Conformity is Overrated, by shoujokakumei, Shane/Dustin
Title: Conformity is Overrated (Good Thing We're Freaks)
Author: shoujokakumei
Relationship: Shane/Dustin (Cam/Hunter is also basically a part of my personal canon, as you can probably tell)
Rating: PG
Warnings (and notes): The day after 'Sensei Switcheroo,' putting it rather far back on the fic timeline - obviously it's before any of the parts where everybody knows all of everybody else's business. I had the worst time actually WRITING this - the basic idea was easy but putting it into a plot failed horribly. I apologize in advance. xD; (I was going to post this last week but I was leaving for Motocross of Nations and forgot - expect some moto-centric Dustin!fic inspired by the event soon. ^_^) Slash, standard copyright disclaimer.
Conformity is Overrated (Good Thing We're Freaks)
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"That CAN'T be normal," Tori commented, eyeing Dustin skeptically.
"Has Dustin ever been normal?" Cam inquired, not looking away from his laptop screen. It was too early in the day for him to deal with the Winds' unique level of weirdness.
"Dude, what? It's so not my fault I'm hungry," Dustin complained, munching on another handful of guinea pig food. "I didn't get to eat breakfast!"
"And you can't have, like, some cereal?" Tori shook her head. "Or a granola bar?"
"Hey, this is kinda like granola," Dustin protested.
"Why didn't you eat at home?" Blake asked. "I mean, we've got an excuse since Hunter's the worst cook alive..."
"Hey!" Hunter obviously took offense at that. Blake laughed at him.
"Uh, I was at Shane's house last night," Dustin explained, "and we massively overslept, so I had to run home and shower or I was gonna be late. Again." He grinned. Of course, the others didn't need to know WHY they overslept.
Tori looked at him questioningly. "Speaking of Shane, and late..." She gestured to the corridor leading out of Ninja Ops. "Where is he?"
"No clue." Dustin tipped another handful of the food into his mouth. "I thought he'd beat me here, y'know?"
"Well, I figured you'd know, since you guys are spending an awful lot of time together lately," Tori noted casually.
Dustin shrugged. "So? You spend a lot of time with Blake," he replied. What was she getting at, exactly?
Cam raised an eyebrow. "That was an interesting choice of analogies, Dustin," he commented, looking up from the computer.
"Dude... I don't know what that means."
"He means that since Tori's dating Blake, comparing the amount of time they spend together to the amount of time you spend with Shane is kind of weird," Hunter explained, and noticed everyone was giving him weird looks. "What? I pay attention," he added defensively. Cam snorted.
Dustin scratched his head. "Uh, whatever, dude." He really didn't have any idea what he was supposed to say.
Hunter smirked. The guy was adorable, it was a shame he didn't have more common sense. "Dude, nobody cares if you and Shane are going out."
"What?" Dustin blinked. "You - wait, what?" He looked around the room, a confused expression on his face. 'Did I just totally miss something?' he wondered.
Tori patted him on the shoulder. "I dunno about them, but I figured you guys out ages ago.
"Uh... It hasn't been ages?" Dustin offered weakly. "Anyway, we.. didn't know what you guys would think, I guess."
"This is the wrong crowd to worry about coming out to - did you totally miss my bro being all over Cam recently?" Blake looked vaguely like he sort of wished he had missed it.
"Uh.." Dustin thought about it for a second, munching on another mouthful of the crunchy pellets. "I dunno. I've been kind of ... uh, preoccupied?"
"There's a shock," Cam deadpanned. He was interrupted before he could comment further.
"What are we talking about?" Shane asked from the entranceway, sounding slightly out of breath. "Sorry, gotta get better at leaving the house late without my parents noticing."
"You could try not leaving late to begin with," Cam suggested with a hint of his usual sarcasm. Shane didn't bother thanking him for the advice.
"We're talking about you and Dustin," Tori replied matter-of-factly. "And maybe you can get him to, I don't know, stop eating Sensei's food for breakfast."
The yellow-clad ninja hid the bag under the table, a guilty, lopsided grin on his face.
"What about me and Dustin?" Shane asked, somewhat nervously.
"Dude, they know, everybody's cool." Dustin reassured him. "Apparently Tori's psychic, and Hunter's been doing Cam for a while or something, too."
Tori smirked knowingly.
"I can't even begin to tell you how much I object to that phrasing." Cam scowled. "I am not a leisure activity."
Hunter started to say something, but obviously thought better of it when he noticed Cam glaring at him over the edge of the laptop screen. Blake looked vaguely traumatized.
"Okay, this is kind of insane," Shane commented, looking back and forth between his teammates. "But why ARE you still eating that crap?" He gestured to the bag of Guinea Pig Chow next to Dustin's foot.
"It's good, dude, don't knock it!"
"Man, I didn't want to eat it when I was in Sensei's body, much less now," Shane teased. "You're a complete freak, you know that?"
"Yeah, but that's why you love me."
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Author: shoujokakumei
Relationship: Shane/Dustin (Cam/Hunter is also basically a part of my personal canon, as you can probably tell)
Rating: PG
Warnings (and notes): The day after 'Sensei Switcheroo,' putting it rather far back on the fic timeline - obviously it's before any of the parts where everybody knows all of everybody else's business. I had the worst time actually WRITING this - the basic idea was easy but putting it into a plot failed horribly. I apologize in advance. xD; (I was going to post this last week but I was leaving for Motocross of Nations and forgot - expect some moto-centric Dustin!fic inspired by the event soon. ^_^) Slash, standard copyright disclaimer.
Conformity is Overrated (Good Thing We're Freaks)
--
"That CAN'T be normal," Tori commented, eyeing Dustin skeptically.
"Has Dustin ever been normal?" Cam inquired, not looking away from his laptop screen. It was too early in the day for him to deal with the Winds' unique level of weirdness.
"Dude, what? It's so not my fault I'm hungry," Dustin complained, munching on another handful of guinea pig food. "I didn't get to eat breakfast!"
"And you can't have, like, some cereal?" Tori shook her head. "Or a granola bar?"
"Hey, this is kinda like granola," Dustin protested.
"Why didn't you eat at home?" Blake asked. "I mean, we've got an excuse since Hunter's the worst cook alive..."
"Hey!" Hunter obviously took offense at that. Blake laughed at him.
"Uh, I was at Shane's house last night," Dustin explained, "and we massively overslept, so I had to run home and shower or I was gonna be late. Again." He grinned. Of course, the others didn't need to know WHY they overslept.
Tori looked at him questioningly. "Speaking of Shane, and late..." She gestured to the corridor leading out of Ninja Ops. "Where is he?"
"No clue." Dustin tipped another handful of the food into his mouth. "I thought he'd beat me here, y'know?"
"Well, I figured you'd know, since you guys are spending an awful lot of time together lately," Tori noted casually.
Dustin shrugged. "So? You spend a lot of time with Blake," he replied. What was she getting at, exactly?
Cam raised an eyebrow. "That was an interesting choice of analogies, Dustin," he commented, looking up from the computer.
"Dude... I don't know what that means."
"He means that since Tori's dating Blake, comparing the amount of time they spend together to the amount of time you spend with Shane is kind of weird," Hunter explained, and noticed everyone was giving him weird looks. "What? I pay attention," he added defensively. Cam snorted.
Dustin scratched his head. "Uh, whatever, dude." He really didn't have any idea what he was supposed to say.
Hunter smirked. The guy was adorable, it was a shame he didn't have more common sense. "Dude, nobody cares if you and Shane are going out."
"What?" Dustin blinked. "You - wait, what?" He looked around the room, a confused expression on his face. 'Did I just totally miss something?' he wondered.
Tori patted him on the shoulder. "I dunno about them, but I figured you guys out ages ago.
"Uh... It hasn't been ages?" Dustin offered weakly. "Anyway, we.. didn't know what you guys would think, I guess."
"This is the wrong crowd to worry about coming out to - did you totally miss my bro being all over Cam recently?" Blake looked vaguely like he sort of wished he had missed it.
"Uh.." Dustin thought about it for a second, munching on another mouthful of the crunchy pellets. "I dunno. I've been kind of ... uh, preoccupied?"
"There's a shock," Cam deadpanned. He was interrupted before he could comment further.
"What are we talking about?" Shane asked from the entranceway, sounding slightly out of breath. "Sorry, gotta get better at leaving the house late without my parents noticing."
"You could try not leaving late to begin with," Cam suggested with a hint of his usual sarcasm. Shane didn't bother thanking him for the advice.
"We're talking about you and Dustin," Tori replied matter-of-factly. "And maybe you can get him to, I don't know, stop eating Sensei's food for breakfast."
The yellow-clad ninja hid the bag under the table, a guilty, lopsided grin on his face.
"What about me and Dustin?" Shane asked, somewhat nervously.
"Dude, they know, everybody's cool." Dustin reassured him. "Apparently Tori's psychic, and Hunter's been doing Cam for a while or something, too."
Tori smirked knowingly.
"I can't even begin to tell you how much I object to that phrasing." Cam scowled. "I am not a leisure activity."
Hunter started to say something, but obviously thought better of it when he noticed Cam glaring at him over the edge of the laptop screen. Blake looked vaguely traumatized.
"Okay, this is kind of insane," Shane commented, looking back and forth between his teammates. "But why ARE you still eating that crap?" He gestured to the bag of Guinea Pig Chow next to Dustin's foot.
"It's good, dude, don't knock it!"
"Man, I didn't want to eat it when I was in Sensei's body, much less now," Shane teased. "You're a complete freak, you know that?"
"Yeah, but that's why you love me."
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