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..Tick,tock,tick,tock, the clock striked midnight yet red was lying on his bed still staring aimlessly at the ceiling
fiddling with his fingers whilst contemplating his feelings about his dear friend purple. Its what kept him awake at night and was the only thing that really made red scared, when hes around purple he feels this strange feeling of safety like he could be himself around him, not the "perfect, role-model, future tallest red" that everyone expects of him but actually himself, red had a predilection for purple that he couldnt explain, he liked him more than any of the other irkens in the academy, he respected him more than he respected his leaders and red couldnt figure why but he knew that he couldnt live without him, "why.... why do I feel like this" red mumbled to himself as he moved to lay on his side. Red felt as if he was sick as if his heart was about explode it was as if he was allergic to purple himself something he regularly thought about since red turned well... red around purple,the way his heart pounds a million times a second in his chest just hearing his name, the way he instantly got butterflies whenever purple smiled in his direction, the way he suddenly gets too hot and sweaty whenever purple stands a little too close too him like he had some sort of selective fever and purple was the cause.
This had to be a cruel nightmare,the crush red was experiencing was crushing him, what does this mean for him, his reputation, his life??? He was an irken, irkens couldnt afford to look weak and to them love was a weakness the biggest weakness they could ever have.
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It was the next day, Purple and red where sparring, something that was normal for invaders in training. They where always pared together since they both had the same height which meant they had a lesser chance of severely injuring each other, according to commander poki anyways. "I dont want to do this" red mumbled under his breath. "Why??? Scared I'll win and become the best elite here" Purple teased. Purple always knew how to get on Reds nerves."you win???" Red snapped back "remember when you got jumped by a smeet? And then went crying for my help??"
"It was a really aggressive smeet red..." Purple said embarrassed
"Sure it was." Red said condescendingly,
Purple immediately pushes red, pinning him against a rough monolith rock, "ouch," red winces in pain "i knew i was being annoying but was that really necessary" red continued, he looked up at purple who was staring at him annoyed, "it wasnt funny red..."Purple replied, these words went though one antenna to the other.red had stopped paying attention the moment he looked into purples violet iridescent eyes that sparkled like a 1000 stars, red was mesmerised by them, too mesmerised. his face was becoming more and more red by the second, his 'purple-caused-fever' was becoming worse and it wasnt helping that purple was inches away from his face. Before red could do anything (as if he could) purple had noticed the blush that covered his face like a blanket, "....red?"
Purple stopped pinning him against the rock and a silence fell upon them, Purples face also started flushing like he also had this disease named love, Red felt his squeedlyspooch churning with every second him and purple stared at each other,"this was wrong, no irken should ever feel this way, loving is for lesser species not irkens" red thought to himself before bolting off leaving purple behind to wonder if he really did have a chance with him.
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For months on end Red was playing the avoidance game with Purple, he made sure they never crossed paths with each other, much to the annoyance of commander poki he got her to switch his training partner to someone of similar height he tried everything to stay away from purple until his "little crush" on him ended. This plan failed ofc because you cant just run away from fate, it will just swallow you whole and drag you right back.
It was another day of invader training day, red was expecting to work with jam again until to his horror commander poki came up to him and said"jam keeps talking about how she thinks her height is a disadvantage when trying to train with you, red. She is the tallest of all the other elites when we dont count you and purple, and im not sure why you seem to be avoiding him nowadays and I dont care just get over it and start working with him again, do i make myself clear?" Red felt his throat tighten and his heart sink, it had been 4 whole months and this debilitating 'infatuation' he had for purple had infact not left. "Do i make myself clear??" Commander poki repeated "...yes commander" red replied.
Red begrudgingly walked towards purple,
They fell into a awkward silence, until purple spoke "...red did it do something? You've been avoiding me for months."
"...its...complicated" red answered "is this about what happened before you decided to avoid me?" Purple asked.
Red paused lowering his gaze and avoiding the eyes he regularly got lost in, "maybe" he muttered.
"....but why, it really wasnt that serious?"purple replied.
"....it was serious purple, i have all these feeling for you and i dont know what to do, they wont leave. Ive genuinely fallen for you and its the worst, irkens are supposed to be strong, hard-headed creatures not soft, lovey-dovey babies like the people of planet urth."red covered his mouth immediately after, looking at purple horrified as he realised he had just snitched on himself with the biggest yapper he knows.
Purples gaze towards red softened and a smile crept on his face, "i knew it. I knew you liked me"
Red hid his face from purple with shame. Waiting for him to punch him or even worse tell someone else.
Instead Purple walked up to him and hugged him tight "i love you too red, i always have and always will. Their isnt a single day where i dont think about you, you make me feel that lifes truly worth living.i love you too."