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"Thanks Tech. If you weren't a coyote and a guy, I'd kiss ya" Those words echoed in Tech's head throughout the night, making it hard to concentrate on sleeping. "It's not that important, he didn't mean
anything by it.
It's just something he said in the moment that's all" Tech said to reassure himself "right?" Tech continued to think about what Rev said and if there was a deeper meaning behind it. The next morning Tech was sitting at his desk trying to figure out if there a hidden meaning behind what Rev said but before he could figure it out an alarm with Ace's voice came on.
"Attention Loonatics! There's a monster downtown reeking havoc and we all know that we can't have that now can we? So let's jet and get a move on!" "I guess this will have to wait" Tech said sounding a bit defeated, While running down the hallway of the HQ Tech was met upon by Duck. "Betcha I can make it to the battlefield before you do" Duck gloated. "Ha! In your dreams maybe" Tech snarled back. "That's cute boys" a voice from behind said "But I'd rather focus on reality" the voice turned out to be Rev. This caused Tech to loose sight of where he was running, causing him to crash into Duck. Sending them both flying. "Ow! I think you broke something" Duck wheezed "You mean something other than your enormous ego?" Tech remarked while rubbing his head.
"You guys ok?" Rev asked with concern. "I....I...I" Tech stammered which was odd, it's not like the two of them haven't talked before but something about having Rev on his mind and seeing him in person had the poor coyote dumbfounded. Rev reached out his hand to help the boys up. At first Tech hesitated but grabbed on anyway.
"Ahem! Aren't you forgetting someone?" "Oops, sorry" Rev said while giving a Duck a literal hand. "Thank you, now if you excuse me I mustn't keep my public waiting" Duck said trying to sound suave and heroic. "Try not to run into any doors on the way there" Rev said with an iota of sarcasm and glee" "Stuff it!" Duck retorted back while on his way to the jet.
An aura of awkward silence filled the air as the two heroes just stood there gazing at one another. "So....what's new with you?" Rev asked Tech sounding generally curious. "I....um.." Tech said while trying to structure the words to make a coherent sounding sentence. Before Tech could find the words, the alarm came back on. "Tech, Rev where are you two? We need to get moving!"Ace said "Oh that sounds like the boss and we shouldn't keep him waiting so.....see ya!" Tech said while hurrying down the rest of the hallway. "Yeah...see ya" Rev said confused and a bit crestfallen.
Tech knew that just leaving Rev alone back there was kinda harsh and rude, but the more time spent around Rev the more awkward things would be. While trying to find somewhere to sit down Tech suddenly felt a whoosh of air pass by him, it was Rev. "Hey man are you ok? You seem....jumpier than usual. Tech felt a tiny sting of embarrassment in that moment and tried to regain his composure. Ace came over to see if everything was alright. "You two alright? You were kinda taking your time there" "I...." Was all Tech could say before Rev chimed in to interrupt. "Oh yeah, we're fine we just had a little accident in the hallway. But we're ripsnorting and ready to go, Ace" Rev said before giving a thumbs up at the end.
Ace just smiled warmly in return. "Ok guys let's go take that monster down!" "So like I was saying.....Tech?" Rev said without noticing that in that split second Tech had found himself sitting next to Duck. "Okaaay....we'll talk later...I guess" Rev said with a bittersweet sigh before sitting down next to Lexi. Tech felt awful, it's not that he was purposefully trying to avoid Rev out of spite. It's just that he was dealing with some complicated feelings and in typical Tech fashion, he had to deal with them alone. Or at least that's what he thought.
Duck noticed that something was up with Tech, so in typical Duck fashion he decided to pester him until he was ready to crack. "Soooo....what's going on between you and Rev?" Tech blushed for a moment before darting his eyes away. "Nothing" Tech remarked. "Then why are you acting so weird?" Duck asked with a irritating tone to his voice. "Because....I'm a weird person?" Tech said with some awkwardness in his voice. "Well yeah, you are but there's something about today that's making you act super weird, and I'm gonna find out what it is" Duck said almost sounding triumphant.
Tech gulped, he didn't want Duck sticking his noise where it didn't belong. Unfortunately that was something Duck was really good at and took the utmost pride in. "Does it have something to do with Rev?" Duck pestered. Tech felt his blood run cold, in that moment he felt like he needed to distract him somehow. "Uh Duck, are those your screaming and adoring fans outside?" "Oh no, you're not getting off that easy" Duck said "Crap" Tech thought "Duck's not as dumb as he looks, but that still doesn't make him any less of an attention seeking, loud-mouthed, glory-hound with just a hint of narcissism" "What could it be, what could it be" Duck said And then the thought came to him, a delicious thought that Duck wanted to blurt out but instead decided to whisper in Tech's ear just to savor the moment.
"Could it be that you fell in love with our talkative little friend?" Duck asked with a smirk. At that moment Tech felt his heart sink and he began to sweat. He didn't know what to do in that moment, if he denied it Duck would continue to poke and pester but if he confirmed it, it would just add on to the feeling of discomfort and awkwardness that he was already feeling. "I..." Before Tech could try to give a direct answer or find a way to weasel his way out of the situation. Ace's voice came in over the intercom. "Loonatics, we've reached our destination, get ready to kick some monster butt!" "We're not finished with this conversation" Duck sneered "That's what I'm afraid of" Tech thought and the sad thing was that this was only the beginning of his awkward adventure on the rollercoaster ride that is love.