AN: Not mine, never will be…god it makes you sad.
CamFan4Ever: I'm glad you didn't see if coming, I was slightly worried that it was too predicatble.
Prinzessin: 'Serious' Dustin was just a way to change the character to show a slight change due to his worry. But yes, I like this little corner, it's dark but homey. But I like my wonderful sunny vacation island of Hunter/Dustin just that little bit more. Sorry.
Angel Spirit and Angel: No worries, this is a definite Hunter/Dustin, it's just that other things happen on the way there...
w: I like the idea. I may well persue that...although it wouldn't be this story as I may wish to have a slightly different ending. Thanks for the idea there.
Ais: See...me update! jumps for joy
And i'm glad you like it TvRox (which it does), here's the update peeps.
Making a Choice (a Bad One)
"But…you can't like me." Hunter was stunned. Shane had just admitted that he liked him – no not liked, wanted him. Shane just stared at Hunter, the Thunder ninja not knowing what to say. "I thought you hated me." Hunter frowned.
"I tried, didn't work like that." Shane looked away, looking at the ground. He sighed; Hunter wasn't sure what he was supposed to do now.
"Listen Shane, I'm sorry but, I gotta bail. I need to meet Blake at the track." Shane just nodded, and Hunter left, knowing he was being stupid, knowing that he should've stayed to talk to Shane. Knowing that he was in some hot water now.
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Shane just sat there, watching Hunter leave. He knew he'd messed things up. He had put the first wedge in; there would be no chance of making things right now.
"Idiot." Shane muttered to himself. How could he do it? Tell the guy who was with his best friend that he had feelings for him? It was so stupid. Now Hunter would avoid him, and Dustin would notice, and then he would have to tell Dustin and that would be the end of their friendship too. This was the worst thing that could happen ever! He sat there until the sun set, just sitting where he was. He sat there for what seemed like hours, just looking out over the ocean.
When the wind started to slash at his face, the ice cold of the air making him shiver. Shane sighed, getting to his feet and walking slowly back to his house. Why did any of this have to happen? Why did it have to be Hunter? It wasn't so much the fact that it was Hunter, Shane reminded himself, it was the fact that he had denied it for so long. Maybe if he had admitted it earlier then it would be him and Hunter instead of Hunter and Dustin. Shane shook his head, he couldn't think like that; it wasn't what he should be thinking. Dustin was his best friend; he couldn't ruin what Dustin had. Shane slumped his shoulders, wondering just when he had become such an idiot.
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Hunter closed the apartment door behind him, not really watching where he was going, causing him to trip over one of Dustin's sneakers.
"Hunter, why are you on the floor?" Dustin asked, looking at the dazed blond.
"Cause I felt like having a look at the ceiling from this angle." Dustin shook his head, moving to sit on the floor next to Hunter. "You feeling better?" Hunter asked, deciding to avoid bringing up the topic of Shane.
"Yeah, Cam helped. Told me I was just being paranoid." Dustin laughed a little but Hunter frowned.
"Isn't that what I said?" Dustin shook his head but laughed a little more. Hunter didn't care much who had helped Dustin relax; the main thing was that Dustin was back to being his usual self.
"Well yeah, but when it's Cam you tend to listen more." Hunter was about to complain when Dustin shut him up. Hunter just lay on the floor and let Dustin have his wicked way with him. Dustin took the opportunity to map out Hunter's chest. Running his hands down over his boyfriends toned muscles to his waist, Hunter couldn't stop the growl that escaped his throat when Dustin stopped. Dustin broke away from Hunter's lips. "You know I love it when you do that." Hunter just growled again before grabbing the back of Dustin's head and pulling him down for another kiss. Dustin parted his lips as Hunter's tongue pressed for entry; Dustin's hands made their way up under Hunter's crimson and grey t-shirt. Hands searched everywhere, Dustin moving to straddle Hunter while attempting to get his t-shirt over the blonde's head. The article of clothing was removed and thrown to the back of the living room while Dustin scattered kisses and licks over Hunter's chest. Hunter really didn't want to stop the brunette on top of him, but the idea of his little brother walking in on Dustin and him in the middle of some serious making out definitely didn't appeal.
"Babes, what about Blake? Maybe we should move." A small gasp followed the end of the sentence as Dustin's mouth latched onto Hunter's neck.
"Blake…out…date…Tori." Hunter chuckled at Dustin's impatience, the nimble hands of the young male working on removing Hunter's belt. "God, I want you." Hunter looked up and saw Dustin's brown eyes clouded over with a lust induced haze, it made the brunette look so gorgeous that Hunter knew he would never erase the picture from his mind.
"So what are you waiting for?" Hunter asked, Dustin frowned making a little motion with his head that looked like a puppy that never understood the point of fetching the ball. "Take me." A small grin spread across Dustin's face as he leaned down once more to catch Hunter's lips in a passionate clinch.
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Tori and Blake sat in Ninja Ops with Cam, wondering what they should do for the long holiday weekend. Tori had suggested a trip somewhere, but they never seemed to turn out the way they were planned. So far they had ruled out picnic, camping trip, road trip and they were not going for a sight seeing trip into the city. Which left them with round about…nothing. At that point both Shane and Dustin showed up, Shane being slightly edgy while Dustin rambled on about something to do with his new freestyle stunt. Shane only looked mildly interested, his eyes wandering from time to time.
"Maybe you two can help." Tori said, interrupting Dustin's long winded talk. "We're trying to figure out where we should go and what we should do this weekend. Since it's a holiday and everything." Dustin's face lit up.
"Maybe we could do the camping thing, you know, like properly since there aren't any kelzaks or anything this time."
"Dude, I've already mentioned it. Cam isn't having it." Blake said, bringing a frown to the formerly ecstatic brunette.
"That sucks, how come Cam? What could go wrong?" Cam raised an eyebrow.
"Now that you mention it, everything." Shane shook his head.
"Well, what about an almost camping thing?" Everyone looked at the red wind ranger. "Well, I know this place not far out of town, it's just by the beach. Nice little place, like a beach house. I can get it for this weekend at a great price if you're interested." Cam sighed.
"Does it have electricity?" cam asked, not sounding as happy as Dustin looked. Shane laughed with Blake, rolling his eyes.
"Yeah man, it's not Snow White's cottage." Tori banged a fist on the table.
"That's it settled then. Shane if you could take care of things and tell us how much we owe?" Shane nodded.
"Sure, I'll go sort it just now." Shane was about to leave when Dustin grabbed his shoulder.
"Hey, could you stop by Storm Chargers and ask Hunter if he's up for it? He probably is but you know, just in case." Shane faltered for a moment before smiling again.
"Sure, no problem." Shane said before heading for the exit to the hidden Ninja Ops. A wave of dread and anticipation spread through Shane's body. Dread because he hadn't spoken or seen Hunter since his confession the previous night and anticipation because…well he always got that whenever there was the possibility of seeing Hunter. Shane began to wonder how long Dustin and Hunter had felt something for each other, how long this thing between them had lasted. Had Dustin wanted Hunter as long as Shane had? Had the whole thing been a chance occurrence? No, the way the two of them acted showed that it wasn't just some fling. They were living together, sharing a bed probably.
Shane tried to stop that thought before it formed, knowing it would just bring back memories of the dreams he had been having. Since finding out that Hunter wasn't as straight-laced as he had thought, Shane had been visited by constant thoughts of the broody, older Bradley in his sleep. And things were getting worse by the night. What was once just dreams that broke off just before the first kiss were now full on make out sessions. Very steamy make out sessions which were heading in the way of the bedroom most of the time.
Shane was taken out of his thoughts when he reached Storm Chargers. The shop was buzzing with people. Shane looked around, expecting to hear Kelly helping people and not see Hunter trying to get everything sorted – by himself.
"Dude, mind lending a hand?" Hunter asked, probably not catching on that it was Shane there. Shane just nodded, going around the shop to see if he could help anyone. Thankfully he had been in the shop enough times to know where everything was, if he hadn't Shane reckoned he'd be more of a hinder than a help to Hunter. But as it was, the two of them managed to keep the queues to a minimum and everyone was happy. Once the last of the customers left Shane closed the door and locked it behind them. Hunter had collapsed behind the counter.
"Kel just said 'Can you take care of this?' the place was empty so I told her it was no problem and then…bam!" Hunter hit on hand against the other and Shane just stood there watching him. "But then they just came, like…are there any signs in the window advertising a sale?" Hunter asked. Shane laughed and shook his head. Hunter was acting kinda strange, it was cute. Shane stopped that right there. He couldn't think like that right now.
"Listen, Tori and Blake thought it'd be cool if we all went away this weekend for a trip. There's this place out of town I know. You wanna come? Everyone else is." Hunter looked up at Shane and sighed.
"I don't know man. If Blake and Dustin are going then…Kelly would be left with this by herself. It's like a mob of people asking questions and trying to get your attention and then there's the orders and the new equipment and…it's horrible dude, totally horrible." This time Shane just couldn't stop himself, he laughed out loud and Hunter looked up at him, slightly offended. "Dude, this isn't funny." Shane just shook his head and sat down beside Hunter.
"Look, I'm sure if you explain to Kel that we're going off she could get an extra hand for the weekend. It's only like three days man." Hunter sighed.
"Yeah, I know. But its…I just…" Shane noticed that Hunter was struggling for words, something that was very un-Hunter like.
"Listen, if this has anything to do with me…I'm sorry. Just forget what I said okay." Hunter looked at Shane.
"Man, it wasn't all you its just…I still don't really like hanging with the gang." Shane frowned, not really understanding what Hunter was saying.
"Dude, we've hung out for like…a year. How can you not like hanging with us?" Hunter sighed.
"Ever noticed how I'm not always with you guys. I do the occasional group thing. Other than that it's just me and Blake, or me and Dustin. Sometimes Cam. I never do things with more than three of you." Hunter blew out a breath. "A whole weekend. And then there is that thing…which we need to talk about man." Shane's mood depressed right then. He knew it was coming, knew that it would come up eventually. But he had hoped that it would be later rather than sooner.
"Can't you just forget it?"
"No." Hunter stated simply. "You and Dustin have been friends for ages. I don't want to come between that. So…we need to talk." Hunter rolled his eyes. "Again something I'm not big on." Shane slowly shook his head.
"Listen, I'm not going to do anything okay. You and Dustin are an item and I'll just deal with that. I'm not breaking up the first thing that Dustin seems insecure about." Shane said, not risking the glance at Hunter. "Maybe if we just distance ourselves for a while…it'll go away." Shane suggested. Hunter just nodded.
"Yeah…I mean…totally. That'll work." Shane stood, holding out a hand to Hunter without thinking about it. Obviously Hunter took it, allowing Shane to pull him to his feet. The pair stood, toe to toe, their faces only inches apart.
Shane's resolve disintegrated. He figured if this was it, if there was never going to be another chance he was going to take it. Slowly, giving Hunter the chance to pull away if he wanted to, Shane's mouth descended towards the blondes.
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AN: How totally evil am I? OMG, can't believe I left it there! Well, I did, and the suspense is killing me so I've already started on the next chapter. It'll be up as soon as possible. So no worries.
Okay, this is going to be finishing soon. Probably another two maybe three chapters left. I'm sorry but I just don't have the juice. Other fics are in the works so…if there is any pairing (that doesn't involve Blake or Tori cause I can't write them being with anyone other than each other) let me know cause I'm up for trying just about anything.
Has anyone ever seen a Shane/Cam? If you have could you let me know, I wanna see what that would be like.
Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you and goodnight!