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He’d tried to mask how he was feeling. But this was getting ridiculous. Anytime Matt couldn’t hang out it was always because of her. Gus slid his back down a pillar until he hit the floor with a thump. He was waiting on Matt at the graveyard, and he was late, again!! No doubt because of Celine. He was starting to grow tired of the same old routine, and he had to admit, he was kind of jealous. Suddenly all of Matt’s time was taken up by her. He was starting to feel like he was just bothering him.
“boo!” A voice yelled in his ear, startling Gus out of his thoughts. He turned around to see Matt with a stupid shit-eating grin on his face, he laughed at how angry and distraught Gus looked,
“Sorry, I was late again,” Matt started,
“I was with-“
“Celine?” Gus interrupted, unable to hide his boredom,
Matt cocked his head to the side slightly,
“Uhh yeah, I lost track of time.”
“Whatever, let’s just get to work.” Gus groaned, taking a stand and walking towards the very middle of the graveyard, where he settled on the ground and began conjuring up illusions. Matt approached him after a few moments, the ghost of a smile on his face, Gus noticed him fidgeting with his clothes,
“Augustus??” He spoke, slight concern lined his voice,
“What?” Gus asked,
“Is something wrong?” Matt asked, his smile had completely faded into a confused frown,
“Nope, everything’s great!” Gus replied sarcastically,
Matt’s eyebrows furrowed together, starting to get a little frustrated,
“You’re acting weird.”
“Am I?” Gus scoffed,
Matt opened his mouth to respond but Gus interrupted him before he got the chance,
“How would you know? You never wanna hang out anymore.”
It went silent for a moment. Matt had a surprised look on his face,
“What are you going on about?” He quipped,
Gus rolled his eyes before answering,
“Celine has been taking up all of your time these past few weeks,”
Matt’s surprise became a look of amusement, Gus was offended by the sudden smile on his face.
“It’s always Celine this and Celine that,” Gus began ranting angrily,
“Like geez dude, if you like her or something just say that.”
Before Gus could continue, his friend burst out laughing,
“Is that funny to you?!” He asked,
Matt was laughing now,
“That’s what this is about? You’re jealous of her?”
Gus went red, slowly realizing how embarrassing this was. Matt was genuinely smiling now, and Gus hated how pretty his smile looked,
“Dude, we’ve been working on a project together.” Matt managed,
“oh,” Gus said dumbfounded, starting to feel hotter,
Matt gathered himself and sat down next to him, still smiling goofily,
“Sorry if I uhhh made you upset, guess I should’ve told you about the project huh?”
“Yeah, you should’ve.” Gus crossed his arms to pout,
Matt elbowed his arm,
“Don’t go all grumpy on me man, I said I was sorry!” He teased,
But Gus stayed stubborn. Matt sighed long and loud and fell into his friend’s lap. When he continued to ignore him Matt resorted to poking him in the stomach, he hit an area on his stomach that made Gus giggle and Matt smirked at the discovery. He attacked Gus in tickles, causing him to fall onto his back, trying and failing to push Matt off of him,
“Matt- get off!!” Gus wheezed out,
Matt stopped for a moment,
“Do you forgive me?”
“No!” Gus lied, using his arms to elevate himself from the ground,
Matt readied to tickle him again, not having to get far before Gus gave in,
“Okay okay” He laughed,
“I forgive you.”
Matt was satisfied with his victory and allowed Gus to sit up again, when he did he realized just how close they were to each other. Any insults he might’ve had died on his tongue, and suddenly everything seemed to go quiet. His thoughts died and all he could do was look into the illusionist’s eyes.
“You have some dust on your face,” Gus broke the silence, his voice soft, a small smile peaking at his lips,
“I do?” Matt said feeling at his cheek, suddenly feeling self-conscious,
“Yeah, right-“ Gus began to say, pausing as he lifted his hand to feel at his face,
“There.” he finished, brushing off some dust, the particles seemed to sparkle as they settled on the floor.
As if on cue both boys went red and looked away from each other. Matt jolted up off the floor and clapped so loudly that Gus was startled,
“SO UHM! Let’s get started!!”