"Wake up Cap," whispered Libra.

Capricorn groaned and pulled his sheets over his head. "What is it with you people and liking to wake me up early in the mornings?"

"Must be your amazingly kind and generous personality," smiled Libra. "Get up."

"Why?" asked a Capricorn-shaped mound of sheets on the bed.

"Because. We're going out of the house today."

"...what?"

"You heard me," smiled Libra. "You're leaving the house. You're going out around town. And you're going to enjoy it."

"Ugh."

"I've already made up my mind so there's no point arguing. Get out of bed."

"You're really not going to give this up, are you?" asked the sheets.

"Nope," said Libra.

Capricorn oozed out of his bed, and sat on the floor. "Can I have a minute to regret my life choices?"

"Sure you can," laughed Libra. "I have a big day planned. Meet you downstairs."

Capricorn groaned again, and Libra closed the door.

Libra smiled to herself while trotting down the stairs. It was about time someone got Capricorn out of the house for something other than school. Practically everyone else went out for ice cream once or twice a week, but not Cap. It was very possible that he had some kind of sunlight allergy.

Capricorn arrived, having changed out of his PJs. He blinked at Libra, his hair sticking all over the place. "Okay."

"You ready?" asked Libra. He looks exhausted. Maybe it was a little cruel to get him up this early, but Libra had a reason.

"No. If you're waiting for me to be ready I may as well go back to bed," he answered, yawning.

Libra snorted. "Nice try. You're not getting out of this. Let's go."

"Where are we going?" asked Capricorn, following Libra as she walked down the sidewalk.

"You'll see," she grinned. "We're going to one of my favorite places, where I will introduce you to the natural wonder called daylight."

"You still use daylight? You need to catch up Libra, the rest of us have already moved on to TV screens."

"Mmhmm. Just keep proving my point about why I'm doing this to you."

"Have I ever told you how much I loved sunlight? Wow, I just love getting my eyeballs scorched by a ball of plasma."

"You're still not helping." Libra cut off the sidewalk into a trail through the woods. "I found this place right after we all moved in, when I was taking a walk one day. It's not jaw-dropping or anything, but I like it. Especially at this time of day."

"The suspense is killing me," said Capricorn, stepping over a tree root. "You're absolutely positive I can't get the same experience by googling it?"

"Yes."

"Or using an encyclopedia? I reently found this great set from the 18-"

"We're here," said Libra. They walked out of the woods, onto a wooden pier going out into a pond, not a big one, but not too small either. The sun was just above the treeline, still pink and orange from the sunrise, and the colors were reflected in the water, coloring the pond. The water lapped around the bottom of the pier, and there was a slight breeze, making the reeds swish and bend in unison. Somewhere, a heron was cooing.

For a moment, the pair was silent, looking over the pond. Then, Capricorn said "I still think we could have done this in a video."

"Cap!" Libra looked up, but Capricorn was laughing. "I'm sorry," he smiled. "I just kidding."

Libra raised an eyebrow. "Kidding? You?"

"Don't rub it in," said Capricorn, scratching the back of his neck. "I really like it, Libra. Honestly."

"Sunrises here are amazing," said Libra. "I figured getting you up at four thirty would be a little too cruel."

"Appreciated," nodded Capricorn. "I'm a bit curious though. Maybe we can come back here for a sunrise at some point."

"Even with the sun in your eyes?" asked Libra, smiling slightly.

"Ugh. Maybe. I'll bring sunglasses. The point is, I'd like to see the sunrise here."

Libra nodded. "That would be nice."

*

Exactly seven minutes after Libra and Capricorn left the house, seven alarms set for 7:00 beeped loudly seven times before pausing and beeping again.

Gemini slammed his clock seven times befoer realizing that it wasn't the one making the noise. He blinked slowly seven times, and then waited seven seconds before getting out of bed. He fumbled through his and Leo's room, looking for the offending clock.

"Leo," he whispered.

"Unhhh," said Leo, flapping his arm in Gemini's face. The he blinked. "Unnnhhhh what's that sound? I need my beauty sleep. Being this fabulous doesn't come without any work, you know."

"I guess that would make me a natural," smirked Gemini, striking a pose.

Aquarius slid down the ladder, and then fell on the floor. "Guys, whose clock is that? Is someone pranking us? Someone had better not be pranking us."

"Found it!" said Leo, digging into his night table. He pulled out a small alarm clock, and hit a button making it stop. In the distance, they heard the house of several other alarm clocks around the house.

Aquarius snatched the clock. "Aha!"

"What?" asked Gemini.

"My supreme detective skills have discovered that this was a parnk commited by the vile Saggy, and possibly her accomplice Aries!"

"How do you know?" asked Leo, surprised.

"She wrote her name on it."

"How did she even get in here?" wondered Leo. "We have a lock on the trapdoor."

Gemini cleared his throat. "Yeah, uh, I accidently left it unlocked yesterday when I ran back over to find some more silly string."

"It's alright, Gemini, I still love you," comforted Aquarius.

Gemini hugged him. "Thanks for always sticking by me in tough times."

Leo slow clapped as sarcastically as possible. "How do we revenge?"

Aquarius rubbed his hands together, and they both looked at him. "I have... no plan. But we can think of one. Once that ringing noise stops."

*

"So what now?" asked Capricorn, as he and Libra walked back out of the trail.

"Hmm, probably breakfast now," she said. "Know any good places?" Capricorn opened his mouth, but Libra cut him off. "Of course you don't you never leave the house. Alright. You like pancakes?"

"Not as much as Taurus."

"That's a high bar."

"I like them. Why, do you know a pancake place?"

"Yeah. It's pretty close too, and they give you a toy dinosaur with every meal. I've been giving them to Gemini."

"I was wondering where he got all of those..." nodded Capricorn. "Okay. Let's go there."

*

"I think I got all the ones nearby," said Cancer, punching the button on an alarm clock.

"Whew," gasped Pisces. "My ears were dying. Whoever put all these clocks around the house obviously has no consideration for the potentially harmful effects of sonar damage on rare species of tropical fish." He patted his fish tank, and scooped Charlie into his travel bowl.

"I still hear some," noiced Taurus, cocking her head, and setting down the alarm clock she'd found in her room and Leo's. "Fortunately, this is almost certainly is someone else's problem. Are you guys good with going back to bed?"

"Yeah," yawned Cancer. "Nobody in their right mind would get up this early."

"I'm pretty awake," said Pisces. "But you guys can go back to sleep."

"Alright," smiled Cancer. "We'll get up later." She and Taurus went back to bed.

Pisces walked down the hall, and identified one of the alarm noises coming from Capricorn's room, which was ajar, surprisingly. He walked in and shut off the clock hid under the matress. The next one seemed to be coming from Virgo's room, so he walked in.

Virgo's room was a mess. Virgo was tearing through all his drawers, looking for the offending clock, but not having any luck. "Pisces!" he yelled. "Help me find this friggin clock!"

Pisces crouched uner the bed, pulled out a clock, and turned it off. He looked up to see Virgo gaping at him. "What?"

"How... how did you find it so fast?"

Pisces tapped his head. "You think like a tall person. I think like a short person."

"I'm not even that tall," muttered Virgo.

*

A waiter arrived at Libra and Capricorn's table with their pancakes. "Thanks," smiled Libra, and then dug in.

Capricorn tried a bite. "This is delicious."

Libra nodded. "Mm. I love this place."

"I can see why. How long have you been going here?"

"Since Gemini introduced me to it a few months ago. Although as I mentioned, he came for the dinosaurs."

Capricorn inspected the toy dinosaur he'd been given. "Maybe I can bribe Aries with this."

Libra snorted. "It would probably work."

"So," said Capricorn, "What other horrible things do you have planned for me today?"

"That's a secret," smiled Libra. "But I can guarantee that lunch involves ice cream."

"Horrors," said Capricorn dryly. Then he paused. "Wait, at that place Saggy works?"

"Yeah," nodded Libra.

"But... we might run into Saggy."

"So? She's our friend."

"She's also insane," muttered Capricorn.

"If you're worried she's going to poison our ice cream, I'll talk to her about it," said Libra, smiling.

"Please do."

"What's your favorite kind of ice cream?" asked Libra.

Capricorn shrugged, looking down. "I don't really eat that much ice cream."

Libra gasped. "Capricorn! Ice cream is amazing!"

"It's just frozen dairy," he shrugged.

Libra shook her head. "You and I are going to be eating a lot of ice cream today, and by the time the sun goes down you'll be a convert."

Capricorn chuckled. "We'll see."

Libra poored syrup on her pancakes. "Syrup?"

"I don't really like syrup."

"Huh," said Libra. "You have strange tastes in food."

"I guess," shrugged Capricorn.

"Alright," said Libra. "Aries and Saggy have taken over the world and declared themselves co dictators of arisagland. You've been arrested for your crimes of speaking publically against ice cream, and you're going to be executed the next day. The executioneer comes in and says that for your last meal you can have any meal you want. He asks you what you're gong to have. Go."

Capricorn was silent for a moment, considering. "Well for one thing, I object to the premise."

"Which part? The part where Aries and Saggy have taken over the planet or the part where they're letting you eat a last meal before your execution?"

"Neither, those are both reasonable assumptions. There's no way I would publically speak about anything, especially if Aries and Saggy were dictators of the world."

"You were arrested for being rich. The ice cream thing was a cover story made up by the PR."

"Alright, fair. For my last meal, I'd like some really well made mac and cheese, with steak as a side and some sauteed carrots. For desert, I'll have a giant cake and eat all of it."

"You wouldn't share any?" asked Libra. "Even with me and Virgo?"

"Definately not," nodded Capricorn. "That would mean you were prisoners too."

"Fair," shrugged Libra.

"What about you?" asked Capricorn.

"Hm. I'd have a giant cheese sub with meatballs, then some green beans. For desert I'd have them fill the mansion with ice cream and I'd eat it all."

"That's... a lot of ice cream."

"I really like ice cream."

*

Leo knocked on the trapdoor. "I know you guys are in there!"

Aries hit the trap door. "What do you want?"

"It's me, Leo! I have chocolate for my fire sign buddies!"

Aries considered. "This is probably a trap, but I really want my chocolate," she said while unlocking the door.

"GET HER!" screamed Leo, and he, Gemini, and Aquarius ran into the room and tackled Aries.

After a brief struggle, the three had Aries pinned to the floor. "Sooo.... No chocolate?" asked Aries after a moment's silence.

Aquarius pulled a hershey's kiss out of his backpack. "This hersheys kiss is yours if you answer our questions."

"Sure things," grinned Aries. "But no math, please. I'm terrible at the math questions."

"Did you set up the alarm clocks?" demanded Gemini.

"Nope," said Aries, popping the p. "I was wondering if that was you guys, but you don't have access to the tower, so I figured it was Saggy."

"Where is she?" asked Leo.

"I dunno," shrugged Aries. "Haven't seen her all day. Can I have the chocolate now?"

"I guess," shrugged Aquarius, and gave Aries a handful of hershey's kisses.

"Wait how'd she get her arms out?" blinked Leo.

"Are you guys doing the revenge thing?" asked Aries, her mouth full of chocolate. "Because I'm totally down with revenge."

"Sure, I don't see why not-" began Gemini.

"Group meeting!" Leo pulled Gemini and Aquarius into a huddle on the side of the room. "Can we trust her?"

"Of course we can, we gave her chocolate!" said Aquarius, sounding shocked.

"Yeah, but she could be working with Saggy," argued Leo. "They are best friends."

"Leo has a point," nodded Gemini. "We'll keep an eye on her. But she could also be a big help when it comes to chasing down buses if we can get her mad enough."

"She does seem surprisingly calm right now," noticed Leo. "Alright, sure."

"Alright Aries!" yelled Gemini. "Welcome to team revenge!"

"Awesome!"

*

"That was delicious," said Capricorn, as he and Libra walked out of the restaurant.

"I told you you'd enjoy it," Libra poked him.

"I said the food was good. That does in no way indicate that I am enjoying myself."

"If you says so," shrugged Libra. "We're heading this way now."

Capricorn followed. "Are you allowed to tell me where we're going?"

"What would the fun in that be?" laughed Libra.

"I was afraid of that," he sighed.

There was silence for a minute or so, and then Libra frowned. "I just realized... Since we're out, who's making breakfast for everyone?"

Capricorn shrugged. "They can feed themselves. There's plenty of cereal."

"You know how food disappears in that house," reminded Libra. "If we get back tonight and they're all dead from starvation I'll never forgive myself."

"I think I'd get over it."

"Cap!"

"What?"

"I can't even tell if you're joking at this point."

"I never joke," said Capricorn, with a completely straight face. Libra snorted in laughter. Capricorn laughed too.

"See, now you're laughing," pointed out Libra. "You never laugh. And then today you're suddenly making jokes."

"To be fair, we can't actually prove that I've made a joke."

"This is what I mean. You're acting... positive."

Capricorn shrugged. "I dunno. It's a nice day out. I'm experiencing my yearly good mood." Libra snorted, and he paused. "I've been having more of those lately."

"Keep it up, it's nice to see you smile," said Libra, smiling too.

*

"Hi guys," waved Pisces. "Hi Aries. Did you do the clocks?"

"Nah, we're pretty sure that was Saggy," said Aries. "Hi Virgo! You're up early."

"No kidding," muttered Virgo.

At that moment everyone's phones buzzed, and they reached to check what it said.

Saggy: Morning everyone! Sleep well?

Aries: YOU CHILD OF SATAN

Saggy: I take it no?

Aries: YOU WOKE ME UP

Aries: CHILD OF SATAN

Aries: Jk I was already awake so I'm not mad. Nice one!

Saggy: ...that was not expected

Leo: Actually that explains a lot

Pisces: Huh??? Why were you awake???

Virgo: Also, why are we texting when we're standing right next to each other?

Aries: Reasons

Gemini: Oooooh suspicious

Saggy: Were you going through those fbi documents I stole again?

Aries: Pfft no boring

Leo: ...what

Saggy: Ok so the point is I'm at a place and if you guys want revenge on me you'll have to catch me.

Aries: Where

Saggy: [picture of a lazer tag zone]

Aries: YOOOOO I'M COMING

Aquarius: Revenge is a dish best served deeply fried by a blaster gun!

Gemini: What he said!

Cancer: Hi I'm trying to sleep

Cancer left the chat

Scorpio: Hi I don't care that any of you exist

Scorpio left the chat

Aries: Wow rude much?

Aries: The point is I will whoop you so don't leave

Saggy: Mm you'd better get here fast

Aries: Oh I will, centaur, I will...

Aquarius: Whoa there Aries, no horsing around

Saggy: You're fine Aries, shun the neigh sayers

Aquarius: SAGGY MADE A PUN???

Saggy: If you can't beat em join em

Aquarus: YES SAGGY YOU'RE ONE OF US

Saggy: *dabs*

Aquarius: I'M CRYING FROM HAPPINESS

Leo: He actually is

Aquarius: No he's lion

Saggy: Is that really the mane thing?

Aries kicked Aquarius from the chat

Aries kicked Saggy from the chat

Aries: Does anyone have a problem with this?

Leo: No, it had to be done

Aries: Ok Saggy revenge troops, lets move out

*

Libra pulled out her phone. "It's really buzzing way too much," she said as she put it on mute. Capricorn did the same. "Oh, look, we're here."

Capricorn looked up, and groaned. "Please no. Anything but this."

"You'll enjoy yourself."

"Because I love holding a plastic gun and clicking a plastic button."

"Just try it out," insisted Libra. "Lazer tag wouldn't usually be my thing either, but I've enjoyed it in the past."

"I cannot believe I'm doing this," he muttered, as Libra pulled him into the building.

Inside, they checked in and got their lazer suits and guns, and made their way to the waiting area. The lazer tag arena was a big darkish room with a bunch of structure and a few towers. They watched the battle going on inside the room, a free for all. "Interesting strategic choice," said Capricorn, indicating a sniper in one of the towers.

"Lone snipers aren't bad," nodded Libra. "But when there's three of them on the same team they can guard the tower and make it impossible to pick them off."

Capricorn nodded slowly. "That's pretty smart."

"I guess," shrugged Libra. "Are we on the same team, or are we going to be enemies?"

"Your call. I've never played."

"How about... same team for now, but in future rounds we might switch it up. Good?"

"Sure."

*

Aries Gemini Leo Virgo Aquarius and Pisces pulled on all their lazer tag gear, and went into the waiting room just in time for the game to start. Aries called a huddle. "My guess is that Saggy paid for something like two hours of games, so she'll already be in there. We'll split up into groups of two, spread out, and find her. When you find her... I dunno, just attack. That's kind of why we're here. Good?"

"Sir yes sir!" saluted Gemini. Virgo and Pisces immediately paired up to avoide being paired with any of the others. The others used a random number generator, and Aries and Aquarius paired and Gemini and Leo paired. They split off and began to search the area.

Virgo and Pisces climbed up one of the towers, and scanned for Saggy. "See her?" asked Virgo.

Pisces shook his head. Then, his suit went dark, meaning he'd been hit. He looked around, and saw someone running away down the tower. "Might be Saggy," he said to Virgo, and they chased the figure. It wasn't Saggy, though, the cuprit was way to short and was dressed like a ninja.

"Why is someone dressed like a ninja?" asked Virgo.

"No idea," shrugged Pisces. "Some people are into being ninjas I guess." Then Virgo's suit went dark.

"Hi!" yelled a voice from one of the other towers, and they turned to see Saggy waving at them, before she dissappeared. Pisces fired at her while Virgo waited for his suit to recharge. Once she dissappeared, Pisces and Virgo ran down the tower to chase her.

Meanwhile, Leo and Gemini were backed into a corner by two strangers who were shooting at them. Gemini turned to Leo. "If I don't make it tell Aqua I love him."

"If you don't make it I'm stealing your room." Then someone started firing at the two strangers from on top of the structure, and they ran.

"Who was that?" wondered Leo.

"Aqua saved us!" said Gemini, pointing up from where the shots had come from. No one was there. "Invisible Aqua saved us!" The pair ran out of the corner and kept looking for Saggy.

Aries and Aquarius hadn't had any luck either, because Aries was going on a killing spree and Aquarius was trying to rig up a pulley to make a dramatic entrance. Since he hadn't been shooting anyone his points were in the negative. Aries meanwhile had nearly a thousand.

"Love this game," she grinned, shooting another three people.

"Is that Saggy?" squinted Aquarius, pointing to a figure destroying a group of three strangers.

Aries looked over. "Yeah! You're right! She's right there! Cmon, let's go." They ran towards Saggy.

*

"Is that who I think it is?" squinted Libra.

Capricorn glanced over to where she was looking. "Oh no."

"Huh," said Libra. "Imagine us all coming here on the same day."

"Fancy that."

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" grinned Libra.

"Run as fast as possible?"

"Cap! No! I mean crush them with our plastic light guns!"

"Hm," said Capricorn. "Maybe. Okay, who first?"

"I see Virgo and Pisces over there," pointed Libra.

"Sure," said Capricorn, and they both jogged over to where Virgo and Pisces were.

"Surprise!" yelled Libra as she shot Virgo. Capricorn shot Pisces.

"Huh???" said Pisces. "I'm so confused???"

Virgo blinked. "Hi guys. Libra, is this what you meant by exposing Capricorn to life as a human being?"

"You knew about this?" said Capricorn. "And you didn't warn me?"

"Yeah," nodded Libra. "To both questions. I told Virgo because I didn't want anyone to wonder where we were."

"You guys can help us get Saggy!" said Pisces excitedly. "She pranked everyone."

"Eh," said Capricorn, shooting Virgo's suit as it reactivated. Pisces hid behind Virgo.

"I've always wanted to be a meat sheild," he grumbled.

"Hi losers!" yelled a voice from up on one of the towers. It was Saggy, but she was talking to someone else, and hadn't seen them.

"Gottat run," glanced up Pisces, and he took off. Virgo gave a wave and Libra and Capricorn and followed. Someone in a ninja suit ran after them.

Capricorn's suit went dead, someone had shot him since he was standing out in the open. "Let's get under some cover," he suggested.

"Right you are," nodded Libra, and they ran towards another part of the room.

*

"CHILD OF SATAN!" screamed Aries, firing haphazardly at Saggy, who couldn't run straight because she was laughing so hard. Aquarius was running behind, shooting at Saggy and trying to keep up with Aries. "Hi guys!" he waved at Gemini and Leo as he ran past, who were engaged in a battle with a stranger. They disengaged themselves to chase after Saggy as well.

Saggy ran up a tower and jumped over the top rail to land on the floor again. Aries followed without hesitation. Aquarius jumped over, tripped on the rail, and landed on his face on the floor. Leo did a quick 180 and ran back down the stairs. Gemini hesitated, and then jumped over the railing, tripped, and landed on top of Aquarius, who was just getting up. Leo walked out of the bottom. "Fight smarter, not harder," he said, giving a thumbs up. Gemini gave him a brief noogie. Unfortunately, Aries and Saggy were gone.

Saggy ran up another tower, and jumped out, only to find Aries waiting for her at the bottom. "HAH!" yelled Aries, firing at Saggy and missing by and inch. Saggy fired back, while running, and Aries twisted away. Aries chased after Saggy, running her around one of the towers, up and down a structure, under a crawlspace, and back into the main clearing, where Virgo and Pisces were standing wondering where the heck everyone was.

It was a clear sprint to the other side, until suddenly Aries's path was blocked by Gemini Leo and Aquairus, all riding on the pulley Aquarius had made. Saggy skidded to a halt. Aries shot her, and her suit went dark.

"Rats!" said Saggy, wiping her forehead. "Nice one guys! You got me." Her suit reactivated, and she shot Aries. "Now we're completely even."

That was when three ninjas jumped off of the structure above them, and began shooting everyone. Aries kept trying to shoot the ninjas but missed. Gemini screamed and hid behind Leo and Aquarius. Virgo was just too done to care. Saggy joined the ninjas and started shooting everyone. Pisces ran behind one of the structures, but was shot first. Soon everyone's suit was dark, and no one could shoot until it reactivated. One of the ninjas started laughing. "Gotcha!"

"Wait," frowned Pisces. "Is that who I think it is-?"

The ninja reached up and pulled off their mask. "SURPRISE, SUCKA- just kidding! It's me Cancer. I'd never steal Scorpio's line like that."

"CANCER???" said everyone.

"Wha-?" gaped Pisces.

One of the other ninjas pulled of their mask, and it was Taurus, eating chips. "Yeah, so we figured telling Saggy how you were getting revenge was a sucky way to get revenge. Yall made a nice decoy though."

"Cancer's idea," said the third ninja, pulling off her mask to reveal... Scorpio??

"Nice job guys," grinned Saggy, not mad at all. "I deep respect."

"Woo!" yelled Aquarius, and he Gemini and Leo started clapping.

Everyone else in the arena had noticed that they were all gathered there, and started shooting at them, so they quickly dispersed. The ninjas decided that there was no way they could top that, and left the round early to go get some more sleep.

*

"Well that was intense," noticed Capricorn. He and Libra had been about to attack all their friends, but the ninjas beat them too it and Libra insisted on not ruining their moment.

"They really got them," agreed Libra. "Hey Cap, do you think you pretty much get the rules of lazer tag at this point?"

"Yeah," nodded Capricorn. "Pretty much. Why?" Libra shot him. "You fiend!" he exclaimed.

"Gotcha," she grinned, and ran. Capricorn waited for his suit to reactivate, and then ran after her.

Libra didn't often play lazer tag, but she was a master at using her surroundings. She would run and hide around corners and shoot Capricorn, then go hide before his suit had time to recharge. She ran up one of the towers and hid around the corner, waiting for Capricorn.

Capricorn shot her from behind. "I win," he said.

Libra gaped. "How did you get there?"

He shrugged. "You were going to keep getting me if I played by your rules. It looked like you were running towards the tower, so I can this way."

"Nice one," said Libra. "I'm impressed."

"Thanks." Libra shot him as her suit recharged. "You've got to be kidding me."

"You're like those stereotypical disney villains," she laughed. "You just had to explain your evil plan."

"To be fair, it was a good evil plan." His suit recharged, and he shot her, and then ran. "Also, your fatal flaw is you can't resist a witty remark!"

"The same goes to you!" she yelled, running after him. "You can just run at the same time!"

*

"Hey," pointed Saggy. "Is that Libra and Capricorn?"

Aries squinted. "Yeah."

"What are they doing?" she wondered.

"I think I overheard Virgo talking about them going out for the day or something," said Aries scratching her head.

Saggy was quiet for a moment. Then she grinned. "Want to follow them?"

"Of course," grinned Aries.

*

After the match, Libra and Capricorn turned in their guns. "What time is it?" Libra asked.

Capricorn checked his watch. "Almost eleven."

"Works for me," shrugged Libra. "Are you okay with an early lunch?"

"Sure."

"There's a burger place nearby. Does that work for you?"

"Burgers are fine."

"Look, there's the scoreboard," she pointed. The screen showed all the fake aliases people had picked for their names and how many points they got. Libra's name was Balance and Capricorn's name was Capricorn.

In first place was someone named Revenge of the Crab, with Losers in second and Sandwich in third. Balance was in fifth, and Capricorn was in seventh. The two names in last were DoubleTrouble, and Quantum Dragons.

"Nice job," said Capricorn.

"You too."

"I only got seventh."

"I only got fifth."

"Fifth is good."

"So is seventh."

"Not as good as fifth."

"Well... yeah. But I've played before."

"So?"

"So I have more experience. So you did better than me considering it was your first game."

"I mean... I can't disprove that because it's inherintly unprovable."

"Exactly! You're better than me."

"..."

"I win."

*

"They'll recognize us, though," thought Saggy.

"Who will?" asked Leo, overhearing her.

"Libby and Cap," said Aries. "We're following them."

"They were here?" blinked Leo.

"Yeah, Virgo said they were doing something today," nodded Saggy.

"Like... a date?" grinned Gemini.

"Nope," Aries shook her head. "Libra's exposing Capricorn to... something. I don't know what. Maybe lazer tag."

"So... definately not a date?" asked Gemini.

"Definately not a date," confirmed Saggy.

"Oh well," sighed Gemini. "That would really narrow down my shipping pool for this group."

"...your what?" asked Aries.

"Nothing!"

"Can we get back to the point?" asked Saggy. "The point is, if we're going to follow them they'll recognize us and we'll need disguises."

"No problem," assured Aquarius, pulling out five sets of hats, sunglasses, and fake beards from his backback."

"...that works," said Aries.

*

"You should be warned that I don't have the whole afternoon planned out," said Libra. "I figured it was enough for one day to force you to accept the universe until three."

"That's fine," said Capricorn. "Normally my idiocy daily total would spill over by that point, but ever since the others moved in I've been trying to develop a higher tolerance."

"Yeah I bet the medication is a pain."

"Exactly."

For a minute or so, they walked down the sidewalk in silence. "Don't look now," said Libra in a low voice, "But I think those bearded guys are following us."

Capricorn glanced over his shoulder, and then stopped walking and turned around. "What do you want?" he asked.

The five beared figures all screamed and ran. Capricorn turned back around and kept walking like nothing had happened.

"That was... random," said Libra. "Although I'm pretty sure I know who it was now."

"Yeah same," said Capricorn, glancing over his shoulder. "I wonder why they were following us though."

Libra shrugged. "No idea."

They arrived at Libra's burger place. "Alright, what do you want on your burger?"

"Just meat."

"Just meat?"

"Yes, that's what I said."

"Huh," said Libra. "Suit yourself." She walked up to the window to order. "Two burgers please, one plain, the other with cheese, two pickles, and a slice of tomato." Most of the burgers were premade, so after a minute the cashier gave Libra and Capricorn their burgers. "Thanks!"

Capricorn took a bite. "Mm. Not bad."

"Yeah this is a good place," nodded Libra while biting into her own. "So. How's the day going?"

"You've been here this whole time."

"I know that. What I mean is, is this a complete waste of time? Or are you actually having some small amount of fun?"

"I don't do fun."

"Everyone does fun. Are you enjoying yourself?"

Capricorn chewed his burger, and swallowed before answering. "More than I'd have thought. But that doesn't mean it qualifies as 'fun.'"

Libra laughed. "There's nothing wrong with fun."

"Somebody said that to Aries six years ago and now look."

"You can have fun without having fun and doing stupid stuff," argued Libra.

"I think five of your friends who suck at lazer tag would disagree."

"Fair. But you're not them."

"Thank god," muttered Capricorn.

"Cap!"

"Jeez! Sorry."

They ate in silence for a minute or so.

"I guess I'm enjoying myself today," said Capricorn at last.

Libra smiled. "That's wonderful."

*

Pisces flopped on his bed. "Time for more sleep."

"I agree," nodded Virgo. "I'm going back to bed as well." He tiptoed out of the hallway, because Cancer and Taurus were asleep.

Apparently just Cancer, because as he slipped into his room he passed Taurus and Saggy playing darts. "Oh I'm definately impressed by what you guys did," nodded Saggy, "But what I'm really impressed by is that Scorpio joined you. How did you do that?"

Taurus shrugged. "Cancer said she didn't know how to do the whole revenge thing that well, so she texted Scorpio for advice, since she knew Scorpio knew stuff when they were on team water. Scorpio knew lots of stuff so we asked her to join us. Cancer said that three ninjas are always better than two."

"Fair," nodded Saggy, winging a dart at Virgo's door and missing completely. "Dang it!"

"Hi guys," said Aries, appearing behind them. "Guess what?"

"What?" asked Saggy.

Aries grinned. "Virgo's asleep."

"So?" asked Saggy.

"Libra and Capricorn are out of the house."

"I see," said Saggy slowly.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" smirked Aries.

"I think maybe yeah," smirked Saggy. Taurus leaned against the wall and ate a rather large handful of chips.

*

"Here." Libra handed Capricorn his small ice cream cone. "I'm fine with you having vanilla right now, but once you're done we're getting back in line and you're trying another flavor."

Capricorn began eating his cone. "What flavor is yours?"

"Peanut butter chocolate. It's good."

"Can I have a taste?" he asked. Libra raised an eyebrow. "Yes, I know, but if you're insisting I try so many kinds I may as well get a head start."

"Fair enough," shrugged Libra. She scooped a spoonful off her cone, and handed it to Capricorn. He tried it, and made a face. "Not your favorite?"

"I think I'll stick with vanilla," he said.

They ate their ice cream cones for a minute or so. It was a hot day, and Capricorn's cone began dripping everywhere. "What... it's falling everywhere."

"Yes, that's what happens when ice cream melts," said Libra, amused.

"I did not sign up for this." He began trying to slurp out the bottom before it spilled all over his pants. Libra jumped up and grabbed him a bowl, sliding it under in time to rescue his cone. "Thanks." She grabbed a bowl of her own as hers was beginning to drip too. They'd both gotten a small since their plan was to have more, so it was only a few minutes before Libra and Capricorn had finished their cones.

"Close your eyes," said Libra. "I'm getting you a mystery flavor."

"If you really have to..." sighed Capricorn.

"I do. Wait here." She went up to the window and bought two ice creams. "Here's yours." He hesitantly tried some. "How do you like it?"

"It's okay, I guess," he said.

"I'll take it, from you that's practically jumping for joy."

"Can I open my eyes now?" he asked.

"Sure."

"It's..." Capricorn blinked. "...green."

"It's mint chocolate chip," explained Libra. "My favorite kind."

Capricorn tried another bite. "It's not bad."

"It's melting again," noticed Libra. "Let's go to the park, it's pretty close and there's a lot of shade there."

"Sure."

*

"They will litterally murder us," said Leo.

"Stop worrying so much," teased Gemini. "They'll appreciate the freshness."

"Virgo will snap and go on a killing spree."

Aries cracked her knuckles. "I'm not afraid of Virgo."

Saggy ran back into the living room. "I have more of those foam peanut things."

"Perfect," grinned Aries. "How's the kitchen coming?" she called.

"Pretty well," called Aquarius. "We tied the frige shut with silly string."

"How'd they get you to help?" Gemini asked Taurus.

"Free bagels," said Taurus, eating chips while dumping a bag of foam peanuts on the floor.

*

Capricorn jumped up. "I just got a really bad feeling."

"Why?" asked Libra, surprised.

"I don't know. Kind of like mounting dread. Like that scene in jaws when the shark is swimming through the water."

"You've seen jaws?" asked Libra.

"No, but you know what I mean."

"I guess."

Capricorn sat back on the park bench. "It doesn't matter. It's probably nothing." He looked around. "It really is a nice day."

"It is," agreed Libra, looking around the park. It was sunny out, but not too hot. Perfect weather. And Capricorn actually seemed to be enjoying himself, which was a win any day.

"What about you?" asked Capricorn.

"Me?" asked Libra.

"Are you enjoying yourself?" he asked.

Libra thought about it. "Yeah," she said. "I am." It was a great day. She was feeling a weird kind of happiness that was starting in her stomach and then just warmed her up everywhere. The kind you get from drinking hot chocolate on a cold day.

She glanced at Capricorn, who was staring off into the park lost in thought, and then she stopped. What am I trying to do? she thought. Sure, she was dragging Capricorn out of the house all day to prevent him from developing an allergy to sunlight, but she knew just as well that that wasn't her only motivation for wanting to spend the day with Capricorn. Say it, said a voice in her head, and she immediately flashed back to a conversation with Gemini a few days earlier.

"Say it," said Gemini.

"I can't just say it," she said, frowning at Gemini. "What if he doesn't feel the same way?"

"Sucks for you then," shrugged Gemini. Libra glared at him. "What? Are you going to throw away the possibility of dating the guy you like because he might not like you back?"

"Seems safer," she muttered, looking away.

Gemini sighed. "I can't help you dude, I know nothing about this stuff. All I'm going to say is, if I had a crush on Capricorn, he'd know about it. It just... it strikes me as too risky not to, know what I mean?"

"No," said Libra, strategically inspecting her shoes. "No, I don't."

But I do, she thought, startled, looking up from her ice cream. I think I do.

"Cap?" said Libra, turning to face him.

"Hm?" said Capricorn, maneuvering his ice cream around the bowl.

"Hey, so, uh, I have something I need to tell you."

"Sure," said Capricorn, chalking his ice cream cone as a lost cause and placing it head down in the bowl. "What's up?"

Libra swallowed. "I... uh..." This was a lot harder than Gemini had made it sound.

Capricorn glanced at her. "Whatever it is, it can't be that bad."

"I... uh... oh screw it, Cap, I'm in love with you. Crap!" Gemini was wrong- she knew that now- "Crap, uh, ignore that, I mean, wow, how easy it is to mispeak while eating ice cream-"

"Libra," said Capricorn, quietly, so quietly that she stopped, and looked up. "Libra, it's fine. I love you too." Libra stared at him. "I mean," he said quickly, "As long as that's okay with you, I mean, I wasn't going to say anything-"

Suddenly, Libra reached over and hugged him. He was tense for a moment, but then he relaxed. And then he hugged her back.

Libra held on for a while before letting go. Capricorn frowned. "Why are you crying? Oh no. Did I screw something up-?"

"Cap, no," smiled Libra, wiping her face. "You're fine. You're great. I'm crying because I'm happy."

"That's weird," said Capricorn. "Sorry, but it is."

"It's feelings," said Libra, lightly punching his shoulder.

"Feelings are weird," said Capricorn. "And I'm speaking as someone who very recently started to experience them."

"Yeah, they kind of are," agreed Libra. "But that's okay."

***

The sun was down, and it was 7:00 when Libra and Capricorn walked back up the pathway to the mansion. It had been a long day, but a good one.

"So what do we tell the others?" asked Libra. "What are we?"

"What do you want us to be?" asked Capricorn.

Libra looked down. "I, uh, what do you want...?"

"Libra will you go out with me?" asked Capricorn, smiling.

Libra smiled. "Alright."

"Then I guess we can tell the others we're a couple," smiled Capricorn.

"I guess we can." Libra opened the door into the mansion, and a tide of packing peanuts spilled out of the house. "What... of for the love of-"

"ARIES!" someone screamed from inside. Laughter was heard, and a loud bang.

Capricorn turned to Libra. "What was that you said the other day about them not blowing up the house?"

"Technically it's not exploded," said Libra gingerly, stepping into the house, and wincing as she heard the packing peanust cracking beneath her feet. Capricorn swept all the ones that had spilled outside back into the house, and closed the door.

The entire sitting room was covered in packing peanuts, and the couches were covered in silly string. The kitchen looked like it had suffered the same fate. Libra and Capricorn turned to look at each other.

"This looks like a tomorrow problem," said Capricorn.

"I agree," sighed Libra, and they waded their way towards the stairs and went up.