Rouxe Family Mafia

Rival

"Hey there! Where's my girl?" A short, muscular man exclaimed, walking up to us.
"Dre! It's nice to see you again, and I've come here for not just the check up, but to introduce our newest member, Maddox."
"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Dre." Maddox said shyly.
"Aww, he's cute! And hey bro, don't be so formal with me, I'm just another guy here. Another guy looking to win over miss Yang's heart." Dre whispered that last part.
"Oh my boys, already keeping secrets from me! Look how well you're going to get along! I'm going to go check on things, Dre, you hang here with Maddox here, maybe show him around a bit, hmm?" Yang ran off excitedly to a group of girls that had been waiting for her.
"Dre, I want to explain to you that I'm not after Yang. She's all yours."
"You sure about that? You attracted to guys or something?" Dre asked.
"Yeah I'm sure. I just don't like her that way."
"Have you been to the club with her yet? If you have, I'm surprised you aren't slobbering all over her by now."
"Well I haven't been to the club with her and I don't plan to. Ever. Now you can have her, and I won't blink an eye at. I'm after another girl."
"Suit yourself. I'm going to go see if I can find Yang. Later Maddox, it's nice to meet a new member." Dre walked off without another word.

As Yang and Maddox headed back to the base, Maddox asked, "is Dre always like... That?"
Yang nodded sadly. "It's weird. He can be really nice, but if he sets himself to do something, he gets really possessive."
"Yeah, Dre couldn't stop talking about you, and how much he was in lo--" Yang cut him off and slapped him across the face, leaving a red mark that would probably bruise up in the next day or so.
"He's not in love. He doesn't even have the slightest clue of what love really is."
Yang continued on, running noticeably faster than she was before. Her arm came to her eyes every once in a while, and it could be assumed she was wiping away tears.
"Maddox, would... have you... ever thought about running off and just not coming back?" Yang asked, stopping abruptly.
"Umm... I can't say I have..."
"...have you ever thought about a girl? Do you have a girlfriend?"
Maddox shook his head.
"Okay last one. Do you like girls, or guys?"
Maddox took a deep breath. "I... I don't know. There's pros and cons to each gender and to each person, their own personality. It really just depends if they're a good person. If it's love to me, nothing matters but that."

At the base, she turned away from Maddox's face and left immediately.
Maddox returned to his bunker and slept, unable to stop thinking about the other base. His mind turned to Dre, the man who claimed to be in love, and was trying to win over a hear that was so stubborn, it would never be his. His mind flashed to Yang. A girl who only wished for love and someone to share it with.