"“I’m attracted to you, yes. But that doesn’t mean if you aren’t attracted to me back, I stomp off in a huff. I’m not twelve. Honestly, I wouldn’t even have done that at twelve. At that age I could never have spoken to you at all, especially if you were nice to me.”
He kept waiting for one of these speeches to start soothing Skylar, but he continued to slide sideways into different agitations. “It’s not…it’s not as simple as that.”
Xander rewound the last thing he’d said, wishing he hadn’t babbled so much because he couldn’t figure out what that wasn’t so simple as. “I don’t get what you mean.”
God, but it was never going to stop being weird to see Skylar fidget and fret. “I mean… I mean that…it’s not that I’m not attracted to you.”
Xander went very still as the universe he thought he knew tilted sideways. He wiped his hand over dry lips. “You…you mean you’re not asexual?” On cue, a mini Zelda began to scold him in his head about asexuals and attraction and how not all aces were aromantic, and he tried to cover his tracks. “I mean…or demi…or…spectrum…” Fuck, he was screwing this so bad.
“I thought you weren’t going to label me"."
He kept waiting for one of these speeches to start soothing Skylar, but he continued to slide sideways into different agitations. “It’s not…it’s not as simple as that.”
Xander rewound the last thing he’d said, wishing he hadn’t babbled so much because he couldn’t figure out what that wasn’t so simple as. “I don’t get what you mean.”
God, but it was never going to stop being weird to see Skylar fidget and fret. “I mean… I mean that…it’s not that I’m not attracted to you.”
Xander went very still as the universe he thought he knew tilted sideways. He wiped his hand over dry lips. “You…you mean you’re not asexual?” On cue, a mini Zelda began to scold him in his head about asexuals and attraction and how not all aces were aromantic, and he tried to cover his tracks. “I mean…or demi…or…spectrum…” Fuck, he was screwing this so bad.
“I thought you weren’t going to label me"."
