[days turned to weeks, weeks turned to mths, as the gang continued their adventure/conquer crusade, while going one step ahead of Vlax on the run so as to lose her tail, Peepers buried himself in his work n hardly shows his face to Brad. Even as everyone else has earned Brad's trust n can be close to him, he was often nowhere in sight, n even if they cross paths, Peepers doesn't make any eye contact with Brad n often mumbled an excuse before just passing him by quickly before Brad could say anything else]
(One day...)
Sylvia: (was chatting with Wander)
Wander: [noticed Brad at a distance looking a little forlorn] Hey, u noticed anything odd btwn Bradley n Peeps?
Sylvia: Besides avoiding each other?
Wander: More like Peeps is doing all the avoiding tho. I wonder wats up with that?
Sylvia: :^) Hmm...
Brad: (sighed to himself) :(
Wander: (idea) U thinking wat I'm thinking?
Sylvia: (smirk) I just might be.
Wander: U go get Peeps, I'll go get Brad. Get them together in a room n let them talk it out, face to face (laugh)
Sylvia: ;) Roger that.
Wander: [quickly made his way to Brad] Oh Bradley~ (laugh)
Brad: (looked up) ...?
Wander: Hey, I heard frm Dom tht we might be flying past a very rare solar system. Might be a big bang involved. Wanna go chk it out with me?
Brad: Is there...?
Wander: Yup, just got the word. C'mon, let's go! (laugh) [takes Brad's hand n dragged him to the viewing room]
Brad: :O
(meanwhile)
Sylvia: (went looking for Peepers)
Peepers: [was at the conference room alone, eating his salad while going thru his plans for the day]
Sylvia: (entered) Yo, Pipsqueak.
Peepers: [looks up] Huh? Oh, it's u, zbornak. Wassup?
Sylvia: (walked up, hands behind back) Oh nothing much~
Peepers: (wonder) Okaaaayyy...?
Sylvia: (looked over his shoulder) Studying?
Peepers: More like planning for the next phase of the plans for conquering. Wats it to u? Goody-two-shoes like u nvr interested in this (wonder)
Sylvia: Maybe not a lot, but... (started to point) Looks like you've missed something... (snatches a sheet) :D Yoink! (headed for the door)
Peepers: (surprised) Oi!! Get bk here with tht!! >:C [chases after her]
Sylvia: :P You want it? Come and get it~ (heads for ther viewing room with the Watchdog on her tail)
Peepers: Zbornak, I swear to grob if u don't give it bk...!! [chased after her to the viewing room]
Wander: [was inside the viewing room wen he could hear Sylvia at a distance] Oh, I almost forgot, we need safety googles to watch the big bang. BRB ;p [quickly left the room, just bypassing Sylvia]
Sylvia: (to Wander) ;p
Peepers: [hot at Sylvia's heels chasing after her]
Wander: [made Peepers trip n went skidding into the room] Now, Sylvia! Lock it!
Sylvia: (locks door) :D
Brad: (saw Peepers) :O
Peepers: [didn't see him yet, was banging at the door] Unlock this door, grob dammit! Zbornak, I'm gonna kill u!! (angry)
Wander: Aww yeah! [high-fives Sylvia]
Sylvia: Ha ha! (high fives the nomad)
Brad: ... Peepers?
Peepers: [froze at upon hearing Brad's voice, then slowly turns ard to face him, finally looking at him in the eye] ....Uhh, hey, Starlight...
Brad: Hey...
Peepers: [just stood there staring at him for a while, then looked away awkwardly]
Brad: ...Why?
Peepers: [blinked n glanced briefly at him] Wat?
Brad: Why avoid me...? Have I done something so wrong? (worry)
Peepers: N-No, u didn't do anything wrong... I've just been...busy. U know, the job of a SiC of a conqueror is nvr done...
Brad: But you're able to talk with anyone else, just not me... :( You regret saving me...?
Peepers: No! Why would u think that?
Brad: Well, you won't even look at me! I get I was terrible back then to your boss and such, but this... ;(
Peepers: No, no no no no, it's not tht! I've dealt with ppl worse than tht to my boss. It's just... It's just... Ugh! U wouldn't understand! I don't understand it either!
Brad: ;( And how wouldn't I understand it??
Peepers: Bcoz I... I just... I just...!! Aagghh!! [stomped towards Brad n grabbed him by the collar, pulling him dwn n kissing him deeply]
Brad: (muffled a surprised yelp by Peepers kissing him, but slowly gave into it, wrapping his arms around the Watchdog)
Peepers: [kissed him for quite a while, then realized wat he was doing n quickly squirmed out of Brad's arms] No, no no no, this is not right!
Brad: :O B-but...I thought...
Peepers: I thought so too! I mean, all I did was just save ur sorry ass! That's all I did! It shouldn't be a big deal n it shouldn't matter! Bt it does! It makes me crazy thinking that I'm starting to fall for u, n it's crazy bcoz ur prolly not into dudes, n u having a baby to look after and... And... How do I even know u reli love me bk?! For all I know, ur just doing this coz ur confusing ur gratitude towards me for love!! How do I know all of this is real?! [was a complete rambling mess]
Brad: ... ;( It feels real... but I just don't know myself...
Peepers: See?! U don't know either! How do I know u reli love me?! How? [scratching his head in frustration] Uuughhh!!
Brad: (swallowed) ...Take me out.
Peepers: ....Wat?
Brad: (blushes hard) Th-that is, maybe we should... go out somewhere, see if we're really feeling something for each other ot not? (worry) I'm sorry I brought this up, I'm just trying to, I don't know...
Peepers: Take u out, wen there's tht witch out there on ur heels? I... I can't risk tht. I can't risk u being taken again... Not aftr...
Brad: ...After what...?
Peepers: Aftr... Aftr wat she's done to u... I won't be able to forgive myself if u get caught again... Uuugghhh! This is so frustrating! I shouldnt be feeling this way! I dont evn knw u, I mean, Lord Hater told me abt u, bt not enough for me to reli knw u, bt my heart is just threatening to burst out of my chest evrytime I think abt u, bt I can't allow myself to go any further bcoz we Watchdogs are monogamous! We mate for life! It has to be the right one or we would be in a toxic relationship we can't get out of, n I can't risk falling for u if ur not reli... Not reli... [started hyperventilating, the stress getting to him]
Brad: :O Peepers. Peepers, stop! (grabbed his shoulders)
Peepers: [tries to calm dwn bt still breathing hard]
Brad: (held him) :(
Peepers: [leaned close against Brad's chest, trying to calm dwn his breathing, tho the stress was getting to him]
Brad: ... I'm sorry... :(
Peepers: [shook his head] N...Not ur fault... [calms dwn a little, taking in Brad's scent as he leaned closer]
Brad: (hugged him gently)
Peepers: [the more he took in his scent, the more his body becomes aroused, n the moment he felt some sort of build-up on his crotch, he quickly tear himself away, blushing hard]
Brad: P-Peepers...?
Peepers: I... I'll think abt wat u said. Abt taking u out. I'll let u knw [gets up n tries to find something in his arsenal of tools in his pockets to pick the door open]
Brad: ...Okay. Need help?
Peepers: Nah, I'm good. Lock-picking is one of my specialty. Comes with the territory [starts picking the lock] So... How's Magica?
Brad: He's doing alright. Who knows when he'll start saying his first word. :)
Peepers: Reli? Tht's great. Heh, he prolly doesnt evn remember me, since I've been avoiding u for mths
Brad: Yeah, probably. Who knows
Peepers: Is... it OK if I got visit him? Well, once we get outta this, of course
Brad: Yeah...it's okay for you to see him.
Peepers: Cool, thanks [fiddled some more then soon the door slid open] There, got it
Brad: (nod)
Peepers: Shall we go see Magica now? [tries to be casual now that he's calmed dwn a bit from concentrating on his lock-picking]
Brad: (nod) Sure.
Peepers: [instinctively takes Brad's hand without knowing as they went, almost out of habit, by the time he realized it there was no way he could tear away without looking like a jerk] .... (blush)
Brad: (blush) (walks along with Peepers)
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