which ship will saile?
Chapter Two:"and they live happily ever after"
Impuls sat at his desk, fingers flying across the keyboard. He was deep in his work when, out of nowhere, Tango’s fist slammed onto the desk.
Impuls yanked off his headphones, blinking up at him in confusion. "What’s up?"
"We need to talk."
"Yeah, you’re right," Impuls admitted with a sigh. "I definitely took on a project way too big with way too little time—classic me. Do you think Xsoma will be mad if I don’t finish coding his game?"
Tango crossed his arms. "This isn’t about Xsoma. We need to talk about yesterday."
Impuls frowned. "What about yesterday?"
"Why did you decide to come out to us? The Z.I.T.S. crew?" Tango asked, his tone sharp—more investigative than curious.
Impuls shrugged. "Because you guys are my best friends? Obviously, I told my parents. Told my siblings. Now it was your turn!"
Tango raised a brow. "And it had nothing to do with certain feelings toward a particular angel named Skizz who happens to be in this friend group?"
Impuls flushed. "No."
"You sure? ‘Cause when I first saw you two together back when we all met, I thought, ‘Wow, the introverted demon, who only seems truly happy when he’s talking about coding, is somehow completely at ease around the loudest, most social guy in the room! good platonic friendship still exists'. But after your reaction yesterday, when Skizz said he had feelings for you… well, suddenly I’m not so sure it’s just platonic."
Impuls had two options.
One—tell Tango to mind his own damn business. Probably what most people would say.
Or two—just admit it.
"Yeah, you know what? Yes, I’m in love with Skizz."
Tango blinked, visibly thrown off. "Okay… are you gonna tell him?"
Impuls scoffed. "What? Absolutely not! Do I look like the kind of person who just tells someone that kind of thing?I’m going to follow him like some lost puppy for at least five months. Every day, my feelings will grow and grow—until one day, he shows up here in a Po-Po uniform because Etho got in trouble for something stupid, like not paying a fine. And I’ll look at him and think, ‘Oh my god, he’s so hot in that uniform.’ Then I’ll follow him to Etho’s lab in the basement—you know that guy hasn’t seen sunlight in years—and we’ll accidentally get locked in an air chamber, which of course is controlled by one of Etho’s ridiculous invention clocks. And then, when we’re stuck in that tiny space together, I won’t be able to hold back anymore and I’ll just—kiss him."
Impuls finished his dramatic monologue, gesturing like he was narrating some romance novel.
Tango just stared, hands on his hips, looking thoroughly unimpressed. "Impuls. What the hell?"
Impuls chuckled. "Obviously, that’s not how it’s going to happen. I don’t live in a romantic fantasy, Tango. But do you honestly think I can just walk up to him and say, ‘Hey, the guy I’ve been friends with since high school, the guy whose sister I dated because she was the closest thing to dating him—I’ve been in love with you since the day I walked into that drum lesson you were teaching. Wanna be my boyfriend?’ It doesn’t work like that, Tango."
Tango sighed. "Okay, okay. Do what you think is best... You want coffee?"













