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A kiss stolen from you
Fives and Tup were whispering, the soft giggles heard easily by anyone close by.
What was going on between them?
Well, as it turned out some time later, there was a collusion going on. Sort of.
As Fives was placing a bet against Tup. First being, that Tup, was too cowardly to act upon his feelings and secondly, that Tup would not go through with his current bravado after all.
To get his very first kiss.
And Tup?
Well, he was rather easily riled to do outrageous things. Not that getting a kiss was all that outrageous. But, it was a thing for sure and he so wanted to do it. Badly so. Especially since housing a royal crush at the very moment for the object of his very desire.
The one trooper he hoped to get his first kiss from.
“I know you won’t go through with it. You always chicken out, Tup.” Fives goaded his friend.
“I will! This time I really will, Fives!” Tup was fuming, but he felt both courageous and scared all at the same time. And yet, he was more determined than ever to finally go through with the kiss and to reveal his true feelings in the process to his crush.
“Fine! Fine!” Fives raised his arms in mock surrender. “A hundred credits are on the line here. A week’s worth of allowance.” Fives counted the agreed payment to Tup.
“I know, I know. And do you have it then? If I dare to go through with it? The hundred credits?”
“Of course I do. Why wouldn’t I have it?” Fives was known to lie about things of the monetary nature.
“Show it to me then.” Tup already having set his part on the table near them.
Fives rolled his eyes and sighed theatrically. Digging deep into his pockets, he finally got out the agreed value of the bet and placed it on the table as well.
“See.”
“Yeah.” Tup glanced at the credits, not that he was doing it for the credits anyway. But yeah, it would be a nice bonus for sure.
That was, if he dared to go through with this, kissing his crush thing.
The two friends stood there for a long spell, neither moving or speaking. The dare on though, alas, Tup wasn’t budging towards the direction he was supposed to be.
“So?”
“So what?”
“Are you going to do it?”
“I will, Fives, I will!”
Tup rolled his shoulders, cracked his neck from side to side, breathed in and out. Alas, he did not move. Again!
“Tup!”
“Yeah Yeah! I’m going! I’m… going!!!”
Tup took another deep breath and then, scanned the vicinity. His target, in his sights. Just across the room.
“Go!”
“Well, here goes nuttin…”
Tup was on his way. Quickly making the distance towards his crush. Who was standing right there. Chatting with some troopers. Just across them room…
Oh hell!!!
Tup stopped just short to his crush, remaining standing there by their side. Politely waiting (and shaking in his GAR issued boots) for the conversation to be over.
It was over soon enough, the small group starting to break up.
It was then when Dogma, having stood there almost next to Tup who had been really quiet for once, Tup noticed that the other clone was there.
“Oh hey, Tup.”
“Hey.”
“So, what’s up?” Dogma being totally clueless of what was going on, especially inside of Tup’s head at the very critical moment in his life.
“I um…”
Tup glanced everywhere but into Dogma’s eyes, seeing Fives motioning in the distance, making kissy faces for Tup to take the hint.
Tup simply rolling his eyes to Fives.
But…
“Tup?”
Dogma asked again, not really sure what was happening with the other clone. Looking rather worried suddenly.
Finally, Tup, having taken yet another deep breath, looked up and right into Dogma’s eyes.
Their gazes locking, the bewildered look on Tup’s face just before and then…
…. Tup placed his hand gently behind Dogma’s neck, bringing the other clone oh so very close to himself they were sharing air. With one hungry glance, Tup’s lips found Dogma’s.
The barely there kiss, still leaving him breathless.
Tup dared to look up and at Dogma just after. Seeing something there in his friends’s face as well. Something, which was confusion, but also… something else? Desire?
Oh no!
Had Tup miscalculated after all? He had thought that…
They’re eyes locked again.
Only this time, it was Dogma who acted. Doing the exact same thing Tup and done. Pulling Tup in for a kiss. A rather much deeper, hotter, passionate lip-lock it was.
When the two broke off for air finally, their eyes remained connected.
“So.”
“Yeah.”
“Ya, wanna go for a caf?”
“Sure.”
When they turned to leave for the caf, hand in hand, Tup glanced back at Fives, who was staring at the two. Fives with his his mouth agape. Clearly, not believing what he was witnessing.
And having just lost a hundred credits.
Tup having gone through with his dare, because Tup, was in love with Dogma.