#burnry

Burt and Henry kissed for a while until they stopped to breath. Henry was now noticing what Burt was wearing, he was wearing all black instead of his usual suit. His tophat was missing, but in its place was a black beanie, and he was still wearing his signature headphones under his beanie. He would look pretty good if Henry could actually see him, Henry then felt overwhelmed.

Burt saw Henry look like he was about to panic. Before he could asked what's wrong, Henry slapped him across the face. Burt was shock as he felt a stinging sensation on his cheek, he then stared at Henry in confusion. Henry was now glaring at him as he was still crying except they were not tears of joy, "Where were you!?" he hissed as he whispered. "Where have you been!? I was so worried about you! And how come you just have now come to find me!?"

Burt immediately went to hug him, "Shhhh. It's okay, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you." he said softly. "But I'm here now."

Henry look up at Burt as he hug him tighter, "Are you sure?" he asked.

Burt nodded as he kissed him on the forehead, he then sat Henry and him down on the ground. After a few minutes later, Henry cease his sobbing. He then look up at Burt who smile at him, it was rare to see smile, but Henry always love his smile. "So, are you going to tell me why you didn't come get me sooner?" Henry asked gently.

Burt took a deep breath as he close his eyes then exhale as he open his eyes, "Well... After you killed Reginald...let's just say Sven has got off the deep end." he explained sadly. "Sven has been trying to build the Toppat Clan and he has been going crazy ever since. Some of the toppat members miss you and want to talk about you, but...Sven goes ballistic when someone mentions your name."

Henry was listening to Burt's explanation as he listen to his heartbeat, "And the reason it took me so long to find you is that I thought you were dead." Burt continued. "I didn't get note you were alive until a source told me you were alive."

"What source is that?" Henry questioned curiously.

"Don't worry about." Burt replied.

Henry grumble as he buried his face into Burt's chest, "I can't stay long, I actually escape from Sven." Burt said sadly but firmly. "Sven has got a tight leash on me and the other toppats."

Henry nodded as he continue hugging Burt, Burt did the same thing. They both sat in silence while hugging until Burt had to leave, Burt didn't want leave Henry, but he didn't want to get caught. Burt and Henry share a goodbye kiss and Burt left. Henry sigh heavily as he went back to his tent to sleep.

The next day, Calvin and Konrad were standing a few feet away from Rupert's tent.

They were trying to come up with a plan to help Rupert get Henry, it was kind of tough until Calvin had an idea. "How about we talk to them?" Calvin suggested to Konrad.

Konrad look kind of anxious about that, "I don't know. Rupert is hard to deal with when he's unemotionally unstable, and I don't want to make him ore unstable than he already is." he replied nervously.

"That's why I'm going to talk to Rupert and you are going to talk to Henry." Calvin said as smiled, but on the inside he was terrified.

"You must be either the bravest man alive or the dumbest." Konrad commented.

"What?" Calvin said as he apparently didn't hear Konrad.

"Okay, the dumbest." Konrad replied in a sardonic tone.

Later that day, Calvin was in front of Rupert's tent. He was nervous because Rupert hasn't come out of his tent since his fight with Charles. In fact, no has seen Rupert at all. Everyone was worried about Rupert, Charles was also acting off. Calvin was trembling in fear as he was about to open the tent when he heard a growl coming from the other side.

"I know you're out there, Calvin." Rupert growled out. "Stop standing and just come in."

Calvin jumped as he made a squeak, he then went inside.

The tent was dark and there was no light source. Calvin felt a little frighten as he look around, the bed next to Rupert's was Dave's and he did see Dave with Henry earlier. Calvin then look at Rupert's bed and saw a large mass on it. Rupert's back was only seen and Cal, hovin was glad that their uniforms was green instead of black or else he wouldn't able to see Rupert.

"Uh...Rupert?" Calvin said tentatively as he went closer to him.

"What?" Rupert replied coldly.

Calvin was getting more scared by the second, "Are you okay?" he asked in concern.

Rupert didn't respond as he shifted.

Calvin was about to ask again when Rupert quickly sat up and stare at him. Calvin cringe as he took in Rupert's appearance, his hair was messy, his eyes was bloodshot as he was crying, his uniform wrinkled, and he looks like he wanted to murder someone. "No I'm not okay." Rupert hissed acidly.

Calvin was about to reply when he heard a choke sob coming from Rupert, "I screwed up. I know that now. Why am I such an idiot!?"Rupert continued as his voice waver. "Why am I like this!?"

Calvin felt sadness and pity for Rupert.

"Hey." Calvin said softly to get Rupert's attention. "Don't think like that, okay? You want to make it up to him right?"

Rupert nodded as he sniffled, "That's why I'm here. I'm here to help you." Calvin continue gently.

Rupert thought for a moment, "Thanks." he replied as he smile slightly.

Calvin nodded, "So do love Henry?" he asked.

Rupert nodded, "Do you want to hold him?" Calvin added, Rupert nodded again.

"Do you want t-"

"Calvin. If you're going to ask that, I'm going to hit you." Rupert said annoyed, his face red.

Calvin held up his hands in defense, "Okay I won't." he said quickly.

"But I do wonder..." Calvin added under his breath.

Calvin and Rupert spent the rest of the day coming up with a plan to help win Henry back.

Meanwhile with Konrad, he was walking in search of Henry. He needed to talk to Henry about Rupert, he look for a while until he spotted him talking to Dave. He went over to them with a slow walk, Dave notice Konrad and he wave at him. "Hi, Konrad." Dave said happily as Henry look at Konrad.

"Hey, Dave." Konrad replied as he look over to Henry whom look like he wanted to die.

"Hey Dave...I need to talk to Henry alone." Konrad said lowly.

Dave and Henry glanced at each other and then to Konrad, Henry nodded as Konrad beckon him to follow him. Henry stood up to follow him, Konrad instructed Henry to go without him as he look over to Dave. Dave stared at him in confusion, "What's wrong?" he asked.

"You haven't told Henry you and Charles were at the club."

It wasn't a question.

Dave shook his head as he bow his head down, Konrad shook his head as he went over to Henry. Henry was looking down at the ground waiting for Konrad, Konrad led him to a clearing.

"Okay, Konrad." Henry said. "What do you what to talk about?"

"Are you mad at Rupert?" Konrad asked bluntly as he crossed his arms.

Henry froze then he look away from him. The answer is yes, he is still mad at Rupert. "Have you try talking to him?" Konrad said gingerly.

Henry shook his head as he crossed his arms, "Do you love Rupert?" Konrad questioned.

Henry froze again.

"Henry, I know you love Rupert." Konrad said firmly. "Don't deny it."

Henry huffed as he glanced Konrad with his eyes shimmering, Konrad immediately felt pity for him. He put a comforting hand on Henry, as it was suspected, Henry flinched a little. Konrad suspected Henry was still uncomfortable letting people touch him, but Henry didn't push him away like he would normally do.

"Well, I'm here to help you make amends to him." Konrad said gently.

Henry's eyes widen in hope, "You will?" he asked.

M I N E

It's finally here!

    Henry had just finished assigning tasks to different groups of Toppats for the day. He stood in his office alone, looking out at the infinite stars and space through the large window in front of him. He was just thinking. A pang of guilt in his chest. So this is what getting cybernetic enhancements is like. I put Right through this. Henry looked at the intercom microphone. "Hmm"

…

   Right walked towards Henry's office, slightly confused and admittedly a little nervous. Why would Henry want to talk to him alone? Sure, they didn't really hate each other (rather, Right didn't hate Henry anymore, and he was pretty sure Henry never truly hated him), but he wouldn't say they were close either. It was awkward when they were alone, so this was pretty odd. He'll probably have Burt there Right thought. He has made communication easier for Henry. That thought made Right feel a bit more at ease. 

     When Right reached Henry's office he noticed that Burt was, in fact, not there. So it really was just the two of them. Henry turned around and waved at Right. "Hi." Henry's usual quiet and slightly raspy voice greeted, Right hummed in response. "You wanted to talk?" Right asked, walking to stand next to Henry. Henry nodded, the two of them facing towards the giant window. "Are we waiting for Burt to get 'ere?" 

"No, this is a private conversation." Henry replied. "Well… What do you want to talk about?" Right asked. "I wanted to say something I should have said a long time ago, Right. Remember when we first met?" Henry asked. " 'Course I do, it's hard not to." 

Right bluntly replied. "I just wanted to say, I'm sorry. You didn't deserve that. I went way too far." Henry paused trying to quickly recover from his pained throat. "I know it's late, but I wanna make it up to you." Henry continued, awaiting Right's response. "Hmm." Right hummed, an awkward silence filled the room for a few moments before it was finally broken by Right's voice again. "I'd say we're already even as is. You gave up your own spine to 'elp me get Reg out of the Wall. That's enough for me." Henry and Right made eye contact, and exchanged small smiles, before hazing at infinite space through the window again. "Speakin' of the Wall, mind if I ask what happened? You seemed to 'ave control of the situation before we all split up. What went wrong?" That very question had plagued his mind for far too long. Henry appeared to be thinking a bit hard, as if he were trying to remember what happened.

 "I drove away… cars chased me… I shot their tires, the warden caught up to me… I crashed. I got into a fight with him, he strangled me, and punched me… I was on the ground, it was cold. I tried to fight back as best as I could but he was strong. I remember he pulled me off the ground and shoved me back… I remember... falling…" 

Henry started coughing, and turned away from Right, his throat pained from his speech. "Is that all you remember?" Right asked, Henry nodded. "Hmm." Right hummed, waiting for Henry's coughing to die down, when it did so, Right spoke up again. 

"You want to know something?" 

"Huh?" 

"While you were getting treated in the med bay, Reg was freakin' out, he was crying about 'ow he got you killed. He was really worried about you." Right commented. Henry turned to face Right again. "Really?" Henry asked. "He sure was, anklebiter." Henry and Right chuckled. When suddenly another voice intervened through Henry's walkie talkie. *beep* "Hey boss? Could you come by the brig when you have the time? One of the new prisoners is claiming to know you?" *beep* Sven voice questioned. Henry raised his own walkie talkie *beep* "Yeah, I'll be there soon." *beep* "Duty calls." Right said, half jokingly. Henry chuckled as the two of them left his office. They were about to part ways when Right spoke again. "I appreciated the apology, by the way." Right gave Henry a small smile, then continued to walk away. Henry, too, smiled before focusing on the task at hand.