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Today I'm going to tell that old dog how I feel. I've been waiting way too long to do this Walter thought to himself,sitting in his barstool. The man stood up and went to change.
“What kind of things does that rascal like?” Walter said out loud while looking through the mountain of clothes sitting on a chair of his in the room. He tried on practically every outfit the man could find but all of them had issues. Too fancy, Nox had said he looked like a slob, too colorful. In the end he made the dissension of wearing the same thing he does everyday. A tank top with his leather jacket over it and some cargo pants. He sprayed some cologne, put on some deodorant, then grabbed his keys,wallet, a beer, put on his shoe walked out the door. He hopped into his ford ranger. He knew it was a shitty truck, but it worked and that's all he cared about. As he drove down the dirt roads, the smell of fresh air and booze swirled in the air. He got to one of the local plant stores, got out of the truck and went in. The room was a vibrant green from all of the plants, the smell was extremely floral and enjoyable. The man looked and looked for a plant that looked like it would suit the doctor's likes. Soon enough he spotted the plant that he believed the man would love. It was a carnivorous plant that lures the prey into its mouth and snaps shut. The plant being the venus fly trap.
That sounds exactly like something the bastard would buy! Walter thought to himself. He swiftly picked up the plant, paid for it and left. He knew Alexander's name because of how much time they spent together. The amount of time that Walter had almost slipped up was worrying. Once he was caught by octane when he was texting nox. When Octavio asked Walter who “Alex <3” was, the only thought in Walter's head was to tell Octavio that Alex was a one night stand that he had even if he was dying to tell the truth. He was heading to Noxs house to give him the plant and reveal his feelings. Most of the legends got a nice house with 2 bedrooms and 2 and a half bathrooms with a small garage that can barely fit a vehicle into it. The only ones who had exceptions were Alexander and Natalie in which both of them had garages that could fit up to five vehicles because of their traps that they worked on. When he got to Alexander's house he stayed in the car for a moment. He flipped down his mirror to look at himself, drank the rest of his beer and said
“You've got this. Don't bail on this old dog now.”
He stepped out of the vehicle and grabbed the vase containing the venus fly traps, walked up the steps and rang the doorbell. Nox had a doorbell installed that had a built-in microphone so that he could know when someone was at the door while he was in his lab. When Walter had rung the doorbell, the was a sudden noise of static coming out of the intercom then Alexander's voice.
“Who is it” he asked. He was always irritated when someone rang the doorbell other than when he was expecting it to be rung.
“Its ya mate fusey” Walter replied, practically yelling into the microphone
“The doors unlocked Walter, come on in.” He sounded less irritated than before, which is a good sign.
Immediately when Walter walked into the scientist's house. The smell of coffee practically smacks Walter in the face. He knew the place like the back of his hand. He walked down the hall, then into the door to the right. When he entered the room his throat immediately tensed up from the gas. He watched as the tall man took off his gear to meet with the shorter man. Alexander nox was known as a very serious man, but everyone has their soft spots. His was specifically plants (and mrs paquette).
“ I gotcha this” walter said as he placed the plant on the table “Seems like the type of thing you like”
“Why thank you” Caustic replied, picking up the plant to examine it.
“Listen mate, i've been meaning to telling you this-”
“Please don't walter.” Alexander said, cutting off Walter. His voice was a lot more serious than before, practically making him sound upset.
“What do ya mean?” Walter asked
“Please don't tell me that you love me.” Alexander answered, looking down at the floor. Walters Heart dropped into his stomach. Alexander had shut him down before he could even ask the question. “Now if you wouldn't mind, please leave the house. I've got things to do.”
“Can I know why?” Walter asked, his voice cracking mid sentence.
“I don't want to hurt you. I'll accept this gift and pretend like this occurrence had never happened. Now LEAVE.” He said, pointing to the door. His face was sturn.
“Oh- well, okay.” Walter replied, his throat tightening as he tried not to lose it and tell Alexander that he wasn't going to hurt him.he was one of the most deserving of love even though he couldn't see it. Walter left seconds after that occurrence. Not stopping once to even close the doors behind him. He drove 120 mph down the road to reach his house. When he went inside the first thing he did was grab a bottle of Jamison irish whiskey and chugged it. Sitting there for what felt like hours, walter kept thinking
What did I do wrong?
How did I mess up?
Does he just not like me?
When he had snapped out of his daze, he had noticed that his phone was buzzing. Out of curiosity mad his way over to the counter to check out what the notification was.
It was a call from alexander. Fitzroy sighed and let the phone ring out. After about three minutes of waiting he got yet another notification. This time it was a voicemail. He opened it and heard the familiar voice say.
“Good afternoon walter. I understand that you're probably upset over what happened and i do want to apologise for my actions. Maybe we could talk about it this weekend at my house? Anyways, text or call me if you'd like to schedule that. Have a good night.” Caustic's voice was calm yet there was a certain amount of empathy that you could hear for walter.
“Like that old dog wants to see me,” Fitzroy said out loud. He put back the phone and went to his room to lay down. The last thing he could remember before dozing off was the sound of caustics voice saying “please don't tell me that you love me.”