"Choose me, Henry."

Chapter 15: All I Have

Burt and Henry have finally reunited, but it's not a happy one nor it's a bad one. Meanwhile, Calvin and Konrad want to help Rupert get with Henry. How you may ask? Well, these are the Bukowski twins, they come up with stupid ideas. 

Burt and Henry kissed for a while until they stopped to breathe. Henry was now noticing what Burt was wearing, he was wearing all black instead of his usual suit. His tophat was missing, but in its place was a black beanie, and he was still wearing his signature headphones under his beanie. He would look pretty good if Henry could see him, Henry then felt overwhelmed.

Burt saw Henry look like he was about to panic. Before he could ask what was wrong, Henry slapped him across the face. Burt was shocked as he felt a stinging sensation on his cheek, he then stared at Henry in confusion. Henry was now glaring at him as he was still crying except they were not tears of joy, "Where were you!?" he hissed as he whispered. "Where have you been!? I was so worried about you! And how come you just have now come to find me!?"

Burt immediately went to hug him, "Shhhh. It's okay, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you." he said softly. "But I'm here now."

Henry looked up at Burt as he hugged him tighter, "Are you sure?" he asked.

Burt nodded as he kissed him on the forehead, he then sat Henry and him down on the ground. A few minutes later, Henry ceased his sobbing. He then looks up at Burt who smiles at him, it is rare to see a smile, but Henry always loves his smile. "So, are you going to tell me why you didn't come to get me sooner?" Henry asked gently.

Burt took a deep breath as he closed his eyes and then exhaled as he opened his eyes, "Well... After you killed Reginald...let's just say Sven has got off the deep end." he explained sadly. "Sven has been trying to build the Toppat Clan and he has been going crazy ever since. Some of the toppat members miss you and want to talk about you, but...Sven goes ballistic when someone mentions your name."

Henry was listening to Burt's explanation as he listened to his heartbeat, "And the reason it took me so long to find you is that I thought you were dead." Burt continued. "I didn't get a note you were alive until a source told me you were alive."

"What source is that?" Henry questioned curiously.

"Don't worry about it," Burt replied.

Henry grumbled as he buried his face into Burt's chest, "I can't stay long, I escape from Sven." Burt said sadly but firmly. "Sven has got a tight leash on me and the other toppats."

Henry nodded as he continued hugging Burt, Burt did the same thing. They both sat in silence while hugging until Burt had to leave, Burt didn't want to leave Henry, but he didn't want to get caught. Burt and Henry share a goodbye kiss and Burt leaves. Henry sighed heavily as he went back to his tent to sleep.

The next day, Calvin and Konrad were standing a few feet away from Rupert's tent.

They were trying to come up with a plan to help Rupert get Henry, it was kind of tough until Calvin had an idea. "How about we talk to them?" Calvin suggested to Konrad.

Konrad looked kind of anxious about that, "I don't know. Rupert is hard to deal with when he's unemotionally unstable, and I don't want to make him more unstable than he already is." he replied nervously.

"That's why I'm going to talk to Rupert and you are going to talk to Henry," Calvin said as smiled, but on the inside, he was terrified.

"You must be either the bravest man alive or the dumbest," Konrad commented.

"What?" Calvin said as he didn't hear Konrad.

"Okay, the dumbest," Konrad replied in a sardonic tone.