In the last few days of their ceasefire break following Spy's unmasking, Spy had started to become a friendlier person. He was less antagonistic towards Scout and Sniper, smiled and laughed more around Demo and Soldier, and even helped Medic with her normally life-threatening experiments. And he had one person to thank for that.

Pyro.

She was the one person who reached out to him and showed him that he could change and become a different man from the angry and bitter spook he once was. Now that she did something nice like this for him, it was his turn to repay her kindness. Soon the last day of the ceasefire week came and Spy had spent a couple hours in the morning racking his brain trying to figure out what he could do.

Then it came to him.

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It took Spy another two hours after coming up with his plan to actually put it into action. His plan was simple, yet elegant. He was going to have to make sure that this was perfect for them. He asked Scout, Medic, and even Engineer for assistance. They all agreed happily, even Scout who replied rather rudely.

"Wow, the team spook actually needs help? What a surprise!"

Spy gave the Boston girl a burning glare, "This iz serious, you loud-mouth imbecile."

"Yeah, Whatever! Why wou-"

"Leave Herr Spy alone, Scout" sighed Medic, who was tired of the two mercs bickering.

Scout was about to ignore the doctor's sentence and continue when she felt the older woman placed a hand on her shoulder and looked at her with a small smile, "Please, Scout. . ."

Scout sighed and nodded, "Fine. . ."

Now Spy's plan was, as stated before, simple and elegant. He planned out a dinner date with Pyro, Having her favorite food, what types of music she listened to, and other things she enjoyed. With the help of the other women, Spy gathered enough information to get everything ready.

Demo and Scout set up a fancy table and two comfy-looking armchairs which overlooked the balcony where Pyro first unmasked herself and befriended Spy. While the two other set up the dining area, Spy helped Medic with the preparation of Pyro's favorite food: Sushi. Now everything was finished.

It was perfect.

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Pyro wasn't doing anything of importance when Scout rushed over to her and told her to go to the west wing balcony in 10 minutes. Pyro was confused, but before she could question Scout, the Bostanian had dashed away quicker than when she came.

The pyromaniac sighed and just figured she better go down to the dining hall when the ten-minute wait had passed to see what Scout was talking about. She walked through the RED Base's concrete hallways, eyes gazing over the doors until she found herself at the west wing balcony and saw a very fancy-looking table and two chairs. She frowned and was confused when she felt the presence of someone behind her and she spun around to face the newcomer. It was Spy, unmasked and holding a bottle of wine. He gave his friend a small smile.

"Good evening, Mademoiselle."

Pyro returned the smile but was slightly puzzled, "Hey Spy. What's with the fancy table set up? Got a date or something?"

Spy nodded, "Or something. It's for you actually."

"Me? Why'd you do all this for me?"

Spy didn't respond but instead went to sit down at the table. He motioned for her to take a seat so she sat down across from him, waiting for an answer. She raised her eyebrow in question.

"Spy, I asked you a question."

He sighed, setting the wine bottle down in the center of the table, "I did it for because you are my real first friendship. I felt happier than I've ever been and it's all thanks to you. And over the course of our blossoming friendship, my feelings for you have changed quite dramatically."

"Changed how?"

Spy reached across the table to grasp her pale hands in his gloved ones, he stared into her eyes and she stared back, her heart hammering in her chest as he whispered.

"I'm in love with you."

Pyro's heart felt it it was going a million miles an hour as Spy grasped her hands and looked into her eyes. He looked calm and cool on the outside, but she could feel his gloved hands shaking as he whispered softly.

"I"m in love with you."

Her eyes went wide, even though she felt the same way she felt like he wasn't serious or playing some cruel joke. Spy was the Red team's most distant member and felt a certain degree of dislike for everyone. There was no way he felt any affection towards her.

He didn't love her.

He couldn't.

Right.. . .?

Spy noticed her lack of reaction to his confession and frowned, slightly disappointed she appeared uninterested by what he said, "Pyro. . .did you hear me?"

Pyro nodded, "Yes. I did."

Suddenly she got up from the table, knocking the chair over as she reached over the table and grabbed Spy by the shirt of his collar. Her bright blue eyes staring into his as she seemed to study his face for a moment. Spy was a bit nervous as she appeared calm, but he knew that appearance could be deceiving. He waited for her to hit him or scream in his face, calling him a liar. But she didn't do either of those.

She pulled him into a kiss.

Spy was momentarily stunned, but came to his sense quickly enough and kissed her back. When they broke the kiss, Pyro was smiling big.

"I love you, Spy."

Spy was shocked, his eyes wide as he muttered, "You do. . .?"

Pyro nodded and kissed him again, which he gladly returned. The two kissed for longer than their first one, neither wanting to stop. They did break it after a while though and just gazed into each other's blue eyes. Spy held her hands and smiled warmly at Pyro.

His Pyro.

"Je t'aime aussi"

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Several months went by as Spy and Pyro's relationship became public to the other team members. All of them were very supportive of the two, even Scout, although she did take a jab at Spy.

"I can't believe you found someone. I always thought you'd fall for me, of course, I couldn't blame you if you did. I am that amazing!" Scout winked, and Spy pretended to vomit as he walked away from the Boston girl.

The ceasefire week had ended weeks ago, so the Red members were preparing all around the bases, getting ready for today's battle which would be happening in a few short hours.

Medic was getting her medi-guns filled with juice, satisfied when she was able to fill each one without any severe injuries. Sniper practiced his aim up in the Sniper deck. Heavy spent the time eating Sandviches and cleaning his minigun, Sasha. Engineer worked on getting his buildings ready, whacking them with his wrench every once and while. The others were less productive as Scout, Soldier, and Demo all sat around watching television and drinking. Spy and Pyro spent the evening in each other's company, one stealing a kiss every once and a while.

Then the Administrator's voice boomed out over the loudspeakers:

"Mission begins in 1 minute!"

Everyone gathered around the entrance of the base, which was closed off with a large metal gate. Everyone checked their weapons, making sure they were locked and loaded. The team's plan was basically the same as it was before with Heavy and Medic creating a distraction with an uber with the rest of the team cleaning up any unfortunate stragglers, while Scout went with Engineer to protect him while he built a teleporter in the Blu team's sewers under the bridge.

Spy took a deep breath, exhaling it through his nose and sighed, "Another day, another endless battle."

Then Spy cloaked and went into battle as rockets and gunfire sounded all around him.

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