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Trust My Lonely by Allesia Cara


*Chapter 159*

"Alright, let me out, let me out, LET ME OUT," Wren begged in a rush of shaking playfulness, and although his fervor was enough to light the back seat on fire, he gently tugged twice on the handle of his door. Once Turbo put the car in park and unlocked all the doors, Wren nearly flew out of the car's body. Everyone was lost in laughter as they slowly followed suit, and with all doors closed, Turbo clicked his keys and locked his incredible car with a blip of a noise of affirmation. Wren urgently continued on, "I-I'll clean up my mess, later, Turbo, wow. I'm just... SO grateful to be back on land."

"The car never left the ground," Turbo assured with a hard laugh as the group slowly convened near the hot hood of Turbo's now silent car, a steaming beast that worked hard on the journey to get here, clear across the city.

"I HIGHLY doubt that," Wren urged in whole irritation, he hugged his arms over his chest in a rather aggressive, reserved arms-crossed position.

"Bo, there was one point where you were pushing eighty in a fifty," Berri muttered cutely, and although she was growing to crave his fast though careful driving, she eyed him and wondered if he had any speeding tickets under his belt.

"I would've kept going if Wren didn't start crying," Turbo mumbled, all in a playful air, the four had their hair suddenly brisked in a sharp wave of a nighttime breeze that wafted by, the cooler air had the four relishing in the wonderful weather as they stood in near solidarity in Kiki-Market's massive, empty parking lot.

Although Turbo didn't park incredibly close, the gang didn't mind the moseying walk to the hot white glowing entrance of said open twenty-four seven convenience and grocery store. Turbo sagged his hands into his pockets and heaved a satisfied sigh, he lived up these mundane little outings as much as he could, for he knew that once his three best friends were lost to the clutches of Arcade for weeks on end, he'd be without these silly, ordinary tasks; ones that would eternally count in the bank of lovely memories he was holding fast to.

"Yeah man I'm pretty sure I blacked out," Theo muttered as he came alongside Turbo's left, with Berri on Turbo's right and Wren nervously hunkered to Berri's right. Theo furrowed his eyebrows and kindly leaned forward, so to eye Berri as they walked, "Bear, you seemed as cool as a cucumber. What was that all about?"

"I've been on the back of Bo's bike, this drive was nothing," Berri blurt nonchalantly, though she pursed her lips in sealed, bashful retraction and nervously glanced to Turbo and Theo, who both peered to her in different mixes of bewilderment and stifled cuteness.

"HAVE you now?" Theo's voice pitched in a high tone of entire, boyish sarcasm, to which Turbo lulled his glowing eyes closed and heaved a long, hot sigh through his nose.

"We're not very subtle, are we," Turbo's deep voice grumbled in cuteness, to Berri, as he warmly reached out and lovingly locked her palm in his; without hesitation, she easily gripped her hand in his and gave him a cute look of apologetic girliness.

"Guh, you guys are GROSS," Theo only teased, though his booming voice echoed against the front of the massive store they rapidly approached; although there were customers and a handful of parked cars in the lot, the group was silently assured they likely wouldn't be bothered on this outing.

"Okay, do you WANT us to act like a couple or not?" Berri barked back, though trailed with a bashful laugh of irritation, she jostled about her's and Turbo's gripped hand with fervor that Turbo allowed in the form of letting his whole arm go limp, "There is no in between! Either we hold hands and say stupid little mushy things to each other, or not at all. You guys need to make up your minds."

"I wanted ONE KISS to PROVE you guys were together," Theo held up a finger, though Turbo gave him a cheeky smile and shook his head.

"Aw, Teddy, if all you wanted was a kiss, I'll happily oblige," Turbo cooed sweetly, though as he let go of Berri's hand, he began to inch closer to Theo in a show of entire playfulness that Theo finally caught on to.

"DUDE?!" Theo screeched as he ducked away from Turbo, who obnoxiously puckered his lips, though he softened back to his normal, smiling self the second Theo took about five urgent, annoyed paces away from Turbo.

"C'mon, man, just one," Turbo continued to coo, noticing that it was causing Theo to wig out; Theo barked Turbo a few sharp orders to urgently stay away, though both boys took off as Turbo began to playfully chase after Theo, he nearly tripped over his own feet trying to avoid Turbo's skillful footwork.

"BERRI!" Theo squealed nervously from now a decent gap the boys put between Berri and Wren, "Come get y'man!"

"You just let me know whenever you need swapping advice," Wren mumbled warmly in an almost wistful sigh as he lovingly linked arms with Berri; she raised her eyebrows and bashfully peered to her right, where Wren was now linked to her, she tried to hide a smile as he continued, "It's not all A, B, C, believe it or not. Takes some... Timing."

"Time management, even," Berri added, to which Wren raised his eyebrows in prickled surprise and bobbed a cute, sassy nod with a shrug.

"The girl's studied up," Wren chimed with a chuckle to which Berri shrugged and sagged into Wren's loving warmth, "How are you two doing?"

"It's... Amazing," Berri stated through a small sigh, she watched as Turbo and Theo finally settled their playful differences, from out of earshot. This was clear due to the lull of Turbo's arm over Theo's shoulder, they continued on in a brotherly shrug of moseying cuteness as they approached the store front first, "I guess I'm trying not to get too far ahead of myself. I mean... Six months ago, I would've thought it was a dream to call Gunner my boyfriend, but..."

"But, now," Wren cocked an eyebrow and watched as Turbo and Theo continued on, though Wren halted his sweet notions and muttered an honest quip of certainty, "Damn, Turbo's got a nice ass."

"... Okay, for the last time, he is MINE," Berri barked as she grappled Wren's arm and jostled him, to which Wren wildly rolled his eyes and heaved a loud, annoyed sigh.

"Ohh for User's sakes, I can appreciate a good butt, okay? He's all yours, I'm happy with my own TurboTime boy, anyways," Wren choked, they both were lost in girly laughter, "Besides. Turbo's got too much body, for my liking. I like 'em skinny."

"Somewhere, Throttle's ears are ringing," Berri mumbled as she looked to the store front they came upon, in which Turbo and Theo were now long gone, "You're right about that, though... I'm so used to Gunner's thin figure, that when Turbo gives me a hug, it's the weirdest thing. I'm like, geez, where did all this chest and body and ARMS come from?"

"Turbo's tall, strong, hefty," Wren bobbed a nod and gave Berri a coy look of knowing, the store's bright light cast upon the two as they eased into the breezeway of the store front, right into the automatic sliding doors that chimed their presence, "Y'know what that means..."

"I'll side step your innuendos all night long, Wren," Berri stated in cheeky annoyance, the two continued to keep their arms linked out of love, "Don't... Think Turbo and I are quite ready for that, anyways."

"Oh, come on, everyone's ready for sex," Wren blurt, he kept his tone down and winced a little as a cashier kindly welcomed them in; a much older lady, certainly not in the line of recognizing celebrities. Wren sweetly waved to her as him and Berri pushed into the store, though Turbo and Theo were still long gone, "... Is it just me?"

"Yeah, just you," Berri giggled as she sagged into Wren's side, she was happy to have a moment alone with him. Without words, their feet began to find the section of the store that had all the beauty and hair care products, "I mean, hey, it'd be cool to, well... Share codes with Turbo, but, man, we're on like day four, here. Too fast."

"Then you don't want to know how fast Throttle and I moved," Wren grit his teeth and cocked an eyebrow in Berri's direction.

"Wren, you didn't," Berri muttered in irritation as they locked eyes.

"Yeah, he kissed me, so I blew him," Wren couldn't stifle laughter, in which Berri gaped and unhanded Wren's arm in a teasing fit of whole, annoyed disgust; Wren was nearly inconsolable as he carried on, they stumbled into a makeup aisle, "That's a natural progression! C'mon!"

"Dammit, Wren, I don't even have words," Berri choked a laugh and crossed her arms, she lightly shivered as she began to aimlessly look about the selection around them, "I wouldn't dream of moving that fast... You're a lot braver than I am."

"I wouldn't say brave, Throttle and I are different. It just felt right, so we went for it. You have to do what feels right for you and Turbo," Wren shrugged as they two continued to slowly saunter and meander with each other, "You moved pretty slow with Gunner, too, huh."

"That's a different story. It's because, well..." Berri nervously faltered as they rounded a corner and now began to just head straight, the whole length of the store hugged with fully stocked end caps.

"You loved Turbo all along," Wren eased knowingly, he waggled his eyebrows and shot Berri a cheeky smile which only broadened once they caught eyes, "Hey, you had a fun run. I'm sure it was cool dating your celebrity crush, at least you guys ended cordially."

"As cordially as we could," Berri muttered, their lazy shoes gently slapped the polished, though worn grocery store tiles, though far across the store, Turbo's and Theo's laugh could be heard carrying.

"What do you think Gunner would say if he found out you were dating Turbo? THE Turbo?" Wren hissed in nervousness as he bugged his eyes and gave Berri a curious look, though she gave him a dull, annoyed glower in return.

"I told him," Berri muttered, though she flinched as Wren perked up in prickled fear.

"You WHAT?" Wren hissed, "What did Gunner say?!"

"He didn't believe me," Berri slowly cheesed a sly smile and shrugged in exaggeration, "I told him the truth! He didn't want to believe me!"

"He thought you were kidding, didn't he," Wren gaped, Berri bobbed a nod and gave a smaller shrug, this time.

"Beats me! My conscious is clear," Berri shrugged her cute shoulders and giggled, though both her and Wren largely jolted in whole surprise, which included a scared pop of Berri's shivering silver pixels in a glitching mess.

"BEAR don't say yes to Theo, just don't," Turbo suddenly huffed under his breath, his powerful chest expanded in heaves as he softly panted, though Berri flinched in surprise to notice a dainty toy of a princess hat atop his head, clearly meant for children and clearly way too small for his head.

"You look beautiful in that hat, Bo," Wren muttered in smiling delight as he crossed his arms and shot Turbo and Berri sneaky smiles, to which Berri covered her mouth and stifled hard laughter.

"Thanks, it compliments my jaw line," Turbo's deep voice pressed in innocent cuteness.

"Berri, it's not fair, Turbo is much faster than me," Theo heavily panted as he finally rounded the corner, though he was holding a massive family size pack of Skittles, like he had promised himself, "Berri, please let me get this, please."

"Teddy, no, cause then you'll eat it ALL tonight and you'll spend the early hours of tomorrow morning barfing your brains out," Berri firmly instructed, she gave Theo a conclusory, authoritative smile, "Get the smaller pack, love."

"Hah," Turbo huffed with a wide smile; so wide, Berri nearly hovered in a lesson in looking, simply as if she had never seen such a wide, happy smile crowned on his handsome face, a smile so wide that she only just now noticed the cute prominence of his sharp canines.

"How old are you, again?" Wren stated in pure tease, though Turbo raised his eyebrows in prickled delight, looked off in thought and eventually furrowed his eyebrows in silent counting; he finally perked up and bobbed a nod of cute certainty.

"Uh thirty seven, but I'll be thirty eight next Wednesday," Turbo huffed with said wide, glowing smile, his golden eyes hooked tight to Wren's, though he flinched the second Theo began to quickly hurry off, in which Turbo jolted to keep up.

"Maybe ACT IT? Thirty seven, my ass..." Wren quietly called after them, though he raised his eyebrows and gave Berri a sweet, scheming smile, "Next Wednesday, huh? Birthday boy may, uh... Want some cake?"

"Stop it," Berri muffled in now blushing irritation as she began to storm off in the opposite direction Turbo and Theo scrambled off to.

"Oh, come on, one week isn't enough time to muster some courage?" Wren chimed cutely as he skipped to keep up with Berri's adamant footwork.

"It's not about courage, Wren, it's... It's much larger than that," Berri sighed in whole irritation, she whirled around, stopped and finally faced Wren, once and for all, causing him to come to a quick halt. He blinked a few times, in flustered confusion, and inhaled a shaky breath as Berri sorrowfully continued on, "It's... It's-!"

"License?" Wren side-eyed Berri and waggled his eyebrows in suspicious knowing, to which Berri heaved a long, hot sigh through her mouth and looked off, "You're not going to give it all up until he comes out of hiding, huh."

"... Is that mean?" Berri narrowed her gaze and felt a weird bought of guilt come over her, she wondered if maybe she was scrutinizing it all a little too tightly.

"I mean, no, it's not mean," Wren shrugged and looked off in contemplation, "I know for a FACT that guy isn't going to garner the bravery to leave Sugar Rush by the time next Wednesday comes around."

"We'll be long gone, then, on tour," Berri complained sorrowfully, though Wren waggled his finger knowingly.

"C'mon, babe, surely there are, well... Other things," Wren tip-toed around the topic, though he was floored to have Berri's unwavering, bashful eye contact, as if to prove here that she was at least contemplating what he had to say, "You don't have to fully give it up, or swap codes. Just have some fun... Poor guy's been without love for a looong time. I know it'd mean the world coming from you, obviously."

"... I'll think about it," Berri sighed, she shook her head and lulled her eyes closed, "It'd have to wait until we got home, though, I can't just leave in the middle of tour."

"I guess you're right," Wren mumbled, though as the two continued to slowly stroll alongside the echoes of laughter from Turbo and Theo, Berri bit her lip and felt her memory spark her a kind reminder; the small device Turbo had fashioned together for her, the secretive disguise made simply for coming and going from tour whenever she wanted, unnoticed and unseen. She hovered on the feeling of wanting to plunge into a detrimental decision, and only time would tell if she could muster up the courage to follow through with said alter-ego switch over.