Joel's POV - 3rd person
"I wonder if would white hair suit me,"
Joel pondered, thinking out loud. "I wonder if white hair would suit me," Impulse stated, sitting next to Joel outside.
Joel turned to look at Impulse. "Now I would not want to imagine that," Joel laughed, Impulse playfully punching him in the shoulder. "Don't act as if you would look bad in white, either," Impulse replied.
Etho and Bdubs finally were in sight (wherever they were; him and Impulse were waiting for them), which Joel and Impulse took as their cue to leave. They both waved each other goodbye, as Joel met up with Etho to head back to their Relation-ship.
Joel walked beside Etho, who was walking in a suspiciously fast pace. "Hello Etho! How was Bdubs?" Joel asked genuinely, his accent making 'Etho' sound like 'Eefo'.
"Oh, uh, he said he was doing good," Etho nervously replied, fixing his mask which Joel thought was weird, but shrugged it off. Etho's always weird. My weirdo, Joel thought, dreamily thinking about him and Etho.
Joel was lucky to have Etho as a soulmate; after being alone for the past 2 series, he was glad to finally have an ally.
Joel and Etho arrived back at the Relation, Etho quickly going to bed while Joel tried to catch up.
"Etho... is something wrong? You're acting so strange," Joel said, out of breath as his brows furrowed together. "Nothings wrong, Joel. Just go to bed," Etho smiled, obviously worrying about something.
"Alright Etho, whatever you say," Joel sighed, getting into bed next to Etho. Etho planted a kiss on Joel as Joel closed his eyes as he smiled; he loved his life with Etho.
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Etho's POV - 3rd person
Etho stayed awake.
He was restless; of course he was, he was thinking about that moment.
He listened to the quiet atmosphere, Joel's soft snores and breaths filling in the emptiness.
Etho sighed, closing his eyes.
Bdubs kissed Etho. He kissed Etho; and Etho let it happen, kissing Bdubs himself.
Etho doesn't know why Bdubs kissed him; Bdubs had a happy marriage with Impulse, while Etho had a happy Relation-ship with Joel, so why?
Etho felt so guilty. He doesn't want to leave Joel, but he loved Bdubs too. He heard his communicator by his nightstand ping.
<BDoubleO100> BDoubleO100 whispered to you: Etho
<BDoubleO100> BDoubleO100 whispered to you: Can we talk? About earlier in the forest? I want to apologize.
You whisper to BDoubleO100: Sure. Meet me there in 5.
Etho quietly got up from bed, putting on his jacket and shoes. He kissed Joel on the forehead and left, without waking him up.
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Etho arrived in the forest, near Bdubs and Impulse's house, the trees blocking out most of the moonlight. He saw Bdubs waiting in a clearing. He approached him.
"Hi Bdubs. How are you?" Etho asked; this is the most awkward he's ever felt towards Bdubs.
"Hi, I'm good. Sorry to bother you or wake you up," said Bdubs nervously, picking on his fingers. "It's ok, I couldn't sleep anyway," Etho reassured.
"Listen, I'm really sorry for.. kissing you earlier. I guess I didn't move on..," Bdubs sighed, feeling guilty. Etho didn't know what to say; Bdubs has been there for him in Last Life. Hell, he loved him in Last Life; how could he move on so quickly from him?
