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Bold is for attacks

Excel's POV

"What do I do?!" I whined.

"Yes this is a difficult predicament." Vert said reading the paper "Most…intriguing."

"Well you're the big sister give your brother some advice!" I yelled.

"Uhh…" she folded the paper and took her glasses off "Go collect all the papers before people see?"

"That's the dumbest idea ever!" I yelled "Sides it's already all over the net!"

"Oh well then…too bad."

"You're the worst sister ever!" I whined.

"This is my fault isn't it?" Linda frowned.

"No." said taking a deep breath "This is no one's fault but my own."

Let's face it…I have been skirting around the three of them.

"We need to get this sorted out." Chika said "People are talking already, and it's not all great."

We had summoned our little council, Vert, Chika, myself, Cave, 5pb and Linda.

"Well…I have an idea." 5pb spoke up.

"Hmm?"

"Well we might not be able to eliminate all the rumors, but what if you came on my radio show, it might help get people's minds off the story you can answer a few questions, connect with the people."

"Oh wait better idea!" Vert perked up "We do all that, but just have 5pb say she's you girlfriend, that should help."

"NOPE!" the idol and I both crossed our hands like an X.

Somewhere else.

"Something wrong Uni?" Noire asked.

"I just had a strange feeling…as if Excel was in grave danger…"

"That's it." Noire said "No more candy before bed."

Back to normal.

"Sounds good." I said "We can do a little interview and maybe that will help, people always want to know more about me, this will be a good way to show them."

"Great you can come on tonight." 5pb smiled.

We went about our day and soon I needed to good meet my friend.

"Remember try and calm the rumor." Chika said "Figure something out, just don't make it worse."

Later

"Headphones on." 5pb said "Sound Levels are good…"

"We're Live in 3…2…1…"

"Hello!" 5pb cheered "It's me 5pb, you favorite Leanbox idol and I'm here to talk about all your problems."

"Today I've got a super special guest." She smiled "Everyone's favorite new arrival, Leanbox CPU Candidate and my good friend Excel!"

"Hi."

"So we've got a big night planned, and Excel's gonna be here for the whole thing." 5pb cheered.

"That's the plan."

"Well, Excel let's play twenty questions." 5pb smiled "I'll ask you some general things and you can let the people at home know more about you.

"Okay."

"Name."

"Excel."

"Height."

"5 foot Eight."

"Weight."

"None of your business."

"Haha…" 5pb laughed "Hobbies?"

"Video Games, books…music."

"Oh goodie, favorite genre?"

"Pop, I like your stuff specifically."

"You're a handsome fellow." The singer said "Do you work out?"

"I have a morning routine." I said "Try to keep in shape."

"Well let's address the elephant in the room." 5pb said "Relationship Status."

"Uhh…It's complicated?" I gulped.

"Duh we all read the paper, elaborate, the viewers want to know."

"I'm still technically not in serious relationship, but obviously I have some people vying for my affections, but I haven't really made up my mind yet."

"Well that's good to get that out of the way." The idol smiled "So we're gonna open up the phone lines for the advice portion of the show."

The lights on the board lit up and 5pb pressed a button.

"Hello, you're on the 5pb show, what's your name and what do you need our help with?"

"Hi I'm Cindy." The girl said "I'm actually in a similar situation to Excel, I've got two great guys fighting over me, I don't want to hurt anyone, and I like them both, but…"

"Well Excel give our lovely caller some advice."

"Uhh…Well you can't just lead them on forever…I would say just make a choice and if the other one really does love you he'll be happy regardless, or get a friend and set him up with her! But if you want to keep your options open with the two for a bit, have a medic nearby incase they try to pull you in half."

"Great job, next caller, who are you and how can we help you."

"Umm yes…long time listener first time caller."

I looked at 5pb

This voice.

"My name is Uhh…Bert."

"Oh come on." I sighed.

"I was just thinking, why don't you just skip all that mumbo jumbo with Nepgear and Uni, you've got a beautiful girl right in front of you, I think you and 5pb would make the most adorable couple-."

"Opps my finger slipped." I said hanging up.

"Haha…that sure was silly." 5pb said "Excel and I have known each other for a while, we're great friends, and we like things being platonic, I have no desire to be romantically involved with him, I'm sure he feels the same."

"Bingo, sides I've already got enough on my plate right now, but yeah, we're only friends, I like it that way. And I would never want to subject 5pb to the horrors of angry Uni."

"Oh we've got another caller." 5pb said.

"Hello what's your-."

"ANGRY UNI!"

"Oh god."

"Who do you think you're talking about jerk!" she yelled.

"Nice to hear from you too Uni."

"Okay maybe we should take a different caller." 5pb shivered "Hello?"

"Excel, are you cheating on me with 5pb."

"Nepgear?!" I gulped.

"Who is screening these calls?!" 5pb yelled.

Cave just gave us a thumbs up.

"GAHH!"

Later

"Sorry." 5pb frowned "we managed to settle the rumor, but then they al called and I think things only got worse."

"Whatever it's fine." I smiled "I had a lot of fun."

"You did." She smiled "Well that's good, you were do stressed this morning I'm happy I was able to help."

I smiled "You know 5pb, you're the best purely platonic friend a guy could ask for."

"And you the best purely platonic friend a girl could want." She smiled back.

The two of us started walking home.

"Well this is where I turn off." She said.

"I can walk you home if you want, just to be safe."

"No it's fine." She said walking off "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, see ya tomorrow."

She started to walk away.

"Hey 5pb."

"Hmm?"

I walked up and hugged her "I love you."

"What?!"

"As a friend, you're my best friend, and I love you like a sister…"

"Jeez you nearly gave me a heart attack." She laughed "But yeah, love you too…as a best friend."

Somewhere.

"Blanc why are you dragging us to the store~" Ram whined.

"I need to go to the bookstore, the author just ended the last volume on a cliffhanger, I need to see if another girl is entering the love ring! I need the next volume now!"

"This is just sad." Ram sighed.

AN

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