[No. It's not hard for him to say these things, either, exactly, once it's been broken. He will tell Veth he loves her easily now, because he has heard it from her so many times; harder to be the first, even when he knows. But the way Molly hung off of his 'I like you very much' in his thoughts made it a little - well, he knew. And more than that, he knew Molly wants to hear those things from him, and he's very happy to give it. He means it in many different ways, but also the obvious one. Also that.]
[The way in which they are very close friends in a found family situation? That way? That way, right? Not the way which Beau would call gross. The thing that he is surprised about is how much he does like hearing these things. How it's odd that Caleb seems to say it easily enough, doesn't resent him for wanting these things. It's too much to ask from someone you've just been involved with for two weeks, only really known for a few months, but he doesn't seem to begrudge him that short time.
He's quiet for another long stretch, keeping his face buried in Caleb's hair - it's kind of funny that Caleb is actually taller than him, and he's thinking about that again. Everything is so serious and Caleb is? Taller than him? Before he starts to shift finally.]
Look, I'm not an expert, but I think you're supposed to do those things at candlenight dinners and such. Not after calling a teenager a son of a bitch and storming off to cry.
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He's quiet for another long stretch, keeping his face buried in Caleb's hair - it's kind of funny that Caleb is actually taller than him, and he's thinking about that again. Everything is so serious and Caleb is? Taller than him? Before he starts to shift finally.]
Look, I'm not an expert, but I think you're supposed to do those things at candlenight dinners and such. Not after calling a teenager a son of a bitch and storming off to cry.
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[He says it a little teasingly, but it isn't a joke. Sometimes you know best what a person means to you because of the worst circumstances.]