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Stella's pov

Guys, I am a girl. And will always be. So I can't stop myself from gawking at my teammates. I mean, the appearances of their avatars are presentable and nice but I absolutely never expected them to be this goodlooking in real life, if you know what I mean.. They look completely different from their avatars! Rhys is probably the only one who has the same hair color as his avatar but aside from that, everything just looks so different!

Anyways, is it just me or Neal somehow looks familiar? I glanced at him again and that's when something clicked in my mind. That's right! He's the front cover of the magazine that my former classmates always bring!

Well, he told us that he is a model. But seriously, he's super famous in our school! I stared at his back with my mouth agape. I just can't believe that my teammates are waaay out of my reach if I were to ever meet them in the real world. Also, I can't believe that I get to be teammates with a really famous model like Neal! "Hey, Adrian, staring at Neal, eh?" Tristan mocked. "Yeah I just can't believe that he is Neal Forbes." I whispered to him. So that's why I had the feeling! His brows burrowed in confusion.

Don't tell me he didn't know him?! "You don't know him?" I asked. "Well, I do." He replied. "Idiot! You don't get it, do you? I mean, he's a model!" I whispered again. But his attitude just made me think 'is he really Neal Forbes?'. I always heard from my female peers that Neal is such a nice person that you could almost see a halo hovering above his head when you get to meet him in person. But all I see is a kill-stealing maniac who won't stop his mouth from blabbering nonsense. But hey, looking at the bright side, he's still a model so I guess that decreases the negatives? Just kidding. "I'm not interested into those kind of things." He said and yawned. I wonder where he's from?

"Also, I think I'm not from your country. Well, I live in Chrysós (from google translate, it's gold in Greek XD)." he said. Tch that's also my country! That Tristan! "Idiot! That's also where I live!" I said and rolled my eyes.

"Really? But I didn't know him." He said loudly and that's when our leader butted in. "You guys, we can hear you." Nathaniel said as he sighed. My face turned red as I punched Tristan. "Ouch! What was that for?!" He yelled. I was about to say something but Neal spoke. "You're too loud! Ugh." He said coldly. What's up with him? Does he hate me now? We all looked at him. Well I can't blame him. But I guess he really is bipolar.

We just remained silent for a minute then Neal stood up and walked away. "Well, uhh." Nathaniel said and I just sighed. What do I do now? What if he quits? I was about to follow Neal but Rhys stopped me. "Just let him go this once. I'm sure he'll come back." He told me. Yay!! Rhys talked to me. "Rhys!! You talked to me!! I'm really sorry for everything! Forgive me!!" I yelled and bowed to him. "Yeah whatever." He said and I smiled widely.

"Well, it's getting late. We might as well go home--" I cut Nathaniel off. "But Neal doesn't have a house here, right?" I said and they all sighed. "Heh yeah. And also, we might as well stick together so that we can assure our safety." Tristan said and Nathaniel stared off to space again for a moment then spoke. "Hmm.. I guess so. But where do we all stay then?" Nathaniel asked as he looked at us.

"Well, who got the biggest house here anyway?" Rhys asked and the three of us looked over at Nathaniel. He sighed for the umpteenth time and just nodded. We followed him and that's when we got to look at his house.

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"Crap, it's huge!" I said. "Always spending his money upgrading his house." Tristan said. Nathaniel just coughed to catch our attention. He walked in and we followed him again. What about Neal? Where is he anyways? "How about Neal?" Rhys asked. "He knows where my house is located." Nathaniel responded.

"Hey, err--Adrian, this is your room. We'll just call you when dinner's ready." Nathaniel said as he scratched the back of his neck. I just gave them a smile and said, "thanks!". Nathaniel just nodded before him and everyone proceeded to do whatever they have to. I'm not stupid. I can see the awkwardness between us and it's kind of bothering me a bit. Especially Rhys, because he's my closest friend... Right? Well, it is my fault. I should just suck it up, I guess.

I threw myself on the fluffy bed and the softness of it immediately made me sleepy. Ugh what do I do now? I sat upright and stared off to space. After a few minutes of thinking, I have finally thought of a plan. I looked through my inventory and.......

I'm so glad I have this here! I took it out then inspected it! My scissors! I have thought this through long and hard. Okay, maybe not long but hey, it's... hard? Taking a deep breath, I held the scissors near my hair and... *snip* *snip*.

I sighed and looked at the mirror in front of me. I really am not a very good hairstylist. But whatever. As long as they think of me as a boy again, it's fine. I know I sound crazy but I think this is for the best? But seriously, does Neal really know this place? I wonder if I should go look for him.....?

Well, I should! I lifted my foot up and placed it on the open window beside my bed. I looked behind me and noticed the pile of hair on the floor. Gaah I will need to do some cleaning later. Adrian, don't worry. It's gonna be quick. No one will notice. I jumped out of the window and finally ran towards Neal's favorite place.

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"Hah! There you are, you idiot!" I yelled and slammed my hand playfully on his back. "F-fudge! What was that?!" He yelled and turns around. "What the?! I-it's you?!" He yelled and his face turned red. His right hand made its way to cover his mouth. I laughed in my mind but my face remained the same. "Why are you here?" He asked as his face returned back to its original color. "Well, don't you have a house here? I was about to offer you a place to stay in." I said and looked up at him. Am I that short? He looks really tall right now. When I was a boy here, we were about the same height, no kidding.

"If it's your place, no thank you." He replied and was about to walk away but I stopped him. "You are such an idiot! Do you want to die here or what? I thought that you still want to return to the real world!" I yelled as I glared at him for a second. I know that what I did was wrong but he shouldn't act like this!

"Besides, it's not my place that we're going to stay in. Nathaniel insisted on having us, the team, to stay over at his house." I continued as I saw him roll his eyes. "Fine, whatever." He said and went ahead towards Nathaniel's place, I guess. So he does know. "Neal!" I called. No response. I walked faster to catch up to him and called again. "Oi, Neal!" I once again yelled. Damn he's walking too fast. "Damn it, slow down, bastard!" I yelled again as he turned around and glared at me. "It's because your legs are so short that they can't walk any faster." He said and rolled his eyes. I kind of felt a bit happy because he waited for me to catch up. But damn, he said my legs are short •Δ•

"What the actual--" I cut my sentence off. "So you guys were just here!" Yelled someone from a far. Oh, It was just Rhys. "I was just here and this ... midget interrupted my me-time." They all laughed as I protested. "I ain't a midget! You're just... Tall!" I said and glared at him. He just ignored me as all of them walked side by side. I'm so left out. Like I'm just a stranger. I shouldn't have pretended. I walked slowly behind them, staring down as I did so. Suck it all up, man. "Adrian, why do you look so down?" I looked up and saw Nathaniel. "Nothing! I'm just thinking of something." I responded rather quickly.

He just stared, nothing more. "Your hair's short. Did you--" I cut him off. "I'm sorry,  okay? I don't really know what to do anymore so..." I said as I looked away. I noticed that we're already back at Nathaniel's house. Well, I guess my life really sucks.

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Arigatou gozaimasu! The chapter ends here! Don't worry! Since it's already christmas vacation, I might be able to update faster now (I guess?)!! Thank you again! :D☆☆♡♡♡