Battle Born

56: Fear Initiated

The men joined in the conference room with another job well done. "Renegabe you have done it again." Parker laughed. "Really, stop calling me that." Gabe stated as he glared at his brother. "Renegabe, that's fucking genius!" Kyle laughed. "Why the fuck haven't we been calling him this sooner?!" He added as Gabe looked over to him. "Don't even start!" Gabe stated as he went to his spot. "When do I get a cool nickname? I don't want to be known as the kid." Tommy stated as he walked in. "That's your nickname, kid." Rory stated as he walked in and patted him on the back. "I'm nineteen. I'm not a kid." Tommy insisted as he sat down.

"Look, you have absolutely no experience under your belt yet. Haven't even popped your cherry in a battle or espionage work. You'll get a nickname when you get out in the field." Billy stated. "You would know a thing or two about popping cherries huh?" Kyle insisted as he looked over at Billy. "Jealous?" Billy asked. "Of your tiny dick, no." Kyle stated. "Against you, I got nothing super dong." Billy stated as the men laughed. "I don't understand why you all look at each other's dicks." Tommy insisted. "How can you miss Wheeler's; it will bite you in the shower if you aren't paying attention." Parker stated. "It's the only thing I truly have." Kyle said with a big smile as Luka walked into the room. "Renegabe, you did great today." Luka stated as the men burst out laughing. "How the hell did you get him to say that?" Gabe laughed. "It took a lot of convincing." Parker laughed out.

The men debrief and went their separate ways back to their bunks. Kyle followed Luka to the bunk. He stopped after the door closed. "So how long has this been going on?" Kyle asked as Luka turned around and looked at him confused. "What are you talking about?" Luka asked. "You and Billy. How long has that been going on?" He asked again. Luka kept his eyes on him as he shook his head. "I don't know what you are talking about." Luka insisted. "You're the worst liar. I can smell his cologne on you, and I can smell it in our bunk." Kyle stated as he crossed his arms to his chest. Luka kept his eyes on Kyle.

The men stared at each other as Luka finally broke the silence. "Not long. It happened before, but I panicked." Luka admitted as Kyle raised his eyebrow. "Don't get jealous now." Luka stated as Kyle walked over to him. "I'm not jealous. Far from it. I'm looking out for you." Kyle insisted. "I don't need looked out for on this." Luka spoke as he ran his hands through his hair. "I understand that, but as your best friend; you automatically get my protection. Now how the fuck did this happen?" Kyle asked in shock as he sat down on his bed. Luka sighed as he sat down on his own bed. "Remember the mission we had and Dr. Malcolmson got a hold of him, so I had to go solo to get him?" Luka asked as Kyle nodded his head.

"I don't know why, but I just felt relieved to see he was ok, and I just kissed him. He looked at me and smiled and said he didn't mind. It's this energy I feel from him. I'm drawn to it. I had been having these thoughts in my head, but it's depravity. I ignored him for weeks. and he finally caught me alone. He just kept telling me. We try it and if you don't like it. Then we don't have to do it again. So, we did it, and I told him I didn't like it. He' was so upset. His energy was off, and it was weird." Luka admitted. "Is that when he was going around being an ass for how long?" Kyle asked as Luka nodded. "I couldn't live with what I did with him, because it's bad. It's bad to be with a man, but I lied to him. I liked it. So, I finally told him the truth, and we just kept things hidden. We haven't done that again, I'm not ready for that yet, but we kiss a lot. I like being around him." Luka spilled his words out.

Kyle sat quietly for a moment as he put his arm around his friend. "Hollywood, really?" Kyle asked. "This is not the time to finally come out as gay Hawk." Luka stated. Kyle chuckled as he stood back up. "You're the fag. I'm just going to grab your ass more. Got to show my dominance over the situation." Kyle stated. "You're not mad?" Luka asked.