A/N: Hey, y'all! Here's another chapter for you

This particular story is about the Lunar gang discovering the wonders of fanfiction… and some of my reviewers' stories are involved! I'll recognize the authors and their stories at the bottom of this chapter.

Thanks again for reading and reviewing! Every comment I get makes my day

I do not own the Lunar Chronicles

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"Umm, Iko? What's Kaider?"

Iko froze, immediately regretting letting Cinder borrow her portscreen to type up her diplomatic speech.

"It's a brand of clothing I like," she lied smoothly, twisting her finger in a strand of her blue hair. "Just clothes. Nothing more. And you don't even like fashion stuff, so there's no need to look in that file."

Okay, maybe not so smooth.

Cinder cocked an eyebrow, her finger hovering over the strange word. "You have an entire folder for it," she noted.

"Yeah. I care about how I look." She flipped her thick locks over her shoulder, as if to prove her point.

"Alright." There was a hint of distrust in Cinder's tone, but she began typing up her speech on a blank document. "Iko?"

"Yeah?" her voice was an octave higher than usual.

"Should I start out with something lighthearted, like a joke?"

Iko breathed a quiet sigh of relief. "Oh, Cinder," she said, her cheerful tone once again present in her voice, "you're about as comedic as a rock. Just keep it serious."

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All was well aboard the Rampion. Scarlet was cooking dinner. Iko was painting her nails. Cress was illegally downloading movies for them to watch. Thorne was pathetically losing to Wolf in an arm wrestling match. Kai was watching with a mixed expression of awe and terror. And Cinder…

"AHHHHHH!"

…was screaming on the top of her lungs.

Within ten seconds they were all in Cinder's room, ready for battle. Scarlet had even grabbed a frying pan on her way there. Once they observed that Cinder appeared to be in no immediate danger Kai was at her side, rubbing her shoulder with a concerned expression. "Cinder, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

Her mouth was open, but no words came out. Her eyes were transfixed on the portscreen that she held in her shaking hands. Kai, forehead knotted, gently removed the object from her grasp and looked down at the screen. All of the blood drained from his face.

"Is it a threat from Levana?" Wolf asked, his expression grave.

"Are we about to be attacked?" Cress subconsciously stepped closer to Thorne, who wrapped a comforting arm around her.

"Did letumosis somehow get on the Rampion?" Scarlet exchanged a nervous glance with Wolf.

"You opened the Kaider file didn't you?" Iko deadpanned. Kai and Cinder nodded.

Thorne blinked. "The what now?"

Cinder and Kai continued to stare. Thorne, aggravated that they weren't responding, walked behind them and peered down at the screen. What he saw made him laugh out loud.

"What is it?" Scarlet asked.

Thorne smirked before reading out loud. "Exhaustion and stress overtook Cinder. After she let everyone know that Kai knew of her plan, she had tried to save face as best she could, but she finally sat down and sort of crumpled together, muttering to herself somewhat incoherently on the floor. But Kai, feeling unsure from the sudden presence of an audience, had hesitated a moment too long to comfort her again. Much to his dismay, it was Carswell Thorne," here he smiled broadly, "who had been the hero of the hour instead."

"Umm… what?"

Cinder finally found her voice. "It's a- erm- fanfiction. It's called "Jealousy," and it's by lovelunarchron. She wrote about what she pictured happened after Kai and I… after we k-kissed, and I get super stressed out, and then Thorne helps me instead of Kai, and then he gets jealous of Thorne…"

"I'm later described as sultry and smooth," Thorne added cockily.

"I'm sorry for not reacting fast enough, Cinder." Kai sounded genuinely ashamed when he said this. "Spades, what sort of boyfriend just ignores his girlfriend when she breaks down? Maybe you do deserve Thorne."

Thorne sucked in a sharp breathe through his teeth. "Sorry to break your heart, Cinder, but I'm not interested."

Cinder blinked. "What?"

"Stop messing around, you two," Scarlet scoffed, whacking Thorne in the back of his head. "It's a story. No biggie."

"But how do they know about our lives?" Cinder squeaked. "And how do they know Kai and I kissed?" Mentally answering her own question, Cinder glared at Iko.

Iko had been trying this whole time to keep up an innocent persona, but under Cinder's glare she cracked. "I might have slipped it to some people online… and I may keep a blog about our daily lives… and I may have hacked Darla's cameras and posted the kiss on that blog…"

"IKO!" Kai and Cinder screamed at her in unison, their expressions more horrified than angry. Thorne was laughing hysterically on the sidelines, Scarlet was smirking, and Cinder and Wolf looked downright uncomfortable.

"Aww, you guys are already like an old married couple!" Thorne joked.

"I bet there are a bunch of fanfictions about them being married!" Thorne high-fived Scarlet, both of them laughing.

"So there are people out there writing stories about Cinder and me and following our daily activities?" Kai spluttered, looking around the room as if searching for hidden cameras.

Cinder eyes widened suddenly. "Oh my heavenly stars in the freaking sky, Kaider means Kai and Cinder!" She began breathing deeply and flailing her hands, attempting to lower her stress levels and avoid a random shutdown.

Scarlet, still laughing slightly, rubbed her hand on Cinder's back. "Come on Cinder, you and Kai love each other; what's the big deal if some people write about it?"

"It's creepy," Kai replied, moving to Cinder's other side to comfort her as well. "I mean, what if people wrote about you and Wolf?"

"They do," Iko replied in a small voice. Wolf, who had previously been muttering with Cress about how insane their friends were, turned to the android. She held up her portscreen, pointing to the file that was labeled "Wolflet."

Thorne practically pounced on her, eagerly scrolling through all of the stories that Iko had saved. "This one looks interesting," Thorne dramatically announced, avoiding Scarlet's attempts to snatch the device out of his hands. "Scarlet pulled herself to her knees and then moved so she was facing Wolf, sitting back on her heels. 'So I've been meaning to ask you something.'" He imitated Scarlet with an obnoxiously high pitched voice.

"Thorne!" Scarlet's voice sounded more desperate that warning, and she cast a pleading glance at Wolf. He froze, unsure of what to do.

"Uh… so what do you want to ask me?"

Scarlet moaned while Thorne chuckled, answering his question by reading more of the story. "'Ze'ev…' Her voice trailed off and he quirked an eyebrow, his gaze intense upon her, curious. 'Will you marry me?'"

Scarlet and Wolf turned as red as her hair while Thorne laughed hysterically, saying "I guess we know who wears the pants in the relationship! Thank you, Andromeda Writes!"

"Oh, so you think a girl can't propose?" Scarlet snapped, catching Thorne off guard.

"Er, no, not necessarily…"

She turned to Wolf. "What about you, Ze'ev? Do you have a problem with it?"

"And I thought I let my imagination run away with me," Cress muttered to herself.

"No, i-it's fine," he started, raising his hands in a calming manner, "but I kinda imagined it being me who proposed. You know, eventually."

"Yeah, but what if I get sick of waiting for you to build up the courage and do it? Does that mean I just have to sit idly by instead of taking action?" She raised an eyebrow, her hands on her hips.

"Uh…" Wolf looked like a deer in the headlights. He swiveled around to Kai and Thorne, but their faces were as blank as his. Cinder and Cress were too busy nodding at their friend encouragingly for him to catch their eye. Sweat beaded up on his forehead. "So, I guess I'll just…" He awkwardly bent down on one knee.

Amidst Cress's gasp, Iko's squeals, and everyone else's confusion, Scarlet yelled, "ZE'EV FOR STARS SAKE THAT WASN'T A HINT FOR YOU TO PROPOSE!"

"Thank you!" He scrambled back onto his feet, awkwardly fumbling with his hands before folding them across his chest.

"Guys, let's just forget the fanfiction thing," Iko reasoned. "Cress downloaded a first era movie called Cinderella; it sounds pretty interesting!"

"Oh hell no!" Everyone turned to Cinder in surprise. "Thorne tortured all of us; now it's his turn." She strode up to the Captain, smirking evilly. "There was another file in there, and it was labeled Cresswell. Have a guess as to what that means?"

In one swift motion she snatched the portscreen out of his hands, throwing it across the room to Kai. "Angel2203 wrote a lovely chapter about singing in the shower in one of her stories; shall we read it?" Kai was normally a more reserved and gentlemanly person, but in this particular situation he was perfectly fine with being overdramatic.

They all had one common goal; making Thorne squirm.

Clearing his throat with a little more gusto than necessary, he began to read. "Cress, with her beautiful singing voice, loved to go full out on it. Her voice reached each note perfectly and she always did a little bow at the end of every song she sang. Thorne…" Kai elongated the word, smirking when he tried to hide his reddening face with an eye roll, "would always listen outside of the bathroom door to listen. Cinder would always say 'creep' when she walked past him."

They all- not including the stammering Thorne and blushing Cress- burst out laughing, Cinder being the loudest of the bunch. "IT'S SO TRUE!" She wheezed, dropping onto the floor.

"That would be weird," Thorne murmured, not daring to look Cress in the eye.

Scarlet suddenly jumped to her feet. "HE DIDN'T DENY IT!" This resulted in a childish chorus of "OHHH"'s from the rest of them.

"Now that I think about it," Cress said, silencing the rest of them, "he did walk in on me singing at the hotel." She met his uncomfortable gaze, raising an eyebrow.

Basically, Thorne got rekt. I'll spare you the embarrassing aftermath.

After all of the excitement died down, they all decided to never mention or explore the idea of fanfiction ever again. It was just too weird for them to handle. Iko even agreed to delete her stories off of her portscreen.

But they would all be lying if the denied that that night, they all took a little extra peek on some fanfiction websites. They maybe even favorited a story or two.

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A/N: The Kaider fanfiction was Jealousy by lovlunarchron

The Wolflet fanfiction was A Modest Proposal by Andromeda Writes

The Cresswell fanfiction was Random days on the Rampion by angel2203

All three are really great stories; you guys should check them out!