Pawblo's Story (Final Space AU)

Chapter 5: A Conversation with Gary

I sat on a bed, inside one of the spare rooms that the ship had.

I was busy trying to process what the frick just happened in these past few hours.

Shooting someone to save a stranger's life, escaping the hellhole of Tera Con Prime as well as becoming a runaway and most wanted by Lord Commander.

What. A. Day. How am I still not dead yet?

I was laying down, wondering about all this when I got bored and decided to dig through my things and pulled out a laptop. Sure, they were ancient, but I still got a kick out of using it. I was able to keep my personal things private instead of them being public on a terminal.

I began playing this small arcade game called Space Invaders. The fact that it's old and it has been preserved for generations to come is mind boggling to me.

It distracted me for a while, but only until the one dude walked inside my room.

"Hey, there. Pawblo, was it?"

I closed the laptop and began to have a conversation.

"Yeah, I am he. You must be Gary, right?"

"Yup."

I soon noticed the robot arm. "So, you got surgery?"

"Yeah, Avocato did the operation on my arm. Looks pretty cool, doesn't it?"

I looked down and tried to hide the huge blush that was forming on my face.

"Y-yeah, it does."

Gary seemed to notice anyway.

"Why do you have a huge blush the size of a metal tube on your face?"

I just looked down in embarrasement. "Nnno reason."

Gary came over to the bed and sat beside me. "Come on, man. I know you just got here, but we're cool. You can tell me anything."

I look up with a look of embarrassment. "Well, can you....keep a secret?"

"Sure, man. We're buds now. I got your back, Pawblo."

I let out a huge sigh and explained.

"It's just that.....I'm.....I think that I'm...."

I paused for a bit.

"I think I'm in love with Avocato."

Gary gasped and a bright smile lit up on his face.

"Oh. My. Crap! That's great!"

I then looked at him with a face full of question.

"Wait, what? You're.....okay with this?"

"As his best friend and now YOUR best friend, heck yea I'm okay with it!"

At this point, I was wondering if Gary was kidding with me, but I soon realized that he was serious.

"Look, Pawblo. From what I've known, Avo has been lonely ever since the Lord Commander captured his son. He needs someone special in his life. Someone to be there for him. And I think that someone is you."

I felt really flattered.

"Y-you really think that Avocato is gonna want someone....like me?"

"I know he will. Besides, he saved your life, as he told me, and he also told me that you saved his life."

I was glad that he pointed this out.

"So.......you won't tell him, right?"

"Your secret is safe with me, Pawbro."

Pawbro?

"I'm gonna leave you alone for now. Get some rest, man."

He then walks out of my room.

And the only thing I can process in my head is this.

Pawbro?!?!