Chapter 40: Winning Her Back

Rad looked out the window again to see Nebula. She and Puck were looking at her phone and she was pointing to something on her screen. Rad narrowed his eyes when he saw her looked at Puck surprised before she hugged him. She then pulled away from the hug and she dragged him away somewhere. Rad then turned to Drupe. "Thanks for the offer. But, I still wanna try to get Nebula back. Sorry" he said apologetically. Drupe smiled sadly as she nodded and left.

The next day at work, Rad was stocking one of the front shelves and Nebula walked into the store to start her shift. "H-hey Nebula" Rad greeted her nervously. She continued to ignore him. "Hey Nebula" Ko and Enid greeted. Nebula smiled and scooped Ko into her arms. "Hey Ko. Hey Enid" she greeted happily. Rad sighed and he finished stocking the shelves. He then approached Mr. Gar. "Hey Mr. Gar" he said gloomily. "Hello Rad. Something wrong?" Mr. Gar asked. "It's just the whole Nebula thing. I'm trying to get her back. Or at least talk to me. Do you have any advice?" Rad asked desperately. Mr. Gar smirked and he put a hand on Rad's shoulder. "I might have some ideas" Mr. Gar said. Rad looked up at him curiously. "Here's what you have to do" he said as he keeled down to Rad's height.

A few hours later, Gar came out of the back. "Nebula! I need you to go outside and clean the sign" he ordered. Nebula saluted to him and she went into the cleaning closet to grab what she needed. Gar nudged Rad and they all followed after Nebula. "Nebula Please Forgive Me" Ko read off the sign as Rad approached her. "Please Nebula. Could you at least talk to me or even look at me?" he pleaded. Nebula let out a heavy sigh before she removed some of the letters to spell 'No" and she started to clean off the sign. Enid and Ko frowned and they went back into the store. Mr. Gar put a hand on Rad's shoulder and he ushered him into the back. "Plan B?" Rad asked. Over the week, Rad continued to approached Nebula and attempt to win her over with many grand romantic gestures.

Nebula was currently at home relaxing after a long day of work. She was lounging on her couch when she heard music playing outside her window. She walked over to her window and she opened it. She stuck her head out the window and she saw Rad levitating a radio above his head and holding a bouquet of flowers. Rad was wearing a black shirt with grey pants, brown shoes, and sunglasses."Oh you have got to be kidding me" she said annoyed. Rad put the radio down happily and he turned it off. "You talking to me! You're finally talking to me" he said happily.

Nebula rolled her eyes and Rad used his powers to levitate a bouquet of flowers to her. Nebula put them on the table near the window and she turned back to Rad. "Why don't you go back to that witch or Shannon!" She yelled."Technically I also dated Enid" Rad responded. Nebula deadpanned and she put her hands on the windowpanes. "Goodbye Rad" she said as she started to close the windowpanes. "Wait!" Rad called. Nebula paused and she looked at him annoyed. Rad cleared his throat "But I also dated you and all of the time I spent with you was incredible" he said. "I don't have time for this" she said as she shook her head. She then started to close her windows again. "Nebula please" Rad pleaded. She then paused and Rad took that opportunity to continue.

"I was so stupid to not realize just how incredible and amazing you are. Your funny, kind, smart, beautiful, angelic, and you have the most amazing smile and laugh that I have ever seen. I miss you and I miss the way you would laugh at my jokes. And the way you would tuck your hair behind your ear after you were done laughing. I miss how you would do it just for me. I didn't realize how much more I missed you until I saw you doing that with Puck at the dance. I especially miss the way you smiled at me with so much love in your eyes and the way you subtly bite your lip when you're thinking. I also miss the way your eye's sparkle when you're excited. You were and still are my everything Nebula and I'm really sorry that when I flirted with someone else, I was too distracted to notice you getting hurt and I could have protected you. I'm really sorry and I hope that you can eventually find it in your heart to forgive me" he said both sadly yet lovingly as he teared up. "I'll think about it. Okay?" Nebula said softly as she processed what he had said. Rad nodded and he walked off.

Once he was gone, Nebula levitated the radio up to her. "That dodo head forgot this" she mumbled as she put it on the table next to the flowers that Rad gave her. "I suppose that I should thank him for these. I'm surprised that he even remembered that these are my favorite" she said as she sniffed them and put them into a vase. Her phone went off and she walked over to it. She then picked it up and checked it. She smiled and she put her phone back on the table near the couch. "I'm glad you and Azra are happy" she said as she looked at the picture of Puck and Azra on her phone. She then scrolled down to see a post from Ko. It was a selfie of him and Rad from a few weeks ago. Nebula smiled lovingly yet sadly at it. She then shook her head and turned off her phone.

"What's the matter with me? I should have learned my lesson by now" she scolded herself. Ko then appeared out of no where and he turned on Rad's radio as she put her phone down on a nearby table and sighed heavily. He then quietly followed her as she sat down on her couch. Ko the went behind the couch and the floor creaked once he stepped on it. Ko then quickly hid. She then looked to see if anyone was around. When she saw that there was no one there, she began to sing.

"If there's a prize for rotten judgement,

I guess I've already won that"she sang as she turned the picture of her and Rad down so it laid on with the picture side down.

"No man is worth the aggravation
Why did I even ever
Fall for that?" She sang as she picked up one of the flowers that Rad gave her before she threw it.

"Who d'ya think you're kidding
He was earth and heaven to you
Don't try to keep it hidden,
Nebbie I can see right through you
You know you can't conceal it
I know how you're feeling
Who you dreaming of" Ko sang as he caught the flower and he tried to give it back to her.

"No chance no way I won't say it, Ko" she sang as she kept walking away.

"You swooned, you sighed don't deny it oh oh" Ko sang as he followed her.

"It's too cliche I won't say I'm in love" she sang as she walked into her backyard with Ko following her.

"I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It still feels like it got ripped out
My head is screaming "Get a grip girl"
Unless you're dying to cry your heart out" she sang as she tried to get away from Ko.

"You know you can't deny it
Who you are is how you're feeling
You know I'm not buying
Yeah I saw you hit the ceiling
Face it like a grown-up
When you gonna own up that you still got got got it bad" Ko sang as he chased after her

"No chance no way I won't say it, no no" she sang as she hid from him. Ko quickly found her.

"Give up, give in, check the grin you're in love" Ko sang as he pulled out a picture of her and Rad on his phone. Nebula smiled at it before she shook her head and turned away.

"This scene won't play I won't say I'm in love" she sang as she ran away from Ko again with her hands on her ears.

"Your heart just flipped now admit you're in love" Ko sang as he kept chasing her.

"You're way off base I won't say it
Get off my case I won't say it" She sang as she hid from Ko and sat on the ground.

"Girl don't be proud it's okay you're in love" Ko sang as he sat next to her and he offered her the flower one last time.

"At least out loud I won't say I'm in love" She sang as she gently took the flower from him and sighed.

They both got silent as Nebula started to think. After a while, she was pulled out of her thoughts by Ko calling her name. "What was that Ko?" She asked as she turned to him. "Do you want to be with Rad again? Don't you still love him?" he asked. She thought for a moment before she spoke.

"I do. I'm pretty sure I made it pretty clear in that musical montage"