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     The plane had abruptly landed on the ground, next to a cliff's edge, which had an open view of the sky. The exact time that it appeared to be was unknown to the contestants of Total Drama but the color in the sky was a more dark blue, having a light orange-ish pink color near the bottom of the horizon, seeing as the sun was setting. The radio in the plane started to go off, static being the only audible thing before the host's voice could be heard. Chris was telling everyone on the plane to get off for.. some reason. While a handful of the contestants groaned out in annoyance, the rest that didn't were either surprised about the absurdness of the situation, seeing as the host would at least be less vague, or they knew what today was. It was rather clear that almost nobody knew what was supposed to happen.

     Tyler, being one of the contestants that didn't complain or grumble to himself, was confused. To him, Chris would normally never randomly stop the plane due to how much getting gas for said plane would cost, meaning that this had to be a pretty important thing. This is what the jock thought to himself as he wondered what was actually happening, seeing as Tyler's next plan of action was to just look around and try to see if anyone knew what was going on. As he looked around, trying to read people's expressions, a certain someone on his team caught his eye..

"Hey Al, do you know what's going on? You seem really excited,"

     Tyler spoke out to his good 'friend', Alejandro, or as he would call him (somehow only he could) Al. The jock had thought back to his memories, trying to remember every time that he had actually seen the latter's expression be so.. joyful. This was probably due to the fact that he only ever saw Alejandro have a neutral or just a 'friendly' smile plastered across his face but.. not this time. Instead, the Spaniard had a.. uncharacteristic yet large smile with a.. certain look in his eyes, one that carried pure interest and excitement in them. 

     After Alejandro had heard what Tyler said to him, he turned his head over, facing the latter as he seemed genuinely surprised by the question. It didn't help that Al had raised his hand upwards, placing it onto the jock's shoulder as he spoke out in a stunned tone.

"How don't you know what today is, estimado?"

“Well.. I uh.. I don’t know the date..?” Tyler spoke out to the latter in a rather nervous tone, seeing as he genuinely had no clue about the (overall) event that’s going to take place.

     Al had a look of genuine shock on his face as the jock didn’t know what was happening. Though, this look quickly disappeared as he started to speak.

“Today’s the day that we get to see the stars out in the sky!” Alejandro’s face gained a genuine smile, one that actually had happiness behind it, an expression that Tyler has rarely seen from the Spaniard at all.

“..It.. It is???” The jock muttered out in a soft tone, his voice light as he was clearly still processing the other’s words.

     Alejandro chuckled softly at the current jock’s facial expression, moving his hand down from Tyler’s shoulder to his wrist as he stood up, starting to walk and make his way to exit the plane, practically dragging Tyler with him.

“W-Wait, Al! Let me get yo without bei-” The jock began to speak out, seeing as he was not prepared to be dragged off the bench of the plane and have to move, yet, he managed to stumble onto his feet. As he did so to try and keep his balance, the fact that Alejandro was still gently pulling him threw his balance off, leading him to trip and fall.. Thankfully, he was saved from falling face first onto the ground due to the Spaniard, who had managed to grab Tyler’s torso to keep him up right. With how Tyler was though, he stayed there for a few moments before realizing their position, quickly pulling himself off of the latter as he blushed profusely from the awkward situation.

“S-Sorry dude, I didn’t mean to trip but thanks for catching me..”

“Oh, don’t worry at all mi dulce, I wouldn’t want you to get hurt, even if it was accidental.” As the Spaniard spoke, he had a more gentle tone in his voice, his smile turning more soft as he turned to jock to make sure he was ok. After a quick check, he re-grabbed Tyler’s wrist, focusing his attention towards getting outside of the plane.

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     Once the pair had made their way outside and were now standing alongside everyone else, Chris had begun to explain what was currently happening with the random pitstop (after getting yelled at by a few contestants to do so). So while Chris was explaining the event, Tyler couldn’t help but.. stare at Alejandro’s face, with the latter looking upwards towards the night sky.

     He just watched as the Spaniard’s face would change ever so slightly, noticing how Al’s eyes had seemed to gain diamonds in them, the smile on his face being as wide as a waxing crescent moon. Tyler felt his heartbeat pick up ever so slightly as he continued to look at the latter’s face, only to feel it pick up its pace as Alejandro had tightened his grip on his wrist. It only made matters worse when the light from the moon had reflected against the Spaniard, making him look like he was glowing slightly.. kinda like a-

“Mi tesoro, look!” Alejandro spoke out to Tyler in a tone filled with awe and excitement, not even taking a moment to look at the jock, instead keeping his eyes on the sky as he used his free hand to point towards the sky to get Tyler’s attention towards the sight.

“.. Woah”

In front of them, both the contestants and hosts, was the same night sky as always, but with an addition. Tons of small yet seemingly bright dots were scattered overtop the black, blue and purple of the night, showing themselves off as if they were the center of attention. It was like nothing anyone had actually ever seen, not like how anyone depicted, described or wrote them and definitely not how people spoke about them. It was something else entirely..

‘..As bright as a star.’ Tyler thought to himself silently as he.. He could now describe what Al had looked like to him earlier. Only now, he could actually find and use the word in the correct manner to describe it.. Just how he’d honestly consider Alejandro to look at all times..

“This.. This is way better than what I had even thought this was going to be…” Tyler turned his head slightly, giving Alejandro his attention as he only nodded his head in agreement once he took in what the other said. Then, the jock felt something touch his hand, leading him to jolt slightly upwards, quickly looking down to his hand to see that Alejandro had slipped his hand into his. He then looked at Al, giving him a curious look, to which the Spaniard responded with soft laughter.

“I’m glad that I get to see such an amazing sight with you, la estrella de mi vida.”

     Tyler, who clearly didn’t know Spanish ad had no clue what the Spaniard had said, felt himself blush before he himself laughed softly to himself. Though, as he was going to respond, Alejandro had beat him to it, whispering in a more hushed tone to the jock, his voice probably the most genuine it had ever been on the show.

“ Seriously.. Tonight is the best night of them all, especially since I can be with you during it, Tyler. ”

     Tyler sat there for a few seconds, his face going red before he choked out a response, his own voice hushed as he talked.

“ I’m.. I’m glad too, Al… I really am. ”

     And, with that, the pair had stayed close to one another, staring off at the sky with the stars in it, relishing in the beautiful view along with everyone else. As this happened, a camera was behind all of the contestants, recording the whole thing and making sure to get all of the stars included in the shot for the newest episode of Total Drama World Tour.. per Chris’ request.