's too fun to not play along when these things happen), turning to his girlfriend.

"So, what do you want to order?" Adam asked his girlfriend after a moment of silence, scooting from his seat to prepare to stand up and order their drinks. He slightly frowned when he didn't hear her response, looking at her, his frown deepened a bit more once he realized she had been spacing out as usual, worry and distress in her expression. "Are you sure you're okay, my dear?" He asked, placing his hand on Tecna's, squeezing it lightly.

Finally, Tecna snapped out of it, blinking at the hand holding hers for a few moments, before looking up at the owner of said hand. She was about to ask him to repeat what he had said, but judging by his worried expression, she probably already knew what he said. Sighing, she looked down and massaged her temples for a moment. "Yes, Adam, I'm fine."

Now, even a complete, utter moron can tell that she's lying. But judging by what she's going through right now, he isn't surprised that she's lying. He looked at her for a moment, his steel grey eyes trying to make eye contact with her teal ones, but eventually gave up and just sighed. "Well, if you say so." He said, "So, again, what do you want to order?" This time, she looked up. And he couldn't help but give a reassuring smile to her this time, "Oh, and don't worry, it's on me. It's always on me, remember?" He said a bit playfully to lighten her mood.

Tecna managed to give a small smile at him. Normally, she'd convince whoever her date is to split the bill since it's the most logical, but this man is just plain stubborn. So she just went with it. Hey, free coffee is free. "I'll just have the usual then."

"No problem, darling." He playfully winked at her, before setting off to order their drinks.

She watched as the blue-haired man went on to order their drinks to the barista, Adam briefly turned back to her when he noticed her looking at him, and smiled at her, before turning back to the barista. She then looked down again, about to space out for the umpteenth time today, until she shook her head. She should stop torturing herself like this, worrying never really solves problem. She's the Guardian Fairy of Zenith and a member of the famous Winx Club for goodness' sake. She has to be strong, for herself, for her friends, for them. Sighing, she turned to idly look through the window for anything interesting while waiting for her boyfriend.

Bad idea.

Now she's even more upset at the sight of her ex-boyfriend seemingly on a date with his girlfriend, they seem to be talking about something serious of some sort, but she didn't bother looking at them longer as soon as Tim glanced at her, thus them making a brief eye contact with each other, until Tecna looked away. How could she be so oblivious at the fact that her former lover and his new lover is just sitting across the street from her and Adam?

Before anything else could upset her, Adam finally arrived, two cups of caffeine in hand. "Here you go, milady." He handed her drink to her, before sitting down on his seat and sipping his own drink.

"Thank you." She smiled at the man, who in turn, smiled back.

The two sat in silence for a few moments, just drinking their...well, drinks, just basically content with each others' presence or something like that. But Adam quickly noticed that she's still upset, glancing at a family sitting together nearby with a blank look. Normally, he'd just ignore it and let her deal with her own problems, maybe even give her some space if she asked. But the Winx girls are just too worried for their friend that they managed to convince him to take her out and cheer her up a bit, and being the 'nice' guy he is, he accepted it, even though he's never the best at comforting people. "Look, love, I know you're worried about them and all," He started, grabbing her hand and squeezing them lightly, "But they're going to be okay, everyone is going to okay. Zenith is the most technologically advanced realm in the whole Magic Dimension, I'm sure we could survive a little plague."

"It already infected at least 80% and counting. Even the best doctors and scientists are on the verge of giving up at this moment, I bet." She muttered.

It seems that the mysterious illness had now spread throughout Zenith, now at least eighty percent of its population are infected with the disease as of last week, and that is also the week Tecna found out that even her parents had become infected, shocking and upsetting that magenta-haired fairy. She tried visiting them, trust her, she tried. But by the time she heard the news, the technology realm had already barricaded itself from the rest of the realms, not letting anyone in or out in attempt to prevent the disease from spreading to other realms. This had upset the technology fairy further.

"But again, Zenith will get through this, I know it will."

"You mean you theorize it will."

"No, that's not really what I mean." He said, a slightly knowing smirk forming on his lips as he patted on his pocket. "I literally know what will happen. In a few months time, the disease will slowly by slowly disappear until it's no more."

She scoffed. "Is it no more because it already wiped the population?"

He chuckled. "I appreciate your pessimism but that's not what I mean either." He said, fishing something out of his pocket slowly, "Now that you've mentioned it, no, no one really dies from this illness. It will just disappear out of thin air."

Tecna looked at him, "You're joking." she blurted out, "That's impossible. No matter how much I hope that's the case, that's illogical and therefore impossible to happen."

"That's what you think," He winked, finally bringing out his device. "But...let me tell you a secret."

"What...what is it?"

Finally, he showed her his device. A small, plain device that resembles a flip phone or something. He flipped it open and showed its contents to her. "I can see the future."

Sorry for the half assed ending or half assed chapter in general it's just y'know writer's block and also my keyboard's battery is running out so I'd better make this quick.

This could have been better but writer's block and all...tough stuff.

So many questions that I don't really want to bring up. So many stuff I might want to bring up but don't really have any time to. So it's up to you to figure out the...puzzle? or something.

Okay so I'd better hurry this up before I collapse on my desk

Thanks for reading ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)