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Scared of Losing You

(WARNING: lots of angst but ends really great trust me :) also thanks to mochamouse for giving me the inspiration for this chapter! as I said in my conversations, I'll try to upload as much as I can <3)

One night, Jedediah was working on the train tracks, when he thought it was time for him to see his partner Octavius. He sneaked up on him. 

"Boo!" Jedediah said playfully. "Nice try, my Liege." Octavius giggled. They were having normal talk for a while until one of the Roman generals decided to flex his stuff in front of all the other male generals for sexual attention. Octavius stared for a few seconds but got back to the conversation. Jedediah noticed this but didn't think much of it until his mind forced him to. "Hey, I gotta go see Gigantor about somethin', I'll catcha later, darlin'" Jedediah said, obviously making an excuse to end the conversation, then kissing Octavius. Octavius kissed back. "Until next time, my Liege." Octavius responded, seeing Jedediah leave, get in the car, and drive off. 

"Gigantor!" Jed yelled out the window of his car, "Gigantorrr!!" Larry then noticed him and picked his car up to put on his desk. "Hey, Jed, what's going on?" Larry asked. Jedediah got out of the car and threw his hat on the ground. "It's the Romans! one of 'em's flexing his pecs all over Octavius! I'm gettin' so jealous right now." Jed said, annoyed yet upset. "Woah, that's uh. That's not something I hear every day. So uh, was Octavius looking, or?" Larry asked. "Yes, he was lookin'! I hate when people tease him with this shit! It makes me feel unimportant!" Jed exclaimed. "Oh, hey, hey, hey. I'm sure Octavius still loves you the same. Just because he looked at another guy's muscles doesn't mean that he doesn't love you any less! Plus, he's attracted to the male gender, not just you." Larry tried to calm Jedediah down but failed. "C'mon, that don't feel good to hear, either." Jedediah sulked. "I'm sorry, Jed, I dunno how to help you in this situation. The sun's gonna rise in 5 or so, so let's just wait until tonight, okay?" Larry said. "Yeah, okay." Jedediah balled up his emotions. 

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That night, Jedediah and the rest of the museum awakened from daylight slumber, and he immediately ran over to the Roman empire diorama. He was about to walk in when he saw Octavius talking with the general from the night before. 

"Why, hello there, my emperor." The general said, seeming flirtatious. Jedediah quickly moved his head out of the way so no one would see him. he could feel his eyes starting to moisten, his face becoming red (yk what I mean like when you cry your face gets red? yeah that). He then ran off back into the Wild West diorama, into his tent. 

~Meanwhile, in the Roman empire diorama (Larry's eavesdropping btw)~

Octavius rolled his eyes at this guy's flirty tone. "Hello there. How may I be of assistance to you?" Octavius asked, ingenuously, as this guy is stopping him from seeing Jedediah as he had planned. "Well uh, you could start by asking me out" the general responded, winking. Octavius was angered by this. "Excuse me? are you serious? For your information, I have a partner already. I've announced this to all of the Roman empire. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm leaving now." Octavius said in an annoyed manner. Larry walked away quickly acting like he didn't hear anything.

Later that night, Jedediah was so scared of losing Octavius. he did what he thought would be the only thing to help. He went to the Roman empire, looking for the guy who was flirting with him earlier. "Hey, you! Lemme talk to ya real quick!" Jedediah said, running up to the general. "What is it?" the general asked, giving a snobby look. "Look, I saw you with my pardner earlier. Is-is there some sorta way I could pay ya' ta' stop doin' this, please?" Jedediah had an obvious look of fear and sadness in his eyes. there was no more jealousy, just the look of a man who thinks he's no longer important. "Hm. Alright. What do you have on you?" the general said, a smug smile now on his face. "W-well, it ain't much, but I got some aureus (currency in the roman empire) or however you pronounce it." Jedediah emptied his pockets, his hands cupped together with some change.

~Meanwhile~

Octavius was walking out of his empire home, and around the streets, when he sees... his boyfriend... giving money to... the most flirtatious general in town?! Was he paying him for sex?! He was almost at a loss for words. Somehow, he slipped some words out. 

"Jedediah..." he said. Jedediah perked his head up and turned right around to see his boyfriend, almost in tears. "Octavius! I-" was all Jedediah could say before Octavius ran. Jedediah turned around, looked at the general, and shoved the change at him. "Here you fuckin' go! yer' lucky I'm givin' you that after probably ruinin' our relationship, shithead!" He ran off, looking for Octavius.

"Octavius!" Jedediah yelled, looking for him. Larry was walking around and noticed that Jedediah was looking for Octavius. "Hey, hey, hey, why are you yelling Octavius's name out?" "Oh, Larry! It's just awful! It's all gone awful! I can't find Octavius anywhere!" Jedediah exclaimed, almost in tears again. "he's over by Teddy. Here, I'll getcha there." Larry said, picking Jedediah up and putting him on his shoulder.

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"here you go, Jed." Larry put him down on the floor where Octavius was standing and Teddy was crouching. "Oh, I see Jedediah has arrived. I shall be going now. So long, lads." Teddy said, getting up and going towards Sacagawea's direction. There was a long pause.

"Jedediah. Why were you giving roman currency to one of the most flirtatious men in my empire?" Octavius asked. He looked like he just finished crying. Jedediah finally spoke after 10 seconds of awkward silence. "I can't tell you, you wouldn't understand! You would never see me the same again! I-" "Just tell me! Admit why I shouldn't think it's prostitution-" 

"I was payin' him to stop hittin' on you, okay?! There, I said it. I'm scared of losin' you to that guy. I saw you lookin' at 'im last night. Am I not good enough fer' you? do you need more attractive men?" Jedediah was bawling harder than you could imagine.

 Octavius was left in shock. "Wait, you felt like you weren't good enough for me?! Jedediah, look at me." Octavius cupped Jedediah's cheeks, his face wet from crying. "Don't you ever again think that I would leave you for that stupid man. He thinks he can do whatever, but I will not let him get in the way of our relationship." Octavius looked into Jedediah's irritated crying eyes. "...I'm sorry fer' bein' insecure about our relationship, it-" "no. never apologize for this. This was not your fault. I love you so much. And no matter what, I will never quit you." Octavius said. Jedediah giggled. "you just used my words against me.  I love you so much, Octy." He smiled. "I love you too, Jed." Octavius pressed his lips against Jedediah's. "Now, C'mon, we have some punishments to give to this man for making you feel insecure," Octavius said, getting in their car.

--------Later that Morning------------

"Larry! Come on over to the hall of miniatures with me for a second?" Dr. McPhee called Larry as he was about to leave the building. 

"What's going o-" Larry was about to ask, but cut himself off. he was speechless.  

"Would you care to explain why Jedediah Smith and Julius Caesar are kissing while one of the generals is being cruelly and unusually punished?!" McPhee said, angrily.

oh boy.