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STORY 2; CHEATER. - Captain Baby Bronco x Emmet Ellis. (?)

Cheerful giggle and laughter emmited from a room. Curious, Emmet slowly peeked through the crack in the door to discover a familiar green space suit-wearing gentle gaint and another of a profound liar in the shuttle. His own boyfriend having quite a laugh with his close friend... Emmet wanted to investigate further, slowly opening the door further to discover something that could only cause him to become insubordinate towards the shuttle's friendliest captain.

To explain this sudden reaction of anger, I need to explain to you just how close Captain Baby Bronco and crewmate Emmet Ellis were with eachother.
On the first day, Baby had already gained the trust of fellow Emmet and Maegan, who will become more relevant later, which then quickly became a solid friendship. However, Emmet was also close friends with fellow crewmate Tom Thomson, as I've seen through their personal interactions.
Mind you, I personally wouldn't have interest in this melodrama between the crewmates and their captain, but it all happened so suddenly and so recently. If you're wondering—everyone is doing fine as of now. Emmet's exploring Robotofu with a gun and mask while the rest are sound asleep, except for Tom, of course. He is waiting for Emmet to return safely once more.
As I was saying, Captain Bronco had formed a close bond with Emmet Ellis overtime and eventually, a loving relationship had formed between the ginger and brunette. Even with Baby's lack of intelligence (to put it kindly...), Emmet still felt a close connection to the captain, never wanting to leave his side.
Until a week ago, when Baby was starting to get suspiciously close to Tom, even going as far as to make him secret gifts, but whenever Emmet asked about this sudden friendship, Baby completely dismisses it entirely, almost as if he were hiding something.
"Captain?... I just want to make sure that... you're not cheating on me... are you?..." Emmet asked, rubbing his arm nervously, trying to chuckle to make this situation less awkward.
"Cheating?" Bronco was taken aback, looking at Emmet with a rather angrily disturbed look.
"What? Do you not trust me anymore?... I thought we had something special, you could always trust me, Emmet!" Baby defended himself, making several arm motions that looked even horrifying to someone like Emmet.
"No, I trust you, but..." Ellis was cut off by Bronco before he could even finish his sentence.
"But what? Am I not good enough for you?!" Bronco asked, having tears form in his eyes. But yet something about his tone seemed off, almost as if he were attempting to guilt-trip the poor brunette.
"Look, I'm sorry for... doubting you, okay?..." Emmet took a deep breath in and out, appearing visibly upset over this whole ordeal, only wanting to clarify his and Bronco's relationship, but now Emmet was starting to doubt it. However, he attempted to justify it mentally that maybe he was just jumping to conclusions and that maybe he should just give Captain Baby Bronco a chance, but all of this made Emmet feel insanely horrible anyway.
"And you're sorry?" Bronco crossed his arms, scoffing and looking off to the side. He was acting over-dramatic.
"Talk to me when you're actually sorry, Emmet." The ginger rolled his eyes and walked off into a room, leaving poor Ellis alone.
"Wait, but..." Emmet couldn't finish his sentence as the captain had already slammed the door shut. Even for someone who was generally really good at befriending the crew members, even this was out of character for the captain. No, he was obviously hiding something and to someone like me, it'd be clear as day that this obviously wasn't normal in any way, shape or form. But what do I know? Emmet just believes that the captain could've been in a bad mood because of the sudden confrontation, he would be too, but just something still didn't sit well with Ellis.

Going back to where I'd left off, Emmet had walked in on his dearest Baby Bronco and his bestest friend—Tom Thomson—getting matching tattoos of eachother. However, it was only Bronco the one getting the tattoo for now. Emmet was in shock, standing still at the door frame with a face that could only describe rage and sadness as tears slowly formed in the corners of his eyes.
"It's... not what it looks like, Emmet!" Bronco panicked, getting up and trying to reason with Emmet.
"No, I've seen enough!... you... you lied to me!..." Emmet shouted, running over to the two and grabbing the handmade tattoo gun and pressing it against Tom's head.
"Put it down, Em. That's not how tattoo guns work..." Tom explained to Emmet who was trying to keep his shaky breath steady, even shivering himself. Emmet was devastated that Bronco would cheat on him with his friend. His bestest friend. And now Emmet couldn't look at them both the same way.
"Emmet..." Baby said in a gentle tone, trying to calm the brunette crewmate, who lost his grip on the tattoo gun and ran away, sobbing. I then commented, "You made an enemy today, Captain...".
Tom looked towards Captain Bronco, his face that of disgust.
"What's wrong with you?..." Was all that left Tom's mouth as he left the room to go think for himself for a moment. Bronco stood alone, thinking that Emmet wouldn't have found out and that he'd be able to continue his affair as ever. If only that's how things worked.

Emmet ran to his only other friend, Maegan who happily comforted Ellis. No wonder why Mann was considered the mother of the crew, she held Ellis in a comforting hug and let the poor brunette weep onto the shoulder of Maegan, followed by gentle sounds of shushing and a few 'it's going to be okay' and so on. She made Ellis feel comfortable enough to speak his mind to the woman, venting to her about the drama that went on between him, Bronco and Thomson. Maegan listened and understood what he was going through, even giving him the best advice that she could offer.

Meanwhile, Tom was contemplating silently of what he was just dragged into. Baby had reassured Tom several times that he never had anything going on between Emmet and that they were 'just close buddies'. Now Tom understands what it feels to be lied to, at least to this degree. He felt truly horrible for trusting someone like the captain, even going as far as to retaliate against him with Emmet. But now, he'll have to talk with Ellis himself, but Thomson isn't at all certain if Emmet even wants to look at him, and understandably so as this was the same person who Ellis's own boyfriend cheated on with, so Tom decided to give Emmet some time and space for now.

After a day has passed since the oh-so-tragic drama that'd happen between the trio, Emmet had finally calmed down enough to not immediately burst into tears. Poor Ellis who looked so broken down. Dry tear stains ran down his cheeks while his eyes were a puffy red. Tom could only feel sympathy towards the distraught crewmate, eventually telling Emmet to follow him because Tom wanted to have a serious discussion with Ellis personally. And so, the two walked into an isolated room away from the rest. I would doccument Maegan's scolding of the captain, but that's not what you're here for, is it?
Tom put both of his hands on Emmet's shoulders and looked at him, frowning.
"You're not the only one who was lied to, Em." Tom started, wiping off a dry tear stain off of Emmet's cheek.
"What... did he lie to... you about?..." Emmet asked, his breath shaky as new tears formed in the corners of his eyes for a second time.
"He told me that... he had nothing to do with you." Tom mumbled, cupping Emmet's face in his palm to make an effort to calm the messy brunette down at least a bit more.
"I trusted him, believe me, but now that I look at it... you didn't deserve him. No, we didn't deserve him." Tom mumbled, looking into the eyes of a teary Emmet Ellis, who didn't even have the words to speak, only letting out more cries. Eventually, Emmet hugged Tom tightly, hugging him. The hug was full of apologies and Tom's best effort at calming down Ellis, running his finger's through Emmet's dark, beautiful hair.

After Emmet Ellis had calmed down (AGAIN.), he looked at Tom Thomson and sniffled.
"Thank you for... understanding me..." Emmet gave a small smile.
"Cheer up, Em. The only thing we need is eachother. So, what do you say? Let love give another go?..." Tom smiled back at Emmet, cupping the other's face on his hands gently. Emmet gave a nod, comfortably resting in the hands of Tom before the most, truly surprising thing happened.
Usually, I'd spare you the details of all the unnecessary affection such as cuddles and kisses, but even to a robot like me, it was... pretty sweet and adorable.
Tom surprised Emmet with a kiss on the lips, closing his eyes as soon as their lips met. Emmet's face turned into a deep red, even comparable to that of a lobster. Really, if you were me, you would've thought that Emmet caught a disease or something. But, Emmet eventually closed his eyes too and leaned into the kiss which progressively became more passionate. If I were honest with you, the kissing session lasted the whole entire day. For 10 hours. Jesus, how do they not get tired? If it matters, Emmet and Tom fell asleep with eachother, both cuddling one another in their deep slumber. Truly, I'll never understand this level of intimacy, it looks so boring and dumb.

Meanwhile, Maegan was still angrily scolding Captain Bronco, even cursing him out as 'politely' as she possibly could, not letting the captain's friendliness deceive the old lady. Soon enough, everyone had turned against Baby Bronco and so, he was kicked off from the shuttle and me? I just became the new captain instead.

If you're wondering who I am, despite the very obvious signs of who I may be—I am A.S.T.R.O, tasked with helping the captain in any way that I possibly can. Don't worry, everyone is safe in my hands, though my new form might be a bit threatening to some, I can assure you that everyone has never been happier and safer with me, Astro, as the new captain. However, they couldn't make that choice anyway because I am quite literally apart of this shuttle. We've peacefully resided in Phonobos and the crew will stay under my care until they eventually all three travel away to a peaceful place they may call home once and for all. And as for ex-captain Baby Bronco—he died.

Total word count; 1824 words.