A foreign food fantasy

"Yeah, 'course I would," Gabe's grin widened, it was so nice to make someone that excited. He felt as though he had done something kind, even though all he had done was be friendly, as usual. "Why wouldn't I? You seem rad," he complimented. "It'd be nice to get to know you better," he smiled, "maybe sometime I'll also introduce you to my boyfriend, William. He's really nice but very shy." He nodded to himself, "you'll make friends here fast enough."

"Do you wanna head to the lake first? I always like a bit of fresh air after eating," Gabe told Max.

"It's really pretty there, especially at this time of year," Gabe nodded and then paused for a moment, "I think it'll be frozen now actually." It had snowed heavily recently and the temperature had dropped by loads. "It's nice when it's frozen, people ice skate on it sometimes." He glanced at Max, "have you ever gone ice-skating?" He'd been shocked to find out a lot of people had never been, he'd thought it was an experience everyone had until he'd been talking to William about it.

"Why would he be indebted to me?" Gabe tilted his head, confused. He didn't think William owed him anything, it wasn't as if the boy had to pay him back for loving him. He shrugged, maybe Max wasn't trying to imply that at all. "But thank you," Gabe smiled, "a lot of people tell me that we're a cute couple actually." He laughed, he supposed they must be if everyone was saying so.

"Well," Gabe shrugged, "perhaps not." He tapped his foot, "you didn't seem hostile at all to me, and I've only met you for the first time today." He grinned at her, "don't put yourself down before giving yourself a chance. You never know what'll happen if you just try." He met Max's eyes, he didn't think she had been unpleasant at all, if she could be like this with him she didn't see what was stopping her from being like it with other people.

"I'll take you sometime," Gabe told her. "You have to try it, it is so fun! It's somethin' you wouldn't forget if you've done." He smiled, "we'll have to go now, oh brilliant I've been wanting to go for a while!" Gabe was really excited to bring Max ice-skating, it was hard to contain that excitement.

"No," Gabe shrugged, "there is water underneath the ice, it's just not visible." It's why you had to be very careful about what part of the lake you skated on. He thought he could explain all that to Max another time though, now she was talking about other things.

Gabe laughed,
"I am Gabe though," he stuck out his tongue. He presumed she had meant him and William but whatever. Gabe wasn't sure how to respond to that though so he quickly moved the subject on.

"Why would you struggle?" Gabe asked, his tone was not harsh, merely curious. "William's a nervous sort too, he'd understand if you seemed a little shy." Gabe assured her, "you would like him, trust me." It seemed what Max needed to do, was trust in herself not just trust in Gabe. "Are you okay?" His voice was gentle. He had gotten better at sensing when people were upset since he had met William.

"I'm glad," Gabe answered. He thought she may be lying but he knew not to push the subject. If Max felt comfortable, she would tell him in her own time. He nodded, "yeah, I guessed that's what you meant." He laughed softly, not unkindly, but just to lighten the mood.

"Well, I don't know about that." Gabe frowned a little, "I mean, I can't speak for William, but he isn't one to dislike people who are genuinely nice." Maybe she had something in her past that he could find out by reading into her thoughts? Maybe she was afraid of that? But then again Max didn't even know William was a mind reader so...

"I'm not exactly sure how much of his background I can share with you Max, I'm sorry. It's not that I don't trust you, but things like that are kinda private you Know?" Gabe bit his lip. It seemed to him that William hadn't been treated nicely by his peers or family growing up and perhaps that was why he was shy, but also perhaps it was just part of his personality. "Personality maybe?" Was all he said out loud.

"I don't know," Gabe shrugged. "I suppose some things are, but there's other things that you should open up to people about, you've just gotta be careful who that person you open up to is." A ghost of a frown crossed his expression, "This is a little different, it's something that I was trusted with. I don't have a right to share it with anybody else, I'm sorry." Gabe bit his lip, he didn't want to seem like he didn't trust her, it wasn't that , it wasn't personal.

"My powers?" Gabe smiled. "It's a little bit complex." He may have been exaggerating a tiny bit. "One of them is omnilingualism, it means I pick up on new languages really fast. I may have mentioned that earlier?" He shrugged, he had bad memory on things like that. Seen as he didn't put much thought into his speech.

"The other is a little bit more complicated. It's element manipulation. I can manipulate electricity. Only problem is it's a very strong power and I don't really have a good reign on it. It's hard to control." He laughed a little, "it's annoying sometimes, I wish I understood it better." He hoped she wouldn't use this information against him.

"What about you, Max?" Gabe grinned, he had shared enough about himself for the moment.