Kwazii walked right into Barnacles room.
"hey love-" Kwazii cut himself off when he saw what was going on.
"oh h-hey Zii." Barnacles said nervously. Kwazii could feel the tears in his eyes. he turn and ran. Barnacles followed him. "Zii wait!" Barnacles shouted. he caught Kwazii in the HQ.
"keep yer paws off me!" Kwazii hissed.
"it wasn't what it looked like." Barnacles said. Kwaizi narrowed his eyes at him.
"ye were making out with 'im!" Kwazii shouted. they had the entire teams attention now.
"n-no I wasn't!" Barnacles said. Kwazii shoved him.
"I caught ye with yer fuckin' pants down! don' tell me it wasn' what I know it was!" Kwazii shouted. he turned and stormed off. he packed Barnacles things and threw it into his room, then grabed his stuff and set it neatly in his own room. he didn't make too much of a mess, knowing Barnacles hated a mess, and tossed his bear carelessly on to the floor. he went straight to the launch bay, opened the hatch, and took off as fast as the Gup-B could take him. nobody saw him the rest of the day. Shellington chatted on and on to Barnacles, holding his paw and hugging him, but Barnacles didn't seem to into it.
"Barney, are you alright?" Shellington ask.
"yes. I'm ok." Barnacles replied with a smile. it was getting late so everyone went to bed.
"can I come to bed with you?" Shellington ask.
"look Shellington, I'm tired. maybe tomorrow?" Barnacles ask. Shellington sighed and nodded walking away. he paused turned around and pressed a kiss to Barnacles lips, then walked away. Barnacles sighed when he noticed he missed the way Kwazii kissed him. he opened his door and was saddened to find everything of Kwazii's gone and all his items spilt out of the box. he sighed and knelt down picking the items up. he gasp when he caught sight of the bear. he picked it up. "aw. I-I gave this to him on our third date. he loved this thing." Barnacles said. he could feel tears pricking his eye's. he hugged it tightly and crawled in to his bed. he sighed again. "the beds colder then I remember." Barnacles said softly. Kwazii parked the Gup-B on the floor beside the reef. he curled up on the cold floor and cried softly. he rubbed his eye's trying to dry them.
"wh-what did I do wrong?" Kwazii whimpered. his ears drooped. "did I... did I s-say somethin' wrong? is-is it me fault?" Kwazii ask softly. he thought a moment then he growled. "no! it's not me fault it's his! that no good two timin' jerk!" Kwazii cried. he grabed one of the emergency blanket and curled up on the floor again. Barnacles put his face in his paws.
"what have I done?" Barnacles sighed.
*next morning*
Kwazii parked the Gup-B in the launch bay then made his way slowly to his room.
"Kwazii? whats wrong?" Dashi ask. Kwazii shook his head and kept walking. Dashi grabed his arm and felt something. she looked down. "o-oh my... Kwazii did you-" Dashi ask seeing the marks.
"shut up!" Kwazii said. he took off to his room. Dashi looked worried.
"oh no. I should tell Peso." Dashi said to herself. she went looking for the medic. "and he had these slashes on his arm it looked like he was attacked." Dashi said. Peso nodded.
"I'll go see him." Peso said. he went off to Kwazii's room. he knocked on the door.
"go the hell away!" Kwazii shouted. he turned up his music and Peso opened the door. he was shocked. Kwazii and covered his dome and made his room dark, his music was screaming at him, he looked like he hadn't slept in years, his fur was a mess and he was glaring daggers at him. "get the hell out Peso!" Kwazii exclaimed. Peso shook his head and looked his arms over.
"what happened?" Peso ask.
"I got attacked leave me alone." Kwazii replied. Peso wrapped his arms up and left. he decided not to say anything to Barnacles about it, but he'd noticed those wounds were self inflicted. Kwazii grumbled and curled up on his bed.
*a week later*
Kwazii barley heard the octoalert over his music. he had cuts and bandages going up his arms. he hadn't eaten all week and he hadn't been out of his room all week.
"Octonauts to the launch bay!" Barnacles exclaimed. Kwazii sighed and fixed his fur and sighed. he looked into his mirror and took a deep breath, putting on a fake smile. he walked out the door and up to the launch bay. they all looked up when Kwazii walked in and noticed the bandages on his arms.
"Kwazii are you ok?" Dashi ask.
"I got attacked. I'm ok Dashi." Kwazii smiled. she could tell it wasn't a heartfelt smile.
"are you sure?" Dashi ask.
"jus' drop it." Kwazii replied. Barnacles looked over at Kwazii and Kwazii turned his head away, oviding eye contact.
"there's some hurt creature's on the reef." Dashi said.
"Peso, Kwazii into the Gup-A!" Barnacles ordered. Kwazii snorted and flipped into the Gup-B. he closed the top.
"the octohatch." Kwazii said. Tweak was shocked at his tone, everyone was, but she opened the door anyway. Kwazii took off.
"are you just going to let him do that?" Shellington ask. Barnacles sighed.
"let's just get this done." Barnacles sighed. he and Peso climbed into the Gup-A. they took off and they were silent.
"how are you and Shellington?" Peso ask stiffly. Barnacles blinked.
"well, we are a little rocky, but nothing we can't handle." Barnacles replied. it was silent again.
"you know he's been hurting right?" Peso ask. Barnacles didn't reply. "he's been slashing the crap out of his arms-" Peso started.
"stop it Peso." Barnacles replied. "just be quiet." Barnacles sighed.
"no! I'm tired of being quiet! he's killing himself and your acting like everythings ok!" Peso shouted. "you know he came in for a physical this morning and he has bags under his eyes! he's wearing make up and hurting himself! he told Dashi to stop being 'so funcking childish' when he accidently tripped her! you broke his heart! he's lost almost thirty pounds in a week! he's bled so much his fur it tainted red! he looks at you and he cries silently! your killing him!" Peso cried.
"no I'm not! he's doing this to himself!" Barnacles shouted. "it's not my fault!" Banracles added. Peso looked pissed.
"you just keep telling yourself that, Captain, but a real Captain would talk to his lieutenant! he loves you like there's no tomorrow and you threw that out the window. he's never loved anyone before! he doesn't know how to get over a heart break!" Peso said. Barnacles ignored him. "Kwazii!" Peso exclaimed. he watched the Gup-B crash and Kwazii sink. Peso jumped out of the Gup-A and swam for him.
"oh, no what have I done?" Barnacles ask. he put his helmet on and jumped in. Peso quickly hit the button on Kwazii's suit and got his air tanks going.
"Kwazii! Kwazii!" Peso shouted shaking him. "he's unconcious!" Peso exclaimed. Barnacles scooped him up.
"my god, he really is starving himself." Barnacles said shocked. he lifted Kwazii with easy and quickly carried him back to the Gup. he layd him down and pushed the button taking his helmet. "Kwazii?" Barnacles ask softly.
*the Octopod*
"why are you so worried?" Shellington ask. Barnacles paused to think about it, he smiled.
"because I love him." Barnacles replied.
"but we-we're dating!" Shellington exclaimed.
"no. no we aren't." Barnacles replied. he paced by the medbay doors and Peso opened them after a few hours. "how is he?" Barnacles ask.
"he fractured his wrist and he has a concussion, he beat his face up pretty bad, he has a busted lip, a black eye, and his nose is bleeding. I've hooked him up to an IV. he... he want's to talk to you." Peso said softly. Barnacles nodded and went in.
"Ca-Captain?" Kwazi ask softly.
"Kwazii I'm sorry. I'm sorry I broke it off. I didn't realize you were hurting yourself. please stop." Barnacles said softly.
"Cap?" Kwazi ask trying to catch his attention.
"yeah Kwazii?" Barnacles ask. Kwazii turned his head and looked at him the best he could.
"wha-what did I do?" Kwazii ask.
"what do you mean?" Barnacles ask.
"t-to make ye leave. wh-what did I do?" Kwazii ask. Barnacles hugged him the best he could.
"you didn't do anything Kwazii. I'm not sure why I did what I did, but you did nothing wrong." Barnacles said.
"I-I heard ye earlier. ye-ye said it was me fault. wh-what did I do?" Kwazii ask. Barnacles heart broke.
"I-I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it." Barnacles said softly. "I'm so sorry. I love you. please don't hurt yourself again. it was my fault not yours." Barnacles said softly.
"y-ye love me?" Kwazii ask.
"yes. do you still love me?" Barnacles ask. Kwazii didn't answer but Barnacles felt something. Barnacles pulled back and wiped Kwazii's eye's gently. oh it's ok." Barnacles whispered. "I wouldn't love me either." Barnacles added. Kwazii with his good hand, managed to grab Barnacles wrist.
"d-don' leave, ple-please, please don' leave. n-not again." Kwazii whimpered. Barnacles looked shocked as Kwazii began to cry again. "I-I love ye an it's killin' me." Kwazii cried. Barnacles hugged him tightly.
"I'm not going any where Kwazii. I'm not leaving you. this week was the most painful week ever." Barnacles said. Kwazii cried softly into his chest and Barnacles held him. "can you ever forgive me, Kwazii?" Barnacles ask. Kwazii sniffled.
"I-I never held it against ye, Bear." Kwazii replied. Barnacles pulled him into a kiss and both sighed in content.