Late Night Smoke Breaks (Quackbur)

Chapter 6

Wilbur rushed through the sands of Las Nevadas in the bright morning air, desperately hoping he hadn't missed Tommy. He ran for about five minutes until he saw an annoyed Tommy with his arms crossed, waiting impatiently outside the bottom of the Space Needle.
"Where were you?!" Tommy asked annoyedly, seeing Wilbur running up to him. "I've been here for... what, fifteen minutes?"
"Sorry, Toms," Wilbur said, gasping for breath, "uh, kind of long story."
Tommy grinned knowingly.
"Is it? What happened? Do I finally have a brother-in-law, or were you a fuckin' pussy?"

Wilbur sighed. "Okay, I'm pretty sure I got somewhere, but I don't think we kissed?"
"How would you not know?" Tommy scoffed.
"Well, uhm, we went to a bar. To drink. You know, as friends. And then we both got drunk as hell, but nothing happened between us, I don't think?" Wilbur hastily explained.
"Pussy," Tommy said. "Let's go in, or are you waiting for your fuckin' boyfriend?"
"He- I- he isn't- he isn't my boyfriend!" Wilbur spluttered, going red in the face. "Okay, maybe I like him-"
"You told me about your paralysing crush on him literally yesterday, idiot."
"Oh yeah."

"Are we gonna stand outside in the sand, or actually go inside?" Tommy asked annoyedly, as there was a voice behind him.
"Wilbur!"
Wilbur turned to see Quackity rushing towards him.
"Q! We were just going to go inside, you came at the right time," Wilbur said, his expression brightening instantly. 
"I'm glad," Quackity said, catching his breath. "Hi Tommy, haven't seen you in a while."
"I've heard all about you," Tommy said annoyedly, "because Wilbur won't stop going on about his-"
"Friendship! With you!" Wilbur interrupted, blushing, knowing full well that Tommy would have definitely told Quackity about Wilbur's crush at any chance he got.

"Uh... yeah. Our friendship is great," Quackity said. "Anyway, Tommy, how are you liking Las Nevadas?"
"Too much fuckin' sand," Tommy grumbled. "Also, why do you have to light up your neon signs in the middle of the day? Bit of a waste of energy or whatever, innit?"
"Yeah, sorry about that, you gotta do what you gotta do to get business. You'll understand when you're older," Quackity replied with a shrug. "Should we go inside, or..?"
"Yeah," Wilbur said.
"That's what I've been fuckin' saying! Of course when I say it Wilbur doesn't care, but when his-"
"-good friend-"
"-says it, he's all 'oh wow you're so right mister handsome man'!" Tommy finished annoyedly.

"You think I'm handsome?" Quackity asked Wilbur quietly, going in the Space Needle, Wilbur following him and Tommy at the back.
"Well, uh, um, maybe- it doesn't mean I like you!- but yeah, you're handsome," Wilbur said, blushing crimson.
"Thank you, Wilbur. And, for the record, I think you're handsome as well," Quackity said with a wink.
A breathless Wilbur swallowed thickly, not knowing what to say, his cheeks even redder than they were before and butterflies flying around in his stomach.
"I- um, th-thank you, Quackity."

"Stop with the flirting, I want to see your office so I can steal your stuff," Tommy said from behind them, completely deadpan.
Both Quackity and Wilbur blushed at having been called out and both started retaliating to Tommy's comment at the same time.
"That was not flirting-"
"It's completely okay to compliment someone without it being flirting-"
"Tommy, I swear to God-"
"We're just friends-"
Tommy didn't even care that they'd stopped to be annoyed at him; he casually walked straight past him, ignoring the strings of protests that followed him.

"I can tell that Tommy doesn't really like you," Quackity murmured to Wilbur, who chuckled softly.
"He's a good kid. He loves me, really, he's just having a hard time with things right now, you know?" Wilbur murmured back. "I mean, Ranboo was one of his closest friends."
"Yeah, poor kid... I feel bad for him."
"Are you guys fuckin' coming or what?" Tommy called, already at the elevator. "I swear to God, I'm just gonna go around Las Nevadas by myself and let you two flirt on your own."
"There's going to be no need for that, Tommy," Wilbur said with a laugh, heading towards the elevator, Quackity close behind.