Chapter 7.

For the past 5 minutes, Nosedive sat on Wildwing's bottom bunk staring off into space. Tanya looked on in concern, never had she seen the young teen looking so off. Soon finding herself sitting next to him, she then patted his shoulder thus sighing.

"Nosedive, I'm pretty sure Wildwing was trying to find the right time in just the right way to tell you the truth, but in my opinion, I think he is just scared of how you would think of him from here on out." The blonde male glanced her way sighing as well.

"Not only that, but with Duke of all ducks? had no idea he was really into him like that." Now that he mentioned it, he really had no idea that his older brother was actually into Drakes like that. Back home, when Wing would come home from school and hockey practice, he would always come home with a beautiful girl next to him not knowing that it was actually a cover up to hide his true orientation from their parents. What he also didn't know was that whenever his back would be turned, the white Mallard would look on at the older grey male and smile warmheartedly at him while he would be training in a simulated environment; now coming to realize his secret crush towards their team-mate.

"Nosedive, I know this is a lot for you to take in, but always remember that Wildwing is still the same drake and that he will always be there for you no matter what okay?" The tech duck said seeing him nod thus getting up to head out. "Oh, and one more thing, please stop reading his innermost secrets, he will really feel hurt to know that you have been doing it all this time. Tell him the truth, you both need to really come out with your own secrets and lies to get it off your chests soon."

The youngest member had his arms behind his head as he laid on his back digesting the words that Tanya had told him. As much as he hated to admit, she was right. Deep down, maybe Wildwing was secretly hurting on the inside to come out and tell the others about what he really was which became one of the reasons why he even had the journal in the first place; to get it off his chest and to not be afraid any longer. Deciding that a good nap would be good, he soon turned onto his side.

A green mouse soon found its way into a tight fitting hole.

Dragaunus was pacing back and forth, his nostrils releasing the smoke as he waited for Chameleon to come back with any new discovery or information about the ducks whereabouts. He had had with those blasted ducks, and he would destroy them until they would be made into anything edible. "I am pretty sure that he is on his way back my Lord." Wealth replied thus once again, being ignored by the evil tyrant who growled and mumbled.

"It has been over an hour since I sent him, surely it wouldn't take him that long!" Right on cue, the other saurian appeared in a blink of an eye causing the dragon like creature to clench his teeth and snarl. "Well!? Did you discover where they live?"

Nodding obediently, " They didn't know a thing that I was around, who knew that being a little rodent can have its perks? also, that's not all, I even found out that their team captain has a journal too filled with a lot of juicy secrets that not even his team members minus the annoying brat know about."

"What would he be doing with a book just to write stuff down anyway? that to me is a waste of time." Siege replied his tail wagging back and forth wanting nothing more than just to crush the ducks instead of hearing the latest gossip in the Raptor.

Dragaunus had let the info sink into his head.

An evil smirk soon slowly formed onto his features. "Great work Chameleon." The young reptile beamed with pride. "Wraith, I have a little favor to ask of you..."

Dinner was filled by endless chatter later that evening as all of the ducks gathered around the large metallic table conversating about anything miscellaneous. From hockey strategies, to battle plans against Dragaunus. Nosedive was the only one not uttering out a word while he just quietly ate his food and only nodding or shaking his head instead which really brought the attention to the other members minus Tanya since she was also the other to know about Wing's secret, but because she was so respectful towards her leader, she didn't say a word even when Mallory turned her head towards her, she just shrugged.

"Baby bro, are you okay?" The older Drake asked the younger one in concern who just nodded his head excusing himself to go back into their shared room as the others looked after with mixtures of confusion and concern. Never had they see him look so down before. Just as they were about to question his sudden change in mood, Phil soon came bursting in with some usual exciting news causing the members to groan.

"Boobies! Glad I caught you all at a great time."

"What is it Phil?" Wing asked in a slightly annoyed tone wondering what the money hungry manager was up to this time but as always, the fat man was oblivious to the duck's tone of voice.

"I had just gotten off the phone with Sports Illustrated, they would like you all to do an on live radio appearance at the station by Friday Night. I even gave them all the okay to give each and every one of you a chance to speak to your fans on the air!" For once, the ducks saw that it was a good idea, normally, they would be highly perturbed at the thought of another idiotic publicity stunt, but this time, they were all up for it. At least they wouldn't be signing any autographs this time which was a major relief.

"Well, at least I can rest easily knowing that I don't have to dress up." Mallory replied giving a slight smile knowing just how much she hated doing that when it came onto appearances. Not that she loved to wear new and beautiful clothes, but having the thoughts of dressing up for any type of interview was a big fat no in her book. The others soon gave out a nod.

"Come in!" Nosedive called from the other side once he heard the door knocked revealing to be Wing himself looking very worried about his little brother as he soon climbed up onto the top bunk of the teen as well as patting the side for him to sit next to him.

"Alright, what's with the attitude change anyway?" The elder asked hearing the younger one sigh shaking his head. "You've been quiet all evening long, is there something you are not telling me Nosedive? something I should know about?" Now that was the part the blonde drake wasn't ready to talk about yet due to him still digesting the new found info into his head but he knew Wing where if he was found caught in a lie, his brother would look right through him with or without the mask. But like Tanya said, he needed to come out with it more sooner than later.

He soon calmed his beating heart. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Wing looked on in confusion. "Tell you what?"

"That...you're gay?"

After the words had left through his bill, the team leader's eyes soon opened wide.