A New Start

"I don't think I could ever do that even if I wanted to. He's far too nice. I'm more worried that he'd not want to be around me anymore." Gabe gave a small laugh, but it was definitely forced. That ever-looming feeling of inferiority seemed to really hang around him, but he knew that he shouldn't think like that. He wasn't Ent, enforcer for loan sharks and minor supervillain. Here, he was just Gabriel, a simple plant manipulator who was very much smitten with the muscular blond teen with bits of metal in his body.

"And I'm very aware of what you could and would do to me if I ever broke Angelo's heart. I'd prefer you didn't. I'm a delicate flower of nature." Gabe grinned for real this time, revealing a few of his pointed teeth. If it didn't bother Angelo, it most likely wouldn't bother Broen.

"I'm very aware of Angelo's toughness. And..."

Gabe paused. He remembered quite well what he had done to Kaiju. In a panic due to the large lizardman looming ever towards him, he had spawned a rather large tree underneath the guy and sent him up high. It had taken him out of the fight for a few minutes, but it was still a rather scary experience. Dude was a massive lizard guy. What the hell did he expect was gonna happen?!

"...thanks? Although your perfect ass? I mean, I dunno. Have you seen Angelo's? Actually, on that note, have you seen this world's Angelo? Holy fuckin' shit. My heart almost skipped a beat after I spoke with him." Gabe was genuinely blushing at this point, feeling somewhat empowered to say things that would never, ever leave his mouth normally. Broen had that kind of effect. He didn't judge, he just said what he wanted and pushed through.

"Wait, wait, wait. You hit on Big Angelo? Where was this story?!" Gabe laughed, looking at the bedridden man incredulously. There had to be a ridiculous story that had to go with that. Gabe would never be that bold, but he was also a few years younger and lacked the experiences necessary. Which did raise the question, what the actual hell did Broen go through in order to get where he is today? There had to be more to his story, but there was a snowball's chance in hell that he'd ask the guy about his past. That was definitely the bad end to this little story.

"...Thank you. You're pretty awesome, Broen."