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Warnings: This contains slash – which for the uninformed is a male/male pairing. A homosexual couple. Or non-couple in this case.
Pairings: One sided Blake/Dustin. Blake/Tori.
Dustin didn't ever deny the fact that he was an airhead. He hadn't ever said he was smart. He had never said he was good at fighting or even at racing. Dustin never said anything of those things or anything remotely resembling those things.
Blake had said once that Dustin was a lot smarter than people gave him credit for. Sometimes he would even say that Dustin was better than himself at the freestyle racing, and on the right bike did better on normal tracks. He would always say that with a smile or a friendly ruffle of the hair, which never failed to rile him up as Blake was still a good three inches shorter than himself.
Dustin had never proclaimed that he was gay. Or bi. But neither had he said he was straight. Shane and Tori and everyone else would glance the other way when a male customer hit on him. Or when he would get into a car with a guy and come back an hour later with a hickey.
Blake always asked after what he was doing. Although Dustin never gave him any major details he would always let something slip. And Blake would get this half-smile and say something along the lines of 'as long as you're having fun, Dustin'. He always felt dismissed after those type comments.
Dustin never directly done anything to Blake. For countless years that they knew each other they would watch out for each other – even when a threat of Kelzacks popping in from nowhere disappeared. If Dustin heard of a new gifted racer, Blake would be practicing for an extra hour every day the next week. If Blake heard from Hunter at the Thunder Ninja Academy, Dustin could quote the letter or call a day after.
Blake and Tori still went out. Dustin watched them from afar, going as far to be the one to look for them after Blake didn't come home one night. He found them asleep on the beach, water lapping only a few inches from their feet. He had turned and walked away when he saw the two naked ninjas on the sand and had never mentioned it.
Dustin had never said that he loved Blake. One day in one of Hunter's visits he had been caught staring as Blake did something to his bike. Hunter had simply stood beside him and watched as well. When Blake had finished Hunter only gazed at Dustin sympathetically and patted him on the shoulder. Dustin had returned to his flat past midnight that night after a long soul-searching walk on the beach.
And at the wedding he swallowed his pride and feelings. And got drunk and passed out in the bathroom.