"...Stop staring at me." I said opening one eye to look at Paris.

"Sorry, But if you think for a second I'm going to leave you alone, you're sorely mistaking." She told me.

"Oh really? And why's that?" I asked.

"Are you kidding me? Where do I start? Maybe it's because if I don't, you're only going to find a new way to hurt (Y,N). Or try to kill more people."

"Don't try to pretend for a second that you're on some higher level than I am."

"I'm not. I know I've fucked up in the past but I've changed now. And I'm not going to let you hurt him anyone anymore."

"If you've changed then how come you're still on the bad side."

"I'm not! I'm on the good side now."

"Oh yeah? Last time I checked: good guys don't say that they're friends with someone and then go behind their back and record everything they do for a bunch of 'heroes' because of who their best friend is." I said. Her eyes widened.

"Wh-wha-"

"Oh come on, did you really think I wouldn't notice? The little looks you and Adrian gave each other in the class after I talked to (Y,N). The way you were making me out as a bad person to Victoria. As if I had the power to turn him into some sort of... villain?" I asked with a smirk.

"I-I-"

"'I-I-I' shut up." I said mocking her. "I heard that shit you were telling (Y,N) earlier. Pretending to be his friend. It's funny, really. Weren't you the same person who made fun of March for having a crush on him? And now you're the one who's trying to catch him on the rebound. But hey, at least you're not a complete hypocrite and you're still willing to backstab him for your little hero group."

"I don't have a crush on him!"

"That's not what we're talking about right now. What we're talking about is the fact you're still recording him for those fuckwads. Yet you still pretend you're his friend-"

"When are you going to get it that it's you!? You're the reason I have to do this! You think I like thinking he's dangerous!? He's one of the only three people who've been nice to me my whole life, but I can't just leave him be because of you! As far as I know, you can easily manipulate him into becoming a full on supervillain, and I have to be prepared for that because I'm the only one who even has a chance of stopping him if something like that happens!" Paris whisper yelled. "Marie'll kill you no problem, sure! But then she's not going to be able to allow herself to fight him! Adrian and Carmen would be dead if he ever actually did set his mind on killing them and Freedom Fighter..."

"What? Is he not strong enough to beat (Y,N)? If you think so highly of him, why even side with those other idiots-"

"Because they're the closest thing I have to a family! Even if only one of them doesn't just use me or ignore me! Because he's still the one who gave me a home when I had nowhere else to go and no matter how much I start to question if I really did switch to the good guys and no matter how much I think (Y,N) might be a better hero, I can still say Freedom Fighter saved one person: me! And I can't just abandon him. And if he says (Y,N) might be a villain, then maybe (Y,N) is a villain and I have to be the one who stops him from either becoming one or from carrying on with his evil plans..."

"...What's so bad about being a villain?"

"Are you kidding me? Villains hurt people-"

"And So do heroes. Heroes just don't have as much fun doing it. You should know this. Wasn't being Timestamp a lot more fun than being Time Fighter?"

"Why are you so obsessed with Timestamp? It was a mistake that you won't leave alone."

"What? You call that a mistake? I've seen the footage and you were so much cooler then! 'Pop quiz: how long does it take to make a Freedom Moron scream like a bitch? BAM! Too late! You're already crying!' How could you think that was a mistake?"

"Because it was a lonely time for me. You can only try to kill heroes for money so many times before it starts to get tiring and depressing." Paris said. I felt my smile weaken slightly.

"I can agree with that." I muttered. "But, it's not like being a hero is making you any more friends than being a villain was."

"And tell me, would I have any more chance of having friends by becoming Timestamp again?"

"Yeah. Because you'd have me." I said.

"Wait, What?"

"I'd totally be friends with you. And I know this girl named Nix who would actually get along with you too." I told her.

"R-really? You'd actually be my friend?" She asked me. I stared at her with a warm smile before laughing in her face.

"Are you kidding!? There's no way I'd be your friend now! Especially with you making lovey dovey eyes at (Y,N)!" I said. "But anyway, back on track, continue your little documentary on (Y,N), And maybe then you'll get it through your head he's not a villain, but then also remember he's no hero, and whatever fantasy you have of being his super girlfriend and him being your own personal Captain Amazo is going to remain that: fantasy." I told her with a smirk on my face. "Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to get a few more minutes of shut eye before we get to wherever we're going. Got that, cupcake?" I asked her before closing my eyes again.

. . .

"...I don't have a crush on him..." I muttered underneath my breath as Winter went back to sleep.