"Choose me, Henry."

Chapter 9: Jealousy Thy Name Is Rupert

A/N: I know there's already a chapter with this title, but the only difference in the title is Rupert is now acting like a jealous guy.

Henry doesn't want to face The Toppat Clan, but he has to. However, he's hoping to find Burt again. And to make things more complicated is he still in love with Burt or he's falling out of love with him cause he's falling in love with a certain spiky boy?

The General dismissed them and everyone went out of the tent. The trio saw Henry hadn't spoken a word, they looked over at him and saw he was still trembling. Rupert was about to ask Henry if he was okay when he ran away from them, Rupert was about to follow him, but Dave stopped him.

"Don't," Dave said firmly. "We need to leave him alone. We will check on him later, okay?"

Rupert wanted to argue, but Dave was right. He nodded as he huffed, he crossed his arms as Charles came over to them. Rupert stared at Charles for a moment, and Charles stared back at him in confusion. "What?" Charles asked.

"What's with you and Henry earlier?" Rupert demanded stiffly. 

Charles furrowed his brow, "What do you mean by that?" he questioned slowly.

"Both of your faces were red as soon you guys looked at each other," Rupert replied in annoyance.

Charles's eyes widen as his face becomes a tomato, "Oh! Right... Henry told you I invited him to the bar." 

"Yes, and now what happened at the bar?"

Charles didn't respond to him, he was thinking about what answer to come up with to give to Rupert, he didn't want to tell him the truth. Rupert saw Charles didn't respond to him right away, Charles looked away from him as he felt nervous, Rupert then had an idea. "Charles, did you kiss Henry?" Rupert asked sharply with a hint of jealousy in his tone.

Charles stepped back in surprise, "Whaaaaaaat?" he replied as he laughed sheepishly, he rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. 

Rupert stared at Charles as he saw Charles denying, Dave was watching the scene like a person who didn't want to be part of a debate. "Okay...what's going on?" Dave thought. "First, we were talking about Henry then to Charles kissing him... Also, why is Rupert acting...off?"

Dave studied Rupert's body language as he saw Rupert asking Charles again, Charles denied it again, but Rupert was not having it. "You kissed Henry, don't deny it, Charles!" Rupert exclaimed.

"Gah! I did...so what?" Charles said.

"Was he drunk?"

"No, I was."

Rupert shook his head in disgust, "Why did you do that?" he asked.

Charles rubbed his arms awkwardly as he looked away from him, he glanced back at Rupert. "I don't know...I was drunk and I wasn't thinking," he murmured. 

"I know you have feelings for him, but I don't think it was a good idea to kiss him."

"I know..."

"After all, you still are bullying him, and you've probably given him the wrong idea," Rupert said tiredly. 

Charles nodded, he wanted Henry to like him, however, it would take him a while to get Henry to like him. Suddenly Charles had a thought, he stared at Rupert as he narrowed his eyes. "Why are you so interested in me kissing Henry?" he asked suspiciously.

Dave who was still watching the scene felt his eyes widen as Rupert's face paled, Dave saw Rupert standing still. "Uh...no reason," Rupert replied as he didn't meet Charles's eyes, his face now pink.