"I was thinking about confessing" Numbuh 362 said unconsciously unaware of her surroundings, she was resting her head on her hand looking at nothing, the girl was sharply woken by the sound of a stack of files falling on the floor, she followed the noise only to find Numbuh 86 looking at her a bit surprised "Sorry…"

Numbuh 86 shrugged and grabbed the papers then put them on Rachel's table "So? Who is it?" She asked crossing her arms

"I don't think it's okay to talk about this sort of stuff at work" Rachel blushed

"Sure, I will go talk with Numbuh 1 then if you excuse me" Numbuh 86 grinned at Rachel

"Wait…" Rachel sighed "When did you get so smug?" The supreme leader said a bit annoyed

"Patton is teaching me" Fanny chuckled

"Why did you ask who it was if you knew all along?" Rachel asked

"It was just a hunch, my second guess would be Patton since you two spend so much time together talking about cadet files but you don't look the type to steal someone's boyfriend" Fanny sat on a chair directly in front of Numbuh 362's desk "You're really going to confess?"

"I was just thinking out loud" Rachel said "What happened with hating boys by the way?"

"I still hate them, besides Patton, at least most of the time I'm not hating him… Anyway, being a friend comes first" Numbuh 86 grabbed her communicator

"What are you doing?" Numbuh 362 looked confused at Numbuh 86 as the girl pressed a few buttons on her communicator

"Here" Numbuh 86 handed her communicator to Rachel who was still confused

"Hello? Numbuh 86?" From Fanny's communicator Numbuh 1's voice could be heard

Rachel looked incredulously in panic at Numbuh 86 who smiled at her "H-Hey… Nigel"

"Sir? Did something happen?" Numbuh 1 asked, he had a worried tone to his voice

"No, nothing serious" Rachel said

Numbuh 86 rolled her eyes then grabbed the communicator "Listen here, Numbuh 362 and I need to talk to you, meet us at the asteroid overlook near the west wing"

"Isn't that area empty most of the time?" Numbuh 1 asked now a bit confused

"Exactly" Numbuh 86 turned off her communicator

"What is the meaning of this?!" Numbuh 362 got up from her chair visibly angry at Numbuh 86

Numbuh 86 groaned "Come on… You know you want it" She crossed her arms

"But not like that!" Rachel sighed "Look, these things take time, you can't just invite someone to a place and say "Hey I like you, wanna go on a date?" These things don't work like that"

"It worked for me and Patton" Numbuh 86 scratched her head a bit annoyed while blushing "Look, I already have too much work with decommissioning, I don't need to waste my time thinking about a way to confess" Numbuh 86 said "So? You going to leave him waiting at that overlook?"

"No, I won't… I gotta make sure to lock my door next time I'm spacing out in my office" Rachel said

"Good luck" Numbuh 86 said as she left her superior's office

"Why does everything have to be so complicated…" Rachel groaned as she lowered her head on the table

Numbuh 1 had just arrived at the asteroid overlook, the boy looked at the vast space while it illuminated the inside of the room through the glass "I hope everything is okay…" The boy waited for around 20 minutes until he heard footsteps approaching from behind him, he turned only to see Numbuh 362 "Sir? Where is Numbuh 86? I thought you were both coming"

"She… got busy, she had to talk to Numbuh 60" Rachel smiled at him a bit nervous

"I see, Is something wrong? You are looking nervous" Numbuh 1 approached Rachel who was blushing

"No… Just a little tired" Rachel said then pushed the boy away

"Anyway… What you and Numbuh 86 wanted?" Numbuh 1 asked

"Oh yeah, right… That's why you are here" Rachel looked around nervously

"Alright, what's going on? Did something happen between you and Numbuh 86?" Numbuh 1 asked now a bit impatient

"No! Maybe? Kind of…" Numbuh 362 lowered her head "Alright, look I was distracted in my office, I thought I was alone you know?" Numbuh 362 started blushing "I said maybe I should confess out loud… Numbuh 86 was in the room, she figured the one I like was… was… you" Rachel sighed

"Oh…" Numbuh 1 lowered his head

"Then she set up this meeting and here we are" Rachel said "Sorry about that"

"It's okay, I know how people like to meddle in this sort of stuff" Numbuh 1 said, a deep silence soon followed as Nigel looked deep in thought

"Numbuh 1?" Rachel looked at him a bit worried

"Sorry… it's just… I don't think it would be for the best" Numbuh 1 said

"Oh… I… I understand, you must have your own reasons" Numbuh 362 slowly distanced herself walking backwards

"Hey careful you will end up…" Before Numbuh 1 could continue his sentence Rachel ended up losing balance and fell on the floor "Rachel?! You okay" Numbuh 1 approached the girl

Rachel quickly got up and looked at Numbuh 1, her eyes were clearly a bit teary "I-I'm fine!" the girl dashed away from the overlook leaving Numbuh 1 alone

Numbuh 1 reached his hand then lowered it upon noticing the girl had already left, the boy looked at the vast space and stayed silent for a while "I hate my life" Numbuh 1 sighed

A few hours later after her meeting with Numbuh 1 Rachel was in her office resting her elbow on her desk while trying to distract herself from what happened earlier by filling out paperwork and looking at some mission records, at her side a trash can filled with tissues rested on the floor "They say ice cream solves this…" The girl said while tapping her fingers on her desk, suddenly she heard the sound of someone approaching, she immediately smiled with a hopeful face

"Hello sir" Numbuh 86 came through the door as she saluted Rachel, The girl's hopeful face immediately turned into a disappointed one "So? How did it go? You guys already got some place in mind for a first date? I can give some pointers" Numbuh 86 smiled braggingly at her superior

"Fanny he rejected me" Rachel hit her head against the table as she rested her head on it

"He rejected me? never heard of this place are you sure you d… HE WHAT?!" Numbuh 86 lunged forward at Rachel placing both her hands on the table, her face all red in rage looking at her friend who still rested her head on the table not looking Numbuh 86 in the eye

While that in the moonbase cafeteria, the members of Sector V had their lunch peacefully, at least that was the case for four members "Hey Numbuh 1, you ain't touching your meatball sandwich?" Numbuh 2 asked

"I'm not hungry…" Numbuh 1 lowered his head against the table clearly depressed

"Well… more for me" Before Numbuh 2 could grab the sandwich Numbuh 5 hit the boy with her cap

"Numbuh 5 swears to god is like you ask for this kind of stuff!" The girl looked at the boy angry

"Did something happen?" Numbuh 3 asked now a bit worried as well

"It's none of your business" Numbuh 1 said gruffly making Numbuh 3 lower her head a bit sad

"Hey! What's gotten into you?" Numbuh 4 asked angry at Nigel's attitude as he got up from the table

"It's nothing, I just had a tiring day, just mind your own business" Numbuh 1 said looking sadly at Numbuh 4

"It's okay" Numbuh 3 grabbed Numbuh 4's arm making the boy sit back "No need to fight"

"Thanks Numbuh 3… Sorry for talking to you like this" Numbuh 1 rested his head back on the table while the rest of his team looked worried at him

"Wanna go back home?" Numbuh 5 asked

"Yeah, may that's for the best…" Just as soon as Numbuh 1 got up a loud yell came from the other side of the cafeteria

"NIGEL UNO!" Numbuh 86 had just arrived in the cafeteria and went straight for Numbuh 1, she grabbed the boy by his shirt and held him against a railing that overlooked a deep pitfall "EVERYBODY OUT OR I SWEAR TO GOD…" Before Fanny could even finish everyone in the cafeteria got out leaving only Her and the members of Sector V "I said… everybody!" she turned only to see the members of sector V pointing their guns against her

"Try us" Numbuh 2 said

"Wait both of you!" Numbuh 1 said "She has every right to be mad… Is she okay?" Numbuh 1 asked

"No… She is trying to distract herself by filling forms, she was crying before I arrived, I could tell" Numbuh 86 said

"Could someone please tell me what's going on?" Numbuh 4 said still pointing his gun at Fanny

"Numbuh 5 is starting to understand the situation" The afro american girl gave Numbuh 3 a quick glance to which the asian girl nodded

"Your leader here rejected Rachel and couldn't even give her a reason" Numbuh 86 said then turned her attention back to Numbuh 1 who tried avoiding her gaze

"Wait, that's it?" Numbuh 4 lowered his weapon "You are mad because your friend got rejected that has to be the stup-" Before Numbuh 4 could continue a sharp slap hit his face as the boy fell on the floor out cold

Numbuh 3 held a Splanker "Sorry about him" the girl giggled "He does that sometimes, I still love him though" she said as she grabbed Numbuh 4 and laid him on a nearby table

"Aaaanyway… Care to tell me why you rejected her like that?" Numbuh 86 pushed Numbuh 1 further as the railing that separated him from the fall started making creaking noises

"You wouldn't get it…" Numbuh 1 said

"Try me!" Numbuh 86 pushed the boy even further making the duct-taped railing fall apart, now the only thing preventing Numbuh 1 from falling was Numbuh 86 who held him by the shirt

"Look… I don't think you know the details but… my previous girlfriend Lizzie broke up with me because I never had the time for her, I always did missions instead of going on dates and stuff because it's my duty and I don't wanna fail it, I don't wanna make Rachel feel like that, I feel like she gets me more than anyone in this organization and I wouldn't want to lose a friend like that… just throw me already" Numbuh 1 said

Before Numbuh 86 could give her response Rachel had just arrived "When I heard there was a fight in the cafeteria I knew it was you, shouldn't have told you about how it went" The supreme leader looked at her friend visibly annoyed as she approached "Don't you think this kind of stuff should be solved by me alone?"

But sir I… you cried, I could tell" Numbuh 86 said

"Yeah, it was bad, and I'm still sad, but I don't wanna kill him for it, neither should you" Rachel sighed as she looked at Numbuh 1 "I think we should talk and…"

Suddenly a loud sound of cloth being ripped could be heard across the empty cafeteria, the collar on Numbuh 1's shirt had just ripped, Numbuh 86 barely had the time to old the boy as he fell "Well… that's it… It was good while it lasted…" Numbuh 1 closed his eyes until he felt a hand holding his, the boy opened his eyes only to see Rachel holding his hand

Rachel's feet was being held by Numbuh 86 while she dangled facing the fall to tons of glass windows that led to deep space "You okay?"

"Rachel!" Numbuh 1 said

"You guys are heavy…" Numbuh 86 said while she put all her strength into holding her superior's legs

"Consider it your punishment" Rachel sighed

"Rachel… I'm sorry" Numbuh 1 said

"I actually heard everything" The girl said smiling at him "I appreciate you are trying to be considerate" she chuckled "But no one in this organization knows duty better than me" she said

"Sorry" Numbuh 1 lowered his head

"Hey it's okay, you have the right to reject me…" The girl started crying again "But I think you are wrong, I would like to go in dates with you, and I can certainly find a way to do it but… even that doesn't matter that much, I just really like you… I love you" Rachel said

"Yeah… I love you too…" Numbuh 1 said "I just… I don't know if this will work out… I don't wanna make you sad"

"You are making me more sad by not following what you truly want to be honest" Rachel chuckled

"Oh… I didn't thought about that" Numbuh 1 said

"Ah whatever" Rachel lifted the boy with all her strength for a kiss

"Awww… The members of Sector V who were watching the whole thing smiled at the two leaders

"You idiots…" Numbuh 86's face was red as a tomato as the girl tried holding Rachel with all her strength "Help me… or both Sector V and Global command will need new leaders… please"

The members of sector V immediately helped Numbuh 86 lift the two after that

Rachel looked visibly angry at Numbuh 86 who was panting on the floor still trying to catch her breath, it didn't stop the decommissioning officer to look worried as her leader approached, the girl closed her eyes ready for an earful

Rachel approached Fanny's ear and whispered "Thanks… your methods are… not the best, but I owe you one" Rachel got up then approached Numbuh 1 who was on the floor also trying to catch his breath after the near-death experience "So?"

Numbuh 1 sighed "You are the smartest person I know in this organization, if you think it will work out… I guess I can give it a chance" Numbuh 1 smiled at the girl then grabbed her hand and pulled her onto the floor for a kiss

A few gasps could be heard as operatives started getting back in the cafeteria as they watched the couple kissing, a few were grossed out while others awed

"People are watching…" Rachel whispered blushing and smiling at Numbuh 1

"Should we go to your office?" Numbuh 1 asked

"After you…" Rachel grinned as Numbuh 1 took her hand and led her to the supreme leader's office

"Why did you hit me?" Numbuh 4 asked looking at Numbuh 3 angrily

"I'd rather not steal Numbuh 362's spotlight today so… it's a secret for now" Numbuh 3 chuckled as she left the cafeteria with Numbuh 4 right behind looking at her confused