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I just wonder why that curvy thingy I placed did not show up… Oh well…

The nice afternoon continued on, as the boys started to take more glances and looks on the magazine they had never opened in their entire life.

As agreed, Max was flipping those smooth pages up to page 38, where the record of those seemingly cute boys and famous hunks are listed. They have passed one section where the magazine recommended what stylish clothes are in.

"Heh! If Hilary wears those stuff, I'd bet she'd look like an ugly duckling trying to fit in with the swans." Tyson teased her and actually letting his own safety in danger.

"What did you say?!" She asked annoyed.

"I said, you're nothing compared to these models here in this mag." Tyson answered, getting angry with her just because she could not take a simple joke.

"Ah… Is that so…?" Her hand clutched up forming a nice fist and was ready to beat him into pieces.

Kenny was right in front, and below, the fighting 'couple' getting really disturbed by their usual quarrel. His ears are covered by his hands' palms and concentrating his attention on the magazine.

"Will you two just shut up…?!" Kenny yelled, he's tone of voice was quite impolite and the two immediately turned away from each other and crossing their arms.

The other two were still looking at the same page, observing ornaments that were in different bright colors, clothes that are 'tiny' and pretty long dresses. Tyson had heard Max comment about a certain shirt that might look definitely nice on Hilary and Ray agreeing with him and suggesting that she should buy those bizarre hair clips and head bands. Hilary just blushed at their words. Tyson looked at her in disgust.

"Come on! Flip the page! I can't wait to see my face in the list!" Tyson demanded and his hands shaking Max, reminding him about what they really wanted to see.

"Alright, alright." Max said, placing his fingers on the perimeter of the page. He flipped. It was another section of the mag that features some mishaps and disasters of ordinary boys.

"Hey! Let's read those first!" Hilary said, getting interested in those short articles.

Far from them, Kai was still silent but now, he was sitting on the far end of the platform, keeping distance from these 'clueless' teammates of his. He sighed as he heard laughter from them when they had finished reading one situation.

"I forgot to bring my soccer shoes for our championship match. Luckily, one of my teammates had an extra pair. Though his shoes were about three inches bigger than my size, I had no choice but to use them. During the game, the ball came right at me, giving me an opportunity to score a goal. I tried to kick it hard, but instead of the ball getting in the net, my shoe flew in the air and took its place! What an embarrassing sight!" Ray finished reading and laughed at what he just read at the same time. Tyson blew out laughing and Kai had to cover his ear to protect them from breaking up.

"Read the next one!" Kenny pointed one article and they started to read.

This went on for about 15 minutes of their time until there was nothing left to read about.

"Now that's over, let's see what else this thing got." Tyson said, about to grab the magazine off Max's hands but quickly swiped away by Max. He bought the magazine, so he gets to flip the pages.

"Okay. Page 38 coming right up!" But he had intentionally ahead of the page to see who was at the bottom of the list.

"You just passed it!" Hilary informed him.

"Yeah. So that we'll see Tyson's face first." Max chuckled.

"What does that mean?" Tyson shouted.

"He said; you're at the bottom list." Hilary repeated.

"Let's just see." Tyson bragged once more, grinning happily when they reach the top 1 guy that was on the list.

Max turned back one more page and there… it was they what they have been waiting for. THE 'ALMIGHTY' LIST OF FAMOUS CUTIES AND HUNKS! And at the same time, Hilary now knew why this magazine had seemed so familiar. Her eyes widened in shock. She had never expected that they would actually see it. No. They don't have to!

"Stop!"

They all turned back, surprised to hear Hilary scream like that. Stop? Why would they stop? It was what they all wanted to see.

"Hilary, something wrong…?" Ray asked.

"Why don't we look at it some other time…?" She asked sheepishly, her heart thumping.

"Eh…? Don't you want to see my proof that I AM the cutest person you have ever seen?" Tyson said, still bragging about himself and being confident on what will appear on the listing.

"No." She answered with indifference. All the boys wondered. She was also quite interested in the list just a while ago. What happened…?

That rather did not work well for Hilary so she decided to leave. "I'm going now."

They watched her stand up, took her school bag and went for the gates. She heard a low, "I'm going too" beside her when she happened to pass by Kai.

"There's nothing to do here anymore." He reasoned. True enough. They were supposed to practice and that magazine came up! And even if they decide on practicing after a while, Hilary's not there to watch and instruct them anymore so it's quite pointless.

"Fine! You two go while we have fun here." Tyson said, as they were about to leave. There was no usual reaction from Hilary and she completely ignored him. She better leave before one of them finds out and beat her up. The quartet watched the two turned on a curve and disappear from their sights.

"Now that they're gone, let's continue!"

But no one seemed so fascinated with the mag anymore now that that happened.

"You sure she's okay Tyson?" Ray asked concerned.

"Of course it's okay to have fun without Kai or Hilary! Leave those two alone!"

"I meant Hilary."

"Eh…?"

"She wasn't acting like her self."

"Yeah. When Tyson teased him. I really expected her to shout back at him." Max said.

Kenny just agreed, out of words.

"It's her decision. Leave it be. Now go on with that thing."

The two were about to reach the main gate with silence keeping them slow. Hilary, thinking how she will face tomorrow's danger. Kai, walking beside her, thought about how he'll give Tyson a lesson; whether win consecutive beyblade battle against him and see him cry over the match or just ignore him when he calls for a match and hear him shout in anger and eventually tire himself off. But nothing seemed to work very well for him. As they reached the main gate, Hilary hurried herself away from this place. She had to hide! And Kai just watched her took off.

"What's with her?" But he did not bother himself going after her; instead, he went on with his way.

"I've got to hide! Right! I'll lock the gates and lock my bedroom door and throw away the key! No… I'll get myself locked away from the outside world too! Oh… what do I do…!?"

End of Chapter

Before I say "Submit reviews if you want this thing to be continued", I would like you to know that what Ray read a while ago was from the actual magazine's article and I do not own it. It was pretty funny too! There were a lot more but it's one situation that didn't involve a girl in the picture. Well, that's it!

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