Commission for @victoryfroststarlight
Gus sighs softly as he sits with Willow and Luz. Once again, he was pining over Mattholomule who was sitting close by, his nose in a book about human items. Luz and Willow continuously try to get him to talk to Matt, but Gus refuses. Although its been years, He wasn’t to sure on where they stood after the whole battle for presidency of H.A.S. went down. Gus has since then not only rejoined, but has reclaimed his presidency position. Matt apologized, but it was hard to tell if it was sincere or not. However, that didn’t stop Gus from forming feelings.
“I wonder which item human collectible is on?” Gus gives out a breathy sigh as Luz and Willow give each other that look. Human collectible, Gus’ code word for Matt. It was a full proof code, with Gus’ obsession with humans and all. “I want to know so bad, think i could get a glance as I walk by?”
“Probably,” Willow says before sipping on her drink, “or you could just go over and ask which page he’s on.” Both her and Luz giggle once Gus starts to get flustered and coming up with so many excuses as to why he couldn’t just do that. They tease him for a little bit before easing up. Before anyone could say anything else Matt gets up from his table and heads for the the library. Gus just stares softly at him as he goes and Luz’s eyes go wide.
“Ooooo maybe you should follow him, I mean it’s not like it’s weird for you to be in there. If he’s going to the human section, maybe you guys will reach for the same book and dramatically brush hands.” Luz says as she does dramatic poses. Gus blushes even more as he hides in his hands, but soon he is raised up by the arms by Liz and Willow who begin to drag him to the library.
“Now don’t come out until either you’ve talked to him or next class starts.” Willow says as they put him inside the library. Gus’ little heart is pounding so hard as he turns to face the library. He can’t do this, what if Matt still hates his guts? He wouldn’t be able to survive the humiliation or the heartbreak. With a heavy sigh he goes over to the human section and begins to scan for any new material, but instead he sees Matt putting away the book he was just reading. Gus freezes for a moment before trying to hide. Oh he was in a pickle. What was he possibly going to do? A plan, he needed a plan.
“Uh Gus?” Gus gives a small help before looking up to see Matt looking down at him. Gus’ cheeks darken as he tries to speak but can’t find the words. “What are you doing?” Matt asks with a hard to read expression.
“Nothing!” He proclaims while suddenly standing up and hitting his head on the shelf. “Hehe, absolutely nothing. Why you need a some help on uh Human items?” Gus said with a semi cracking voice.
“Actually Yea, I’m trying to find a specific one.” Gus smiles but does his best not to look Matt in the eyes.
“Of course, what is it? I can probably tell you anything you want to know about it.” Gus had that overly confident look on his face before turning to Matt. Fake it until you make it.
“Oh great,” He looks down at his books before looking back at Gus. “I’m looking for the book that contains human collectibles in it, but I’m having trouble finding it. I’ve heard you mention it before, and the way you go on about makes it sound really amazing...” Matt continues to talk, but Gus tunes him out. Matt’s heard him talk passionately about human collectibles, his code word for Matt. Oh this was bad, so, so bad. “Or you know you could just tell me about the- Gus, are you listening?” Matt waves his hand in front of Gus face and Gus snaps out of it.
“Huh? Oh uh, I mean if you want to learn more about human things, I’d uh be more then happy to uh tell you everything I know.” His face must be a whole shade darker with how hard he’s blushing. “
“That’d be awesome. Uh we can hang out after school some time if you’d like.” Gus smiles brightly and nods as they make plans. “Cool, see you after school.” Matt waves to him as he takes off from the
Gus has to practically stop mid whoop after Matt leaves when he’s shushed by the people in the library. He apologizes softly before leaving and telling Luz and Willow the good news.
Months had gone by, and Matt and Gus met after school on the same day every week. Gus still got very flustered, but he genuinely enjoyed getting to know Matt more. He was funny, and pleasant to be around. They even made better amends for the whole battle of presidency thing. On one of these days, Matt was unusually quiet when Gus arrived.
“Hey man, what’s wrong?” Gus says with a concern as he sits down across from him. Matt forces a smiles and just shakes his head.
“Ah just thinking, what sort of tidbits do you have today.” Gus wasn’t convinced and kept pressing. “Alright, alright.” Matt laughs out as he shakes his head. “Well you’ve taught me a lot about Human stuff, but I’m really curious about the one you always talk about.”
“I don’t follow.” Gus says confused. “You’re gonna have to specify.” Matt blushes a bit, though that could be Gus’ imagination.
“You know, the one you always go on and on about. The human collectibles?” Gus freezes for a moment. “I mean I can understand you calling them that to Willow, but Luz would know what you’re talking about.” Gus looks at Matt again, and this time he’s sure Matt was blushing. “I just, the only real reason I got interested was because you talked about it so much.” The influction on the word you made Gus blush even more.
“I-uh-“ Gus wasn’t ready for this to end, he wasn’t ready to confess. “I- I COMPLETELT FORGOT THAT I PROMISED LUZ AND WILLOW THAT ID- uh HELP THEM WITH THEIR HOMEWORK! Yea, yea I’m such ditz, we can uh catch up tomorrow or next week right?” Gus begins to stand up but Matt immediately catches his wrist.
“No you didn’t, I know for a fact both Willow and Luz have separate plans today.” Matt frowns when Gus looks down at him. “Just- I want to know, but I guess you don’t have to tell me...” Matt whispers something under his breath, and even as Gus sat back down, he kept a hold of his wrist. “I thought we were getting along, do- do you still not trust me?”
“Wh-What? No th-thats not it at all!” Gus says as he claps his other hand over his. “I’m just-“ he groans as he looks down.
“You just what Gus?” Matt says with a saddened tone.
“I just don’t want to... ruin this.” Gus takes a chance and looks up at Matt to see him look surprised. “I really enjoy spending time with you and- Ahh I stink at this.” Matt blushes before putting his other hand on Gus’
“The only way you could ruin this, is by saying befriending me was all a joke.” Gus looks at him and Matt has the softest look on his face. “So you know, I think we’re on the same page now.” He looks away embarrassed but makes no attempt to let go.
“Yea... I think we are.” Gus says with a happy smile. They both laugh for a moment, as the continue to hold hands. Gus then tells Matt that he had used Human collectibles as a code name for him. Matt laughs and shakes his head as he explains he was fully convinced it was actual human items he was talking about.
“So uh, guess I’ll see you at school.” Matt nods happily as he looks at Gus. Gus takes a deep breath before going in to kiss Matt’s cheek, but unknown to Gus was that Matt was doing the same thing, and they ended up kissing on the lips. They blush like crazy and then laugh together as they keep holding hands.