"You know May; everyone does deserve a second chance…" Misty tried to reason to the stubborn brunette.

"Well he doesn't," she retorted hotly, sitting cross legged on her bed and glaring at the three girls opposing her.

"Why not?! He made a mistake and he wants to apologise," Leaf chimed in. "I mean; there really is no harm in listening to what he has to say right?"

May let out a frustrated sigh and flopped onto her back.

"You guys are supposed to be on my side…" she groaned. "He was an asshole and I'm not the forgiving type. The end. That's all there is to it."

"Ash said that Drew's been acting all weird lately, and I'll bet it's because of you," Misty explained, "All you have to do is listen to him for at least five minutes, how bad could that be?!"

"Very bad!"

"Oh come on May!" Dawn coaxed, "you won't have to do it ever again if you just listen to him once!"

May sighed in exasperation, rubbing her eyes tiredly.

"Fine…" she dragged on, "Only because you'll probably never stop bugging me until I do though, and there's no guarantee that I'll cooperate with him."

"That's the spirit!" Dawn yelled enthusiastically while the other two simply smiled at their friend.

May leaned against a tree, keeping in its dark shadow and hoping that maybe Drew had forgotten about their stupid little meet up. She ran her fingers through her raw umber coloured hair and sighed a long, tired sigh.

"Yo," a voice called from her left. She turned to see Dew standing near her, his hands stuffed into his pockets, a small, genuine smile on his face.

"Five minutes," May growled, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring up at the green haired boy. He sighed and scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

"Jeez, you don't really need to be so feisty about-"

"Five. Minutes." May interrupted through clenched teeth. Drew sighed and flicked his bangs out of his eyes.

"Listen, May. I understand I was a complete jerk and I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?"

"… Wow. Did you honestly think that you were going to win me over with that?!" She jeered. Drew let out a dry chuckle.

"No, not really, it was worth a shot though. Now please, just listen to and believe me because I swear, what I'm saying is the truth!"

"4 minutes,"

"Gah, just let me speak!" Drew snapped, losing his patients.

"Spit it out then, Drew!" May retorted, her eyes narrowed.

"Fine then, I know I was a complete idiot and I'm so, so sorry May. I knew at the time I was hurting you but I kept doing it, over and over again. I guess you could say I was getting some kind of sick 'enjoyment' out of it… It was disgusting."

"So you actually did enjoy teasing me then?!"

"Wait, no! That came out wrong!" He stuttered quickly, eyes widening at the realisation of his previous words. "What I meant was, I enjoyed the attention I got from it."

"So you admit that you were a self centred prick?"

"Yes…"

"Good. Now we have that all cleared up, I'll be going." May said as she walked a few paces away from the boy.

"Oi! I had five minutes remember!" He said desperately. May sighed and turned back to face him,

"Two left."

"R-right, well, I mean, sure, it may have seemed like I was enjoying it, I really wasn't. I didn't like hurting you, okay? Brianna encouraging me to do it, and I couldn't help it." May's hand then sailed through the air, a loud slapping sound echoed around them and the greenette brought a hand to his now pink cheek.

"Drew…" May snarled, her eyes flashing in anger. "Don't you even dare bring her into this! She is not the reason for your idiocy; you were at fault, okay?!"

"I'm sorry," he said quietly, his eyes cast down to the ground. "I'm so, so sorry." The two stood in silence for a few seconds before May began to walk away again.

"Wait!" Drew called, lunging for her wrist and forcing her to turn back and face him."

"What?" She muttered, her glare still refusing to falter.

"Just, answer one question for me… Why won't you forgive me?" May was silent for a long while, her cold persona faltering as her eyes seemed sad and she attempted to look everywhere but at Drew. "Why?"

"Because… I don't want to be hurt again." She eventually replied, her wide, sapphire eyes looking up at him sadly.

"May…" he mumbled, slowly backing away from her. As she turned away once more, she heard a loud thump. Her eyes widened and she turned back around to see Drew on his knees.

"May… I'm so sorry I didn't mean it! I didn't realise how much I was hurting you, I'm so, so stupid. I didn't realise…" He rambled, his head lowered to the ground.

"D- Drew… please, get up!" May said, looking around unknowing of what to do. The 'great' Drew Hayden never begged, even in a situation such as this.

"I can't, I hurt you so, so much. And in doing so I was hurting myself, I'm such and idiot!" He let out a humourless laugh as he squeezed his eyes shut. "Well, I suppose I understand the saying 'you don't know what you've got till' it's gone' now huh?"

"Drew…" May sighed, her fists clenched as she tried to prevent her tears from falling. What is this? Why is it that I'm suddenly feeling guilty…

"May. I still consider you my best friend; I never meant to hurt you. I'm sorry for pushing you away, I just couldn't see through all of my arrogance, I thought I was fine without you and I didn't need you at all because I had so many others. I realised that you were the only one for me, I don't expect you to forgive me, I'm a stupid idiot, and as Paul would say, completely pathetic right now," He moaned, turning his head away, his eyes being covered by the bangs which he'd usually be flicking around about now.

He felt weak and pathetic, he didn't want her to see him like this, he thought that she'd just laugh at his vulnerability over her; he didn't deserve her after all. Suddenly, he felt small, warm arms wrap tentatively around his neck.

His green orbs snapped open and he stared into her blue ones, her actions surprised him greatly.

"I'm sorry," He whispered again, letting his head fall onto her chest. She sighed in exhaustion, her mind trying its best to collect her thoughts in an orderly fashion.

"Drew, I… I suppose I may be able to forgive you…" She muttered almost inaudibly. This sentence caused the boy's emerald eyes to widen a great deal, he pulled away again, at a complete loss for words.

"What?!"

"I said, I may be able to forgive you, Grass head," she repeated, poking her tongue childishly out at him.

"Shut up, I heard you the first time, air head," he said, a grin widening on his face. "Oh, and before I forget," he said before pulling the sapphire encrusted pendent which he had bought the other day out of his pocket. He lifted it up and allowed the girl to take it.

"Drew, you knew I wanted it?" She asked, her eyes wide with awe.

"Duh," he replied, smirking in triumph.

"I can't take this, it's far too expensive!"

"Well too bad, it isn't really any use for me, and it'd be a shame to throw it out because for one, it was so expensive and two, it's really pretty. Besides, I don't have anyone else to give it to, you just happen to be the only girl around at the moment." He smirked, flicking his bangs. His big ego had obviously just been repaired.

May rolled her eyes and gently took the necklace, clasping it around her neck.

"Keep dreaming, I may be your 'bestie' right now, but you're far off from becoming mine. I barely even know you anymore." She said, standing back up and grinning in success as it was obvious she'd just wounded his newly rebuild ego due to his physical wince.

As she began walking back to her dorm, she heard him yell after her,

"You won't be saying that much longer March!"

"And maybe you'll also finally realise how much I truly care about you as well," he muttered to himself, following the path of the girl. "However, I doubt anyone as dense as you could really tell," he chuckled bitterly.

Weeks passed and the two groups began to spend more time together, just like they used to. This was however much to the displeasure of both Dawn and Leaf due to the fact that they had to deal with either a completely emotionless being or a self centred prick.

Dawn, no matter how hard she tried, could not seem to get past that emotionless mask which Paul had repaired and put back on after their time in the city. It frustrated her to no end because she knew that the funny, teasing and almost kind person was hiding once again and she wanted to see him.

The exam that she knew next to nothing about was looming ever closer, the younger children seemed very on edge as they knew that their demise could be coming a lot closer than they anticipated.

The facility seemed thick with tension; no body spoke much during meal times and the juniors were all preparing during their free times.

"Dawn," Paul called, spying the mass of blue hair bobbing down the hallway. The girl stopped and looked towards the source of the voice, dodging around the few students mulling around to get to the purple haired teen.

"What is it?" She asked curiously, her eyebrows quirked slightly in amusement as it was very rare that Paul would ever stop to talk to her.

"I was informed about what you'll be doing for the exam," he said in his usual monotone. As the words left his lips, the colour drained from the poor bluenette's face.

"W-what?! You can't be serious, I can't do the exam! Sure I may have run away… and yeah… my loyalty too the company sure hasn't been as good as it could have been, but I'm too young to die! I'm a senior, I should be able to get out of it, I mean-"

"Dawn!" He growled, halting the hysterical rambling of the panicked girl before him. "You aren't doing it, okay?!" The girl blinked a few times, processing the information.

"Wha- why?" She asked, completely dumbfounded. Paul just rolled his eyes and pushed passed her, heading towards his next class. He didn't quite understand either; he really didn't think that Giovanni would allow her to stay without taking the exam without there being any deeper reasoning behind him doing so, and he had a feeling it may have been due to that book.

Dawn shook her head, a wide grin making its way onto her face. She continued towards her Self defence class with Zoey and Lieutenant Surge.

"Hey Dawn?" Zoey asked as the bluenette entered the large training room.

"What?" she responded, tilting her head slightly. Zoey seemed to hesitate for a moment, her cheeks grew somewhat the colour of red and she looked down, seeming excessively interested in a crack in the flooring.

"Well… I was wondering… What's your relationship with Kenny?" Dawn looked at the girl for a good couple of seconds without responding. She recalled their first encounter as a three, (which was one of a few), Zoey had seemed to want to remove herself from the scene as quickly as possible.

"Well… We've been best friends for as long as I can remember," Dawn eventually replied, trying to hide the amusement in her voice. "Why do you ask?"

"Oh, no reason really, I was just curious,"

"Oh really?" Dawn smirked, "Don't worry my friend, nothing is gonna be going on between us, I can almost guarantee, it'd be too weird," she chucked, watching the relief flush over Zoey like a tsunami. "There's no need to worry my friend, you have no competition here,"

"H-hey, that's not why I was asking!" Zoey said, seeming to get rather flustered which inturn made Dawn laugh even harder. "S-shut up!"

"Oi, Berlitz, Nozomi, shut up and get to work, you're supposed to be training to be world class assassins! Not hosting your own talk show!"

"Sorry sir," both girls replied, rather sheepishly mind you, in unison, Dawn giving Zoey 'the look' during the entirety of the session.

DAWN POV

I jogged through the corridors which lead down towards the reception where I'd find my mother. The place seemed even more deserted than usual; I suppose the reason being was that the entrance exam was nearing. May was spending a hell of a lot of time with her brother, and honestly, I didn't blame her.

I myself was just relieved that I wouldn't need to take it, god knows if I'd have passed or not, I didn't even know what it was about anyway. The shopping tip we'd all been on seemed like it'd happened forever ago, we weren't allowed to mention it in case someone happened to overhear our conversation.

Those boys still gave me the creeps, I was sure I never even once mentioned Paul's name, yet the Blondie, Pearl I believe, knew it anyway.

My eyes widened and I started to rub them, I was sure I was seeing things. A blonde boy with amber eyes was walking in my direction, followed by a smaller, dark haired and dark eyed boy. The blonde one stopped when he saw me, his eyes also widening.

He turned hurriedly around, shoving his friend with him and they began to speed down the corridor. I stood dumbfounded for a few seconds before I too began to sprint. I was so confused, none of this made sense.

I began closing in on them, maybe all of those laps around the gym Paul made me do did really pay off.

"Hey!" I yelled, reaching out, ready to grab 'Pearl's' shirt. I yanked exceptionally hard on the back of his collar, causing him to make out a strangled yell. 'Diamond' whirled around, his eyes seemed to be filled with fright. "What the hell is going on?!" I demanded, turning the blonde around to face me.

"O-oh, hey, do I know you?" Pearl asked, not so convincingly. I raised an eyebrow, tightening the grip on his shirt.

"What's going on?!" I yelled desperately, trying to force out an answer.

"What do you mean?" He asked innocently enough.

"Quit playing games with me, just spill,"

"I um…"

"We were sent by Giovanni himself to watch you, Dawn, and Paul," Diamond sighed, causing my hold to falter. Pearl managed to get free and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Yeah, sorry about that, the big boss's orders, we couldn't disobey. Anyway, why don't we start over? I'm Barry," He said, holding out his hand.

I warily took it, he seemed legitimately friendly enough. Despite this however, I was still very creeped out over the fact that Giovanni had gotten them to watch specifically Paul and I. Something weird was definitely going on.

"I'm Lucas," the other boy said, also taking my hand.

"Dawn," I said, "Although I suppose you already know that," I added.

"Heh, sorry," Barry said sheepishly, "But anyways, we have to go, we have class,"

I nodded in understanding.

"Good luck," I chuckled, "I'll see you around I guess,"

They both nodded and headed off in the direction I'd come from as I continued towards the reception.

Due to the layout of the facility, before arriving at the reception, you had to pass though a corridor which lead to the labs.

I stopped just outside, my head turning towards the door leading into the entrance of them. For some strange reason, I felt compelled to try the door handle. To my surprise, it was opened and some strange force seemed to make me enter the room. I looked around, quick to duck under a desk near the door as I spied a scientist on the other side of the rather large room. Doors lined the walls of this laboratory, obviously leading to different ones due to the various signs nailed to them.

One of the doors had a sign which looked like that of our company, the only difference being that it was red, white and black in colour, unlike the usual plain coloured ones we used to identify our clothing items and the logos used on the manufactured weapons.

I slowly began to walk towards the door so as not to notify the person with his back to me of my presents. The door was identical to the others in the room; obviously made with some type of steel while is seemed to be locked using a key pad. Just as I was about to insert some random code, the door began to open, causing me to panic.

Professor Oak walked in from what looked like a completely steel corridor with yet another door at the end, I guessed it was for security measures. The Professor himself looked awfully tired, his hair was more dishevelled than usual and dark circles hung under his eyes.

Once he saw me, he jumped out of his skin, dropping the clip board and various items he held in his arms. In alarm, he began collecting what looked like photographs and obscuring them from my vision. I began to help him pick up his assortment of items, and instead of thanking me, he began to shove me towards the exit, warily glancing at the scientist who obviously hadn't cared to look over even at the large amount of noise created by the dropping items.

"Hurry up and get out of here Miss Berlitz, if anyone finds you… Just hurry and leave, don't come back!" He exclaimed, locking the door shut behind him after we'd exited the room. He then hurried down the other corridor, leaving me completely and utterly confused.

My curiosity had spiked; whatever they were hiding behind that door was very precious to them.

Dawn, I need you. Do it again.

That voice rang throughout my head. My eyes widened and my hands automatically clamped over my temples.

"Paul…" I muttered to myself, "I need to find Paul," and I began to sprint back the way I came. I knew something wasn't right, and I had a feeling it had to do with whatever was behind that door, I had an extremely bad feeling about it as well and I wanted answers.

I slowed down as his and Drew's room came into view, my breathing was very irregular but I didn't have time to catch my breath. I knocked hurriedly on the door, to which I got no reply. Growling, I swiftly made my way to a room a few doors down and knocked on this one.

"If you're a hot girl and are here for me, please leave, I'm not in the mood," Gary's voice yelled from the other side.

"For once…" Ash's tone, muffled from the door said. At this point I'm guessing Gary had thrown something at the poor boy as I hear a thump followed by a loud groan.

"It's me you idiots," I called, trying to suppress a chuckle.

"Oh, why didn't you say so?" Gary asked as the door swung open. "What brings you here Blue?" He asked curiously.

"Well, I was just wondering if you guys know where Paul would be right about now," I said, leaning back on my heels.

"Well, right about now, I'm pretty sure he'd be in self defence class, probably in the training room," Gary replied, resting his arm on the door frame.

"Right, thanks guys," I said, holding my hand up in farewell as I began to sprint in the direction of Paul. Gary shook his head, closing the door again.

"Bet you were wishing it was Leaf," Ash said slyly, only letting out another groan as yet a second large pillow flew through the air and whacked him in the face.

I eventually got to the desired room, casually looking through the window to indeed find Paul sparring with a girl who looked around his age. My eyes widened in surprise as I realised there were only four of them in the class, less then I had in mine.

The realisation of why soon hit me and my face scrunched up in disgust; people sometimes die on the missions they're assigned. The main reason for there being far less seniors was because a lot of them had passed away.

Their teacher seemed nice enough, a mane of aqua blue hair adorned his head and he seemed very enthusiastic, despite the fact that I'd only seen him for a few seconds. Orange goggles covered his eyes as he was mercilessly beating a punching bag. I somehow needed to gain Paul's attention without anyone else's… it was pretty impossible.

I began to jump up and down, waving my hands about like a mad man in an attempt to get him to notice me, I couldn't wait until his class finished, it was urgent. The girl he was sparring was the first to notice me, she gave me a weird look and I pointed desperately to the man opposite her.

Her eyebrows shot up, most likely wondering what the hell anyone, let alone a girl three years younger than them, would want with the likes of Paul Shinji. She still raised her hands up, stopping the match between them and pointed over at me.

Paul glared, this was the reaction I was expecting yet I sill winced. He yelled something at his teacher and then began to walk towards the door. I took a step back, allowing him to exit.

"What?" He growled, shutting the door behind him.

"I need to talk to you…" I began, not knowing exactly where to start. I glanced around, feeling unsafe about being out in the open and so I lead him into an empty classroom.

"I've been… hearing this voice," I started, taking a deep breath, "And, it sounds like my Father, but he's dead…" Paul watched me closely, I couldn't tell what he was thinking, and that was the annoying part of it all.

When he didn't say anything, I continued.

"I think, it has something to do with a certain lab,"

"What do you mean?" He asked,

"Well, I don't know what made me do it, but something weird happened, and I just felt like I really needed to go into the room and-"

"You went into the labs?!" He snapped, his voice raising every so slightly.

"I didn't mean to! I just, I don't know what it was I swear! I just felt like I really needed to go in! Professor Oak saw me though.."

"Someone saw you?!" He roared, towering over me, his eyes flashing dangerously.

"H-he only warned me never to go back again…" I stuttered, shrinking back, beginning to regret my decision to tell him.

"Thank god it was professor Oak… what if it was someone else?! You could be dead now you stupid girl! Stop getting yourself into things that don't concern you!"

"Why do you care anyway?!" I snarled, finally snapping. "I'm old enough and smart enough to look after myself! I don't need you to be watching over and judging everything I do!"

"Snooping around this place is a very dangerous thing to do troublesome; it will most likely get you killed! They don't like curiosity in this place; those doors are usually locked for a reason!"

"Well if you're so smart, why don't you tell me what's behind them then! And would you quit calling me that! I am NOT troublesome!"

"You're the very definition of troublesome, troublesome. My life would be so much easier if you just left everything be, curiosity killed the cat."

"I am not! Why don't you just let me get killed then?! Why the hell are you always there to stop everything I do anyway?! Now this I want to know," I spat, crossing my arms over my chest and glaring up at him.

He sighed, lowering himself onto one of the desks behind him.

"Because, Dawn, I promised my brother that when you returned, I'd do anything and everything I could to protect you."

"Your brother? Why did he want me safe, and who is he?!"

"His name was Reggie Shinji, he was your father's apprentice. I don't know exactly what happened to your father, but what they told you, about how he died on a mission, that much is incorrect."

"What?" I asked, my eyes widening.

"His last request to my brother was that he'd make sure you were safe, always. And so, when you left, it pretty much killed him. He spent years looking for you, feeling that he was a failure of a student. He spent most of his time in the lab, being both a scientist and a field agent, trying to work out your next location or if you were still safe. I didn't know much about what he was doing as he never told me, he didn't have time for me anymore," Paul said, he sounded so sad, I just listened, my mouth hanging open, I'd been causing him so much pain…

"He'd apparently been secretly working against the company, trying to get it shut down. He knew the goal they were aiming for, even I don't know this much even now. The first time I found this out was the last time I ever saw him. Before he was killed by the company, he made me promise that I would find you look after you and fulfil the task he'd been assigned but failed to complete."

"Wait, what happened to my dad then?!" I said, my voice straining.

"He was used in an experiment," Paul answered, his voice once more lacking in any noticeable emotion.

"What…"

"I told you Dawn, don't go down to them laboratories, something strange is going on but until we know exactly what, we can't do anything. I'm guessing that the voice you keep hearing is due to that experiment they conducted five years ago, the year he died, one year before you left."

"But… if that's the case, he could still be alive!" I pretty much yelled, my eyes lighting up.

"… Maybe, however my brother knew what was going on, and he was certain Mr. Berlitz was dead." He answered monotonously. The hope that had swollen up diminished almost immediately and I looked down, trying to prevent any tears from falling.

"But why didn't he tell me any of this, and why did the company not tell Mum and I the truth?"

"I'm not quite sure… it could have been to stop you from rebelling." He says slowly.

I sighed, lowering myself onto one of the desks. I go over everything that I'd learnt within the last ten minutes, holding my face in my hands.

"I'm sorry," I eventually whisper.

"What?" Paul replied; I could hear the confusion in his tone of voice.

"I'm sorry for all of the pain I caused you. It's my fault that your brother left you in search of me… I'm so, so sorry." With that, I slowly got back to my feet, allowing my bangs to cover my eyes as I made my way over to the man opposite me in an almost zombie like fashion.

I then leaned in, wrapping my small arms around his torso and resting my head onto his chest. The plumb haired man stiffened, I could feel his obsidian eyes on my top of my head, most likely glaring, however, he soon relaxed and gingerly wrapped his hoodie clad arms around my back.

We stood like that for only a short amount of time, due to the fact that he'd pushed me away within a few seconds. Despite this, I found comfort in that small embrace, like a warmth spreading throughout my body.

"I know you said that you don't have friends before, but I consider you a very close one of mine," I said, a small smile making its way onto my lips.

"Hn," was his only reply, however before he turned away to head back to class, I noticed a smile, not a big, noticeable one, but a genuine one illuminate his face. His onyx eyes seemed to sparkle for just a second, but this reaction was enough to make my heart skip a beat as a thousand butterflies seemingly fluttered around inside of my stomach. I had no idea why.

Normal POV

Meanwhile, May held onto her younger brother tightly, refusing to let go. They were currently sitting alone together in May and Dawn's room.

"I can't… breathe… can you let go?!" He wheezed, struggling to free himself from the brunette's fierce grasp. May simply shook her head and buried her face into his inky hair. "Are you crying?" He asked after a while, realising that his sister's shoulders were shaking in a kind of rhythm as his head began to feel slightly damp.

"No…" she said unconvincingly. Max sighed and managed to pull away, he held May out at arms length yet refused to look her in the eye. "I'm not going to die, I couldn't leave you like that," He said, trying to prevent his own tears from shedding.

"Yeah, I know you aren't, you're too cocky and smart to die," she replied, allowing herself to smile through her tears. "I'm sorry, I just can't help it. I shouldn't be the one crying, I need to be strong!"

She roughly began to wipe her face with the back of her hand.

"Besides, I'll force Drew to look after you if I do, and if he treats you badly again, my ghost will come back and haunt him," the boy grinned, rubbing his hands together evilly.

A faint blush grazed the cheeks of the girl; she glared daggers at her brother and leaped, pinning him to the ground as she tickled him mercilessly. The boy squirmed under his sister's hold, his face beginning to go red from laughter and his glasses sitting crooked upon his nose.

"M-may, quit it!" He managed to gasp between the laughs. Just as he said that, a certain greenette entered the room uninvited, he looked upon the scene before him, his eyebrows quirked in amusement.

"Now that's not fair May, ganging up on your younger brother like that," He said in mock disgust.

"Help me Drew!" Max yelled as May stopped her mass tickling and looked over to the new comer.

"With pleasure," the addressed said with a bow before advancing on the girl. May stood her ground, keeping the younger boy pinned down while wearily watching the new coming threat.

He stalked closer and closer, trying to figure out a way to free the struggling Max. May lashed out, one of her feet flailing about to try and strike the greenette. He gave her one of his signature smirks and grabbed a hold of her foot.

She comically hissed and immediately tried to free herself, the only way she saw possible was to release Max and twist around quickly. She did just that and as planned, Drew lost his grip, allowing her to scamper away, retreating to the other side of the room.

The two boys began to advance on the girl, each one giving her an evil look. As they came closer, May leaped, managing to cut through in between them.

"Haha," she taunted, ducking behind the sofa and planning her next attack. She'd have to disable Drew first then get to Max. Peaking out behind the armrest, she caught a glimpse of a tuft of green ducking behind the other side of the piece of furniture. Quietly, she began to crawl around the side they were sitting, getting ready to leap.

"Oof," Drew groaned as he hit the floor, the brunette straddling his waste while pinning his arms to the ground. Drew being Drew never missed a beat; he smirked up at the girl,

"Gosh May, if you wanted me this bad, you could have just asked," he whispered, causing her face to turn a bright red. He chucked for a moment just before groaning yet again as May was suddenly forced forward, smashing into his chest.

Max laughed victoriously, as May's face bloomed three shades redder.

"We got you good May!" The boy chucked.

"Yeah, and you got me too," Drew struggled to say, due to the weight pressed against his body. Max just laughed harder, realising his achievement and deciding that he was rather comfortable lying where he was.

"Max," May dragged on, "I'm feeling very squished," She said as she tried to reposition herself; being compacted between two bodies isn't really a very comfortable experience.

Drew then forcefully rolled onto his side, breathing a sigh of relief as the siblings fell off of him. May too looked very relieved, however Max pouted. The two simultaneously yawned and Drew chuckled in amusement.

Around an hour later, both May and Max were sound asleep, heads resting on Drew as he wrapped his arms around them protectively, closing his eyes while a movie played in the background. He hoped to god that the kid could pull off the exams, for not only May's sake but his own as well.

Holy crap that was long. 13 fking pages! I feel like I actually achieved something today lol. Oh and hey! Is that plot I see?! Ugh, so many contestshipping feels, I had to try and contain my fangirling while writing this, I mean, I just love this couple so much, they're really fun to write! I hope it didn't seem really sudden, for their resolve I mean. Well, they aren't really a thing yet so I guess it's okay… Ugh, this is my first fanfic so there's gonna be a lot of dodgy stuff. Well, I'm gonna go fulfil my needs with other, actually good contestshipping fanfics. But I hope you enjoyed!

~ X-Ray