Russian It? Chapter 12
#21 of Road Rovers
chapter 12
The next morning, I got out of bed and made myself some breakfast. Last night was pretty traumatic, even for me. Hunter kinda scared me then. I was worried what he would do if I ever got him extremely furious at me. The thought worried me as well. I wanted to put it in the back of my mind. I attempted to, but it would sneak back into my thought process every now and again.
Professor Shepherd told me earlier that the Rovers left soon after that night to go back to their owners. I was waiting for him to ask about a certain event that had happened last night, but he didn't say anything afterward. I don't think anyone told him yet. Thank God. To my surprise, I saw Hunter walk in shortly after Professor Shepherd left.
"Hunter, I thought you left with the others." But then I realized that he didn't have a new home yet. I think Professor also forgot.
"I was going to, but then I realized that Clinton got impeached. Plus, I wanted to apologize. I'm sorry for last night. It's just, sometimes I get a little carried away when it comes to the mating ritual thing and..."
"Yeah, I understand, and it's cool."
"I hope I didn't hurt you too bad. After I left your room, I felt terrible. I wanted to go back in and apologize, but I thought that you would be too afraid of me; so I left. Again, I'm truly sorry. I promise that it won't happen again. Ever."
"It's okay, Hunter. In fact, sometimes I like that kind of thing. Very rarely, but there are times. Sometimes I wish that Exile would do the same things to me as you did last night. But, then again, sometimes I wish that we just made regular love. That's more beautiful."
"Yeah, I get what you mean."
There was a long and awkward silence shortly afterwards. Then, I broke it. "Was it true?"
"What was what true?" he questioned.
"That you wanted to...'make puppies' with me?"
"Not exactly that, per se. But...I did have a sort-of crush on you. Just a little one. I'll admit, I was kinda jealous when I saw you and Exile. I don't even know why."
"So...does that mean you still want to be with Colleen?"
"Well, of course. She's one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen! I just want us to lay next to each other all night long. I want us to just stare at the ceiling, and then into each other's eyes at times. It would just make my day." He sighed. "But, that'll only be a dream. She doesn't go for me. There's no way!"
"Oh, I don't think so," I smirked.
His ears perked up. "What do you mean?"
"If you want, I can help you and her get together. It's obvious that she likes you, too. Everybody knows, but they don't want to say anything. They just want it to play out; to see if the both of you will eventually figure it out yourselves."
"You would really do that for me?" he asked, ecstatic.
"Well, of course," I said back. "And don't let last night get to you. It didn't really bother me that much. Not as much as it should have, anyway."
Hunter smiled big and broad. I think I made his day. It's just a hunch, though.
He ran up to me and gave a big hug. He was crushing me. Just a little bit.
"Y-you're welcome, buddy," I stammered.
He let go and ran out of the room.
I went back to my cereal, which I found was now soggy. Yay.
Hunter, as well as the other Rovers, came back a couple of hours later. Exile looked a little embarrassed when he laid eyes on me. Blitz sneered, ready to tell Professor Shepherd the recently-discovered news. Colleen was a little surprised about the news last night. She couldn't look at me straight. Hunter gave me a thumbs up.
We grouped around Professor Shepherd so that he could inform us about a new danger that he had to prevent from increasing. We had to make it cease to exist. At least, that's what I thought he was going to do.
"Rovers," he said, "it has come to my attention that there's been something going on between two crewmates."
Oh, shit. No. Not now!
Professor Shepherd noticed the intense worry in my eyes. "Jay, would you like to say something?"
"Um...nope! Nothing to say, nothing to tell...heh heh. Say, it getting hot in here?" I was now sweating profusely.
"Jay..." Mr. Shepherd stared at me through intense eyes.
What should I tell him?
"I...I've been sleeping with Exile," I admitted.
"And do you know what I'm going to do about this?" he asked, expecting an answer...I think.
"You're...going to fire me?"
"What do you think?"
I was speechless. Blitz looked pleased. Everyone else seemed upset.
"I'm sorry Jay, but your job was to clean up after them, not sleep with them. I'm going to have to let you go."
"Yes...Master," I whispered. Tears started to brim. My face twitched. Then. One tear fell. Then another. Then another. I walked out of HQ, trying to figure out what to do now with my life.