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“ spit it out then roo, why aren’t we dating ? i would just love to hear what your reasoning behind that is. ” gus wasn’t trying to be mean, not in the slightest. but the brunet was getting irritated & that meant that this whole conversation wasn’t going to end without a bang. —this reasoning, if it was roo’s actual one, was not what gus liked to hear at all. he was expecting something along the lines of ‘ we never asked one another out ’. not shit about what gus being smart or whatever it was roo was babbling on about. “ you can’t be serious can you roo ? unfortunately it does make sense & i honestly can’t believe that you feel that way either. i like you roo. i like you a hell-of-a-lot more than other people in this town. who cares if i have a sense of adventure ? you’re the reason i haven’t thought about leaving any time soon; your imagination is just so out there that it’s enough to supply me - no us with so many adventures. i’m staying here for a good few years at least because of you. ”
being all huffy & puffy with the other boy was making gus stress out & when he was stressed out it meant that he needed to take a smoke break. but that wasn’t something he could just do in front of roo. “ you want an honest answer ? if i stay here a few years & end up falling for you more & i ask you to come with me to travel - i’m going to be DESTROYED if you say no. i’m not going to want to come back for a long time if that’s the case. so i’m sorry roo, but i’m only saying it because you want me to & because i care about you. if you want to go now then fine, i can’t do anything about that. ”
“But why can’t we have an adventure in one place forever?” Desperation with a touch of despair filled the young Kangaroo’s voice. He was balling up his fists and stomping his foot…just like a child. “If you like me so much why aren’t you nice to me all the time? Why can’t you just be nice to me for at least a week? Your method teasing is so cruel. I never liked it when you did things like that I hate it when you try to mess with my head like that. If you like me so much why would you even--I just want you to get it. Please tell me you at least sort of understand what I’m saying? Actually no, just tell me if you can see things from my point of view for once? I’m so scared of telling you anything even know because I’m afraid of how you’ll react to them. At the beginning of the conversation I was already tip toeing around and it still ended up like this. I don’t want to always have to fight with you because I don’t like fighting with anyone. I’m not good at trying to work things out.” Roo explained to the adventurer in hopes of what he was saying got through to him. They had always been on two ends of the spectrum when it came to understanding each other.
The rebuttal from the curly haired teen had Roo wondering if he was actually holding Gus back from doing what he wanted to do in life. What was Gus’ history outside of being at the school? He knew basic facts like the teen had an older sister, he liked to adventure, and Squirrel was one of his best friends. But honestly that had been about it. He and Gus really never got around to learning about the other and maybe that had been Roo’s fault. Actually maybe it wasn’t either of their faults. He didn’t even know if Gus had been in a relationship prior to theirs. “If you don’t want to stay here I don’t want to force you to. I have no idea why adventuring is so important to you and I don’t want to take it away from you. I can’t imagine how I’d feel if someone tried to take Lumpy or Brandi away from me.”
