Aaaaannnnnnd I'm back. Hope you guys didn't miss me. Just kidding. Anyway, now that I'm motivated again, lets move on.

"…tel…."

"…otel…!"

"…Hotel…!"

"Hotel!"

The man seemingly snapped back to reality as I sighed and said, "Dude, you've been spacing out a lot, lately."

Hotel blinked at me, almost as if to say, "What are you talking about?"

However, he sighed and replied, "…really…? Didn't take notice…."

I blinked. Something about him felt weird. Almost…off. Like…he was…what's the word…depressed?

Hotel sighed, standing up as the bell rang, quickly leaving the classroom. I blinked after him as Sierra walked up to me and asked, "Wassup with him?"

"No clue," I replied as Yang quickly ran over, looking around. I watched her as she looked at me, then at Hotel's seat, then did a complete three-sixty. She groaned as Sierra took notice of her distraught. Sierra glanced at me, getting a shrug from me as a reply as Yang asked, "Where'd Hotel go?"

I shrugged as Sierra replied, "If anything, probably back to our room."

"Okay, thanks-!"

"Hold up, hold up, hold up, cowgirl," Sierra stated, grabbing her by her collar. Yang let out a choking noise as Lima slowly made her way over to me, peeking over my shoulder as Sierra threw Yang onto the chair in front of me. Sierra grabbed another chair and set it in between us as she asked, "What's going on between you and Hotel, Yang?"

Yang opened her mouth, but only silence filled the air. She closed her mouth, looking away, attracting Sierra's curiosity. I'll admit, I was also curious to find out why our muscle-man was out of it lately as well. I then felt someone creeping over my other shoulder, causing me to look over it, spotting Ruby's red hood. I chuckled, looking back at Yang, who was fidgeting with a blush on her face as she took in a deep breath, exhaling. I then looked at her eyes, which seemed like they were on the verge of tears.

"I…I…," she slowly began, "…might've…ch…ch…cheated…on…him…."

There was an odd silence that followed. I blinked several times, comprehending what I had just heard. And then it felt like I was hit with a ton of bricks. I then glanced at Sierra, who's eyes were slowly narrowing between the "I'm gonna kill you" face and "What the fuck did I just hear."

I prepared to jump Sierra if she decided to do anything brash. It was then that I remembered that she was getting friendly with Rusty a couple days ago when we downed that Goliath in the Emerald Forest. I opened my mouth to speak, only to get cut off by Sierra as she said, "…and was it with Rusty?"

Yang's eyes widened in surprise as Sierra asked, "What; you make out with the sumbitch or something?"

I glanced at Sierra, who had put her foot on the chair and was resting her chin on her knee. I tried not looking at her legs as Yang grimaced, looking away. Then looked back and said, "…yeah…right in front of him practically…."

"Whoa," I said, "red flag flying here."

"Yeah," she replied, "stop rubbing it in my face…I feel terrible…."

Yang feeling terrible? That's a real first.

I sighed as I heard a familiar voice come from the door.

"Yo! What's going on over here?"

I glanced up, seeing Echo making his way over to us. Sierra glanced his way as well, returning her gaze back to Yang as he stood next to her, glancing at the blonde. Ruby walked over to Yang, putting her hands on her sisters' cheeks. I could only assume that they were talking about something because Ruby was blocking my view of Yang.

"Nah, nothing big," I heard Sierra say to Echo. He said a couple words inaudible to me as Sierra stood up, beginning idle chat with him. Then turned back to the sisters, who were apparently talking things out. Sierra got into their conversation as well as Echo walked over to me and said, "If you want to take out that Rusty guy, he's in the training facilities right now."

"The fuck would I want to screw around with them right now," I replied. Lima looked at him, doing a complete three-sixty around him. Echo raised an eyebrow in confusion as she shook her head, walking up to me and hugging me from behind.

"Fake…real partner…," she immediately said. I couldn't help but laugh, causing him to become even more confused. I regained my composure and said, "She's probably confused at our physical appearances being so similar."

"Oh," he replied, walking up to her and rubbing her head. I glanced back, seeing her ears wiggling as she instinctively went towards the hand. She began to whine playfully as I grabbed her and said, "Ooookay, that's enough partner."

"Alright, then it's decided," I heard Sierra say. I glanced back to the sisters and Sierra, who pat Yang on the shoulder and said, "If I know Hotel, you guys'll probably argue then have sex afterwards…probably."

I couldn't help but feel a blush creep in at how bluntly she had stated that. I glanced back up to Echo, who was blushing as well. Then Ruby came over to me, putting her head on my shoulder. I didn't even need to see her to know she was blushing as well. I could hear Sierra laugh as she said, "Hey, I'm only stating the truth, okay?"

"Umm, sure," Echo stated, unsure of how to comprehend how she had just handled matters. Sierra then turned to me, prying Ruby off of me as she said, "We're gonna spend the night, if you don't mind."

"Umm…okay," Ruby replied. She then turned to me and said, "And you'll stay with Echo tonight."

Echo?

I turned to my older cousin, who sighed and said, "…I…guess he can."

"You guess," Sierra stated, clearly getting a bit annoyed. He glanced away, almost shamefully away from her as he stated, "Well…it's my first night with a new team. I don't want them to think I'm a party guy right away."

I then glanced back to Sierra, who had, in my opinion, a sinister grin on her face as she walked up to Echo. Echo, in turn, looked down on her, confused as to what she was planning on doing. Sierra traced a finger up his chest and said, almost seductively, "You know, if you want to help me…well…you can start today."

And she ended that off with what sounded like a heart.

What the fuck, Sierra.

I could see Echo physically becoming uncomfortable as she leaned herself against him.

"C'mon, babe," she continued, "help me out…'kay?"

Echo glanced away from her, looking at me. I shrugged, causing him to sigh as he said, "…I'll…see what I can do…."

"Yay," she leaped, wrapping her arms around his neck, "You're the best, E!"

With that, she mashed her lips to his. I gawked in surprise, as well as the others. Did I know they were dating? No shit, of course. It was just surprising that…well…Sierra was initiating contact. Especially with Echo, who was known as a playboy back at his old school.

Well, looks like I know who'll dominate this relationship….

I grinned hopelessly as she pulled away from him and said, "Okay Yang; drop by our room around…oh, I don't know…7:30?"