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*THUMP!*

"WE'RE HERE, B*TCHES!!!"

"Mysta, be careful with the glass door AND YOUR PROFANITY HERE- sorry, staff! Keep working, nothing to see here-"

"Ah... So this the Luxiem Lounge you both have been mentioning-"

"POG!!!"

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You could hear muffled, loud voices roaring from downstairs smh- isn't this building supposed to be made out of sound-proof bricks...?

Not that you mind, you're just doing your business as you eat a pudding Shu ordered for you happily... It's been a while since you eat because of the time traveling effect- which kinda stops your stomach from getting to the state of hunger, as if it just froze once you're in a different timeline that is not your original one.

"It seems the others have arrived... wonder what have they found on their way here." Shu chuckles as he stands from the couch, ready to attend what's behind the elevator doors.

You don't hesitate to hop off your chair with the pudding in your hands as you stand next to Shu, looking at the elevator doors with anticipation.

You're really hoping to see Ike and the others again...-

*DING!*

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"Count from 3, please." Shu requests, as if he knew what will happen once the doors open. You really can't stop looking at boys as if they just have a third eye on their foreheads lol-

You're going to do it anyway, since he did say "please" and he freaking sweet,,,- >:'T

"3..."

Shu smiles before signaling to keep going.

"2..."

The sorcerer seems to have the idea of calmly covering your eyes with his gloved hands, slightly chuckling as he thinks of how the outcome will be like.

Heck, his hands are soft,,,, qwq

1...-"

"SHU, WE'RE F*CKING BACK, I TOLD YA IKE DOESN'T NEED YOUR SORCERY POOP SH*T IF HE HAS ME-"

My- what a familiar loud voice...

"Ouch, big sorcery slander,,,-" Shu teasingly sounds offended and was about to add more until another exclamation is then spilled by Mysta once again.

"SH- Y/N?!"

That's when Shu finally takes his gloved hands off of your face, making you flutter your eyes open.

To see Mysta in a shock expression, he looks like he was having a index finger pointing at Shu as if in a scolding manner but seems to falter at the sight of you.

Luca, Vox, and Ike are beside him as well, they're just as surprised but much more happier. As the four are still inside the elevator. Ike is just putting his hand throughout the door so it doesn't close-

Is much funnier how his eyes have widened, but then shatters into the most warmest smile you've ever seen.

'Sh*t, can't believe I went rampage swearing in front of Y/N...' Mysta thinks as he regrettably whines while wanting to take his swear words back.

"Y/NNNNN!!!" Luca excitedly yells for you and makes his way over to pounce on you, giving you a big bear hug....

"O-Oh! Oh my..." You bashfully say before giggling at the enthusiasm, enjoying the hug.

Oh golly, he's kissing you a lot all over your face- it freaking tickles...-

"I miss you!!!"

"I miss you, too. Boss..." You wholeheartedly reply as you rub the blonde's handsome face gently, who gladly nuzzles his face against your hand happily. You can imagine his tail wagging so violently...-

Mysta quickly runs out of the elevator as well (like the fox he is-), following Vox who walks in his own pace with his arms crossed and along with a calm smile. Then Ike as he stops resting his arm on the elevator doors.

"Okay, times up- my turn now...-" Mysta quickly replies before suddenly holding you into his arms so sneakily before Luca can even notice-

"Ah- hey!" Luca whines.

Mysta quickly takes off his hat and throws it at Shu, who unknowingly just catches it in his hands with a clueless grin, before tipping you back as his face digs into the crook of your neck-

Before giving you the LONGEST kiss you ever have, on the lips-

'DJDJJJSJJWJNEJWJWJWJ???' You internally squeal as you unconsciously let Mysta go deeper into the kiss, your mouth is still closed during your frozen state.

"WHAT-???" Ike says, glasses almost breaking by the sight. He's this close to commit defenestration-

"... Oh la la..." Shu trails off while covering his mouth, his smile just faltered and replaced into a very shocked, unreadable expression.

"...???" Luca just having the pikachu expression-

"Ah..." Vox says, quite shock by Mysta' wild behavior.

The detective finally pulls away from the kiss with a quiet, raspy growl as he licks his lips, tasting the pudding. Then, he looks at you in the eyes with such gentle expression, showing a big longing from the look of his as he nuzzles into you. You can only breath out quietly as you blush some red with confusion-

Mysta then closes his eyes as he was about to lean in for another kiss until you gently cover his mouth with both of your hands, signaling a x sign.

He opens his eyes once again to look at you in slight confusion.

"Yes, I miss you, Mysta... But I'm still not okay with you handcuffing me into a metal bar, in the middle of a dark alleyway with dim-lit streetlights... After stealing my first kiss."

You softly mutter to him as you look away from seeing Mysta's face, your flustered face remaining. Mysta's expression falter into an upset puppy one.

"Y-Y/N... I... I'm sor-"

"..." The other boys start, looking at Mysta with an unreadable look.

But Mysta knows they're bad looks-

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You now find yourself looking at Mysta kneeling in front of an angy Ike, as he gets his now bare hands bonked repeatedly by Ike's hard book cover.

You can imagine the pained screams Mysta is internally trying to hide...-

"Apologizing Y/N won't be enough, from now on and once we start working on the machine, you're gonna have to be 6 feet apart from her, AND NO TOUCHING HER UNLESS IS NOTHING UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HER-"

Ike strictly scolds as Mysta's head faces down. The non-existent fox ears can be imagined dropped and the tail limped to the floor along with tiny sad whines.

You could only giggle while looking at the scene half-sympathetically. But then, Ike is right, Mysta just kissed you twice without consent. Whether you like it or not... ;owo)

"It's been a while, little Yin..." Vox tries to change the subject as he wears a pleased smile, holding your hand carefully before stroking its knuckles gently with his big thumb. Then, he kisses them all gently. You can only giggle lightly by how ticklish it feels...-

You indeed miss Vox... and his cooking. qwq

"Yes, it has been,,,!" You admit softly, slightly dozed as you play with Vox's giant fingers with your tiny ones- He chuckles, realizing how much he really have missed you as well when seeing you in such focused state with a passion.

"...Ah- but alright, quitting the scolding- Where is my älskling so I can hold her? I really do miss you sooooo much,,,~" Ike walks away from the kneeling to give you a big warm hug from him....

"Did you eat? Did you drink? Any wounds, injuries??? How is your day?"

You can't help but quickly melt into his embrace, feeling very cozy by his baggy layers hovering around your small figure like floof...

You literally just shrink into a little ball, making Ike quietly squeal with adoration as he continues to hold you close.

"Ah... Now that everyone is here and well-resting... Shu, would you do the honors?" Ike then calmly requests as he slightly pulls away from the embrace to your slight dismay, looking at Shu who then nods attentively.

"Sure thing." Shu casually obligues before creating a huge purple flame from the palm of his hand, summoning a huge gear with a baby blue gem in the middle of it.

You gush quietly by the new sight.

"This gear... It reflects a very strong but well-maintained energy...!" You point out, noticing how the gear is moving with a pretty bright light but running the gem at a balanced pace.

"Great observation- that's how this gear functions. Using this piece, it can help make the Time Machine function at a controlled pace once we make the machine copy this similar pattern blueprint of this gear." Shu explains, as he shifts the floating gear around in his palm so you can see it at different angles where some certain parts weren't noticeable at first.

"Ooooh, balance! I was missing proper balance.... How have I missed it out?" You wonder, but nonetheless, you quickly make a quick sketch of the gear plus the label description of it. "What's that gear call?"

"Mmm... Good question, I honestly would like to call it...." Shu trails off, having his unoccupied, gloved hand rubbing his chin in deep thought.

"Yin!"

"....Yeah???"

"The gear piece is now called... "Yinara"! Lol~" Shu declares with his usual, chilling grin.

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"Hehehehe-!!" You slightly giggle incoherently as you cover your mouth slightly. "Why would you want to name a special gear piece after me,,,,???"

"Because, Y/N," Vox starts "I think Shu describes the gear as you, things may have seen messed up, but you keep up and gave us this composed comfort no matter how chaotic we are-

"No matter the timeline we are in," Ike adds on, "You would still somehow fit in just right like a flexible gear or a piece to many variations of programming models, from the oldest to the newest."

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"W-wow...." You trail off, deeply thinking about the words. "That honestly sounds deep, very poetic- never thought you guys would see me that way... As expected from Ike's poetic nature." You then giggle more, but more happily.

"I can finally agree! (and heck yeah I finally got something for my next book-)" Ike mutters with a tiny smile as he happily writes down the phrase on his draft book to remember. Then, he makes the book disappear from his hands once he closes it.

"Seriously, Y/N. We mean it! Believe it! You're pog." Luca agrees, now hugging you once again with a giant grin.

I swear, I think you're on the verge of death despite of merely the second time having your face on his booba...-

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"Not too tight, but not too loose with the nails, Mysta- Luca, can you help me lift tha- oh, thanks! Vox, you seem quite confused there, want me to get Shu to help you with that part- Ike! Be careful, that circuit can give you a big burn if you don't wear some protective gloves!"

It has been a few hours since you start directing the boys with the process of upgrading and modifying the machine at your house, there has been a lot of progress done surprisingly despite that only 1 or 2 of the boys do know pretty well about how modern machinery works.

It pretty much feels like a STEM group project all over again- but then is much more fun and easy to cooperate with these boys listening to your every word surprisingly.

(Besides the moments where like Shu somehow brings a metal masks and starts working on some parts of the machine with purple fire, and Luca violently slamming the hammer as if the nails are his victims' heads-)

"Phew,,,, We're done for now! Thank you all for giving your strength and efforts, it makes me very happy,,,,!" You conclude as you admire the machine that has now equipping the "Yinar" gear, thanking your companions for their big help.

The machine is not running yet, but you will soon make that happen, for the third time-

"Ah- alright, lady and gentlemen, good work. We are good to go for the night...." Vox says as he sees Luca stretching his arms.

"My arms and legs are honestly exhausted from walking and carrying things around. Good work, guys." Ike says with a tired smile, along with Mysta nodding in agreement as he already feels like wanting to stay on your lap to sleep if only Ike wasn't around- hehe... (nwn;

In your point of view, you can see Shu surprisingly not looking so tired as his usual tiny beak smile hasn't faltered at all the entire time. But if you squint SUPER hard, you then see the black circles beneath his eyes through his pale skin, making him seeing like he has been bothered by some ghost in his sleep-

Luca looks much more passive comparing to his energetic golden retriever energy whenever he's tired, and gosh, you can hear him yawn lightly.

The boys are about to walk out of your house as you go back to your bedroom, until Mysta suggests something-

"Aww... I don't wanna go back to the Luxiem Lounge headquarters- Can I just crash over at Y/N's house,,,,??? So sleepy...-" Mysta whines as he then turns to you with a kicked puppy look-

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Ike bonks Mysta's head with his book, "No, Mysta, I can't trust you leaving you and Yin in the same room, nor even under the same roof alone for less than one, single, minute..." The Novelist warns with a tired yet serious tone, making Mysta sniff and sob silently...-

It almost makes you feel bad hehe- :')

"Actually- can I stay over too??? A sleepover sounds pog!!!" Luca asks as well with the same pien expression, making Ike look at him blankly.

"Y/N! Pretty pleaseeeeee???"

The puppy eyes omg-

"Why, Luca...?"

"Because Y/N is so nice! I want to spend more time with her!" Luca chirps at Ike's question.

Shu hums, lowkey agreeing with Luca, but then thoughts cross on his mind.

"Oh right, my mana is at the verge of draining so I don't have enough to just teleport us back to the Luxiem Lounge in a second- Vox looks too exhausted to even go with another 3 hours of driving, so it would be much safer to not risk it...-" Shu points out, before chuckling quietly with embarrassment as he scratches the back of his neck. He doesn't actually wanting to give you burden in your house.

"Ah, i see- Alright, you can stay over, guys. Don't worry!" You assure, giving them all a tiny smile. "Sleepover time, then~"

Mysta and Luca look at you with shocked looks by your offer, before thanking Shu happily for persuading you, who just seems to sweatdrop slightly with his beak smile. Ike can only silently sigh as he does note that everyone does seem to look exhausted to deal with the driving hours, so he let that pass for now.

"Sleepover? Sounds interesting..." Vox comments as he scratches his chin lightly with a smile. Making you look at Vox with a surprised look.

"You haven't done a sleepover before?"

"I suppose..."

"Then don't worry! You're now going to experience it! Except that is more sleeping and chilling, there are other activities involving playing games- but generally, is just having your friends over for the night!" You explain before leading the boys into your bedroom before going to the closet. "I'll go get the sleeping bags and the rest as you guys get yourselves comfy~"

At least your room is big enough to fit like 6-8 tall people...- (owo;

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