L-Drago stayed center while Draco circled slowly.

Without warning, Draco charged at L-Drago. L-Drago swiftly dodged to the left just in time. Draco charged again, and L-Drago swerved to the right, avoiding the attack again.

This made CD angry. He was tired of attacking and missing so many times. He let out his Special Move. "Draco, Inferno Tirade!!!" he commanded.

Draco sped up, and charged several times at L-Drago. L-Draog dodged every one, and the two started circling each other, Draco progressively getting closer to L-Drago.

"If one hit lands, It's over!" CD said, grinning.

Bri was quiet. "Wait for it..." she told herself.

Draco continued to get closer.

"Wait for it..."

Draco just barely missed.

"NOW!!" she screamed out. "Special Move, Dragon Fire Rampage!!!"

L-Drago flew up and struck Draco right on the MF-H. However, Draco didn't stop. Bri however, wasn't done. Catching CD off, she commanded L-Drago to jump on top of Draco. Draoc and L-Draog both started losing spin. As Draco stopped, L-Drago slid off, barely spinning, but spinning nonetheless. She had won.

"No way!!!" CD said, in shock. "No way! How did you keep spinning?!"

"Triple Roller 145 helps my bey roll on more. It's alive while it's dead, like a zombie!" Bri replied.

CD, furious, then charged at Bri, ready to beat her down.

It only took one uppercut for Bri to get away safely. Landing CD right under the chin, she punched him, grabble L-Drago and ran.

She got back to Miles' house, giving a thumbs up to show she was successful.

"Great job, Bri..." Miles said. "So, who's next?"

"I wanna go..." Devin replied. "I saw a newcomer to the A.E.M. just today, and I wanna show em what it takes!"

WIth permission granted, Devin set out, holding his Scythe Corona 230D in his hands.

Devin was much less noticeable when he was outside then before. He wore long Blue UNC silky shorts, despite the dropping temperatures, a White silky shirt, a basketball jersey with number 14 on the back, Black and White basketball shoes, and his signature "Coal Miner" cap, instead of his last year article of all-blue...

He walked by maybe a dozen A.E.M. members that didn't do a thing to him. He told Miles over the phone that his mission, relating to the A.E.M., had something to do with a member living farther away, and that he would need an extra day. Miles allowed him to do so, and Devin walked the way to his destination...

The next morning, In beautiful Hope Mills, Devin walked down the street, he saw a female, about age seventeen, messing with her beyblades outside. He looked at her and winked. She blushed a little, but smiled back.

Devin kept walking. Finally, he found his target's house. The parents seemed to be leaving, but he didn't see his person.

"Excuse me..." Devin said to the parents. "Is Jakester Holt home?"

"Um...yes." The Mother said. "What do you want him for?"

"Oh I just wanted to ask him something beyblade-related. i heard he liked it, so I thought I'd come meet him!"

"Oh, well that's nice!" the Father said. "He told us he was part of a group for that. The A.E.M. I believe?"

Devin's rose his eyebrows in interest.

"Anyways, yeah, you go talk to him, but don't stay too long, please..." the Father insisted.

"Thank you! I promise, I won't..." Devin replied. "He approached the door as the parents drove down the street and out of sight. Devin knocked.

A boy, about eighteen, answered the door. He wore a black shirt and black pants, both with a blue streak down the sides, with matching shoes. He also sprayed his hair a matching color, and his eyes were also blue...

"Hi Jakester... Remember me..." Devin said, half-cocked.

Jakester knew it was Devin. He tried to slam the door in his face, but Devin's much stronger bionic arms forced it open.

"Please, get away from me!" Jakester yelled. "What do you want?"

Devin showed his tag for his group Peacefully to Assemble. "Let's have war..." Devin simply said.

Jakester, enraged, pulled out his Lightning L-Drago ED145FB and attached it. Devin attached Corona.

3! 2! 1! LET IT RIP!!!"

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Corona crashed into the much weaker L-Drago with great force.

Scared already, Jakester and his bey made a dash out the door. Devin wasn't far behind.

"What's wrong, Jakey?!" Devin remarked. "Since I'VE come knockin', ya can't fight anymore?!"

This was true. Jakester had always been a bully to Devin, and would also always make the first move. Now that Devin's turned offensive, Jakester was afraid for his life.

Jakester grew more panicked. "Just get away from me!!!" Jakester yelled out in desperation.

Remarkable as it was, Devin started gaining ground on Jakester, getting closer and closer, eventually tackling him to the ground and smashing his Corona into L-Drago.

Jakester stared up at Devin. He looked confident, but Devin saw the fear easily.

"Come on, Jakey!" Devin remarked again. "Fight me again! I missed those times!"

As Devin smirked, Jakester grew furious. He pushed Devin off and started swinging punches in desperation.

Every few hits landing, Devin started backing up, and so did Corona. L-Drago charged at Corona like Jakester charged at Devin.

"L-Drago, Special Move!! White Strike of Fury!!!" Jakester yelled out, raising his fist in the air. L-Drago flew up and glowed white. Jakester's fist also glowed white. As L-Drago charged, Devin rolled to the right. He avoided Jakester's punch. Beside him, Corona avoided L-Drago.

Devin hopped up and went to work on Jakester, knocking him far backwards. Jakester stood on his knees, begging for mercy. Devin held Jakester by his hair, and rose his hand for a chop. "Corona, Special Move! Rainbow Gemstone!!!" Devin said.

Corona flew up with a red aura, with rainbows emerging from the bey, and the red aura surrounded Devin's hand. Corona struck heavily into L-Drago, KO-ing it...

Jakester stared even more scared into Devin's eyes. Devin brought the chop downward very fast, stopping just before Jakester's cheek.

Panting, Jakester stared, immobilized. Devin simply flicked him on the forehead, and that was enough to pass Jakester out. Devin picked him up, setting him and his bey on the couch. After checking that nothing was screwed up, Devin left.

The next day, Devin returned. Miles had the feeling that Devin contradicted the team's name with what he did.

"I heard "let's have war" in those headphones..." Miles said, smirking.

"In order to have peace we must have war..." Devin said.

Anyways, Bryan Wolfeh decided to go next, saying he was gonna show his skills, Australian-style. How about targeting fellow Australian Stamina user, Graham Eskuwe?

Bryan searched for Graham in his usual spot in a back alleyway, but he wasn't there.

Suddenly, Graham jumped from one of the roofs in the alleyway. Bryan dodged.

Graham saw Bryan's face and pulled out Spiral Pyxis AD145WD. Bryan pulled out his Earth Ara GB145DS.

3! 2! 1! LET IT RIP!!!

Ara and Pyzis clashed in the alleyway. The explosion blew off part of the empty old building, closing the opening behind Bryan completely.

There was nowhere to go but up, and up was too far away...

Bryan's Ara and Graham's Pyxis clashed creating sparks that illuminated the small enclosed space. The sparks were flying dangerously close to both bladers.

Bryan backed up as far as he could, but the sparks were still close. Graham stood closer, not worrying about his safety. Either of them could catch fire at any given moment, and who knows if anyone would arrive to help in time...

"You can see, I've made this quite the fight. Someone's not escaping this battle!" Graham said. Pyxis pushed Ara closer, the parks flying as high as Bryan's hair.

"No Ara, please!!!" Bryan begged. "Don't let me die!"

Bryan thought, panicked. "I can't die here!" he thought. "But...I can't let Graham get hurt either! Sure, we're rivals, but Peacefully to Assemble is about friendly clean blading, not for hurting someone!"

"Come on, Ara!! Push!!!" Bryan commanded. "Special Move! Ritual of the Charge!!!"

Ara used tremendous force to push Pyxis back. Bryan tried to aim for the corner, where the sparks could miss, but there was a tank still filled with some oil there. The beys crashed, and the small explosion ignited Graham.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" Graham screamed in pain.

"OH MY GOD!!!" Bryan screamed. He broke down the debris with all of his strength. He pulled out his phone.

"911!" he said. "I need firefighters and an ambulance! I kid got ignited!!!"

Within a few minutes, fire and ambulance were on the scene. They took the burnt Graham into the ambulance and drove off.

Miles, Dan, and Bryan stood panicked, watching the sight.

About an hour later, Miles receives a call.

"Hello? Oh...hi... So...he's... Ohhhh.... Hm...okay, I'll tell him. Thanks for calling. Mhm, bye..."

Miles went to Bryan, who was laying down by himself in Miles' bed. He rose up when Miles walked in.

"Bryan...." Miles started. "Graham... He...he didn't make it. His vitals plummeted as they treated him, and he slipped. I'm sorry..."

Bryan's eyes filled with tears as he covered his face in the pillow.

Miles laid down beside him, giving him a comforting hug. "It's not your fault, Bryan. I--"

"It IS my fault!" Bryan said, lifting his head from the pillow, "I just killed someone!! I went against what this team is for! I'm...a disgrace... I shouldn't even be on this team..." Bryan held onto Miles.

Miles held Bryan in another hug, comforting him. "Don't say that, Bryan, please... You are not a disgrace, and you should be on this team. Yes, you did go against what our team name represents, but it was an accident. You didn't know it was there... Please don't beat yourself up... Also, do me a favor..."

Bryan looked at Miles. "W-What?"

Miles wiped away Bryan's tears. "Don't cry. It makes me fell so horrible about how you feel..."

Bryan wiped away more of his tears. "Thanks Miles. You...really help out a lot..."

Bryan hugged Miles, and the two laid there, hugging...

While he was attending to the emotional Bryan, Miles called R-Dev to go out next, and was told to be careful. R-Dev agreed and went out.

However, he didn't need to be careful, because he had a plan...

He wasn't going to target a young rookie, a veteran or even the major members. He was headed straight for the A.E.M. Leader...

After surveying the city for about an hour, Miles found that all of the members except the captain were accounted for, battling outside. R-Dev then proceeded to make his way to the A.E.M. base.

His signature knife in hand, just to be sure, R-Dev kicked the door of the base open in one shot. It was empty in front of him, but footsteps were running away. R-Dev cautiously entered, careful of any surprise attacks. He stopped when he heard the tightening of a bey to a launcher. He listened carefully in the pitch black room. He backed up to the door he opened, closed it back and locked it. Now it was even darker. Then, R-Dev ducked at the perfect time, when a bey zoomed by his head, barely clipping his ear.

"Where are you!?!" R-Dev screamed out. "Show yourself!!!"

Candle in hand, the captain entered. R-Dev froze in shock.

The captain...WAS R-Dev. Every single article and attribute was correct. R-Dev was seeing himself in front of him...

"WHAT??!!??!!" R-Dev let out. "THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE!!!!"

"You're right..." the clone said, in exact voice. "It isn't..." The clone turned into a cloud of purple, and now, Cloud Starcutter stood before him.

"You! You have the ability to shapeshift..." R-Dev said, in awe.

"Exactly..." Cloud's figure said, once again in perfect tone. "It's just so simple, and very helpful... You have no idea how much information I was able to receive about you guys..."

"You mean..." R-Dev said. "You were with us the whole time?!?!"

"Indeed..." the figure said, shifting again, this time into Daisuke Jauri. "This is who I was... I took all of your information, and knew every single word your captain was saying..."

"And nobody even knew..." R-Dev said.

The figure shifted into Miles. "Not even Miles." the clone said. "Nobody suspected a thing..."

"Why you... I'm tired of your disguises! Show your real face, NOW!!!" R-Dev yelled, charging at the clone of Miles.

With the same skills Miles had, the clone fought against R-Dev, knocking him back all the way to the wall and picked R-Dev up off his feet. Six-foot R-Dev was being held off the ground by his neck from whatever person this was...

"Fine then..." the Miles clone said. Here...is my real face..."

The figure shifted, and looked into R-Dev's eyes. R-Dev was silent, and his eyes grew the widest they ever had before. R-Dev was absolutely flabbergasted by the sight...

R-Dev woke up in a hospital bed. He jolted up, but his jolt was interrupted by a giant wave of pain that he never felt before. It was his back. R-Dev laid back down and tried not to squirm in pain.

Miles and Bryan walked in to find him awake. They sat in chairs beside him.

"Good thing you're up..." Bryan said. "What happened?"

R-Dev started. "I went to the A.E.M. base..."

"Not a shocker..." Bryan joked.

After giving him a glare, R-Dev continued. "I was trying to find out the identity of that captain. I shouted for him to come out. He fired his bey, which I forgot, but was apparently really heavy. He came out..."

"What did he look like?" Miles asked.

"My question to you, Miles; What DIDN'T he look like? I am not lying, he shapeshifted into my figure, Cloud's figure, Kiku's, and even yours!!!"

Miles gasped in surprise. "And they all looked...real?"

"They all looked just like everyone. He held me up by my throat, and when he finally showed me his face...Oh my god..."

"What? What was it?" Miles urged.

R-Dev pointed to Bryan. "You said you weren't sure, but you might have a brother?"

"Maybe, I dunno. Why?" Bryan asked.

"This guy was styled exactly like you!" R-Dev remarked

Bryan gasped. "What do you mean?"

"His hair was just like yours, only white, his eyes were shaped like yours, only purple, and everything else on his face resembled you. I couldn't see his body because he was wearing thick heavy clothing, but yeah... And even scarier..."

"How much scarier?" Miles said, worried.

"Very. His skin was black. Like, THIS kind of black!" R-Dev said, pointing to his coal-black shirt.

Miles and Bryan both froze in awe at that point. They had the perfect picture. Bryan flashed back, and saw everything...

"He is..." Bryan whispered. "Oh my god..."

"Who is?" Miles asked.

"HE is!!" Bryan screamed. "That guy...he really IS my brother!!!"

R-Dev jolted up and out of bed, not even worrying about the pain right now. He wanted to go find him.

R-Dev was stopped by Miles. "No..." Milessaid. "You rest. I'll go..."

"But...Miles..." Bryan said, scared. "What if...you don't come back?"

Miles thought of this, but swallowed and said. "I have to..."Miles then walked out the door going to find this person.

He went to the base which was filled with everyone.

The members charged with their beys.

Miles drew Pegasis and attached it to his launcher.

"Let's do this, Pegasis!!!" Miles shouted. "3! 2! 1! LET IT RIP!!!"

All of the A.E.M. members were slung all around the small room.

CD and Dark were crashed against the left wall.

G-A and Jakester were out cold on the right wall.

Shad, Lashie, and the rest laid against the back wall and on the floor.

In the middle of it all, Miles stood with his Pegasis spinning. "Alright, you evil captin!" Miles shouted. "Show yourself, In your real form!!!"

The captain emerged with a hood covering his head, slowly clapping. "Well done, Miles. You defested all of the A.E.M. members by yourself. You should be proud..."

Miles growled. "You... Show me who you are, NOW!!!"

"How about instead, I show you this?" Thecaptain said, and he launched his Large Beyblade in front of Pegasis.

"Woah!! That's thing's...huge!!" Miles said, shocked.

"Say hello to Metal Stone Face Dragoon Dragoon Switch Attack 165 EWD." the captian said. "Almost 70 grams of pure Defense, Stamina, and Spin-Stealing Capabilities. One of the Heaviest Beys possible to make!!"

Miles commanded Pegasis to charge it, but not even a wobble from Dragoon^2.

"What kind of sick bey is that?!?!" Miles said, stunned. He started backing away, but the captain got closer. The captain shapeshifted, and formed into Miles himself.

Miles gasped. "Why you insulting little..." he growled. "He was right! I can't believe you!! Pegasis, Special Move!! Unite The Nation!!!!"

Pegasis flew up, covered in the aura of colors. A direct hit to Dragoon. When the giant smoke cloud cleared, Pegasis was wobbling, but Dragoon^2 wasn't even phased.

"What!?!?!?!? That's impossible!!!!!"

"It is for Dragoon..." the Miles clone said. "Special Move, Effortless Destruction..." Dragoon smashed Pegasis, barely using any power, and slinging Pegasis several feet away.

"No, Pegasis!!!" Miles shouted. He was stopped when he was picked up by his throat by his new enemy. The captain turned back to his normal self.

"Give up, Miles." The captain said. "You will never defeat me..."

He threw Miles on the ground, and with one heavy boot, stomped Miles chest.

Miles couldn't catch his breath at all, not even a little bit. After kicking him afew times, the captain walked away, laughing manically.

Miles started spitting blood out. As he reached for Pegasis, Miles saw the rest of his life flashing before his eyes, and as he faded, he lost sight of his Pegasis, and slipped unconscious...

Miles slowly opened his eyes. He was at the hospital ER. His vision was blurry, but he looked around.

An IV was attached to his left arm, and on his right, there was a bucket, with only a little bit of his blood in it.

Miles couldn't even move. This was the worst amount of pain he had ever felt, even worse than R-Dev's and Ivan's pain combined.

Miles looked down at his clothes. It was dry, but blood stains ran all over the white shirt, and down to his pants.

The last thing Miles noticed was that none of his friends were here. Not a single one.

The doctor walked in to find Miles awake. "Good thing you woke up, Miles..." she said. "I was worried you wouldn't wake up..."

"W...Where....a-am I...?"

"At the hospital. You got in a beyblade battle and lost..."

Miles focused. "N...No. T-That's impossible..."

"You did lose Miles, and pretty badly too..."

"I...I-I forgot. W-What...happened?"

Well we don't know for sure, but when the ambulance arrived at your destination, they were shocked. All of your friends said they were too stunned and disgusted by the sight. Only R-De had the stomach to carry you into the ambulance and into the hospital. You covered him in blood. After he set you down, he ran off, apparently sick, and almost crying..."


Miles' eyes widened a little. "Oh...my god..."

"You were in so much pain that we had to keep your shirt on. We couldn't remove it. Some of us called it the most horrific and emotional sight we had ever seen..."

Miles tried to get up, but he screamed out in pain trying. The doctor laid him down...

"It's best not to move, Miles..." the doctor said. "Even hours after you arrived, it hurts. Just stay still..."

Miles nodded slowly, and as the doctor left, he sat there, taking all of this in...

About 30 minutes later, Bryan came to visit Miles in his room. Bryan covered his mouth walking in.

"Bryan..." Miles said weakly.

"How does it feel, Miles...?" Byan said.

"It...It hurts, Bryan. It hurts so much..." A tear came to Miles' eye...

"Oh, Miles..." Bryan covered his mouth again.

"I don't know why it always has to be me..." Miles said. "Every single time, I have to be the one to handle all of these problems. I only have my friends to help me. Sore, I've gotten it to work...but...." He paused.

"But what, Miles..." Bryan said, worried.

Miles turned to Bryan, and they looked each other in the eyes. "I don't know how much more I can take..."

Bryan stood up. He held onto Miles' hand with his, and he put his other hand on Miles' chest. They stared into each other's eyes...

"It'll be alright, Miles..." Bryan whispered. "You'll get through this, and we will help you stop suffering..."

Miles looked back up at him. "You promise?"

"I promise with every ounce of energy in my heart..."

Miles then pushed through all of the pain and gave Bryan a comforting hug.

"Thank you, Bryan..." Mile said, smiling. "You have no idea how much better I feel..."

The next morning, Bryan woke up to find Miles was painstakingly turning to sit on his bed. He was shocked.

"Miles!!!" Bryan said, "You shouldn't be hurting yourself!!!"

Miles pulled around and sat on the edge of his bed. "I can get out of here..." Miles said. "I know it..."

Bryan grabbed his hand. Miles grasped it. "Are you sure about this, Miles?" Bryan asked.

"Yes, but I can't do it alone. Please help me..."

Bryan nodded as Miles started getting up. Miles cringed with every little movement, but kept pushing through. Eventually, with Bryan's help, he stood up.

Miles was dizzy, but he regained himself and took a step, then another, and another. Bryan held onto his arm as Miles was able to walk again.

"Heh, I can stand and walk again!!!" Miles said, smiling.

"Yes!! That's a good thing!" Bryan said happily.

Miles hugged Bryan. "Thank you so much, Bryan..." Miles said. "I couldn't have done it without you..."

"No problem, Miles..." Bryan replied. "Glad to help..."

Miles returned home with Bryan to his friends, who all relished in his return.

That night, around 10pm, Bryan came to Miles, holding his hand on his head. "My bed broke..." Bryan said, grinning...

"Well, we surely can't put you on the couch..." Miles said. He looked at his own bed. "Mine's got room. You can take it..."

"No. I really shouldn't make you suffer, after all you've been through already..." Bryan replied. Bryan looked at the bed. "It's wide enough. We can share..."

"You sure? It seems...weird..." Miles said, unsure.

"Oh, don't worry. It's not that bad..." Bryan said, laying down on the bed. "Come on, you need to go to sleep..."

Miles laid down beside Bryan. "You're right, it isn't as bad as I thought... But before I go to bed, one thing, Bryan..."

"Yes?" Bryan asked.

"Thanks again for being there for me..." Miles said, hugging Bryan. "It really helped..."

"It's no problem, Miles..." Bryan said. "Anything to help you..."

The two hugged again, and then fell asleep, side by side...

Bryan woke up first on the October 31st morning. Knowing it was Halloween, he pulled out his stash of candy out from under the bed and poured it into a bowl, getting it ready for tonight.

Once everyone else got up, they were all trying to bombard Bryan's candy stash. Bryan stopped them easily.

"You guys are so selfish!" Bryan said, maturely. "Do you know what day it is?"

Once Bryan said that, they all remembered.

Once 7pm rolled around, Bryan and Miles started giving out the candy to the trick-or-treaters, while the rest of the group had a Halloween party inside, drinking soda and having pizza.

Miles felt as much joy giving out the candy a when he used to go trick-or-treating. Miles also, however, thought it was too quiet. Aside from the kids running around in their costumes, the A.E.M. hadn't done anything. He had a bad feeling, but he hid it.

Once the clock hit 10pm, everyone started heading home, the group inside was cleaning up, and Miles and Bryan were heading inside, but then, a scare...

A beyblade whizzed by Miles' ear, crashing through the window, landing. Miles looked at it. MF Beat Lynx GB145R2F. G-A's bey. It quickly retreated.

Miles turned as the A.E.M group charged, not with their beys, but with their fists.

G-A, leading the pack, nailed a fist in Miles chest, still hurting from the attack by the Captain. He screamed out, and Bryan retreated with him.

G-A tried for anther punch, but Daisuke took over on him. The two gangs were all over the front yard.

Dan landed one strong kick to Dark's head, knocking him out instantly, R-Dev was in a strong grapple with A.E.M.'s heavier member Star, and was able to throw him to the ground, and the six-foot-four CD threw five-nine Bri to the ground, but was tripped by his legs and fell.

Not all of Peacefully to Assemble was in luck. Kiku was being forced down and punched by G-A, Jakester had Cloud pinned down, with Cloud struggling against him, and Daisuke was on the ground, in a submission hold by the newest edition to A.E.M., Lashie.

Eventually, Dan and R-Dev took control of A.E.M. and started dominating. The A.E.M. then fleed from there, with one unconscious and three injured.

"Everyone okay?" R-Dev asked.

"Kiku's lip's bleeding" Daisuke said. "Me and Devin got that taken care of..."

"I got a sore jaw..." Cloud said, "but it's fine..."

"Nobody else?" Dan said. "Alright then. Bryan, is Miles okay?"

"Yeah!" Bryan shouted from upstairs. "Only hurt him a bit. I fixed it..."

The group went to bed and rested up.

As November 1st appeared on the calendar, Dan and the rest of the squad decided to take the day off. School was a workday, so it was time to relax. Miles, Bryan, and R-Dev refused the offer to go to the mall, saying they would hold down the fort. Dan nodded, and the rest of them left for the mall.

Bryan thought it would be a good time to ask Miles a question. He snuck by R-Dev, passed out on the couch, and headed upstairs.

Bryan approached Miles who was still laying down in his bed, thinking.

"Miles..." Bryan asked.

"Yes?" Miles replied.

"I...think it's time to tell you something, that I've really been wanting to say to you..."

"Okay then, Bryan. What is it?"

Bryan swallowed. "I...I think...I'm in love with you..."

Miles widened his eyes. "Really now...?"

"Yeah..." Bryan replied, blushing a little. "It just seems whenever I'm around you, I feel...comforted... W...What do you think?"

"Well..." Miles said. "Bri told me today that she just hasn't felt ready enough for a stronger relationship, so I guess I'm open..."

"Okay...?" Bryan said, unsure. "So, is it okay?"

Miles thought. "Lay down here, Bryan..."

Bryan laid down on the bed beside Miles.

"I think the guys will be a little uncomfortable with it at first, but I think we can make it work..."

"W...What about if others judge us?" Bryan said, worried.

"Then they can back off. It's what we think, and they have to choice in what we say... Bryan, I'm fine with it, and if you are as well, I see no problem..." Miles smiled.

Bryan looked into his eyes, and smiled. "Okay..." Bryan finally said. "This'll work. I think I'm gonna tell the guys..."

"Okay then, but wait. One thing..." Miles said.

"Yeah?" Bryan asked.

Miles then gave a small kiss on Bryan's cheek. "It's a good thing you asked me. I'm proud of how mature you were..."

Bryan nodded, smiling, and left...