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Chapter 5
"Hide me, Duke!" Nosedive grabbed my date by the shoulders and hid behind him as soon as he stood at our entrance.
"Sorry, Kid. I'm not getting involved in sibling rivalry," Duke laughed, moving away and ruffling my brother's hair.
"Aww, man! You're no fun!"
I chuckled, "Get over it, baby bro. Ready, Duke?"
Duke grinned back, "Of course."
"Should we expect you to be late?"
'We? Who's 'we'...?' I thought to myself.
Duke and I exchanged glances then Duke nodded. Dive crossed his arms with a smug smile, leaning back a bit on his heels.
"Thought so. Go on, you two. Get outta here. I'll cover ya'," Nosedive waved us towards the Duckcycle that Duke had been leaning on when we came in.
"Thanks, Dive."
Nosedive waved to us as we sped out of the hanger, my hands resting on Duke's waist. We emerged into the dim sunlight. Seems that six o'clock was the time the sun was getting ready to set. I let my hands slide around his waist a little cautiously as I pressed my body closer to his back. At his body tensing, I started to pull away but found a hand closing over one of mine.
"Hold still, Wing..." he stated, though something seemed a little odd about his voice. Like something had shaken him or something.
Deciding not to worry about it at the moment, believing I could figure it out later, I rested my head against his shoulder. We soon pulled into a theater parking lot, where Duke got off and offered me a hand.
"Shall we?" and, with a smile, I accepted.
Meanwhile (Change to Dive's p.o.v.)
I grinned after my big bro and Duke left and turned back towards the hall before breaking into a run.
"Grin! Guess what!" I cried, bursting into his room and plopping down on the bed beside his meditating figure.
Grin opened one eye then the other, looking up at me sitting cross legged on his bed with a smile, "What is it, little one?"
I grinned at the nickname, "Wing and Duke went out on a date. They just left!"
Grin smiled at my excitement, "It is about time that they got together. I have sensed a great tension between them for the past two weeks."
He stretched out an arm to me, at which I brightened and climbed off his bed and into his lap. Grin wrapped his arm around me and rested his other hand on my thigh while I cuddled into his chest. He moved my hair aside, placing a few light kisses along my neck and making me sigh in content and tilt my head to the side to allow him more access.
"Love ya', Grin..." I murmured softly.
"I love you too, Nosedive," he breathed across my ear, the hot breath causing me to shiver slightly.
I looked up at him when he moved. Grin smiled then kissed me on the mouth, making me give a startled moan. Quick to get over the shock, I hungrily kissed my boyfriend back...
About an hour and a half later, I found Mallory, Tanya, and Phil in the Rec room. Mallory looked overly disgusted, and Tanya seemed ticked off. Phil... well... Phil just sat in the back ground, looking a bit like a kicked puppy. With a grin, I ran a hand through my ruffled hair, intending to straighten it out some.
"Hey, what up?"
"Don't 'Hey, what's up?' us, Nosedive," Mallory sneered.
Uh oh... Did she find that plastic snake I put in her sock drawer?
"Umm... what's wrong? What did I do?" I asked hesitantly.
"Besides being gay?" my eyes widened and Mallory stalked towards me, shoving a finger in my chest while hissing in my face, "I heard what you and Grin were talking about. I'm disgusted at this. We've got a gay team captain along with his good for nothing 'BROTHER', that giant of a duck in there that none of us understands anyway, and a gay thief! I don't know what this is, but it ISN'T a TEAM!"
That hurt more then I could describe. And I knew I was about to cry, I could feel my eyes filling up with tears and my vision was becoming blurry. I had to get out of here before I cried in front of Mallory. She'd really be pleased about that.
Tanya grabbed Mallory's arm and pulled her out of my face. They both looked pissed, although, Tanya seemed to be aiming her anger at Mallory.
"Leave him alone, Mallory," she growled between clenched teeth.
Mallory shoved her away, "You taking up for these gay freaks, Tanya?"
"I'm not taking up for any 'freaks', Mallory, I'm taking up for 'friends'," I've never seen Tanya so angry before. Not in the time I've known her, I haven't. She looked over at me, "Dive, get out of here."
"I don't think so. I'm not done with you, Nosedive. You stay right there!"
Deciding I rather obey Tanya then Mallory, I turned and ran out the door. Behind me, I was able it hear the shouting start. By the time I reached the room Wing and I shared, I was crying so bad I almost couldn't see where I was going. I collapsed on Wildwing's bed, burying my face in his pillow. Soon afterwards, I heard the door open and footsteps coming towards me.
'Oh, great. She's came for another round at me...' but the bed dipped heavily, showing this wasn't Mallory. I lifted my head to see my lover. He started to rub my back soothingly.
"It will be ok, Nosedive," Grin answered my unasked question of 'What are we going to do?'," It will be ok..."
I felt myself start to be taken to a troubled slumber as Grin continued to rub my back...
(Wildwing's P.O.V.)
I sighed happily as Duke and I made our way through the park. We stopped at the lake and I sat on the ground, watching the slight waves in the water, which made the moon's reflection move. Duke sat next to me, causing me to look over at him. I loved his outfit: a pair of snug, black jeans that fit nicely with his ass, a dark burgundy tee-shirt that showed off every curve of his upper body (and I mean EVERY curve), and a pair of black, high-top boots. He caught my gaze and grinned, wrapping an arm around my waist. My heart thumped harshly in my chest as our bodies were pulled closer together. Duke leaned into me and placed a few kisses along my collarbone. When he paused, I could fell his grin against my skin.
"Nervous?" he asked. I swallowed hard and nodded, making him chuckle and move until he was almost in my lap, "Don't be.."
Easy for him to say. He wasn't the one with the damn sexy body practically in his lap. Then he looked at me with those eyes. Stars... those eyes. I reached up to run my fingers along the strap of his eyepatch.
"Let me take it off.." I whispered.
I had to see his eyes, both of them. So, yeah I've seen them before, and they had took my breath away then. But, now was different.. somehow..
Duke hesitated before nodding. Slipping my fingers under the strap, I carefully pulled the patch off. It was set down next to us while I ran my fingers through the hair and feathers the material had flattened before turning my gaze back to his eyes. I gasped softly, taking in the deep amber of them both. His right eye wasn't a bright as his good eye, having a slightly glazed, foggy look to it. A small scar was visible below the feathers at the top of his eye to below it. The eyepatch somehow restored his eyesight in that eye so he could see even better than before. I wasn't sure what had happened to his eye, yet, at that moment, I really didn't care. Asking could really kill the moment. Besides, why spoil it when his eyes had literally taken my breath away?
"I love you're eyes..." I managed to get out softly.
A slight blush graced his cheeks at the complaint. It surprised me. I'd NEVER seen Duke blush before. He looked away from me, looking a little... regretful, perhaps?
"They're not so great..."
WHAT! I wasn't believing THIS! I pulled his face back towards mine, pulling him down to kiss him deeply. I could feel his heart flutter, his mouth opening in a gasp. I didn't let that open mouth of his go to waste and slipped my tongue in to intertwine with his. Oh... he tasted SO good... My lungs soon began to ache for air, but, I didn't WANT to let up just yet. I wanted this to last forever. But, Duke pulled away. My tongue swept put from my mouth to my lick lips before I could finally speak.
"I don't care what you think they are. What matters is what I think," I grinned suddenly, "And you know what?"
He shook his head, "No, what?"
"I think they're beautiful..."
At that he grinned again, moving his head down towards mine to capture me in another kiss. His hands untucked my shirt and slid across my skin, his fingers slowly weaving through my pale feathers. I couldn't help but moan in response...
Later
"This has been one interesting night, wouldn't you say, love?" Duke steered the Duckcycle back into the Pond's garage.
I nodded into his back, "Umm hmm... And I loved it, Duke..."
My fingers ran along his shirt collar then up his neck along his spine. I could feel his body shiver as he cut the bike's engine, balancing it on one foot. He sighed softly and leaned back into me as I continued my caresses along his back. A moment passed before he tensed slightly, looking around suspiciously.
"Wing, hold up a sec, sweetheart..."
Confused as to why, I did as he asked and watched him climb off of the bike. I was left to balance the two-wheeled vehicle and was also left wondering what I'd done wrong.
"What'd I do? What's the matter?" I questioned.
"What?" he looked back at me, "No, Wing. No, you didn't do anything. Something just doesn't..."
He didn't get to finish what he was saying before I felt a sudden sickening feeling settle in the pit of my stomach, threatening to make me run to the nearest toilet. Something was wrong. VERY wrong. And the only time... NOSEDIVE! Something was wrong with my little brother!
I dashed out of the garage and into the halls, quite literally almost running into walls going around the corners. Duke was trailing after me and we both could hear shouting that got louder the closer we came to the Rec. room. I caught the scene of Mal yelling at Tanya, who was shouting right back and looking ready to kill, Phil right in the background of the two females of our team. I frowned to myself and kept in mind to come back later as I continued past. What I didn't catch was the death glare that burned at my back from Mallory.
I continued to the room that Dive and myself shared to find Grin sitting on my bed beside Nosedive, rubbing the crying teen's back. This caused me to stop short and Duke almost ran into me, stopping just in time and peering over my shoulder.
"What happened here?" my question made Grin look up at me and Duke.
He looked a bit upset as he answered, "Mallory..."
"W-Wildwing...?" Dive sniffed, looking up with tired, wet, red eyes.
"Dive..." I hurried over to him and sat, scooping my little bro' into my arms like he was a baby.
Nosedive buried his face into my chest, sobbing, as he wrapped his arms around my neck. I soothingly ran my fingers through his hair while I rocked him. All the while, my mind was whirling. What on earth had Mallory done to get him so upset...?
I tried to ease his sobbing by murmuring to him, "Calm down, Dive... shh... Just calm down..."
Sometime later, a knock came at the door and Tanya stepped in, still seeming royally pissed, and gazed at Nosedive with a soft sigh.
"I-I'm sorry, Dive...," she stated softly while coming to sit on the bed and rested a hand on his knee.
Dive pulled away a little to look at her with an intent gaze, sniffing, "H-How did she find out...?"
Tanya looked away from his tearful expression, her own expression saddening further, "I don't... I don't know, Nosedive... She must have patched into your or Grin's comm links, but I can't be sure..."
She sighed again, resting her forehead in her hands, her elbows on her knees, "... stupid military bitch..."
Confusion was expressed quite clearly on my face as I looked between the two. What had gone ON since Duke and I left...!
Duke finally spoke up from his perch on the loveseat, "What is going on, Tauny?"
Dive sniffed again, pulling away to lean back against my chest, and wiped his face with the inside of his shirt. With a little smile, I pulled his shirt down and handed him a kleenex from the bedside table.
"Alright... What happened?" I questioned as I stroked my fingers through Dive's hair.
Tanya heaved a sigh, seeming to find her hands more interesting. Moments passed before she finally spoke up, "Mallory... somehow or another... found out that you guys are... are... umm.."
"That we're gay..." Dive finished for her quietly.
Naturally, Duke had to make a small point, "Actually, I'm bi, myself."
Tanya shrugged, "It makes no difference to Mallory... But anyway, she informed Phil and myself, we were both in the Rec. room at the time. I was trying to explain why his new publicity stunt was a bad idea. Well, as I was saying, She informed us. I was about to tell her off when Dive happened in at the wrong time..." her eyes lowered to the floor, "Mallory literally exploded at him..."
Tanya's eyes narrowed, her hands clenching tight into fists, "Good for nothing bitch... that's all she is... Well, I managed to get Dive out and, between me and her, we went at it. I'm not sure where she stormed off to, though..."
A long pause followed her story until she looked up at the clock that said it was getting close to midnight. She tried to hide the yawn that escaped her and didn't succeed.
"Tanya, go on to bed," I stated softly, "You've done enough for us for one night."
Our team tech nodded in agreement. Dive murmured his thanks, at which she smiled and gave him a slightly awkward hug, as he was still in my lap.
"Make sure you don't cross Mallory's path for a while, ok, Nosedive?" With that she said her goodnights and stepped out the door.
As soon as she was gone, I grinned widely at my younger brother, "So, Dive... You and Grin ARE more then just friends..."
A deep crimson graced his cheeks under peach feathers as he shared a glance with Grin then finally nodded, "Lovers, actually..."
"And you didn't tell me because...?" Dive looked away.
"I... I thought you'd hate me, Wing..."
"Dive, Dive, Dive..." I scolded lightly, pulling him into me tightly, "I could never hate you. You're my little bro'. I might get aggravated, yeah, but that doesn't mean I hate you."
The teen cuddled up to me with a smile on his face. He was tired, for once in his life, and I could feel his body relaxing as he began to slip off into sleep. I returned my attention to Grin and Duke.
"You two wanna stay here for the night? There's no telling where Mallory is."
Agreement passed between them and the giant of a duck that was also my brother's lover took Dive from my arms. He easily cradled the much smaller duck into his own arms as he climbed up into Dive's top bunk. Duke crawled in next to me once I got settled in my bed and pulled me into his body. I sighed as I basked in his warmth. I'd have to take care of Mallory later. If she wanted to deal with someone, it was going to be me, not Dive. I didn't get a damn what she said about me, but my brother was something different. No one dissed my little bro and got away with it...
Chapter 5
Ahh... well, um... here's chapter five. I hope you guys enjoyed it. grins sheepishly I'll get to work on that next chap, ne...? a mob comes after her Epps and runs for her life, leaving Michelangelo, Duke, and Static and Gear behind to hold the mob off
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