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Gigil
(n.) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
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It started when Gavin was really young. He'd got cat for his birthday and found it to be the cutest thing he'd ever seen. His parents were surprised when he picked up the cat and proceeded to squeeze it gently, hugging it close where ever he went. Every time he'd find something that he thought was cute he'd squeeze it close to himself. They thought he'd grow out of it but it only got worse the older he got. Gavin had a hard time resisting the urge to squeeze cute things even after he moved to the states for Rooster Teeth. Though, he was relieved to find that there was not an abundance of cute things in Austin, Texas. In fact, he forgot he had the weird urges as there was nothing he considered cute around.
Then, Michael Jones got hired at Rooster Teeth.
When he first met him, Gavin thought he was kinda loud but funny. He was nice, even sometimes when he was yelling and they were immediately friends. The first time he got the urge was in the middle of a recording. It was the first time they had teamed up in Minecraft and Gavin was excited, admittedly. They had been recording for a little bit when Ryan started attacking him out of nowhere. He started squawking, yelling out for Michael to save him and seconds later Ryan was slain by Michael.
"Thanks, Mi-cool!"
Michael had turned to him and smiled wide, showing off his dimples "No problem, Gav. You're my boi!"
And Gavin forgot how to breathe as the overwhelming urge to squeeze Michael into a hug overtook him. After that, it seemed to happen every time Michael would smile so big his dimples surfaced and slowly it grew.
Then, it was every time he wouldn't wear a beanie, his curls falling all over the place. Gavin would find himself staring at them, wanting to run his fingers through them and play with them.
Then it was the way his freckles sat so perfectly on his face, running down his neck and onto his back. (It was hard to not squeeze his face into Michael's back every time they went swimming, but Gavin did his best to keep his distance.)
Then, every time Michael was nice to him or showed that he cared about him in one way or another, he want to squeeze him close.
Every time he'd come to his rescue in Minecraft, every time he'd say "You're my boi, Gav!", Every time Gavin joked with him and made him laugh; everything he did seemed to make Gavin want to squeeze him and soon enough a warm fuzzy feeling would sit in his stomach every time he saw Michael.
It wasn't too long after that that someone noticed Gavin's behavior. That person being Geoff, and Gavin was hesitant to explain his reasons for suddenly leaving the room or staring at Michael more times than he could count. But he finally did and Geoff had just smirked at him knowingly, like he knew something that Gavin didn't.
"So...this means you think Michael's cute?" Gavin looked away and Geoff couldn't help but smile. "Tell him you like him. Just don't f*ck in the office." Geoff walked away, leaving Gavin gaping at his back and blushing bright red. He didn't think he liked Michael, he just found him cute..right? But the thought stayed in his head. He did like spending time with Michael and he always felt so much happier whenever he was around. He didn't realize Geoff was right until he found himself staring at Michael's lips, wondering how it would feel to kiss him. So, he told himself he would tell Michael. It took a few more weeks but Gavin finally worked up the courage to talk to Michael about it.
"Hey Michael?"
"Yeah, Gav?"
Gavin felt his heart thump faster in his chest. "Can I talk to you after work?"
"Yeah, sure. Everything okay?"
The urge returned and Gavin took a deep breathe to stop the twitch in his hands. "Y-yeah. I uh- just want to talk to you about something."
Michael raised a brow, not believing that he was fine but nodding "Well, alright."
Gavin smiled and turned back to his computer as Michael did the same. Geoff smirked at the two before going back to his editing as well.
A while later, Michael and Gavin sat alone in the Achievement Hunter office.
"So, what did you want to talk about?"
Gavin gulped. This was it. He had to tell Michael about how he felt. "I- Well..I'll start from the beginning." And he did. He told Michael about his weird urge to squeeze things he found cute and Michael raised a brow at him.
"Okay..So, what does that have to do with me?"
"Well. Michael I- I find you cute..I uh really like you."
Michael's eyes widened and he blinked at Gavin, a look of disbelief on his face.
"You- You think I’m cute? And- You like me?"
Gavin looked down at his hands and nodded. There was a long moment of silence and the longer it stretched the more he wanted to cry. But then, his face was being lifted slowly so he was looking at Michael again and he gasped when Michael was smiling so big his dimples were showing. Gavin returned the smile and Michael pulled him into a sweet kiss. It was like nothing Gavin could've imagined and when they parted Gavin finally gave into his urges, squeezing his face into the crook of Michael's neck as he hugged him close.
"I like you too, Gav."
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