Gabe’s pretty jealous of Teddy. Gabe is a type of person who envies other people’s skills and tries to do it himself to seem smarter or more well liked and it works with mixed results. He does it with a lot of people, actually, but Teddy is one of the few he admires that dislikes him so strongly, which makes him think higher of him, and think more petty, jealous feelings. He thinks Teddy’s naturally a genius, and honestly thinks the purple soul is really cool and is a lot of things he isn’t. Like tall, dark, and handsome. He’s just short, pale, and pretty. He wants to be manly, dammit! And tall, and smart and stuff!! People can take him seriously!! But not Gabe.
He likes his soulmate plenty, but knows Teddy can’t stand him, but if it’s one thing Gabe has that Teddy doesn’t, is a magnetic personality. He’ll come around someday. And when he does, he hopes he could be like him. It’s better than being Gabe, after all.