tatum notices the tears in hudson’s eyes and she instinctively reaches out towards his cheek and wipes away at a stray tear with her thumb before letting her hand fall down to her side. she’s not sure what’s going on and she suddenly feels bad for making him cry. she’s never seen hudson cry before and she’s almost positive she never wants to ever again, especially not because of her. she’s ready to change the subject, to attempt to make things go back to normal but his voice broke through her train of thought. he wanted to date her? a small smile graced her features and she looked down at her feet for a few seconds before she nudged his arm lightly. “well, i-i wanna date you too. so…why don’t we do this? i’ll be your girlfriend, you’ll be my boyfriend and…you can learn how to properly date someone. i’m willing to compromise and keep my cool for you. i won’t initiate anything unless you want it- so, like, if you want to kiss, we’ll kiss. if you wanna hold hands, we’ll hold hands. and y’know, we’ll cross the more important things when we get there- like dates and anniversaries…sex.” she paused, a rush of warmth gracing her cheeks as she looked back up at him. “we’ll take things slow. i don’t want this to be a bad experience for you, hudson. and if you ever feel uncomfortable and want out, you can tell me. we can…go back to being friends but at least we tried, y’know?”
he doesn't take notice of the hand wiping his tear away until it's leaving, his mind racing too much to even pay attention to the sudden movement on his cheek. "um. okay." hudson nodded, trying to calm himself down before he gets himself more worked up over nothing. "really?" looking down at her his eyebrows furrow in confusion. "but that wouldn't be very fun to you. ‘cause i haven’t done a lotta those things. so it’ll be boring and stuff, for you." he knows she's done all those things before, but there's still a few he hasn't checked off the list yet. he was inexperienced. what if it cause them a working relationship? letting out a small smile the brunette nodded again at her final statement. "i don't wanna have you miss out on stuff either. 'cause like, you deserve to do things too not just 'cause i haven't done anything."
