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Wunba and Jaron ran towards the edge of the end island, Jaron quickly trying to build the machine.
Wunba mentions a death, who could it have been? No matter. They had to get out of there as quickly as possible.
Wunba watched Jaron as he built it, trying to rush him.
"Can you watch the Dragon for me?"
That was a simple task. He could do that for him– no. For them.
Jaron finished building it relatively quick, getting on before scooting up to make room for Wunba. Wunba struggled a bit to start it, so Jaron had to lead him through it.
He did eventually get to start it, swiftly hopping back in excitedly. The both of them took their pumpkins off, allowing more breathing room, and of course the ability to see more.
"Oh my gosh Jaron, you did this!" Wunba exclaimed, he was proud his teammate could do something like this.
"This is so good Jaron!" Honestly, it boosted his ego a lot more than Jaron would like to admit. It made him feel better, but a different type of better. Not like when Rek would compliment him.. Odd.
Jaron laid on top of Wunba, causing him to flinch. That was odd of him. He never really saw Jaron as an affectionate guy. A part of him wanted to push him away, but it felt nice.
"Jaron, what are you doing? You need to drive the ship!" He said, it was a suprise to him.
"Wunba, you know that this thing drives itself. We tested it out!"
"I know but–" He stumbled over his words, allowing Jaron to talk over him.
"Shhh.." He snuggled up to him, Wunba wrapping his arms around him gently. It felt comfortable to be with him. It felt natural.
"You know, this is like a trust excerise. I could totally just boat us off the edge right now."
That didn't make Wunba very sure he wanted to be on the boat with Jaron any longer. But Jaron wouldn't do that. He would risk his own life too.
Jaron looked up at Wunba, allowing him to get a good look of his face. Was he always that pretty?
He leaned in to get a closer look, Jaron had let him. He liked Wunba, a lot. They stayed like that for a while, the only sound being their flying machine.
"You know‐" Jaron started, "You know what would be really funny to do?" He smiled at Wunba. He noticed how his face shifted to curiosity.
"What?"
"If we kissed." He chuckled. Wunba felt as his face heated up, turning his head away(and some of his body). The boat had been caused to jounce because of this. Jaron grabbed onto Wunba, getting a bit mad at him.
"What the hell dude?"
"I'm sorry man! That kinda freaked me out!"
"You know what would make it better?" He joked, getting closer to Wunba.
"No way Jaron, unless..." He led on, it would be cool to kiss one of his really attractive friends.
"Unless???"
"You don't tell anyone." Jaron wasn't really affected by this. It wasn't like he would tell anyone in the first place.
"Fine, fine." He snickered leaning in Wunbas face. "Pucker up!!"
That was probably one of the dumbest things he ever said. Wunba didn't seem to mind, kissing him gently on the lips. Jaron quickly reciprocating.
He placed a hand on Wunbas chest, he would've expected it to be cold, because of the armor. It was simply a normal temperature.
They pulled away relatively quickly. Jaron stared up at him.
"You're a surprisingly good kisser."
"I try." He replied back, turning his body to face forward again. Wunba had pointed in that direction anyway, and he wanted to see what he was looking at.
"Oh! There it is, on the left." The islands. They were close.
They continued their ride, someone dying along the way. Thankfully, it wasn't either of them.
As they landed on the island, they both hopped off the boat swiftly.
"You are a fantastic pilot, I gotta say, well done!"
"Thank you.." Jaron muttered it felt good, really good.
"Make sure not to tell anyone, right Jaron?" He patted his shoulder, gaining a nod from the other man in return.
"I'd never dude."
And so they set off to explore. Having fun with one another, and not having to worry. Just for a moment.