There is Silence

'''(( shipfic gets a little awkward, yea? )) '''

"Psst, hey, Awesome! It's a little dark in here, and the storm is getting worse. Hear that thunder?"

Tomato and Awesome were in the same room, trying to sleep. Awesome had invited Tomato over to his house, and they had spent the whole day chasing each other around, spending time on the internet, and talking with friends. But now there was a storm outside, and Tomato was right. It was pretty dark, even with a lamp on.

"Oh, yeah I do..." Awesome said absentmindedly, his eyes wandering to his phone. It was 12:35 a.m, pretty late at night. He snuggled back into his blankets while Tomato snuggled into his on the bed across from his. Tomato hesitated before he said, "You mind if I squeeze in with you?"

Awesome snapped back to attention and looked across the room to his friend Tomato, his amber eyes glistening with embarrassment and...was that a smirk on his face? Awesome nodded. "Sure, you can come over here. I'll make some room for you."

Tomato smiled and he got out of his bed and climbed into Awesome's, getting in close with him. Awesome was frozen to the spot, he couldn't dare look next to him. This was the first time he and his best friend had been so close together.

BOOM! CRASH!

A clap of thunder so loud that it shook the room, and then the lights went out. Both of them nearly leaped out of the bed as they heard that thunderous roar. Tomato scooted in closer to Awesome, until they were literally one hair's width away. Awesome reached for Tomato's paw, until another clap of thunder shook the room again.

"I have a bad feeling about this..." Tomato muttered. He turned to Awesome, his amber eyes wide with worry. Awesome looked back, shocked. Tomato's eyes weren't fully amber, they glinted with a fiery red, even though the dominant color was amber. Awesome scooted back again, only to find he was going to fall out of the bed. They were too close, way too close. One more scoot and they'd be kissing.

KA-BOOM! CRASH!

Another clap of thunder. Tomato looked at Awesome again, his eyes glinting with that fiery red. "Come on, please Awesome!" he said pleadingly. "Do it...I dare you."

Awesome shook his head, squeezing his eyes shut. He couldn't do it. It was his best friend, it would be wrong to do it. They were both male...it wouldn't make sense...would it?

Tomato leaned in closer and closer, a smirk growing on his face. But both of them froze as the door to their room creaked open, and Commander walked into the room sipping a cup of coffee. His eyes went wide as he saw Awesome and Tomato so close together, then he literally just spit out his coffee everywhere.

"You guys! What are you doing?" He roared, his icy blue eyes full of shock. "Are you guys about to kiss? No! No way! Tomato, back to your bed!"

Awesome coughed loudly, looking to Tomato as he did it. Tomato frowned then crawled back to his side. Awesome turned to face his brother. "It's not what you think!" he said. "We were just...sitting together? Tomato is apparently scared to death by the claps of thunder...haha."

Commander glared at them as he left the room. "It better just be 'sitting together'. I don't wanna hear anything at three in the morning...whatever it may be."

Awesome and Tomato broke out in laughter. "Sick! No way dude!" Tomato said. "We're friends, right?" Awesome looked over to Tomato and winked. "Friends."

At three in the morning, it was silent. Kipper's ghost walked silently through the house, smirking as she whispered under her breath, "Awesome, Awesome, where are you my dear?" She passed by a door painted blue and she smirked. "This is it...this is his room."

She silently pushed the door open and suddenly saw something she wished wouldn't have. Awesome and Tomato, sleeping together? Tomato took Awesome away from her! She nearly murdered him last time...but she couldn't murder Tomato now. Too risky, especially with Awesome in the room.

Kipper silently tiptoed over to the bed, looking at both Awesome and Tomato's peaceful faces. "Guess I just have to leave a mark here...hmm, what should I do?" She unsheathed her long claws and ran one of them along Tomato's forearm, leaving a line of blood. She smiled, and suddenly disappeared into thin air.

"Oh goodness, what happened last night?" Awesome said as he woke up, and his eyes drifted to Tomato sleeping beside him. He gasped in shock, pushing himself away. "Oh no, don't tell me I kissed him. I didn't? I don't remember. I don't want to remember." He picked up his phone and turned it on. 7:49 a.m.

Tomato slowly opened his eyes and sat up, smirking at Awesome. "I did it," he whispered, his amber eyes glittered with mischief. Awesome groaned, and he spotted a long line of red along Tomato's forearm. "Hey, what's that?" he said firmly, his red gaze still fixed on the line of blood.

Tomato looked over to his forearm, gasping. "She was here," he whispered, in a paranoid state. "Kipper was here. She's coming to get us." He curled up in a ball, breathing heavily. Awesome scoot over to where he was, and as awkward as it felt, gave him a hug. "I'll make sure she doesn't get you," he whispered calmly into Tomato's ear.

In the hallway outside Awesome's room, there was an odd, raspy giggle, and two violet eyes looked through the crack in the door at the two. "I'll get them for sure..." Kipper whispered. "And this time, I shall show no mercy."