TITLE: To love or not to love?

Hey, this a new story that I wrote in Spain. Hope you guys enjoy it!!!! Ooh, if anyone knows a better title for the story: please tell me!! thanks.

Disclaimer: Don't own them, never will. I only own the characters that you don't see in the show.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

Dustin, Tori, Shane, Blake and Cam were hanging out at Ninja Ops. It was a very rainy day so the couldn't do anything. Well, they could but no one felt up to go outside. Like always they felt nothing better to do then bug the hell out of Cam.

"Guys, I have great news!" Hunter yelled while running inside. "I've got a date tonight!"

"You do?" Dustin asked blankly.

"Yeah. She's great..." Hunter started telling about her.

"As much as I like to hear about your new girl, I promised Kel I would help her out today." Dustin cut in. He so didn't want to hear Hunter talking about her. Nobody knew that he loved Hunter and he was planning on keeping it that way. He walked quickly out of Ninja Ops. When Hunter was about to talk about his new girl again, Tori spoke.

"I think I'm going with Dustin. I still owe Kelly for that surfboard she gave me." Tori ran after Dustin. Something was clearly bothering him.

" Anyway. Her name's Natasha. She's so beautiful..." Hunter started.

" Dustin! Wait!" She yelled after him. He stopped walking and waited till she caught up.

"What's up?" He asked.

"In case you haven't noticed Storm Chargers is the other way." She stated although she knew Dustin was probably aware of that.

"Dude, I'm not that stupid! Anyway I'm not going to Storm Chargers." He told her.

"You said you promised Kelly to help her out." Tori said getting confused.

"I know what I said." Dustin sighed. "I just wanted to get out of there." He admitted. Maybe he should tell Tori after all they were best friends.

"Why?" She asked carefully.

"Dude, promise you won't tell anybody." She nodded. "Fine here goes. I'm in love with Hunter." He confessed. It actually felt good to tell somebody.

"You are?" Tori asked surprised.

"Yeah and if you'll excuse me I need some time to think." Tori nodded and smiled at him. Dustin knew she understood and that she wouldn't tell anybody. Dustin walked away deeper in to the forest. Tori sighed deep. Dustin was jealous and Hunter had no clue about it. She only hoped that he wasn't gonna talk much about her. For the first time she noticed it was still raining. She walked back inside only to discover that Hunter was still talking about her.

"I thought you said you were going to Storm Chargers?" Blake questioned Tori as she entered.

"Yeah but Dustin told me he could handle things alone." She quickly lied. She knew it was a lame lie but Blake seemed to believe it.

"... has the most beautiful brown eyes..." Hunter said more talking to himself.

"Is some one actually listening to him?" Blake joked.

"Let's see. Cam's working on the computer, Shane's reading some kind of magazine and were talking so no, nobody's listening to him." They laughed. Tori softly kissed Blake. They were together for a couple of weeks now. They had gone on several dates and they still loved each other as much as in the beginning.

Dustin walked further in to the forest. Rain was running down his face or were it tears? He didn't knew. He knew that Hunter eventually was gonna meet some one. He only hoped it wasn't this fast. He decided to go for a run. Justrunning. Maybe that way he would forget his problems although he seriously doubted that. He ran through the forest as fast he could. He fell a few times but didn't exactly care much.

A few days later

Hunter was still dating Natasha. Tori could see how Dustin was avoiding Hunter. Today wasn't different from other days. When Hunter walked in and started talking about his latest date with Natasha, Dustin left. Every time making up different excuses. As Tori could see he was running out of it because he said he promised Kelly to help her out again. Nobody else seemed to notice but Tori could see how heartbroken Dustin was.

"Guys, kelzacks and a monster attacking the city again." Cam reported.

"Man, can't they give us a break?" Hunter complained. They morphed and streaked of to the city were Dustin joined them. They started battling the kelzacks. Like usual the monster was nowhere to be seen but they knew it could appear every minute. Dustin wasn't paying attention to the fight. He was still depressed. He let the kelzacks overpower him. They kicked him several times but he didn't fought back. They dragged him to the monster who grabbed Dustin's arm and pinned it behind his back. Dustin de-morphed and dropped to his knees. At that time the kelzacks disappeared. The others turned around and noticed that the monster had Dustin.

"Seems like I have your friend." The monster laughed evilly. Dustin looked up and noticed that Hunter was gone. "If you wanna see your friend here again, you might consider giving up."

" Never!" Hunter yelled from behind the monster. He slashed with his Thunderstaff at the monster who lost his grip on Dustin and disappeared. They all ran over to Dustin and de-morphed.

" Dustin, dude you okay?" Hunter asked, helping him up.

"Yeah, thanks." Dustin replied and streaked off. He couldn't bare to be in Hunter's presence.

"What's wrong with him? He's been acting weird ever since I started dating Natasha." Hunter was a little worried about his friend. He saw a stripe of yellow in the distance.

"That's the problem." Tori said.

"What? Why?" Hunter asked surprised. The other looked not understanding at her.

"You don't see it, do you?"

"See what?" Hunter still had no clue. Tori sighed annoyed. She knew she promised Dustin not to tell but Hunter had the right to know. He was the only one who could get through to Dustin.

"He loves you!"

" What?!" Hunter, Blake, Shane and Cam yelled out.

"Boys!" Tori exclaimed frustrated.

"He does?" Hunter asked surprised. Everything fitted now. His behaviour towards him.

"Sorry guys but I got to go. I have another date with Natasha." Hunter told them. Tori shot him an annoyed look.

"Why don't you go talk to Dustin first?" Shane suggested. He hated himself for not noticing that there was something wrong with his friend. Now he wanted it to be solved.

"Sorry but I'm already late." He took a step but Cam stopped him.

" Dustin's your friend for how long? And how long do you now that Natasha-girl?" Cam said frustrated. Shane was right. They had to talk about it.

"Yeah, I'll talk to him tomorrow." Hunter ran off.

"It really makes you think that he doesn't care about Dustin at all." Tori said angry.

"Of course he cares about Dustin but when he loves a girl he goes for it completely." Blake defended his brother. Tori groaned angry and walked away. Blake sighed and ran after her.

"Now Blake done it. Knowing Tori she's very stubborn." Shane said trying to hold back laughter.

"Yeah she is, isn't she?" Cam added. They started laughing.

Dustin didn't care anymore. He loved Hunter too much. He walked in a bar and ordered a beer and another one and another one...

Later that night Hunter and Natasha walked back to Hunter's apartment. He had laid his arm around Natasha's shoulder. He had invited her over.

" Hellow, I'mmm Dustin. A friend of Hunter." They turned around and saw an extremely drunk Dustin stumbling towards them. He took another step, tripped and fell.

"Oops, I tripped over my own feet." Dustin started giggling and tried to stand up. After trying a few times he finally seemed to find his balance.

" Natasha, I'm really sorry but could we finish this another time?" Hunter asked. Right now he had to take care of Dustin. Like usual his friends were right. He should have talked to Dustin first. He looked at her.

"Yeah sure take care of your friend first. Call me." She kissed Hunter on the cheek and walked off.

"I will!" He called after her. He stepped toward Dustin. "Dustin, you're drunk." He stated.

"Ammm not." Dustin giggled again. "I might be a little. Dude, I'm sooo drunk." He stepped forward but tripped again. Hunter caught him.

" Careful. Dustin, what are you doing to yourself?" He guided Dustin to his apartment.

" Nothin' Nothin'" He leaned towards Hunter and kissed him. Hunter didn't pull away. After a few seconds Dustin did.

"Can't believe I just done that." He giggled again.

"Come one." He opened the door to his apartment and guided Dustin too his own bedroom. He laid Dustin on his bed. Dustin pulled Hunter on top of him and kissed him again. He felt Dustin's hands on his back. He quickly pulled away before Dustin could go any lower.

"Now go to sleep." He ordered.

"Yes mammie." Came Dustin's reply. He giggled again. Hunter stayed in the room until he was sure that Dustin was asleep which was pretty quickly. He quietly shut the door behind him. He was confused. He had actually liked it when Dustin had kissed him. He walked in the living room where he found Blake sitting in front of the TV.

"Hey bro, how was your date?" Blake asked him.

"Good till I found an extremely drunk Dustin at our doorstep." Hunter answered. He sat down next to Blake

"What? Where is he?" Blake asked surprised.

"I put him in my bedroom so he can sleep it off." Hunter replied.

"Where are you gonna sleep then?"

"On the couch." Hunter told him. He sighed deep. "Look Blake. Dustin kissed me. Twice. And I liked it. It felt like heaven. I haven't got that feeling with Natasha."

Blake smiled. "Bro, did you ever consider the fact that you might love Dustin too."

"No way dude. I definitely don't love him. Anyway how was your date with Tori?" Hunter asked quickly changing the subject.

"Bad, we had a huge fight so we went home early." Blake sighed. He hated it when Tori was ms at him. "I'm going to bed. I'll go get you a blanket." Blake offered. A few hours later Hunter was still awake. He kept thinking about what Blake had said. Did he love Dustin? He did love Natasha or was hat only to forget Dustin? He always liked to be in his company. It made him happy. He just didn't know. He would talk to Dustin in the morning. Maybe they should try to be in a relationship. He closed his eyes and finally fell asleep.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

That was chapter 1. In the next chapter: Dustin can't take it anymore and takes a drastic decision. Can his friends save him? By the way, I went to see "I, robot" a few days ago and that movie really rocks. So if you get bored go watch "I, Robot" :-D