But of course, they weren’t.
Why would two people hide in the bathroom when they were busy trying to come up with ways to help people (make money)?
In fact, Ollie was also back there for such a critical discussion but received a request for a holo call with his father.
Obviously, he couldn’t answer that in Luca’s space and had to go back to his room to receive the call. He figured he would ask about auctioning a few items; therefore, he definitely needed to take the call. So, he reluctantly asked to be sent out.
But even as he left the space, he couldn’t help but admire his kind brother! After Luca recovered from the sudden meltdown, Ollie was handed snacks and the food they couldn’t enjoy.
So, he was thrilled and felt like life really had pleasant surprises! Luckily, he opted to leave home to go to the academy, or he would’ve been stuck there rotting!
But his smile faltered the moment the door opened to two hulking figures.
Ollie wasn’t THAT short. These two were just too tall. But facing their necks reminded him of how fragile he was as someone who only held tools and used mechanized equipment.
Yep.
And these two were looking at him with such unreadable expressions that he couldn’t really react or greet them properly.
*Hiccup!*
Shit.
Now he understood why Luca kept on hiccuping.
In the face of great danger, smaller animals needed to know their place, and Ollie was just hoping it wasn’t a jail cell!
He remembered how Kyle looked at him earlier, especially when he returned from the site with a background that made him look like a terrorist.
But he really shouldn’t be nervous.
He was innocent!
*Hiccup!*
Right?
"Jax, check the bathroom and even the pod," Kyle ordered as he watched the hiccuping mop before him.
Ollie knew they wouldn’t find anyone, and it would be weird to explain what he was doing here all alone while the owners of the room weren’t inside.
But he was the best friend, scratch that, the brother, so why can’t he wait here? Ollie believed he would be able to use this excuse.
The mop was actually nervous but for a completely different reason: he was worried about the mine explosion but was prepared to tank the financial damages.
Fine!
So, he was really dumbfounded when Kyle asked him to release their Captain.
Eh???
"!!!"
Kyle knew that this guy could possibly be vital to them, but that would be nothing if they couldn’t get their captain back!
"Your Captain? What would I do with your Captain?!" Ollie didn’t imagine this line of questioning, especially not what Kyle was about to follow it up with!
"Was it money? Or maybe jealousy?" he added as he considered reasons for this guy to do something malicious to those two people.
"What are you even saying?! Do you even hear yourself?" Ollie shivered in disgust as he was accused of taking his brother’s new hubby!
"Hey! You! Accuse me of robbing a bank, but don’t accuse me of stealing someone else’s husband! Especially not my brother’s!" Ollie hugged himself in distress.
What if Luca heard this guy’s dirty mouth?!
"But what’s the big deal?" That was everyone’s famous line back home when they borrowed money or made Ollie pay as the resident rich kid.
He was rather popular back then because he would gladly spot for everyone, as in everyone.
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