I dedicate this particular fanfic to Alisi Thorndyke; who has been a great friend and fic writer and a good help to me in some of my own fanfiction.

Now this fic is going to be short, but it's not like other fanfics, so prepare for some slightly deep reading.

(Remember, I'm the brother of the real Banbie Bunny. Not the real Banbie Bunny,)


Megaman X uploaded his report for the week and stretched, taking a long deep sigh. It was Sunday on February 13th, and he finished his report of his activities on the missions he had undertaken. It had been a long and strenuous report, his being in the top two of the Maverick Hunters, but it had at last been finished.

"Tomorrow is Monday the 14th!" he said to himself. "It should be a nice day off. I think I'll go to a Race Track and watch the Hover bikes."

His mind clicked just then and he remembered something. "Why does February 14th sound familiar?" he thought. He clicked up a calendar on the computer and saw the words on the square with 14 on it.

"It's Valentine's day!" he remarked. He had studied that holiday before and its original origins, but he actually never did anything that day except relax. But this time it seemed different. He had seen Hover bike races before, and this time he decided on something different. Axel had suggested before to actually do what Valentine's day was set aside for. Not that he took much of his suggestions very seriously, but this time he felt a certain boredom of his usual relaxation pastime.

"If Valentine's day was set aside for people to choose a girl to be their sweetheart throughout the day, then I guess I could do that." he thought.

Then he caught himself. "What am I, nuts? I just go out and pick some random girl, ask her to go out with me and that's all! Come on."

He dismissed the idea from his mind and walked out of his personal quarters. He saluted the other reploids in the corridors and walked throughout the exit door to the base. He was going to leave when he bumped into Alia. They both stumbled a bit before regaining their balance.

"Oops! Sorry, I didn't see you." said Alia.

"That's okay." said Megaman. "Do you have tomorrow off too?"

Alia nodded. "Yes, but I don't know exactly what I'm going to be doing."

"I'm going to a Hover bike race tomorrow." said Megaman. "It should be exciting. Has anybody asked you out or anything yet? I think that one reploid named Courante-"

"No." answered Alia. "No he didn't, I haven't seen him in weeks. Nobody has actually, I'm feeling kind of… kind of left out. Everyone seems to have asked somebody out for tomorrow."

"That's what Valentine's day is for anyway." said Megaman. "Oh well. I'll see you later. Don't get too lonely."

He walked off and- if he had turned around, might have seen Alia looking very lonely indeed.

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Megaman had felt confused. He couldn't figure out why nobody had asked Alia out. She was a nice girl, never went out with anyone before and there was no doubt she was absolutely gorgeous as well. It didn't make sense to him.

He got in line with the reploids making seat reserves for the next day at the ticket booth. He got out his Credit Card. His credit card was not something you got from a bank, but rather the disk that contained his pay for his missions and services. He had plenty of money for his tickets, and tons beside that.

"Two please." said a reploid handing the ticket reploid some money. Megaman was only three reploids away from his tickets.

"Wait a minute…" Megaman thought suddenly. He saw a poster on the ticket booth and in a flash it all made sense to him. It was a sign for a fair celebrating Valenine's day itself. Why on earth didn't he ask Alia out? Sure he never showed any special interest in her, but he knew her well enough. And he didn't know why he didn't think of doing it before. Like he's said, she was a nice girl and never went out with just anyone one. She was not a flirtatious reploid in the least.

"And she is extremely pretty." Megaman remarked. "But maybe she's waiting for someone else to ask her, I'd hate to ruin it for her."

The next person walked away with his tickets and he stepped up. Now there was only two reploids ahead of him. "But then again, maybe she doesn't know if anyone will ask her out at all." he thought. "She did look a little depressed, perhaps I shouldn't be thinking of it like this."

He absentmindedly stepped ahead, knocking the other person in front of him to the side. "Hey! Watch where yer goin!" he roared as he struggled to his feet.

Jolted out of his thoughts, Megaman spun around trying to see who had spoken and knocked the man down again. This time he fell behind Megaman.

"What's the big idea?" the man shouted, jumping up. Megaman however was not listening and he decided he wouldn't be going to the Hover Bike race after all.

"Maybe I ought to do this for her." he thought. "I can live without a race, for heaven's sake."

"Well what do you want?" the ticket man asked. The other reploid had left and he was first in line.

Megaman shoved his Card back in his pocket. "Nothing. Sorry, I guess I changed my mind." he turned to leave and once again knocked the furious reploid down. This time his head hit a trash can and he didn't make a sound as he slumped to the ground. Megaman didn't notice him that time either and ran back to the Hunter HQ. He began to feel excited and decided he would pick up a little something for Alia on the way.


Megaman knocked on the door and waited. He was outside Alia's personal quarters and he had brought a present for her. The door opened and Alia was there, looking slightly surprised.

"Oh, hello." she said. Megaman could tell at once that she had been sulking for quite some time, and he knew why.

"Can I come in?" he asked. Alia nodded and Megaman stepped in, closing the door behind him.

She went to her computer and began to work on it. "I suppose you got your ticket to the Hover Bike race." she said coldly.

"No, I decided not to go." Megaman replied. Alia looked at least a little surprised; All Megaman could see of her face was her reflection on the screen.

He brought out his hands from behind his back and tapped her on the shoulder. "I got you something."

Alia turned around in her chair and Megaman gave her some flowers he had bought at a florist. It wasn't roses, but some lovely pink Snapdragons all in an adorable white vase. Alia's face lit up immediately. "Oh! Oh how.. Lovely!" she exclaimed. "They're absolutely beautiful, thank you!"

She did not look so depressed any more. Megaman smiled as Alia smelled the flowers and set them next to her roses. "This is really sweet of you, X." she said.

"I was wondering- if you didn't have any plans for tomorrow that is, if you wouldn't mind going out with me?" Megaman asked. He was beginning to feel nervous and he wanted to ask as quickly as he could. "I don't really know anyone else who would, and I thought you might like going to a fair that will be held in the city."

Alia's hands went to her face and her smile grew greater. "Oh… do you mean it? I don't have any plans… Sure, I'd love to go!"

"Great, How about we go at 9:00 in the morning? There's a ton of stuff to do there."

"Alright." said Alia. "I'll be ready."

Megaman nodded and turned to go, but Alia placed a hand on his shoulder. "Wait a minute, X." she said. "I am just a little curious, but why did you ask me? You don't really go out with anyone at all."

Megaman began to blush with embarrassment.

"Well, maybe I should tell you." he conceded. "I always go to a Hover Bike race for excitement, but I wanted to spend the day with you because… Well I saw how depressed you were and I wanted to cheer you up. After all, you are my watcher."

"…So you felt sorry for me." said Alia. "That's all?"

"That's all." Megaman said nodding.

There was silence for a minute. Megaman bit his lip and realized the mistake he made. He was about to apologize, but then Alia smiled. "Well, you're very sweet. That's very nice of you to think of me, X. 9:00 then. Goodnight."

Megaman smiled and left, shuddering with relief as he went back to his personal quarters. He could tell she felt offended that he didn't take her out because he was in love with her. He wasn't though, that wasn't the point. And he was glad she accepted his invitation anyway.

"I certainly hope I can be a little more than sorry for her though."