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Ben's Note of Depression: Geez, didn't I just get over my last bout of this? Hey guys. Due to things that have recently occurred on DeviantArt and a mass argument between me and my best friend, I feel kind of down in the dumps. Plus, let's not forget my speech outline due Tuesday… yeah, my life is stressful. To add to that, my computer's been damaged so that I can't listen to anything, which means I wasn't able to watch the webisode I needed to. So, I might get the name wrong, but I'm giving it my best shot.

On side news, after replaying Kingdom Hearts, my favorite video game of all time, I actually felt inspired to write a KH story… only with the EAH guys taking place of the main characters. Let me know your thoughts. (Kingdom Hearts is basically one big Disney crossover. If I do end up writing it, the worlds the EAH guys visit will be mostly Pixar.)

KCL: It was probably a good idea to not get an account then. Maybe you can at a future date, but perhaps now isn't the best time. Also… can Ben have ice cream? (Danggit… I knew I forgot the screams.)

Rainbow Swirl: Neb has the confidence I don't. :) Plus, he knew kissing Lizzie in front of everyone would embarrass her. (If you love Nebzzie, I have a fic called Her Number that focuses around them, if you want to take a look.) Also, I have an irrational fear of cupcakes. Muffins are the next best thing. (Plus, for the fic revolving around the Musty Muffin, my reference guide involves Derpy from My Little Pony. Derpy loves muffins, so…) Also, for that ship you want, consider it on my list of to do things. I'm a busy guy, so it may be a while before I get to it, sorry to say.

Guest: So you know, on most weekdays, I try to update at least twice a day, once in the morning/afternoon, once sometime at night. (With the rare third update sometime late during the day.) Weekends are rough to estimate, but I try to update once either Saturday or Sunday. When I have school off, expect weekend-like updates.

Prompt 58: Boys Night Out

Alistair was surprised by how easy it was to get Sven to come to a guy hang out. He then realized the only reason he came was because Maddie had shown him the hoy of muffins, not to hang out with the other guys.

Alistair had, at Kitty's instruction, gathered up the boyfriends of the Wonderlandian's plus Sven and Hunter. He also cornered Dexter and invited him as well, only he asked Dexter for a favor. Dexter accepted and Alistair only had to find a place to hang out.

Neb took care of that. Currently, five of the six boys were sitting in a booth (on the other side of the building than the girls) of the Musty Muffin. Neb was standing up wearing a purple apron as he served each of the boys their muffins.

"Geez, never thought you'd work here of all places," Harry said, grabbing his muffin.

"For the plot to move forward in my future fic, I need to be here," Neb said indifferently. "Besides, I get to tease Lizzie in the previous chapter, so it's a win-win."

Dexter cocked his head to the side. "Is it just me, or does Neb sound a lot like how Maddie talks?" he asked.

"We're best friends," Neb said. "I think it's reasonable that I'm cray-cray."

"Makes sense," Hunter said. "When you're a Wonderlandian's best friend, you pick up a few things."

"When you are a Wonderlandian, you know more than everyone in front of you about Wonderland," Alistair chuckled. "So, how are things with you guys?"

"Adequate," Harry shrugged. "Bunny's been helping with stress since the whole kidnapping thing. Oh… sorry again for that."

Alistair shrugged. "Water under the bridge," he said.

"Um… sorry t-t-t-to interrupt…" Sven said nervously. "But isn't there supposed t-t-t-to be water under a br-br-br-bridge?"

"It's an expression," Neb said flatly. "Like dancing cheese puffs."

"Um… that's not an expression Neb," Dexter said.

"I'm the author. I can do whatever the cheese I want to do. I'll be right back. It's at this point I pass by an tease Lizzie for the first time," Neb said and disappeared.

"Do any of you ever feel as if Neb knows what's going to happen before it happens?" Hunter asked.

Alistair shrugged. "He's Neb. He can do whatever he wants…"

"…and get away with it," they all said.

"Ah, how I do love that saying," Neb said, returning. "I find it funny because you guys have never actually heard me say that phrase before and yet you guys say it like I have. So funny."

"What's funny?" Hunter asked dumbly.

"Never you mind. Meta humor is beyond your comprehension," Neb said. "So, Alistair, got something big to say about that wedding of yours?" Neb asked.

Alistair strained to keep a straight face as Hunter patted him on the back. "Really man? That's great! I'm proud of you guys!"

"Marriage? This early?" Dexter asked curiously.

"Not now. When we both turn eighteen," Alistair said.

Sven shivered. "Love… too much love… can I not go? Please?" he asked him.

"Come on Sven. Love won't kill you," Neb said. "Then again, I did create you to explode with mass amounts of love, but maybe I can correct this design flaw."

Alistair ignored Neb's comment and looked at Sven. "You might think love is bad… but it's not really as bad as you might think," Alistair said. "In fact… Dexter, do you have that little thing I asked you to bring?"

Dexter smirked and pulled out six white flowers and handed one to each guy. Excpet for Neb, who flat out refused. "Not yet," he hissed. "Right about now is when I kiss Lizzie and make her hate me for making her want more."

Dexter shrugged as Neb left. "I stole these from Cupid's garden," he said. "They're cherub roses. Give them to someone you care about, and they'll change colors depending on how you two are. Yellow for friends, red for romance, and pink for the one true pair."

"You just said OTP. Who are we shipping?" Neb said, randomly showing back up in front of the table.

"Us with our girls," Harry said. "Who does it look like we're shipping?"

"Disney characters that don't make sense," Neb said sarcastically. "That is essentially what this is anyway, but what am I saying? Say, is that a cherub rose? Better be red. Lizzie would punch me in the face if it was anything else."

Sven looked nervously at the rose. "L-l-l-l-l-love rose? B-b-b-b-b-bad rose! Evil! Can't handle it, don't want it, nope, nope, nope!"

Hunter gave Sven a sympathetic smile. "Love won't kill you Sven," he said. "It's a wonderful thing to have. Isn't there someone you care about?"

Sven glanced around nervously. "Um… no? Maybe? Gah! Ok, maybe, maybe, maybe I like Maddie… NO! Bad Sven! No, no, no, no, no! Love bad! Love kills! No love, no Maddie! For her own good, no love!"

The boys looked at each other for a moment. "Sven… I think you do love Maddie," Alistair said slowly. "But not in the way you might think."

"Huh? No! I wouldn't hurt her, nope, nope!" Sven said frantically.

"That's just it," Harry said. "You wouldn't hurt her."

"You're worried about hurting her, so you love her enough to try and keep away," Dexter said.

"Thing is, you still care about her, even though you want her safe," Hunter said.

"And you need to realize that Maddie cares about you too and that if you guys share that mutual feeling, you will never hurt her," Alistair said. "I've been dating Kitty for a long time. I should know."

Sven looked nervously at each of his friends. Then, his eyes landed on Neb. "Wh-wh-wh-what do you think?" he asked nervously.

"My normally response would entail a fanboy scream because something I shipped would finally come to pass," Neb said. "But since you're delicate and any small thing I say might accidently drive you into a frantic and nervous fit, I'm just going to say go for it and leave it to that."

Sven nodded hesitantly. "W-w-w-w-will you g-g-g-guys be with me?" he asked.

Alistair smiled. "Of course," Alistair said. "We have to give these flowers to our girls, too, don't we? Neb, which table?"

"Finally. This took forever to write," Neb smirked. "Right this way. They don't even know you guys are here. Well, kind of. They know I'm here and Kitty knows because… never mind, you'll see what I mean in a few chapters."

BN: Ah, Neb. You truly do remind me of someone. I just can't seem to put my finger on it. Who do you remind me off? Teases people, has a sarcastic manner, loves Lizzie… nope, not ringing any bells whatsoever. As for the chapter… I have another secret. I've never been on a boys night out. Yeah, I'm not the most social guy in the world. I do know, however, this was kind of off. Boys talk about sports, chicks (I prefer the term ladies, but most guys don't have that word in their vocab), and get drunk at bars. Obviously the only things they could get drunk on was the happiness but in the muffins, but I felt that this served my purpose. It kind of established the fundaments for the next chapter, which you'll see shortly!

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