Shattered

"Acceptance, but not coming back.. yet." (Chapter 5)

"Actually, me too."

The dally said through his puptag, he confesses that he also loved the shepherd. The shepherd himself suprised that his own best friend is in love with him, too.

"W-wait, y-you're kidding, right?"
"No, Chase. I was also in love with you, but I didn't tell you because I thought that you like Skye, not just a sister, but more than that." Marshall's face went neutral.

"For the first time in my life, Chase, I thought no one would like or love me for who I was, a klutz, a nobody. Not until I hear the words that came out to your own mouth, I felt a sensation between us." The dally confessed, as he was smiling with the words that the shepherd was saying a few minutes.

"Uh, am I the only one who left out between your conversation, you two?" The boy said with jokingly tone. Chase and Marshall felt a bit of embarrassment because they confessed infront of their leader.

"It's ok, you two. I supported you for being who you are. There might some time to come out with the pups, you know." The boy added, earning a small laughter from the dally.

"Oh, Ryder.."
"Marshall, are you sure you're not coming back to the lookout?" Ryder asked the dally.
"Not for now, Ryder. But I'll think about it." The boy smiled for the dally's response.
"So, Marshall.. I..uh, me and you are now together..?" The shepherd asked the dally. The dally himself smiled, knowing what his answer would be. "Yes, Chase, you and me. Together." Marshall ended their call right away after saying the last word.

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In the watchtower, the shepherd felt his heart enlightened after hearing the word 'together'. He is now finally dating his best friend, also his everything.

I promise, Marshall. I will be there to comfort you when you come back. The shepherd thought. The boy giggled and ruffle his back. "So, that was really quick, Chase. To think you can confess to him confidentially." Ryder stated as Chase smiled at him.

"It may take some time to build up the confidence, and also the Patience, Ryder." Stated the shepherd.
"By the way, Ryder, I never heard you say those words to me." Added Chase, Ryder blush a bit about the shepherd's sentences.
"W-what do you mean, Chase? I'm just proud of you, that's all." The boy sheepishly smiled. Then Chase smirked a little, he also never heard Ryder stuttering. "Do you mind if.." Chase walked slowly to him, Ryder walks back with 2 steps, while the shepherd takes the same as him. "..who you admire, Ryder, sir~?" Chase pretends to flirt with Ryder, but the boy instantly looked away while covering his own mouth. The shepherd laughed at his owner, his actions is so hilarious, he can't stop laughing.

"Ryder, I'm just kidding." Chase shed a happy tear that fell. "I'm not forcing you to tell who you admire. It's totally fine. But if you are ready to tell me, just tell me." The shepherd smiled, the boy turmed around and just sighed. "I admire Carlos, Chase." The boy instantly said, making Chase make his jaw dropped. "WHAT!?"

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Marshall made it to Jake's mountain, he goes the way up and stop to his tracks when he notice the snow is covering up the road. The dally groaned to himself. Why, just why? The frustation of the dally was through his thought.

Wait, I can just call Everest to clear a path for me. I'm so dumb! The dally thought, laughter was heard to himself. He reached out his puptag, calling Everest. "Marshall to Everest, are you there?"

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Welcome to Jake's mountain, where you experience snowboarding and a sight that is also beautiful. The owner of the snowboarding area is obviously the one who named the mountain, Jake, with his pup, Everest.

Everest receives a call when she heard the voice of a pup. "Marshall to Everest, are you there?" The husky gasps when he heard the name Marshall. "Yes, I am here. What do you need, Marshall?"

(A/N: Everest is not in Love with Marshall, they have been best friends since she was recruited from the Paw Patrol.)

"Uh, I'm was on my way there, and I need help getting there." The husky was suprised, Marshall is coming to Jake's cabin. "Really? That's great! But why do you need help, though?" She asked the dally.

"You see, there's full of snow infront of me, I don't even see a road. But good thing no one followed me, or would have been a disaster!" The dally stated, Everest smiled brightly. "Oki, it's a piece of cake! I'm on my way!" She ended the call with the dally and rides to her snowplow, was about to go when his owner stooped her.

"Woah there, Eve. Where are you even going?" The young boy asked the husky.
"I'm going to get Marshall on the road, Jake. There was a snow covering the road." "Marshall? Well, that's great!" Jake smiled reassuredly to his pup. "And I think that is the cause of a snowstorm just an hour ago." He added. "Yikes! Good thing some of your snowboarders came here early." "Yeah, I know. Now go get Marshall, we don't want him to be stranded, do we?" Jake laughs, and so as Everest. She gets going, waving her paw to Jake.

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Marshall was waiting for the husky for half a minute. "Dang, where is she?" Suddenly, he heard a enging revving coming towards his way. It was giving the snow out of its way for the cars to go.

"Everest! Thank god you're here!" The husky stopped to her tracks and smiled while looking at the dally. "Sorry that I kept you wait here, hehe." Everest chuckled nervously, earning a small laughter from Marshall.

"That's ok, Eve! Now let's go!" The dally and the husky drove towards the mountain.

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"Ryder, you didn't tell me about this! AAAAAHHHHHH, RYDER FELL IN LOVE WITH CARLOS, RYDER FELL IN LOVE WITH CARLOS!" The shepherd fangirled himself after knowing Ryder's crush.

"Chase, keep your mouth shut!" Ryder groaned and still, the shepherd continued to tease Ryder.

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Inside the lookout lounge, they ate their breakfast, but suddenly suprised to hear a certain shepherd shouting at the top. They can hear it all the way down.

"Uh, something the matter with Chase?" The mix-breed asked, the 2 pups just gestures that they don't know. "How about you, Skye?" He looked at the cockapoo.

"Huh? Oh, I don't know also.. wait, why am I talking to you?" She rolled her eyes, knowing that they've still hurt the dally's heart.

"Skye, just get over it. Past is past and never discuss! We just told him the truth about being him." The mix-breed stated, rather an upset. "I can't believe you still have it on your mind." He added.

"So what's the problem with that, Rocky? Do you feel ashamed you three insulted Marshall for who he was?" Rocky backed out a bit, still glaring at her.

"Ugh, why should I waste my time talking to you, anyways!" Rocky rolled his eyes. "Uh, excuse YOU, you're the one who talked to me, first." Skye rolled her eyes again.

"Guys, just stop it! We are just having a nice breakfast here and we heard Chase shouting and it is hurting my goddang ears, and now you two arguing! Just stop!" The bulldog stopped the two, the two just looked away at each other. "Tsk!" Was they heard after looking away to each other.

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"Hey, how about we invite Tracker and Carlos here for a sleepover, so.. you know." Chase smirked a bit, nudging on the boy's shoulder.
"Chase, you know I'm still afraid to confess to him, what if he is not into me? I also don't know if he is straight as heck or gay like me!"

"Ryder, don't overthink yourself about that. It doesn't matter if he's straight or not, as long as you confess yourself to him." Chase reassured Ryder, the boy kneel down to the shepherd's height and rubs him. "I didn't know I had a lucky pup." Ryder said smiling. "And I didn't know I had a lucky owner like you." Chase licks his cheeks. Ryder just laughs about it.

"I might just have to confess to him, either rejected or not." Ryder stands up and looks outside. "That's my owner right there!" Chase smiled brightly, the shepherd knew he had a confidence to tell him, even if it's a worth a risk, but have to try.