Another day has come by and the sound of the boys' alarm awakens them from their slumber. Israel jumped and fell out of bed, groaning. He picked himself and turned off his alarm, then let out a yawn. Inferno, on the other hand, sat up and stretched himself. He climbed out of his bed and then he twirls his head around a bit to relieve any tension in his neck.

Inferno then went into the bathroom, which each dorm room has, including a shower. The expressionless young man walks over to the bathroom sink, reaches for his toothbrush and the toothpaste, turns on the water, and begins brushing his teeth.

Israel, on the other hand, was putting on his clothes while looking out his window, checking out the beautiful morning sky. "Hey, Inferno. Check it out! Looks like today's forecast is a bright, sunny day… I mean, with a few clouds in the air." he said, brightly.

“Yeah… Whatever,” Inferno replied from the bathroom, with his monotone voice. He then rinses out his mouth and spits it out into the sink.

"O...kay then, no harm, no foul. Hey, is there a 2nd sink in the bathroom?" Israel asked.

“Yeah, there is,” Inferno replied.

"Alright, cool. The sooner we get ready, the sooner we can eat, and the sooner I can watch one of my favorite Youtubers," he said before walking into the bathroom with Inferno and getting to brushing his teeth.

“What is your favorite Youtuber anyway? There’s over a dozen of them.” Inferno replied with a blank expression.

"Oh… he's someone who makes my day brighter every day… LT.LICKME. He's mostly an online troll, but he's also broken the lives of bad people. It… is… beautiful. This guy is a freaking legend among YouTube." Israel explained.

“That doesn’t sound entertaining at all…. I don’t tolerate any violence or pain inflicted on others.” Inferno responded, not liking what he’s hearing, even if he doesn’t sound like it.

"Oh, he doesn't hurt anyone… physically. He messes with their heads. Even he has his moral boundaries to abide by," Israel assured.

“I still don’t like it,” the emotionless young man replied as he was finished brushing his teeth and walks out of the bathroom to get ready for his classes today.

'Heh, his choice. But if it means more asshats are off the streets, I'm all for it,' he thought to himself before finishing up his hygiene. He left the bathroom and headed out of the dorm room, locking the door.

Inferno was left in the room alone, after having gotten on his casual clothes. Seeing his roommate leave, he now has time to make one final adjustment to something before he starts the day.

Meanwhile, Israel was making his way to the cafeteria to grab some breakfast. On his way to the cafeteria, he watched some LT. LICKME videos, laughing at the pain of the bullies and loud-mouthed, obnoxious idiots misery. But while he was watching, his pupils were slowly shrinking and his grin was growing more sinister, but before his sinister face took over, he's hit with the sweet smell of french toast.

"Mmm smells good," he said. He quickly zoomed in line, grabbing a food tray and ready to get his grub on.

"Hey, I remember you!" a female voice called out, getting Israel's attention. Turns out, it was Sunset Shimmer from history class. "Israel, right? How was your first say yesterday?"

"It was alright. You wouldn't believe how funny it was in cooking class. I just made a sausage roll and immediately the chef asked me to marry his daughter," he said.

Sunset nearly chuckled a bit from hearing that. “Seriously? That is something no one hears every day.” She replied.

"Right?" Israel chuckled. "What about you? How've you been doing?" he asked.

"It's fine. Hey, just asking an unrelated question, are you familiar with a guy named Inferno, by any chance?" Sunset asked.

"Oh, you mean Inferno Blaze? Sure, I know him. He's my new roommate. Why, you looking for him?" Israel asked.

Whaaaaat… No, hehe.” Sunset replied, but her newly pink cheeks betrayed her.

Israel laughed a bit. "You know, you're cute when you blush and deny like that. But hey, if you're looking for Inferno, he's in our dorm room, still getting ready," he said.

But after saying that, he doesn’t notice the cafeteria door’s opening as Inferno Blaze enters the area; with his presence causing everyone in the whole room to go silent.

“Or… He's finished and now he's here.” Israel corrected himself. "Hey, Inferno! This beautiful young lady was looking for you."

The emotionless young man looks over towards his direction, standing in the line by the cafeteria kitchen. However, he doesn’t answer and gets in line; about several people down from the two.

"Well, my work here is done and now it's my turn for some chow," Israel said before walking up to the lunch lady. She hands him a plate of french toast, potatoes, and spam. He also grabs a cup of water on the way over to one of the empty seats and begins munching down.

Soon Sunset is served her breakfast and heads over to a table nearby. Several students later, Inferno soon receives his breakfast for today; scrambled eggs, sausages, and applesauce. He also grabs some orange juice on the way. After getting his breakfast, The emotionless young man then walks all over the cafeteria until he sits down at an empty table… far away from all the other tables where everyone else sat. Once he sat down, he then silently eats his meal by himself. Though he was noticed by everyone at their tables, who either rudely stared at him or looked away.

"Man… and I thought I was labeled as a loner," Israel muttered silently to himself before munching on his meal some more.

As for Inferno, he was just minding his own business, casually eating his breakfast and ignoring everything around him. As he was doing this, he doesn’t notice Sunset heading towards his table and standing next to his table.

"Hey, mind if I sit next to you?" Sunset asked.

"No, not at all," he replied in his monotone voice.

After hearing his reply, Sunset sat down at his table; although, he didn’t expect her to sit directly next to him. Being this close to her, he could see how beautiful she is.

“You look… pretty today.” He commented with a blank expression. Sunset's cheeks turned bright pink, blushing from his compliment.

"T-Thanks, that's… nice of you," Sunset chuckled nervously.

“You… Sound like no one ever calls you that? Or am I… wrong?” Inferno asked.

“No, no, I have some guys in this place call me that, but they mostly do that to sway me or try to win my heart,” Sunset explained. "You, on the other hand… you make it feel sincere, but… you don't sound too happy about it."

Inferno tilted his head while staring at her. Sunset could likely tell he was confused about something.

“How can you tell?” He asked with his monotone voice.

"Well, for one thing, there's no emotion when you speak, but you are sincere about what you said about me being pretty. Maybe some time at lunch, you can sit with my friends and we can talk some more," Sunset offered.

If he could show it, Inferno was surprised that this girl next to him can understand the meaning behind his words even when they are lack any emotion. While he is a bit hesitant, but he decided to take up on her offer.

“Sure.” He replied.

"Great. And it's great to have you here," Sunset said.

“Thanks… You too.” Inferno responded.

The conversation between the two was likely one of the most pleasant ones Inferno had since he arrived at this university. But of course, it was going to last when something or someone slams onto the table they were sitting at, startlingly the two; well mostly Sunset since Inferno can feel nothing.

The two look up and see three male students standing next to their table and with not-so-friendly expressions. And to Inferno’s unpredictable surprise, they were the same young men that he encountered at the Sugar Cafe yesterday.

"What the hell is your problem?" Sunset asked in frustration.

“Our problem is with… THIS ASSHOLE! Who crushed my hand yesterday!” The first young man answered while showing the very hand Inferno had nearly crushed; covered in layers of cloths and braced.

Inferno looks at the braced-hand and then looks up at the guy. “Oh… Sorry about that.” he apologized.

"Don't apologize to them, they had it coming for getting all up in your business! And you guys shouldn't be ganging up against someone for no reason! Besides, I thought after all the bullying you did to Rainbow Dash, you'd learn your lessons! Well, you haven't!" Sunset scolded.

“Stay out of this, bitch! Unless you want the same treatment we’re gonna give to this scumbag!” The 2nd guy responded.

“Can we all just calm down and avoid any violence from happening?” Inferno said. Sunset could see that he doesn’t want any trouble or wish to do any harm.

"Oh, is that right? Are you scared you'll get your ass beaten this time, huh?!" the 3rd guy asked rather obnoxiously.

“No… I wish not to do any harm to any of you.” Inferno responded.

“Why don’t you stop messing with him, Hoops?” Sunset stated abruptly towards the 3rd bully.

"How about you butt out of this, Bunset," Hoops rebutted.

“Yeah, why don’t you go blow off some random guy, huh?” The 2nd bully stated. Just then, Sunset got all pissed off and slapped him right across the face.

"How about you eat a dick since you can't give any," Sunset hissed venomously.

“Oh, she got you there, Dumbbell.” The 1st bully said to his comrade.

“Shut up! Score!” Dumbbell shouted back before he turned back to Sunset and then slapped her back, making her fall to the floor. “And you! Know your place, She-Demon!” he shouted.

Seeing this action, shocked Inferno as he stared at Sunset on the floor. Then something happened inside him resurfaced… A raging fire that is. He then began extremely… angry.

Before Dumbbell could see it coming, Inferno got up from his seat, reared back his left arm, and deliver a hard punch to his face; which sent him flying across the cafeteria and landing on a random table. Watching this happened, Israel couldn’t help, but say….

"Whoo! YOU GOT KNOCKED THE FUCK OUT!" Israel shouted, impressed, while everyone else was shocked. Israel then got up from his seat left to throw away his empty styrofoam tray.

After seeing their friend had been sent flying, Score and Hoops turn back at the once emotionless Inferno, who stare at them with a death glare. They were so frightened of their lives that whenever Inferno slightly takes a step, they step back in fear.

“Go… Now…” Inferno scowled at the two bullies, who shakenly shook their heads up and down and ran away, screaming like little girls.

Soon after, Inferno’s rage dies down instantly as he reverts to his emotionless state. The young man then turns to Sunset, still laying on the ground. He knelt next to her and held his hand out in a kind manner. “Are you ok?” He asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay now. Thanks," Sunset said, reaching up and grabbing his hand.

Inferno then helps her up and sat her down in her original seat. Soon he sits down next to her while having his left arm wrapped around her, as a way to comfort her.

“I’m sorry you had to be a part of that. I never wanted that much violence to happen to you.” He apologized.

"It's okay. You did what you could to help me and you gave them the message. As far as I'm concerned, this was self-defense," Sunset said before hugging him. "You're a real hero."

“No… I’m not.” He replied. “And I never wanted to do any harm to people, no matter how bad they are. And what I did, was out of rage.” He stated, remorsefully.

"Inferno," a male voice called out. Sunset and the emotionless young man looked and saw Israel coming over as he placed his hand on his shoulder. "It is not a sin… to fight for the right reasons, like defending yourself and others. There are people whom words alone will never be able to reach." Israel stated.

Inferno looked at him and then he uses his hands to remove Israel’s hand from his shoulder as he got up from his seat and left the table. “But that doesn’t give the right for people to suffer cruelty by my hand.” He muttered to himself as he left out the doors of the cafeteria

"Hmm… the man has a heart underneath that shell of his," Israel said. "Still… he shouldn't have to beat himself up about it too much," he said before looking at Sunset's cheek, which was still red from being slapped

“Thats not it…” Sunset replied. “I could tell from his words…. He doesn’t sound like he’s feeling guilty… but rather… it’s reminding him of a horrible past in his life.” She explained.

"So… wait, did you say "horrible past?" Israel asked.

“Yes,” She responds while getting up from her seat and walking away from the table. “But I cannot say it.” She stated as she walks out of the cafeteria as well, and heads down to where the nurse room is on campus.

"Well… guess there's nothing to do but get to class," Israel said before leaving the cafeteria by himself, heading to his 1st class of the day.

Back in their technological & engineering course for their first class of today, Inferno remained silent from what happened about an hour ago. And he was acting rather more distant than he was before. It's gotten his partner, Tempest, curious about his behavior.

"Hey, what's going on? You're acting different from yesterday," Tempest whispered.

“Its… Something I don’t wish to discuss.” Inferno replied. “I just want to continue the day as normal as possible,” He stated.

"Uh… okay then," Tempest said. She dropped the subject and just kept helping him with his project, piecing each part together thoroughly.

Inferno was on track with the project they were working on until he began to sniff something. It was a rather sweet smell; like raspberry-vanilla. He sniffed for a bit until he smells the source coming from Tempest.

“Are you… using perfume?” He asked.

Tempest blushed "U-Uh… why do you ask?" she asked.

Inferno turns back to the project before he replies. “You smell nice.”

"C-Come on, you're just saying that," she said, blushing some more, trying to focus, but her heated face and beating heart betrayed her.

“It’s true though,” He responded while he was busy setting up their project. And now, Tempest has steam whistling out of her ears from how flattered she was of this guy complimenting her.

"U-Uh… thanks. That's… r-r-really nice of you," she said, flustered.

“You’re welcome,” He replied, though he was unsure what she thanked him for. However, Tempest didn’t know that due to his expressionless face.

As the two were working on their project, Twilight and Moondancer were talking amongst each other about what Twilight heard from Sunset. "No kidding? That bastard slapped her across the face?" Moondancer asked, quietly and shocked.

“Yeah, he did. But Sunset then told me that Inferno was there and didn’t like what he saw, so he gave Dumbbell a total knockout of his life by sending him flying across the cafeteria with a single punch.” Twilight replied.

"Whoa! I wish I had caught it on video, then show it to a friend of mine at the newspaper club. That would've made for a super scoop," Moondancer said.

“Well, I advise against that. Sunset told me that after Inferno had done that, he began regretting it and didn’t like his actions,” Twilight added.

"Why would he regret it when those assholes deserved it?" Moondancer asked quietly.

“I don’t know. But it’s like he doesn’t like hurting people.” Twilight responded. “Even if they’re cruel or not.”

"Hmmm… guess that says a lot about a guy. He's got power similar to, if not stronger than a cannon and he's got a heart of gold. It's rare to find someone like that these days. But all in all, I'm glad he taught those assholes a lesson, even if he hated punching them."

"I know… I know." Twilight nodded while the girls kept working on their project.

Moving towards another certain group, Israel and Flare were continuing their project, conversating and sharing information about their morning.

"Did you sleep well last night, Flare?" Israel asked.

"Sure did. Well… actually no, I had one thing on my mind while I was trying to sleep. But… I don't think it's a good idea that I tell you what it is," Flare replied, blushing.

"Well… I sure can respect that. But I will tell you this; when I woke up, I fell out of bed to the sound of my alarm. And I was having the best dream, too." Israel said.

“Really? What is it?” Flare asked.

"I was flying around as Iron Man busting up bad guys, then made a guest star appearance right here in this very school," he replied.

“That sounds like a crazy awesome dream,” Flare responded with interest.

"You bet. And when I was eating breakfast this morning, some crazy shit went down in the cafeteria and all of a sudden, I hear a POW, and then this guy landed on the table behind me. I looked over all shocked, then for a laugh, I was like "you got knocked the fuck out!" he whispered, trying to hold in his laugh.

Flare giggled a little herself. "Oh wow, sounds like you had an eventful breakfast. So who was it that punched the guy?"

"My roommate, Inferno Blaze. He socked his ass right across the cafeteria like he was a giant rag doll. I didn't know what it was that pissed him off, but from what I could tell, Inferno didn't like it and I also saw a big red spot on Sunset's cheek." Israel mentioned.

Flare gasped in shock from hearing that Sunset had been attacked.

“Oh my god. I hope she’s alright.” Flare replied.

"Yeah, I hope so, too. If I had an ice pack, I'd give it to her the moment I saw her red spot. And trust me, it was no blush," Israel said.

“And how was Inferno?” She asked out of curiosity.

"He didn't seem too happy to beat someone who might've been an asshole," he replied.

“It sounds like he doesn’t like violence,” Flare responded.

"That's one thing that makes him and I different," Israel said.

“Well, being different can’t be bad. Sometimes it can lead to great things.” Flare stated.

"Amen to that," Israel winks, giving her a thumbs up.

The next class was different from yesterday since students are taking different or the same courses each day. The next course was swimming class. Inferno was out by the pool, wearing a long-sleeved wetsuit, with his left hand covered with a black waterproof glove. While Israel wore swim trunks, colored blue with a black stripe on the side.

All the other students came out dressed in either their swim trunks and bikinis. Both boys make sure not to stare at the girls and just wait patiently for their teacher to arrive.

As everyone stood around for a while, Israel observed the swimming area, his eyes soon caught sight of the three sugar-hot girls that he met yesterday. Standing by the poolside, Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk; all were wearing extremely stylish and sexy bikinis; which showed off their curves quite nicely. So much so that most of the boys, besides Inferno, could not stop staring at them.

"Oh boy, I smell trouble," Israel muttered to himself, blushing.

The three curvy vixens stood for a while; Adagio was bathing in the adoring gazes of the boys, Aria was giving death glares, and Sonata was just acting adorable as she can be. But soon things get more interesting when Adagio turned and faced Israel’s direction. And when she caught sight of him, she instantly gave him a wink.

Israel blushed deeply and chuckled nervously while waving at her. But… as soon as Aria's eyes laid on him, she got an evil smirk and cracked her knuckles. "Oh no, I’m a goner," he said. And his anxiety would worsen once the three girls decided to approach him.

“Well, well. Never thought we see you here, Israel. What a pleasant surprise.” Adagio stated.

“You here to be a pervert, cause if you are, I will pummel you to smithereens.” Aria threatened.

“Hi, Izzy!” Sonata said with a cheerful tone as she waved at him.

"H-Hi Sonata!" he replied nervously.

“So… Like what you’re seeing.” Adagio teased the young man while posing sexually.

“Adagio! Stop acting lewd! We’re in a fucking public area!” Aria shouted at her sister.

"I know that Aria, but being in a public area is where I belong. How else is my milkshake gonna bring all the boys to the yard?" Adagio replied, posing all sexy.

“Well, you act all slutty. So that’s why?” Sonata responded which earned her stares from her sisters.

Israel was in a very difficult situation; however, fate was kind to him and sent him a savior. Which so happened to be Inferno, who noticed the conversation and walked over towards them.

“Is… Something wrong?” He asked with a blank expression.

"Dude… have you ever been seduced by some smoking hot babes?" Israel asked.

“What?” Inferno replied in confusion until he turned to face the Dazzlings, who stared directly back at him.

“Ooh, who’s your new friend, Izzy?” Sonata asked.

“Well, whoever he is, he better not try anything perverted!” Aria scowled at the emotionless young man.

Inferno simply looked at her with a blank expression like her threat had not fazed him. “I don't do anything like you say I would…. But if it upsets you, I promise never to do so to you, ma’am.” He replied.

His reply brought a surprised look upon Aria’s face. As if it was something she never heard from any guy she came across. And unbeknownst to her, Aria’s cheeks turned red for a little bit.

“Well… Good…. Then,” She replied while pouting to herself and looking away. Adagio and Sonata were surprised by this new behavior.

"Inferno, you're lucky you're not feeling any emotions right now because if you could, you'd be feeling hot and bothered by these babes.” Israel spoked towards his roommate.

“Who said I’m lucky?” Inferno responded. But this time, his tone sounded like he was a bit offended and a bit threatening. Immediately, Israel and the Dazzlings were frightened by this new behavior that he was showing; although, Aria’s cheeks turned even redder, and felt flustered as she sees this.

"H-Hey, I didn't mean any harm, no need to…” Israel replied with an anxious voice.

After hearing his explanation, Inferno then reverts to his emotionless state, still staring down at Israel like a hawk. “Very well. But next time… be aware of your words. You may never know if they hold offense to people.” He stated before turning towards the Dazzlings. “I apologize for that. I didn’t mean to frighten you,” he said.

"N-No… it's alright," Aria said, blushing a little.

“Well, it’s nice to meet a friend of Israel. I’m Sonata Dusk!” Sonata introduced herself.

“Inferno Blaze,” Inferno responded with his name.

“Well, nice to meet you Inferno~. Names Adagio, but you can call me Dagi if you like,” Adagio introduced herself while trying to seduce the emotionless young man.

“Nice to meet you. But friendly advice, you should learn some self-dignity,” Inferno replied with his monotone voice.

Adagio, Sonata, Aria, Israel, and soon every boy in the gym were all shocked by Inferno’s statement. Though Sonata and Aria chuckled a bit at their sister’s expense. But Aria’s enjoyment ended as Inferno stares at her.

“And what is your name, beautiful?” He asked with his usual blank expression.

"U-Uh… I'm… Aria Blaze," she stuttered, blushing, avoiding eye contact.

“It’s nice to meet you, Aria.” He responded in kind.

"Y-Yeah, right… back at you," She replied.

Soon after Aria replied, Inferno was about to say something else but he soon felt a tension flowing in his left arm as it began to shook like it was having a seizure. The way it shook had both the Dazzlings and Israel unsure what was happening.

“If you all excuse me, I’m gonna head into the restroom. I have something to take care of before class starts.” He said before turning and walking away from the conversation. As he was walking, he brought his left hand up to his eyes and sees it shaking violently a bit.

'What the hell was that?' Israel thought. 'His arm just spasmed out for some reason. 'Plus… why does my chest feel like it's being pressed down?'

“Well, he was nice,” Sonata said.

“Self-dignity? Hmph! What does he think he is?” Adagio pouted to herself after having been rejected for the first time.

“Also Aria, I had never seen you so speechless in your whole life! You like him, don’t you!” Sonata teased her second sister.

"W-What?! No! Shut up! Mind your own business!" Aria reacted defensively, still blushing.

“You like him! You like him! You like him! You like him! You like him!” Sonata teased her over and over.

"Sonata, I swear to god, if you don't shut the fuck up, I will toss your taco stash straight down the garbage disposal!!!" Aria threatened.

Sonata gasped in shock while jumping off her feet and onto Israel, holding onto him as her massive breasts smashed against his face unintentionally. “You! WOULDN’T!” She responded. Israel's face turned ripe red as a rose from getting a face full of boobies by a cutie.

'Holy cow! Please don't give me a sky-rocketing nosebleed!' Israel thought to himself.

"Oh, I will if you don't shut up! And get your hands off that weirdo, or he'll start motorboating your boobs like the pervert he is!" Aria scolded.

"Hey! Watch who you call a pervert, toots!" Israel rebutted… only he's going to regret saying those words and pissing off Aria.

"What… did you… JUST SAY?!" Aria shouted. She then tackled him to the ground, but he tried to wrestle her off of him. Both of them were having a tough time trying to get the upper hand on each other.

Just then, a whistle blew and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the doorway, seeing a beautiful woman standing there. She had sky-blue skin with magenta eyes and short, orange hair. She wore a blue overcoat over her training bra, which contained her GGG-cup breasts, and shorts. She also was holding a clipboard in one arm.

"Good morning, students. Nice to see you all today. I am your swimming coach Windy Whistles. Is everyone ready to get in some cardio for today?" Windy asked, with an energetic expression on her face.

When she entered the room, she had stares facing her direction by boys, and some girls too. And with her presence, Aria got off of Israel and stood beside her sisters while Israel got back on his feet. Inferno walks out of the bathroom and rejoined the class. Though after seeing what was going, he sort of got confused for a minute. Though it was hard to tell.

“Did I… Miss anything?” He asked.

"Nope, you're just in time for class to start. And for today's swimming class, we will start with three easy laps in each lane. But I should warn you that the deepest lane is 12 feet, so only jump in if you're a strong swimmer," Windy suggested. "And after you finish your 3 laps, you can swim around as much as you want."

‘Pfft, three laps won’t be so hard for us,’ Adagio thought in her head, which was meant for her and her sisters.

'Merciful and beautiful? If she weren't a teacher and possibly married, I'd ask her out,' Israel thought to himself. "Ahem… you got it. I've always loved swimming!" he said out loud.

Inferno seemly followed her instructions without ever replying and… well, he jumped into the pool before anyone else and began swimming his 3 laps. And everyone was surprised by his actions.

“Wow… Straight to the point,” Aria muttered to herself while blushing as she saw him swimming gracefully in the water.

“Well now… Guess we’ll wait to take roles later. Everyone in the pool!” Windy informed everyone; instructing them to start their laps.

"BONZAI!!!" Israel shouted, jumping into the pool.

Soon everyone followed suit and they all jumped into the pool and start their laps. However, Inferno was a lap ahead of them all since he started early; although, Israel and the Dazzlings were catching up quicker than the whole class.

Windy watched the students swim great, especially young Inferno. The only other student she watched dominate P.E class was her daughter. But as she was watching, she noticed Israel give her a bright smile after finishing his first lap and started his next one. Windy chuckled, thinking he was just being polite and showing his team spirit. And she noticed Inferno had finished his second lap; though, unlike Israel, he doesn’t show any emotion and just kept on swimming. This had Windy confused; seeing these two boys opposite from one another; even though they were doing the same activity. This had her thinking, though she needed to be focused on teaching class and put those thoughts to the side.

In no time flat, Inferno finished his 3 laps. As did the rest of the class within 10 minutes.

"Good job everyone! Now, take this time to swim around and enjoy the pool. But no funny business now," Windy chimed happily.

"I love our coach," Israel muttered to himself happily.

“Don’t push yourself,” Inferno replied behind him as he swam by him. “She’s married and has a daughter. I know that because she lives in my old neighborhood.”

"Dude, I know my boundaries. I don't overstep. Still… props to the man who married such a lovely lady," Israel replied before swimming around, minding his own business.

‘I find that hard to believe. But I cannot say it,’ Inferno thought in his head before swimming towards the edge of the pool and got out of the water to sit on the edge all by himself as he watches his classmates swim.

And as he was sitting all alone, he is unaware of a certain Dazzling that was staring at him while swimming in the pool. Aria still can’t seem to get him out of her head and she was too nervous to speak to him. Then out of nowhere, she felt something pinch her butt under the water which had her yelped and freaked out. Soon out of nowhere, Sonata popped out of the water next to her, laughing a bit.

“Got ya!” She spoke towards Aria with an evil grin.

Instantly realizing what was going on, she splashed at her sister in anger and flustered.

“You bitch!” She replied while blushing a bit more.

"Aria's in love! Aria's in love!" Sonata teased sing-songy.

“N-No! I’m... not!” She responded while stuttering which didn’t help her case.

"The flustered expression on your face says otherwise," Adagio pointed out, smirking.

“Yeah, why don’t you go talk to him?” Sonata added.

“I said that I’m… NOT! In love!” Aria shouted at her sisters with a glaring expression before it turned into an anxious one. “Besides… I don’t know what to say.” She muttered to herself which caught her sisters’ ears.

"Just talk to him about what you like and that you’re single,” Adagio replied.

“Thats something you would say, Adagio,” Aria responded.

"What can I say? I'm not one to shy from a real man who can make me feel so good," Adagio said boldly. "No man can resist this fine, hot piece of ass, right boys?" she called out, posing in a way where she's showing off her bouncing bikini-covered boobs, all wet and shiny. Her actions earned whistles and whoops from most of the boys in the pool while some of the girls looked at her with jealousy. Inferno, on the other hand, overlooked and paid no attention.

"Well he just did,” Sonata stated to Dagi.

"Aww, he's just playing hard to get, he'll come around eventually," Dagi said, shrugging it off.

Meanwhile, Israel noticed the girls fawning over Inferno, and once again, that heavy feeling inside of him made itself known, but he didn't know why.

'What's going on? Why am I feeling… heavy inside? Am I getting a cramp? Y-Yeah, that's gotta be it, nothing too serious. Just gotta… take a break,' Israel thought to himself before swimming to the edge of the pool.

Inferno, on the other hand, observed everyone in the pool, seeing them all enjoying the water and displaying all kinds of joyful emotions and excitement. While he does not feel it or show it, but in his head, it bothers him so much to be around these people if he cannot even try and talk to them. Ever since he became emotionless, it was harder and harder for him to talk to people and socialize.

He lets a sigh out of no emotion, yet he thinks himself being uncomfortable and sorrowful. ‘They have no idea how lucky they all are.’ he thought to himself

After swimming class had ended, the next period for today was science for Inferno while Israel had arts & crafts. In science class, Inferno had his textbook out, along with his notebook, pen, and pencil; all out and ready to learn. Meanwhile, a few other students walk into the classroom, one of them carrying a binder with all her essential learning tools. She had multi-shaded burgundy-purple, short hair with matching magenta eyes and cyan blue skin. She wore a pink tank top and purple jean shorts.

Soon after, a few more students enter class, among them is Twilight Sparkle; who was extremely excited to learn science today. It’s kinda her thing; so of course, she’s gonna be acting like a child when it comes to it.

Twilight sat herself down at her desk, quickly getting out her textbook and notes, and waited for the teacher to show up so she could begin the lesson. Twilight's whole body was trembling with joy, even having a cute smile on her face.

"Still the same adorkable girl, aren't you, Twilight?" the girl with the short hair called out. Twilight blinked and turned to her left, finding a familiar face.

"Oh, hi Sunny Flare. Sorry, I just can't help myself. I'm just extremely excited! You know science is one of my favorite subjects in school," Twilight said.

“Yes… you tell me a bunch of times whenever we enter the classroom.” Sunny replied. “Sometimes I wonder when you will get bored?” She commented.

"Never," Twilight said with a sneaky, sly grin, followed by a cute giggle.

"On another note, I still can’t believe you dumped that one guy before he left his parents in the United Kingdom." Sunny whispered.

"He wasn't my type after a while, so can we please drop it?" Twilight groaned. Her eyes then lock onto Inferno who was sitting one row ahead of her on her right, making her gasp. "I didn't know he had science class with me!"

"Timber?" Sunny asked.

"What? Ew, no, him." Twilight pointed at Inferno. "He's like a multi-talented genius from what I heard from my friends!"

"Wow, sounds like a major upgrade, but what if he's like that obnoxious ex of yours?"

"Don't insult him like that, Sunny. He doesn't brag about his talents, he lets his actions do the talking for him. Although… he doesn't show a lot of emotions, or any emotions for that matter." Twilight explained.

“Dang… What do you think happened to him that made him like this?” Sunny asked out of curiosity.

"I don't know, but maybe one day I'll find out when he's ready," Twilight replied.

“He looks denser than Maud.” Sunny guessed.

"He also happens to be strong. I heard from Sunset that he socked a guy across the cafeteria for slapping Sunset across the face," Twilight whispered.

"Seriously? Damn, this guy must be something," Sunny said, impressed. Just before their conversation could go any further, the teacher and the remaining students arrive. The teacher stands behind his desk while the remaining students take their seats. The teacher started things off by welcoming the students to science class and then started role call, one by one, he called each student by their last name from A to Z.

"Inferno Blaze," he called out.

The emotionless boy raised his arm after being called, letting the teacher know he was in class. But he doesn’t say a word. The teacher continued with the roll call.

"Sunny Flare," he said.

“Here,” She replied while raising her hand. And again, he called more names, getting responses from the students.

"Twilight Sparkle," he said.

"Present!" she replied. Soon, the teacher got the rest of the students before instructing them to open up their textbooks and follow along while he began reading the first chapter out loud.

Meanwhile, Israel taking his art course. He was instructed by Posey Shy to paint a picture that best represents himself. Same for the rest of the class. He wasted no time in painting a picture of himself but made two different backgrounds on each half of the picture. Behind the portrait of him, he painted a beach, one side was calm, sunny, and ripple. That half of him was smiling like the happy-go-lucky lug he is.

However, the other side was… different. The other half looked a bit darker, both in shade and emotion-wise, with clouds hovering over the violent crashing waves. But the disturbing part… was his appearance. His left eye looked smaller, had dark circles under his eyes, his hair wild and feathered out and a sinister grin dawned on his face. It was like staring into the eye of a psychotic killer.

When Posey came to see his picture, she was impressed… and disturbed. "Oh my! Uh… this is… well… interesting. Keep up the good work, Israel," she said, trying to be polite while she walked around.

While he was putting on some more details, a couple of other students, Sunset and Pinkie Pie checked out each other's paintings. Sunset was painting a picture of a lovely rose garden and Pinkie was painting a picture of… well… whatever it is. She just kept splashing a bunch of colorful paint on the canvas to make it look like it was an explosion of creativity… literally.

"Looks good, Sunset. Very good," Posey said before looking at Pinkie's. "My word. I guess I can count on you to be creative with your art anytime, Pinkie."

"Thank you, Mrs. Shy," Pinkie replied happily. As she left, Pinkie then leaned over to Sunset. "Hey, is it true that one of those meanies slapped you and Inferno punched him across the school cafeteria?" she whispered.

"Yeah, just thinking about it still makes my cheek sting. Inferno's incredible, but he still felt guilty about hurting the guy," Sunset whispered back.

“Well, perhaps he doesn’t like hurting people, even if they’re bad. But he probably acted like that in your defense. Did he try to act peacefully at first? Or try and make everyone laugh? Cause thats what I always do.” Pinkie asked.

“He did try to resolve the situation peacefully. I know that he seems to not want to fight or do any harm. But I guess when Dumbbell slapped me, something in him snapped and forced him to betray his intentions.” Sunset replied.

"Oh, I see. Did anything else happen after he punched him?" Pinkie asked.

“Well nothing else, he demanded Hoops and Score to leave and so they did. Once Inferno calmed down, he regretted his actions and felt horrible. When Israel and I tried to convince him that he did the right thing and it was self-defense… I guess what we said upset Inferno deeply that he just got up and left the cafeteria.” She replied. “It’s like he wants to be a better person but everything and everyone around him is making that difficult. Makes me wonder why he always isolates himself from others.”

“Oh… That’s so sad.” Pinkie replied with a sympathetic tone before she asks another question that was off-topic from the conversation. “So uh… Is Israel single?” She asked.

Sunset instantly became disbelief and annoyed that she even asked that question. “Pinkie?!” She responded.

“What? It’s just a question.” the party girl replied.

Sunset sighed. "He is, but I'm not sure how long, though. Flare Warden's been talking about him nonstop after school ended yesterday. From what I can tell, she's developing a crush on him. I heard he's a good singer."

"Really? Yippee!!! Ooh, what do you think he's pa--" Pinkie said before gasping at what the guy was painting. While he was painting the small details on his darker half, he seemed to be feeling… a little down. "Sunset, look at his picture!" she whispered.

Sunset does what Pinkie said and looks towards Israel’s direction and sees the artwork he’s done and his facial expression on his face. She could tell he wasn't happy, especially with that dark half he's painting. She can recall a time that she was cold and cruel, but in Israel's case, something much darker resided within him.

"Pinkie, remember that term "watch out for the quiet ones?" Sunset whispered. "I don't want to jump to conclusions, but it might be best that we don't provoke him the wrong way."

“Why do you ask? He seems like a nice guy.” the party planner asked.

"I know, but there are times when even a nice guy can have a darker side to them. Still, I won't deny that he's a bundle of joy," Sunset said. "It's quite clear from the brighter half of his picture." she looked over at Israel's happier side of the picture, admiring his hazel green, star-spangled eyes and a bright smile.

"Yeah. He needs some friends, though. He doesn't seem to have all that much," Pinkie said.

"Well first we need to know a little bit more about him,” Sunset stated, realizing something from earlier. “Hey, I just remembered something. Israel stated that Inferno his roommate in his dorm. Maybe we can ask him for information that Israel has told him and we can finally have a glimpse of understanding him."

"Good idea!" Pinkie replied. "Maybe we can ask Inferno during lunchtime. It's the only time we'll be able to talk to him. Maybe we can invite him to the Sugar Cafe again."

"Alright then. We'll let the other girls know about it after we finish our 4 classes," Sunset said.

“Okie Dokie!” Pinkie replied cheerfully.

And soon, 4th-period classes started again and this time, Inferno has now decided to do gym class for the first time. So he decided to wear a black long-sleeved hoodie and sweatpants. He still wears a glove over his left hand for strange reasons. Though it was never questioned by anyone why he did.

Israel, on the other hand, was taking a music class at the moment.

In gym class, Inferno sat on the benches, isolating himself from his classmates while they all stood 10-feet away, chatting with one another. He sat silently to himself while observing his classmates having pleasant conversations and showing various emotions.

And of course, Inferno still thinks about being able to express his emotions just like his classmates do. They all just seem so lively. So many moods, so many topics. If only he could do the same on that same level.

But before he could sulk some more, a loud whistle was blown and the entire class turned to their coach, Spitfire. "Straighten yourselves up and shake those legs loose! It's time for another good run around the track; 7 laps and no walking!” She said. "Well, maybe you can, but don't drag your feet if you run out of breath."

After having been instructed by her, the entire class head on over to the running track, with Inferno walking far behind them, keeping his distance. This does not go unnoticed by Spitfire, who was confused and curious about his behavior.

"Hey, newbie, what's with the slow pace? You're never gonna make it if you don't push your engine a little more," Spitfire called out. "Come on, show a little more drive!" she encouraged.

Of course, Inferno does hear her reply, but he does wish to argue back at her if he could. He wasn’t being a slowpoke and he was giving his best. He just was separating himself from the class due to his insecurities of socializing. And… he can’t help but feel himself becoming more insecure and downhearted by the tone that she was giving him; especially when he was participating in class. But even so, while he still paces himself a little, he still kept himself behind everyone else and not running up next to them.

'Well… at least he ain't hard of hearing, but he seriously needs to pick up the pace,' Spitfire thought to herself. Shaking her head in disappointment, she just focuses on the others. "Come on, everyone. Work it! Work it! Shake those legs loose! Run as you mean it!" she calls out to the others.

But of course, all that shouting only made Inferno more insecure on the inside, realizing he was being a great disappointment… Like he always was. And with thoughts in mind, he had his eyes shut tight and soon he began pacing himself more and more, increasing his speed until later he began to move faster than before. Before his classmates knew it, he sped past them and kept on running ahead of them. And soon he began to complete his first two laps in just 3 minutes. Everyone was shocked by this; not as much as Spitfire, who could not believe this young man had started slowly as a tortoise to the speed of a cheetah. It impressed her a lot.

However, unbeknownst to her and the class, Inferno still had his eyes shut and did not open them. And it wasn’t long until he began running off the track, breaking away from the class. And just when he finally opened his eyes to see… he ran straight into a nearby brick wall. He made a harsh impact that he fell flat onto the ground. The force of the impact had him completely unconscious and his head began bleeding.

"Oh snap! Coach! He's hurt!" One of his male peers shouted out.

Soon everyone stopped their daily warm-up and rushed over to where Inferno laid. As they all stood over him, he still hadn’t wakened up from the impact and was unresponsive; no matter how much they try to wake him up or see if he will respond to their voices.

"That's not good. COACH, HE'S NOT MOVING!!!" the male student shouted.

"Okay, clear the way, I'll take it from here," Spitfire said. She went over to Inferno's unconscious body and carried him off to the nurse's office. Thanks to her incredible strength, she could carry him almost effortlessly. But for some reason, she noticed something odd while carrying him. As soon as she exited the track, she felt his left arm. It was practically… solid. Like, not made of flesh at all.

"Either he's made some adjustments to himself, or those are some serious vitamins he's been taking every day," Spitfire said to herself.

Moments afterward, Spitfire made it to the infirmary, she had Inferno placed on one of the beds in the room, and explained to the nurse what happened. "The man just took off like a rocket and then before anyone knew it, he just crashed into a brick wall headfirst," Spitfire said. "Some of the students tried waking him up, but nothing happened."

"Alright. I'll see what I can do. If nothing changes, I'll call the paramedics," the nurse said. The nurse in question was a beautiful young lady, late 20s, had alabaster skin, baby blue eyes, and pink hair she had in a bun and wore a white nurse outfit.

"Thanks, Redheart. Let me know if he’ll-” And before Spitfire could say her full sentence; the two adult women in the room hear Inferno slowly waking up and starting to sit up. Thought Nurse Redheart rushed over to the young man and gently forced him to lay back down on the bed.

"Hold on there, take it easy. You bumped into a brick wall, you should wait until I've properly examined you," Redheart insisted. After laying her patient down, she gathered some tools and started examining him. Checking his temperature, taking an x-ray, even giving him a couple of aspirin pills in case he gets a headache. After further examination, Redheart gave her statement. “Well, the good news that there is no damage to your skull or any fracture so that’s good. However, there’s a possibility that you may suffer some mild concussions. So I advise you to take it easy and rest for a few days until you’ve fully recovered.” She instructed.

Inferno blankly stared up at her from his resting position on the bed. “Okay.” He replied.

“Good, you just rest your head there for a few minutes,” she responded before turning to Spitfire. “Can I talk to you outside?” She asked.

"Sure." Spitfire nodded, though she was a bit confused. Both ladies walked outside the office and into the hallway. "What is it you wanted to talk about?" she asked.

“There’s is something wrong with that poor boy,” Redheart replied with a worried expression. “As I was examining his brain on the computer x-ray to see if there was damage to it in the impact, I discovered that the limbic system in his brain is not responsive.” She explained.

Though after she said that, Spitfire looked confused and not sure what she said, which irritated Redheart.

“Do you know what the limbic system is?” She asked the athletic educator.

“Well sorry, my knowledge in the medical field is rusty,” Spitfire responded.

“The limbic system is a group of interconnected structures located deep within the human brain. It’s what controls the behavioral and emotional responses in the mind. Meaning it’s what creates human emotions.” Redheart explained. “And when I check it in his brain… his limbic system is completely shut down.”

"So, in other words… he's kinda like a drone?" Spitfire asked, becoming a little worried. "What could've caused this?"

“I don’t know?! There was never a medical case like this? And even so, most emotionless people out in the world would still display emotions when in certain situations. But there’s never been any record of a limbic system completely shut off in a human brain; much less in a young adult like Inferno.” Redheart stated.

"So, if it's not medically related, could it be related with his mentality? Maybe something happened to him that caused him to be emotionless," Spitfire guessed.

"Maybe, but I'm not 100% sure yet. But in any case, I'll try to dig up some research of what could've caused it, you go on ahead and get back to coaching the students. I don't want you to get fired," Redheart replied. "Thanks for bringing him in when you did."

"No problem. You give my best regards to the newbie when he recovers completely," Spitfire nodded before heading back off to her class. With Spitfire returning to work, Nurse Redheart went back inside her office to check on her patient.

And to her relief and surprise, the injured young man still laid on his recovery bed after she and Spitfire left the room; Apparently, he complied with her instruction. But why is this such a surprise to her? Well because in her career in the nursing staff on campus, she had many cases of students (mostly boys) having to fake their injuries only to glimpse at her body like its eye candy to them. Or try to seduce her in any way or say something that’ll make her blush. So she had grown to be strict with her patients and not be smitten by their words or statements that would make her blush. So she was grateful that she now had a patient that doesn’t have the thought or emotion to do any of that.

Cause she swears that if she ever comes across a patient like that, she’ll gladly give them an injury that they won’t forget… in between their legs… with a hammer.

Back to her duty at hand, she oversees the sleeping patient, and from observation, he seems to be resting peacefully. No signs of seizures and his breathing seems to be normal. "So far so good, it doesn't look like he's suffering much. But just to be sure," Redheart paused before grabbing some bandage wrap and some disinfecting wipes. She carefully lifts Inferno's head and begins cleaning up the blood from his head.

Though Inferno’s eyes were in line with her impressive cleavage, popping out of the small opening of her nurse outfit; although, she was fortunate that the injured young man was still out cold. So, afterward, she took the bandages and wrapped them around his head to make sure he didn't bleed out more. Once that was done, all she had to do was wait for him to wake up and then send him off to his room.

And after a few minutes, the young man finally woke up from his well-rested slumber. Slowly, getting up from his laid-out position and sitting on the right side of his bed; still bearing his blank expression.

"Oh good, you're up. I've got some good news. I've patched up your wounds and disinfected them, so you should be good to go. Though, I'm gonna have to recommend you take at least a couple of days off from any physical activity to ensure that we don’t have a repeat of the incident.”

Inferno looks at her with an unpredictable facial expression - if there’s any - and he slowly gets up from his recovery bed. Then he walks carefully towards the door, and slowly due to some parts of his body bruised. Before he left out the door, he turns to the nurse and gives his gratitude.

“Thank you,” Was all he said before walking out the nursing room and into the hallway; heading straight back to his gym class.

Meanwhile, with Israel in music class, he was joined once again by his partner, Flare Warden, along with being introduced by a special guest who happens to attend the university. The whole class was in awe to see that it was Songbird Serenade. Israel had only seen a few of her concerts on YouTube but never got the chance to meet her in person, let alone as a student.

Songbird was wearing a dark magenta dress with dark pink trims. It was hard to see her eyes, due to her black and blonde hair covering them, but she still had a pretty face; with her skin having a lime greenish-white. And her body truly was one for a celebrity popstar; with an impressive F-cup cleavage.

While many students wanted to get up and ask her for an autograph; however, Songbird wasn’t alone. Beside her were two large men wearing black suits and black sunglasses; while having earpieces headsets in their ears. Both men had dark-skin; although, they had different hairstyles. Which were based on the hairstyles of John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson’s hairstyles from the movie “Pulp Action”.

And due to how intimidating these men are, nobody dared to get out of their seats. However, one did… And it was Coloratura; who was extremely excited to see the celebrity popstar… however, it wasn’t the fan-kind of excited. And when she and Songbird stared at each other, both of them let out excited squees.

“SONGBIRD!!!”

“RARA!!!”

Soon the two girls pace towards one another and embraced each other in a quick hug before they break their hug and they do a secret handshake which involved them clapping hands and posing like their superstars; leaving them to chuckle and giggle. Songbird’s bodyguards did approach the two from behind, yet they do not attempt to separate the two; leaving a few students in the room to believe that they were familiar with one of their classmates.

"It's been a while since I've seen you. How was your tour?" Rara asked.

“Well, it was exhausting but enjoyable. And I almost had to deal with a few crazed fans or two; although, I was all prepared for it. Then I even took a selfie with a person wearing a Godzilla costume in Japan.” Songbird replied before showing the photo from her phone to Rara. The photo had Songbird acting like a damsel in distress while the costumed-Godzilla person gave a wave. “I sent this photo to my MyStable page, and instantly it had 30-million likes in just two days. Even one fan stated this.” Songbird shows the comment she mentioned.

Which stated: “Since when did Godzilla had to buy a VIP pass to see Songbird Serenade? Couldn’t he just stomped through the long lines?”

Rara got a good laugh out of it. "When the fans are right, they're right. Anyway, I didn’t know you were attending here on campus?” She asked.

“Well, I wanted to revisit campus to relearn everything I missed during my tours and long years of fame. Besides, a girl’s gotta get a good education.” Songbird stated.

"That makes sense. Having a good education can have a good impact on your life," Rara said. “Though I’m not sure bringing bodyguards on campus is part of any regulations?” She replied humorously.

“Well, my manager stated that I needed protection; especially if I’m gonna be on campus with hundreds of people and possible fans seeing me wherever I go.” Songbird responded as she and Rara took their seats somewhere in the room.

The two decided to sit at the back of the class so they can have a private conversation. There were two seats in the back, though one of them had a student sitting in it. But it wasn’t a problem when one of Songbird’s bodyguards grabbed the seat and tilted it upward, having the student falling off of the seat, or flung from his seat from everyone’s perspective. Allowing the two girls to sit down and continue their conversation while the two men stood behind them.

"I still can't believe he talked the Principal into allowing this sort of thing. Well anyway, since you're here with us, who are you gonna choose as your music partner?" Rara asked.

“Well, I was hoping that I could partner up with you; if it’s not a bother.” the pop star replied.

"Not at all. I'm kinda short on one at the moment," Rara nodded.

"Well now, if we're all done here, let's all go-ahead an' get to our next class session. Today, we'll be having each of you perform your favorite song," Pear Butter said happily.

"REALLY?! SWEET!!!" Israel exclaimed happily. But his little joyful cheer got everyone staring at him, which made him shrink back down in his seat, laughing nervously. "Sorry about that."

“Love the enthusiasm here. So is there anyone in here who would love to be the first to help start us off?” She asked the whole class.

While the class was silent for a while until someone raised a hand for the teacher. And that person was Songbird. "How about I liven up this party? I've been itching to sing my hit single just for all of you," she offered.

"Well, alrighty then. Songbird, you have the spotlight. Come on up here an' give yer fans a doozy of a show," Pear encouraged. Songbird nodded and walked up to the stage while her bodyguards stayed off the stage while overlooking the class.

After she does some practice humming to herself to test her singing voice. Then she tinkers with the music boards a bit until they started playing this melodious beat and electric guitar music. She waits for a second for the right musical note to start with, and she found it; she started singing.

The whole class sat in their seats in silence with their jaws agape, eyes sparkling as their popstar idol was performing right before their very eyes. Just about every student was moving to the beat of her hit single. And surprisingly… Israel sat there, smiling brightly while bobbing his head to the beat of her sweet hit single.

He had listened to her music on his iPod for some time, but having her sing in front of him was the chance of a lifetime. And the best part is… he didn't need a ticket.

Meanwhile, Songbird busted the moves as she breezed through the verses of her song. Before anyone knew it, she walked off-stage, walking up to each student and singing in front of them, smiling at them. Some of the students fainted from being starstruck, having their popstar idol sing in front of them from that close.

And when she reached Flare and Israel, the rockstar girl squealed like a fangirl and Israel flashed a toothy, bright grin, giving Songbird a thumbs up. Oh, he might look like he's keeping his cool, but deep down… he wants to blow through the roof.

After her song had ended, the whole class roared in applause. Songbird took a bow and then retreated to her seat, even though the applause kept roaring. After sitting down, she and Rara share a fistbump for her awesome performance.

"Very well done, Songbird! As expected from such an amazin' star. So, who else would love to perform their favorite song fer us?" Pear asked.

With everyone sitting in silence, Songbird pulls a move and grabs Rara’s hand and raises it, and then speaks out. “She wants to go next,” She stated with a smile while Rara felt like she was sold out.

And it was too late to turn back when Mrs. Pear Butter called on her. “Well then, come up ta the stage, Rara.” She spoke to her.

"I'll get you for that, Songbird," Rara chuckled before getting up and walking on-stage. Rara grabbed the mic before clearing her throat. "Alright people, since my friend "insisted" I play next, I happen to have a special song just for you. Here goes."

And so, with everyone waiting in anticipation, big smiles all around, Rara soon began singing her song. Though it was completely different from Songbird’s. Its tone and melody were much more softer and calm; yet bold.

Everyone swayed their heads left and right, listening to the soothing melody of Rara's singing. If possible, her beautiful singing could even soothe the wildest beast. She's only been here for one semester, but even so, she's still a celebrity herself and still performs for others; yet she has given up that past long ago and she’s never performed any pop music in her life. She likes to be truly herself when singing and performing; which reflects her true nature.

Israel swayed left and right, not realizing his hand was patting Flare's hand gently. Flare noticed and she could feel her face flush a little. She didn't stop him, though, and just let him continue while she and he listened to Rara's singing.

Moments later, Rara's song had ended and everyone clapped for her. She took a bow and gave her cutest smile to everyone before she walked off the stage and towards her seat in the back.

"You've still got the vocals, Rara. Y'all have blown us all away," Pear complimented.

"Thanks, Mrs. Butter," Rara replied.

Pear nodded. "Alright, who's next on the list?" she asked. This time… Flare pulled a fast one and raised Israel's hand.

"Oh! He does! He's a wonderful singer!" Flare called out.

"Wha-- Flare?!" Israel laughed.

"Alright. Come on up here, Israel an' show us what other songs ya got?" Pear offered. He sighed and chuckled as he got up.

"Ah well, might as well go for it," Israel replied before walking up on stage. He grabbed the mic and tapped it a little. "Is this thing on?" he asked jokingly, earning laughs from his peers. "Of course it is. Anyways, today I've got a special song that's aching to come out. So, here you go!"

Right on cue, he began his solo spectacular. Right as he started, he not only sang lively, but he also moved to the beat, blowing everyone's mind. Even Songbird and Rara were impressed. Everyone then began clapping their hands and stomping their feet to the rhythm. Flare sat there, eyes aglow at his amazing performance.

How this guy wasn't a singing star yet, no one knows. Pear even got down to the beat, enjoying the music herself. Some of the guys in the room even cheered and whistled for Pear to keep shaking them sexy pears.

Moments later, his song finally came to an end and everyone clapped for him while he took a bow before hopping off the stage. "Woo! Glad I got that outta my system," he said. Israel then sat down and relaxed in his seat.

"Well done there, Israel. With the proper education an' a good manager, y'all would be in Hollywood makin' it big." Pear praised.

"Nah, singing's just a hobby. I leave the performing to the professionals," he said as he looked at Rara and Songbird… then to Flare, who suddenly blushed.

“Impressive performance he had,” Songbird whispered to Rara. “Well not on my kind of level; although very interesting.”

"You should've heard him on the first day. He was amazing! Oh and this one guy who played the piano was amazing as well. There were no lyrics, but I'm not kidding when I say he was a natural-born pianist" Rara whispered back.

“Oh really? I would love to hear that for myself. Is he in this class?” Songbird asked her.

“Well… not right now. Though before you arrived, I was hoping he and I partner up. But I guess he’s in a different class today.”

"Oh, darn. Ah well, I guess there's always next time," Songbird said.

After a half-a-day with studying and learning, it was now meal & rest period. Which meant every college student on campus was now on break or having lunch in the amount of time they have.

Inferno decides to dine-in at Sugar Cafe while walking, slowly and achingly, all the way to the restaurant. He still had the injuries from gym class today; although, he does his best to take it easy. When he entered the place, he sat himself down at one of the tables, while aching a bit from his injuries.

Israel also stopped by the Sugar Cafe for some more tasty meals, Mostly because the cafeteria at school didn't have the meals the restaurant did. He sat at a table in the far corner of the restaurant by the window.

But when he caught a glimpse of Inferno, he gasped. "Whoa! What happened to him?" he wondered to himself.

Inferno sat alone at his table for a while, waiting patiently until one of the waitresses came by to serve him for today. And it was Pinkie once again. He could hear her carefree humming moving closer to his table about a few seconds ago.

"Hey, Inferno! Good to see you again! How were your--" she then gasped, cutting herself off when she saw his bandaged head. "What happened to you?"

Inferno showed no expression at all and was silent for a while until he honestly replied. “I ran into a wall during gym class. Had to stay in the nurse’s room for half of the class.”

"Ooh, I hope you'll be okay. Anyways, what can I get you for lunch today?" she asked, pulling out her notepad and pen.

“Same order from yesterday,” Inferno responded.

"Okie Dokie, Vanilla Frappuccino, no coffee, pancakes with a side of toast and bacon strips, coming right up!" she chimed, jotting it all down. She then skipped along, getting other people's orders before bringing them up to the counter.

Inferno is then left to himself as he brushes his hand on the bandage wraps that are wrapped on his head.

After a while, the Rainbooms walked into the restaurant, all feeling famished and ready to fill up their bellies. They sat at their usual spot at a round table. And, as usual, they discuss their day like they always do.

"Hello darlings, how was your day so far?" Rarity asked.

"Pretty crazy. During P.E, this guy bolted past multiple other students when Spitfire saw how slow he was running. When he picked up the pace, he passed the other students and ran 2 laps in just 3 minutes, but then… BOOM! He crashed into a brick wall!" Rainbow said.

"Goodness! Is the poor dear alright?" Rarity asked.

"I hope so too,” Fluttershy responded.

"Same here. That poor feller must've taken a nasty fall. But that's not all that's happened. Ah heard from Rara this silver-haired feller stole the show after she and Songbird shined up on that stage," Applejack mentioned.

“Really? I doubt anyone would outshine Songbird Serenade. I mean… it’s Songbird Serenade for crying out loud.” Rainbow responded.

“Well, his performance impressed her,” AJ replied. "But not enough to outshine her."

"No surprise, she's like a singing legend. But what brings her here of all places? Is it part of her tour or is she studying here?" Sunset asked.

"She's studyin' here to improve her resume. Probably fer when she wants to become a singing coach for some future singers," Applejack said.

“That sounds lovely. She’s planning for her future.” Rarity commented.

"By the way, sorry you got slapped by that jerk, Dumbbell, from earlier, Sunset," Twilight said.

"It's water under the bridge now. Besides, those assholes got the message to never bother me or Inferno ever again," Sunset said.

“Speaking of Inferno… Is that him over there?” Fluttershy asked. The other girls looked and most of them were shocked to see him… especially in his current condition.

“Dear heavens! Whatever happened to him?” Rarity asked out of shock.

"Ouch, that's gotta hurt. How'd he get that head injury?" Twilight asked.

“An’ from da’ looks of it; Ah’m surprised he’s still standin’,” Applejack commented.

"I'll say," Pinkie said, walking up to the girls. "That looked like a mean bruise."

"Hopefully, he'll recover from his injury. But the real question is how he got those injuries in the first place," Sunset said.

“Oh, he said he ran into a wall during his first time in gym class.” Pinkie stated to them.

"Ooh, that's gotta hurt. Wait? So that means…. he's the student that Rainbow Dash was talking about during P.E," Sunset said.

“If that’s the case; What caused him to do that?” Twilight asked.

"He was kinda running slow at the beginning and Spitfire urged him to pick up the pace. He sped up, but he didn't look too happy about it." Rainbow said.

“An’ that was enough to have da poor fella ta run into a wall? Ah’ find that hard ta believe.” AJ commented.

“Maybe he was stressed or feeling insecure by Spitfire shouting at him. I would know cause I feel that all the time.” Fluttershy suggested.

“Well yeah, Spitfire can be a little harsh, but she would never intend for a student to run straight into a wall and land themselves in the nurse’s room,” Rainbow responded.

"Poor guy," Pinkie said. "I hope his injuries weren't too serious,"

“Me too,” Sunset said while continuing to state at the emotionless young man, who only stared out the window for a long while. "It makes you wonder just how tough he might've had it in previous times."

"Trust me, I wonder all the time,” Twilight replied.

"I don't blame you, deary," Rarity added.

"But, you wanna know something else?" Pinkie asked.

“What?” the rest of the girls asked.

"We saw some… mysterious art that was made by one of our classmates. I think Sunset and I took a picture before we left the class," Pinkie stated.

Sunset nodded and got out her phone, showing the girls the photo she took in art class. The others checked to find a picture of Israel walking away from the picture of… himself.

"Is it just my imagination, or does that other half of the picture really give off some serious Cleetus Kassidy vibes?" Rainbow asked.

“It’s too disturbing,” Fluttershy commented.

"Please tell me he ain't like one o' them sadistic quiet types," Applejack said, getting some serious shivers all over her body.

"He doesn't seem like the violent type," Twilight said.

"Well… now that I think about it, these random pervs once chased after him during P.E yesterday, but he just ran off like a goofball," Rainbow pointed out.

"Oh my? Did he get hurt?" Fluttershy asked.

"Nope, aside from finishing 2nd to me, he was pretty much unharmed," Rainbow said.

“Yeah, you’ve already told us that yesterday,” AJ responded.

"Still, I find it troubling that he might have a darker side to him. You don't think it could be true, do you?" Fluttershy asked.

"I don't know, Fluttershy. But you know the laws of nature: light can't exist without darkness." Sunset pointed out before looking down at the picture.

“Thats true. We all have things to hide.” Twilight added.

While the girls were conversing, Pinkie started to realize that she was forgetting something. “OOPS! I forgot to serve meals to the customers!” She stated. Pinkie then made a mad dash towards the counter and grabbed the trays and walked over to some of the tables, serving the customers their meals, Inferno included. "Sorry for the long wait, please enjoy your meal and if you need anything else, please let me know," she said happily.

“It’s ok. I’m a patient person.” the emotionless young man replied.

"Okie Dokie. And, so sorry," she bowed. Pinkie then went around the cafe, doing her job, as usual, serving and waiting on the remaining customers. Until she arrived at Israel’s table. "Hi, can I take your order?"

"Sure, I'll have some boneless chicken tenders and some tasty garlic fries, along with a large Pepsi to drink," Israel said.

“Okie Dokie! I’ll have it out for you in a moment.” She responded as she leaves his table to continue serving other customers.

So far, after lunch hour was nearly over and everyone had their fill, the entire campus continued with its next four courses for every student. The day went as normal as usual, the rest of Inferno, Israel, and everyone else’s classes were the same old and basic. And at the end of the day, class courses were over. And everyone on campus were heading back to their dorms.

Well, everyone except a certain emotionless student, who was now on his way for his second therapeutic meeting with his guidance counselor. As usual from yesterday, Inferno walked to the main building of the campus, entered, and arrived at Cadance’s office.

Inferno knocks on the door, being polite to let her know he arrived. "Come in," her voice rang out sweetly from inside.

The young man entered the room and sees the beautiful woman sitting in her seat waiting for him. And wearing different clothing from yesterday. This time, she had on a dark pink tank top and a red sweatband wrapped around her forehead. She was also wearing dark-pink yoga pants which were hugging tightly around her thick thighs and posterior.

Inferno held no reaction or any thought of what she was wearing, but instead, he simply asked a question once he sat down at his seat across from her. “Did I come at a bad time?” He asked.

“Don't mind these, I had just finished a yoga class and didn't have enough time to change into my formal clothes," Cadence said.

“Oh… Ok then. I’ll try and not to stare rudely at your beauty and… some parts.” He replied blankly.

Cadence just let out a humorous giggle. "Well, at least you're honest. And thanks for thinking I looked beautiful,"

“Well, you do look beautiful. Your skin shines beautifully in the light, your hair is like flowing silk and your breasts look like soft pillows…. I screwed up on my promise didn’t I?” Inferno responded blankly.

"No, you're good, I can get past it," Cadence giggled with a slight blush. "Now then, why we go ahead start with how your day was today."

Inferno tries to make himself comfortable in his chair as he starts explaining his day today. “Well… yesterday, I met my new roommate in my dorm. He seemed like a great guy, respectful and a bit foolish, but otherwise, a good person. But until this morning, he then revealed something that… made me doubt. He seems to watch a YouTube channel where this YouTuber torture and manipulates the minds of others; even when he stated that he did it to bad people. I, however, wasn’t happy or comfortable about it. And I started to see my roommate from a nice guy… to what other people in society act. But of course, I continued my morning and headed to the cafeteria to have breakfast. I sat alone at an empty table far away from everyone else. But then, a girl came by and sat beside me. Her name is Sunset Shimmer from what she told me. She seemed nice and tried to empathize with me. While it was a hard effort for her, I sort of felt or thought I was glad that she wanted to befriend me. But then three male students came to our table, and they were the same students that tried to intimidate me at Sugar Cafe. They tried to cause a scene and Sunset tried to tell them off; however, I tried to peacefully settle the situation, cause I never wanted to start a fight. But then one of them slapped Sunset and all of a sudden… I felt… angry.” He explained as his entire body shook a bit and his hands got all fidgety and tightening the armrest of his chair.

Cadance could notice that Inferno was becoming stressed and fidgety, like the many other patients she had interviewed in the last 2 years. "What happened when you got angry?" she asked, trying to understand him.

“In a fit of rage… I attacked him. I punched him so hard that he was sent flying across the entire cafeteria. After that, I was calmed down instantly… and I felt horribly for what I did. And while I was feeling awful, Sunset and including my roommate; stated that I did the right thing and it was out of self-defense. That I was a hero. But they don’t know… they don’t know that I never wanted to attack anyone. I never wanted to hurt someone even they are bad. Because nobody on this earth… deserved to be punished cruelly and tortured unjustly. And from what I went through years ago. I vowed that I would never harm a single person… and I will not let anyone, even the ones that tortured me, suffer the cruel torment from what I went through.” Inferno explained more. However, he was still tensed up and stressed from stating all that information. And he did not halt his fidgeting or shaking his hands that were griped on the arms of his chair.

"I understand. You're a very good man. I'm sure an experience like that could rattle you. But bottom line is that you acknowledged that what you thought was wrong. And some people would agree with you," Cadence replied, understanding her.

“I wish that were the case… But sometimes I feel like I never fit in with society.” Inferno responded while he was still fidgeting and shaking. “In my gym course, I was out on track along with my other classmates. However, I controlled my pace and kept myself behind all my classmates to avoid them. Although, I didn’t slow down… and I didn’t slack off… I was dedicated to the activity until my gym teacher began calling me out for my slow pace, and the tone she had was like she was disappointed in me rather than anyone else. I felt so targeted and pressured to leave my comfort zone. I was never that well at socializing with others, and yet sometimes people would force me to do so. I felt so insecure and… frightened, that I speed up my pace. So much so that I sped past my peers and ran faster than I can go. But in doing so, I had my eyes shut. And after I opened them for a moment… I slammed into a brick wall and fell unconscious.” Inferno stated more of his day, but in doing so, he shook more and he felt insecure like he did before after talking about that incident.

"Whoa, whoa, calm down, Inferno. You're shaking like a leaf," Cadence said, showing some concerns as she tried to calm him down. However, her words fell deaf on his ears as his hands gripped tightly on the arms of his chair until his left one breaks one of them. And then his right hand slipped off the other chair arm. Both were shaking and twitching like crazy. He was shriveling up like a child who had experienced something horrifying.

Cadence had to calm him down, so the best option she had right now… would probably raise a lot of questions for anyone outside the office. Getting out of her seat, she went over to Inferno and gave him a warm hug. In response, Inferno hugged her back. Holding onto her tightly for comfort. And since he was in a chair and she was standing; his head was rested against her “girls”. As for his hands, instead of placing them on her back, they were unknowingly and firmly planted on her big butt. Cadence added more comfort by rocking him from side to side, shushing him as if he were an infant, acting all motherly.

Besides, seeing him this distraught meant that he never meant it and was feeling so stressed about everything that has happened today. But of course, it was difficult with keeping her professional status as every time Inferno tenses up, his grip on her butt tightens and squeezes more. And also his head resting and breathing on her breasts was making it difficult.

Cadence felt her body tense up when she felt him grab her ass. But she did her best not to make a sound from how much she actually… liked it. She patted him gently on the back and kept on comforting him as best as she could.

And her efforts paid off as she felt Inferno’s grip on her butt loosen, seizing their squeezing, and sees the young man no longer shaking and starting to calm down. Soon the emotionless young man looks up to the woman hugging him, while unknowingly having his hands still cupping her buttcheeks.

"Are you feeling better now?" she asked.

“Yes.” He replied blankly before he starts to notice something. “Why does it feel like I’m holding two soft objects in my hand?” He asked while he squeezed the “soft objects” he felt in his hands; oblivious that he had his hands on Cadence’s butt. And in that squeeze, Cadence finally gave and let out a soft erotic gasp.

After hearing that, stares up at the guidance counselor with a blank expression while tilting his head, making himself like he’s confused. “Are you ok?” he asked.

"I'm fine, just… you can… let go of my butt, now," Cadence said, not trying to sound criticizing.

Inferno looks downward from her eyes and sees his arms up and wrapped around below her waist. And with that thought, he soon gets the picture and he removes his hand from her posterior and sat silently in his chair, looking down at the floor.

"Thank you. Now, are we feeling better?" Cadence asked.

The emotionless boy didn’t reply and kept staring at the ground, not wanting to look up at the woman who had comforted him.

"Inferno, there's no need to feel ashamed. It's just a simple yes or no question, are you feeling better now?" she asked again.

Inferno remained silent for a while until he finally responded to the question. “I do feel calm… but thats not what I’m ashamed of. I’m ashamed that I rudely molested your posterior while you were comforting me.” He replied.

"Aww, Inferno… if I felt molested, I would've stopped you when you grabbed me. But I didn't because… well, a part of me like it. I guess it's been so long since my boyfriend passed away that I've wanted to feel a kind man's touch just this once. So, in a way… you helped me," she said, reassuringly.

Inferno soon looks up at her after being reassured. “So…….. You’re not mad? And…….. You liked it?” He asked.

Cadence was puzzled by his question, and she was slightly blushing a bit.

“I’m sorry for asking you that. I guess ever since I had my heart broken long ago, I was waiting for years to feel loved and comforted by someone. And feel… like I was in a relationship. Though I believed that was impossible.” Inferno stated.

"I see… well, rest assured, you're very loved here, and comforting you, along with any other students here has always been the best part of my life. But you know… maybe you don't need the whole world to love you. Maybe you just need… one person. And who knows, if all goes well, you'll have lots of loved ones. And if you stay as sweet as you are now, who knows… maybe I'll be looking at you in… another way," she assured, giving him the warmest smile.

Inferno looks at her for a while before she sees something that makes her day. Across his face, Inferno’s blank expression began to shift slowly into a small, yet noticeable… smile. Even though his eyes were still emotionless, he had a smile on his face.

“T-Thanks… Cadence,” he said, or preferably, stuttered. Then soon that smile reverted to his emotionless, blank facial expression.

But seeing him smile was an awarding achievement for her, Cadence felt so giddy that she did some little hopping and dancing, causing her chest to bounce a little as she does.

Then soon after he was back in his emotionless state, Inferno asks another question. “Uhm… Cadence? Can I… rub your butt? When I felt you there, I can tell you were tensed in your glute muscles.” he asked blankly. “I have been taught how to give massages by my mother.”

"Well… since you asked so nicely, how could I refuse?" she shrugged.

“Ok,” Inferno replied. “Can I have you turn around?” He asked again. Cadence nodded and did as she was asked, turning her back to him. Inferno approached her and started giving her fleshy moons a good rubbing and massaging. Cadence could only give out soft, arousing sighs, albeit quiet ones. Inferno's fingers hit each pressure points in her fleshy orbs, loosening up any sort of tense muscle tissues. All the while, Cadence tries her best to keep her voice down due to how good it felt to get a butt massage, especially with skilled hands and fingers like this. She missed this kind of feeling with her boyfriend. It's like he had come back from the grave just to make her feel good.

With Inferno focused on her booty, he didn't notice Cadence getting handsy with her busty cleavage and biting her lower lip, blushing intensely. Her quiet breathing became shaky, almost buckling under the pleasure. Before she knew it, Inferno had finally loosened up all of her butt muscles with his soothing massaging skills.

"Mmmm, I needed that. Thanks for the massage, Inferno. Your mother must've taught you well for you to make me feel this good," she complimented.

“She’s always the best,” Inferno replied, blankly. “If you feel anything tension or discomfort in your muscles again… you can always ask me. Consider it a favor… for being understanding and caring,” he informed her.

"Thank you, Inferno. And it looks like that's all the time we have for today. I look forward to our next session tomorrow after class. You have yourself a pleasant day now and take care," Cadence said, sending him off with another hug.

While she wasn’t looking, the smile he showed before appeared on his face for a second as they share their hug. And when he was in that moment of having a single emotion, Inferno has his hands planted on Candance’s ass for a final squeeze and then he gave the woman a peck on her left cheek before he reverted to his emotionless state and removing his hands away.

“See you tomorrow,” he said blankly as he breaks their hug and walks out of the room.

Leaving a shocked and blushing Cadance as she had her hand on the cheek Inferno kissed and has her other hand brushing against her butt. "What a guy. Sweet… humble… and handsome. I wonder how those hands of his work on other parts of me." she said with a sultry smile.

Author's Note

Hello everyone, I hope you all enjoy the chapter. Israel and I put a lot of effort into this.

And if you all are asking why about the last part of the chapter; I'll put it to you simply. That scene shows my OC’s emotions resurfacing more; and he's starting to have them back. But it happens in a way like a flickering lightbulb: it goes on and off in a random pattern and instantly.

Anyway, enjoy your day.