at the look, pascal gulps. it’s an involuntary reaction to being looked at so thoroughly, and wolf hasn’t even approached him yet. sure, pascal has been staring, and sure, he’s a little embarrassed about it but being looked at by another boy is—it’s new and more than a little exciting.
he takes wolf’s compliment with a smile, glad to know his teammate sees the work pascal has been putting into their shared sport. “thanks, uh. thank ya” and then wolf moves, coming so much closer to pascal that he feels an anticipation building. he’s not sure what the anticipation is for but it’s present.
“it’s—active, i reckon. bein’ active,” his words are getting all stumbled together and this only happens around girls he like likes. the thought is fleeting but it still instills a shock in him. girls he likes. as far as he knows, wolf does not identify as a girl, which means—pascal clears his throat, “yeah, i’ve been, uh. been doin’ sports most of my life. grew up around a few teams, learned that people work well together. so i–i’ve stuck with it, now. been a few years,” he licks his lips and turns his head once he realizes what he’s done, what the action might imply. “i, uh. yeah,” he finds himself finishing lamely, wanting to say more but still startled by the thought he’s had about liking. “yeah.”
The closer they got, the more Wolfgang’s nerves seemed to grow- yet he held his head high, smiled wide and tried his best to be confident. And as far as he was concerned, he was doing a good job, no- he was doing a great job. Perhaps he wasn’t as nervous as he’d originally thought- he certainly felt sure of what he was doing.
He’d noticed Pascal staring, and he’d also noticed how it made him feel- he’d liked the attention. Perhaps, he even loved it. And the fact that it was coming from Pascal? It made it all better.
“No problem,” he responded with a small laugh as he ran his fingers through his hair, nodding his head as he listened to the other male. Truthfully he couldn’t care less about their conversation- but didn’t want their conversation to end. “I could tell,” he responded with a laugh as he looked over the other male, allowing his tongue to graze his lips as he lifted his head to meet the other’s eyes. “You’re a natural,” he continued, playfully nudging the other in the shoulder.