It's Chapter 6, yes, there is indeed a Chapter 6, hope nobody left the fic
at Chapter 5 never to return again, that wasn't really the end, just a red
herring.
Anyway, here we go:
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Rudolph lay curled up under the covers for what seemed like hours. He listened to the faint snores, it was as if they were tormenting him, making fun of him. He clutched his hands over his ears, how long was this going to go on for, would he have to lay awake all night listening to it. Voices echoed through his head. They echoed over and over again, and there was something about them, they felt quite different from his normal thoughts...
'Noooooooooo' 'AAAAACK! ' 'I. think. I'm. going. to. faint. ' 'Please don't stop there. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.'
'Please continue ' 'It scares me. Tee-hee.' 'You can not end it like that! it would be cruel and injustice! ' 'By Zi, if you had dared to stop it there...Don't stop. Please don't.'
Rudolph suddenly sprung upright, the covers falling off of him. The voices were right! He looked down to his heart, and realized that they had been coming from there. He was all ready to give up, but the voices gave him new hope, told him otherwise. Perhaps there was still a way! Nooo, no, no, what was he thinking, Van interested in Rudolph, there was no way in a million years....he liked Fiona, he was mad about Fiona.
But then again, why had Van been talking to Fiona whilst he was in the shower, why were the two of them on the landing, just outside the door? And what about Stinger, who said that Van was just like him, he saw it in his eyes? And on the Gustav, Van had put an arm around him, could he have been awake the whole time?
ENOUGH! Rudolph yelled inside of himself, he was tired of all of this questioning, all of the guesswork. So annoying! Whichever way Van felt, the empire would not be affected, he had already considered that. And the only other thing mattered to him was that he loved Van, all other thoughts could just go to hell. If Van felt otherwise then so be it, it would be better than guessing for the rest of his life. Tonight is the night, tonight is the night, tonight is the night!!
Rudolph slowly took off his uniform, why not, Van had done the same after all. When he was down to his boxers, blue with rubber duckies, he went over to Van, and stopped at his side. He felt his hands shaking, his whole body shaking, and strolled back towards the bed. Perhaps there was a somewhat more tactful approach, or perhaps something even better......sleepwalking! A perfect excuse if Van freaked out! Yeah that was a good idea. He stood there for a few seconds, trying his best to look like a zombie, and slowly began advancing towards Van, step by step, step by step. Van suddenly rolled over on the pink carpet, and Rudolph, in fright, leaped back onto the bed and under the covers.
Did Van see him. The sound of snoring told him otherwise. Whew. No wait, that's not good. Darn it! He needed a way to wake Van up. A voice told him to give up, but he quickly dismissed it. He had to know how Van felt. "Well, well if Van can snore, then so can I," he spoke out loud, in frustration.
And so he started snoring loudly, attempting to wake Van up. It seemed futile, and after a while it felt like he was playing a game, trying to imitate Van's every move, his every snore. His plan wasn't working though, and he cursed himself for being so timid. Maybe if he dug up all the courage that he had. One more snore, he told himself, one more, this time a really loud one. Unfortunately, loud snores are hard to achieve, and Rudolph stuttered half way, resulting in a very loud, and very weird noise. Sheesh, this was ridiculous, Rudolph felt silly, was it really so hard to wake him up and say a few words, they were just 'words' after all. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, he heard Van mumble something to himself.
"Whoa, Rudolph, you sure know how to let one rip, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole colony had heard that." Surely he hadn't meant.....
"No V..van, I didn't do one of those!" Rudolph responded hastily. He immediately wished that he hadn't.
"Your awake?!.............I don't get it, what was that sound then?"
Rudolph was in disbelief, he had wanted Van awake but not like this. Quick, think of an excuse! He wracked his brains, but nothing came to him. The truth?.........No way! About 30 seconds had passed.......had Van gone back to sleep again?! A second chance slipping away?
"Van?!"
"......eh?"
He couldn't fall back to sleep again, not after this far.
"I.....I...um deliberately woke you up!" Rudolph felt his heart picking up speed rapidly, was there any way of turning back now?
Van's voice suddenly jumped to attention. "What for? What is it Rudolph?! Has something happened to Fiona? Zeke? Don't tell me, Stinger's come back for more?"
"No Van, nothing like that." Rudolph stared into his eyes, one last look of those eyes, one last look at the face, such a handsome face.
"Oh?" Van looked confused. "What's going on then?"
"Its just that I.....it's just that.....I......"
"Something bad 'has' happened, hasn't it?!
"No, it's nothing bad, at least I don't think........" Rudolph's eyes began to well up, so much pressure!
"Your talking in riddles Rudolph, if it's not bad, then what?......And why are you looking at me like that?"
"........I........I......."
"C'mon Rudolph, your scaring me!"
"....I'm in love with you Van!" The six words shot out of his mouth, he couldn't believe he had said it, he had actually said it.
The room filled with silence.
Oh shit, what had he done! There was no way Van was asleep this time, his eyes were open, and they were staring directly at him. His face, it looked so shocked! He should have listened to those hesitating thoughts, but no, no he had to go and reveal his innermost feelings. What had he been thinking?. Stupid Rudolph. Stupid, stupid Rudolph. He began to sob, and pulled the covers over his head, as both an attempt to drown out any noise he might make, and to escape Van's haunting eyes.
"Rudolph.....I'm sorry....I just.....I just don't feel the same way........" Oh crap, this really was going from bad to worse. The end. It was the end of his life. He felt the covers suffocating him, air running out, time spiralling out of conrol.
Bang bang! Game over.
"Y..y..your crying?.........Don't cry Rudolph." Van got up and walked towards him. He placed an arm on the covers, onto his shoulders. " It's not that I.......
I um..........
I err.........
Oh heck! I lied.....I do feel the same way."
Rudolph's eyes shot open at those last words. He slowly lifted the blankets over him, and looked into Van's eyes. They were right in front of him, so close. "Your not just saying that out of pity, are you?"
"I'm so sorry, forgive me for scaring you like that, I was scared of the consequences. But Rudolph, I DO feel the same way. There is something about your personality, the way you want everything to be fair, the way you laugh, the way you smile, everything about you. I bet you'd sacrifice your life, so that the empire could be in good hands."
"Well that's not exactly true, I am jeapordizing the whole empire right now, by telling you this." Rudolph responded, chuckling in relief. What Van had just said.....It felt like some hand had reached inside of him, and pulled out all the bad stuff, leaving his heart free to beat all over his body.
"I guess so, but one thing IS a fact, you would sacrifice your life for 'me'. I saw that yesterday when I was down and out, and you tried to save me with Irvine's Command Wolf, even though the odds were stacked against you. Not only that, sometime before then, you came looking for me when I was feeling down, nobody else did, only you Rudolph, only you. Is it any wonder I'm in love with you!"
He couldn't believe his ears, was he daydreaming? Yeah, he was, Van was still asleep. No wait, the snoring had gone, and Van was right there......right there, in his boxers......squatting right beside him. Surely this wasn't real! Lips pressing against his cheek shook all his doubts away. He laughed inside at all the attempts he had made trying to tell Van, and was so glad that he followed his heart. This all felt so good, like some sort of miracle had occured that only happens to other people. A miracle that he wasn't going to waste. He kissed Van back on the cheek, and then on the lips. Van grinned sheepishly, and pulled back the covers, tired of squatting on the floor.
"Rubber duckies, hahaha!"
Rudolph turned bright red.
"You know, I've always wanted to say this to you Rudolph. You are sooo cute!"
Rudolph's face managed to turn an even brighter shade of red. Then they both giggled about it, and Van hopped into the bed beside him and kissed him once again. There were just No words to describe how Rudolph was feeling anymore.
"You know what?" Van said, wrapping his arm under Rudolph's neck. "We can be like this forever and ever, I'm going to come to the palace every weekend, as your personal Zoid trainer. It's the perfect excuse!"
"Huhu-haha, huhu-haha, that is indeed the perfect excuse." Rudolph smirked, tickling Van's chest.
Van tickled him back, and they both started laughing hysterically. Suddenly there was a sharp bang on the door, followed by Moonbay's voice.
"Quit fooling around in there, some of us are trying to get to sleep you know!"
"Aheh, sorry Moonbay." Van called out, and then turned to Rudolph. "Guess we better call it a night, wouldn't want to risk us getting caught together."
"Not if we want all those weekends at the palace." Rudolph winked, snuggling up against Van. And there he slept, as happy as can be.
The End
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Hope you enjoyed!
And if your wondering what happened to Irvine, there's going to be an entire fic covering that ("Irvines Love"), starting Spring Break, until then byebye, and thank you so much for reading!
Anyway, here we go:
---
Rudolph lay curled up under the covers for what seemed like hours. He listened to the faint snores, it was as if they were tormenting him, making fun of him. He clutched his hands over his ears, how long was this going to go on for, would he have to lay awake all night listening to it. Voices echoed through his head. They echoed over and over again, and there was something about them, they felt quite different from his normal thoughts...
'Noooooooooo' 'AAAAACK! ' 'I. think. I'm. going. to. faint. ' 'Please don't stop there. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.'
'Please continue ' 'It scares me. Tee-hee.' 'You can not end it like that! it would be cruel and injustice! ' 'By Zi, if you had dared to stop it there...Don't stop. Please don't.'
Rudolph suddenly sprung upright, the covers falling off of him. The voices were right! He looked down to his heart, and realized that they had been coming from there. He was all ready to give up, but the voices gave him new hope, told him otherwise. Perhaps there was still a way! Nooo, no, no, what was he thinking, Van interested in Rudolph, there was no way in a million years....he liked Fiona, he was mad about Fiona.
But then again, why had Van been talking to Fiona whilst he was in the shower, why were the two of them on the landing, just outside the door? And what about Stinger, who said that Van was just like him, he saw it in his eyes? And on the Gustav, Van had put an arm around him, could he have been awake the whole time?
ENOUGH! Rudolph yelled inside of himself, he was tired of all of this questioning, all of the guesswork. So annoying! Whichever way Van felt, the empire would not be affected, he had already considered that. And the only other thing mattered to him was that he loved Van, all other thoughts could just go to hell. If Van felt otherwise then so be it, it would be better than guessing for the rest of his life. Tonight is the night, tonight is the night, tonight is the night!!
Rudolph slowly took off his uniform, why not, Van had done the same after all. When he was down to his boxers, blue with rubber duckies, he went over to Van, and stopped at his side. He felt his hands shaking, his whole body shaking, and strolled back towards the bed. Perhaps there was a somewhat more tactful approach, or perhaps something even better......sleepwalking! A perfect excuse if Van freaked out! Yeah that was a good idea. He stood there for a few seconds, trying his best to look like a zombie, and slowly began advancing towards Van, step by step, step by step. Van suddenly rolled over on the pink carpet, and Rudolph, in fright, leaped back onto the bed and under the covers.
Did Van see him. The sound of snoring told him otherwise. Whew. No wait, that's not good. Darn it! He needed a way to wake Van up. A voice told him to give up, but he quickly dismissed it. He had to know how Van felt. "Well, well if Van can snore, then so can I," he spoke out loud, in frustration.
And so he started snoring loudly, attempting to wake Van up. It seemed futile, and after a while it felt like he was playing a game, trying to imitate Van's every move, his every snore. His plan wasn't working though, and he cursed himself for being so timid. Maybe if he dug up all the courage that he had. One more snore, he told himself, one more, this time a really loud one. Unfortunately, loud snores are hard to achieve, and Rudolph stuttered half way, resulting in a very loud, and very weird noise. Sheesh, this was ridiculous, Rudolph felt silly, was it really so hard to wake him up and say a few words, they were just 'words' after all. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, he heard Van mumble something to himself.
"Whoa, Rudolph, you sure know how to let one rip, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole colony had heard that." Surely he hadn't meant.....
"No V..van, I didn't do one of those!" Rudolph responded hastily. He immediately wished that he hadn't.
"Your awake?!.............I don't get it, what was that sound then?"
Rudolph was in disbelief, he had wanted Van awake but not like this. Quick, think of an excuse! He wracked his brains, but nothing came to him. The truth?.........No way! About 30 seconds had passed.......had Van gone back to sleep again?! A second chance slipping away?
"Van?!"
"......eh?"
He couldn't fall back to sleep again, not after this far.
"I.....I...um deliberately woke you up!" Rudolph felt his heart picking up speed rapidly, was there any way of turning back now?
Van's voice suddenly jumped to attention. "What for? What is it Rudolph?! Has something happened to Fiona? Zeke? Don't tell me, Stinger's come back for more?"
"No Van, nothing like that." Rudolph stared into his eyes, one last look of those eyes, one last look at the face, such a handsome face.
"Oh?" Van looked confused. "What's going on then?"
"Its just that I.....it's just that.....I......"
"Something bad 'has' happened, hasn't it?!
"No, it's nothing bad, at least I don't think........" Rudolph's eyes began to well up, so much pressure!
"Your talking in riddles Rudolph, if it's not bad, then what?......And why are you looking at me like that?"
"........I........I......."
"C'mon Rudolph, your scaring me!"
"....I'm in love with you Van!" The six words shot out of his mouth, he couldn't believe he had said it, he had actually said it.
The room filled with silence.
Oh shit, what had he done! There was no way Van was asleep this time, his eyes were open, and they were staring directly at him. His face, it looked so shocked! He should have listened to those hesitating thoughts, but no, no he had to go and reveal his innermost feelings. What had he been thinking?. Stupid Rudolph. Stupid, stupid Rudolph. He began to sob, and pulled the covers over his head, as both an attempt to drown out any noise he might make, and to escape Van's haunting eyes.
"Rudolph.....I'm sorry....I just.....I just don't feel the same way........" Oh crap, this really was going from bad to worse. The end. It was the end of his life. He felt the covers suffocating him, air running out, time spiralling out of conrol.
Bang bang! Game over.
"Y..y..your crying?.........Don't cry Rudolph." Van got up and walked towards him. He placed an arm on the covers, onto his shoulders. " It's not that I.......
I um..........
I err.........
Oh heck! I lied.....I do feel the same way."
Rudolph's eyes shot open at those last words. He slowly lifted the blankets over him, and looked into Van's eyes. They were right in front of him, so close. "Your not just saying that out of pity, are you?"
"I'm so sorry, forgive me for scaring you like that, I was scared of the consequences. But Rudolph, I DO feel the same way. There is something about your personality, the way you want everything to be fair, the way you laugh, the way you smile, everything about you. I bet you'd sacrifice your life, so that the empire could be in good hands."
"Well that's not exactly true, I am jeapordizing the whole empire right now, by telling you this." Rudolph responded, chuckling in relief. What Van had just said.....It felt like some hand had reached inside of him, and pulled out all the bad stuff, leaving his heart free to beat all over his body.
"I guess so, but one thing IS a fact, you would sacrifice your life for 'me'. I saw that yesterday when I was down and out, and you tried to save me with Irvine's Command Wolf, even though the odds were stacked against you. Not only that, sometime before then, you came looking for me when I was feeling down, nobody else did, only you Rudolph, only you. Is it any wonder I'm in love with you!"
He couldn't believe his ears, was he daydreaming? Yeah, he was, Van was still asleep. No wait, the snoring had gone, and Van was right there......right there, in his boxers......squatting right beside him. Surely this wasn't real! Lips pressing against his cheek shook all his doubts away. He laughed inside at all the attempts he had made trying to tell Van, and was so glad that he followed his heart. This all felt so good, like some sort of miracle had occured that only happens to other people. A miracle that he wasn't going to waste. He kissed Van back on the cheek, and then on the lips. Van grinned sheepishly, and pulled back the covers, tired of squatting on the floor.
"Rubber duckies, hahaha!"
Rudolph turned bright red.
"You know, I've always wanted to say this to you Rudolph. You are sooo cute!"
Rudolph's face managed to turn an even brighter shade of red. Then they both giggled about it, and Van hopped into the bed beside him and kissed him once again. There were just No words to describe how Rudolph was feeling anymore.
"You know what?" Van said, wrapping his arm under Rudolph's neck. "We can be like this forever and ever, I'm going to come to the palace every weekend, as your personal Zoid trainer. It's the perfect excuse!"
"Huhu-haha, huhu-haha, that is indeed the perfect excuse." Rudolph smirked, tickling Van's chest.
Van tickled him back, and they both started laughing hysterically. Suddenly there was a sharp bang on the door, followed by Moonbay's voice.
"Quit fooling around in there, some of us are trying to get to sleep you know!"
"Aheh, sorry Moonbay." Van called out, and then turned to Rudolph. "Guess we better call it a night, wouldn't want to risk us getting caught together."
"Not if we want all those weekends at the palace." Rudolph winked, snuggling up against Van. And there he slept, as happy as can be.
The End
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Hope you enjoyed!
And if your wondering what happened to Irvine, there's going to be an entire fic covering that ("Irvines Love"), starting Spring Break, until then byebye, and thank you so much for reading!