"Sure," Oz agrees easily, because it is true. Ah, headpats. Excellent. "After being your master."
And therein lies the... well, it's not even an issue, not really. It's just that, without that built-in attachment binding them together, there's nothing stopping Gilbert from going out and forging new relationships, ones that go beyond fate or necessity.
(It's just that maybe, he wants to be Gilbert's best friend by choice, not by default. That, however, is not something he's ever going to say out loud.)
"I want to be your best friend, not your only friend," he says, and while his tone is teasing, his eyes are not. "You're the one who should have more ambition, you're not even married yet!"
GET A GIRLFRIEND GILBERT and also maybe find one with a cute younger sister--
--ahem. Anyway.
"I'm not going anywhere, Gil. I know I shouldn't make promises like that," not after he'd disappeared not once, not twice, but three times from Gilbert's lifetime across two universes, "But it's true. You don't need to worry about missing anything." Because 'paying attention' translates into just that, doesn't it? And sure, okay, maybe the part where he'd grown up with no one but Gilbert and Ada for company might have something to do with Gilbert's feelings, but. That's not something Oz has really put much time into considering, and he isn't about to start now.
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And therein lies the... well, it's not even an issue, not really. It's just that, without that built-in attachment binding them together, there's nothing stopping Gilbert from going out and forging new relationships, ones that go beyond fate or necessity.
(It's just that maybe, he wants to be Gilbert's best friend by choice, not by default. That, however, is not something he's ever going to say out loud.)
"I want to be your best friend, not your only friend," he says, and while his tone is teasing, his eyes are not. "You're the one who should have more ambition, you're not even married yet!"
GET A GIRLFRIEND GILBERT and also maybe find one with a cute younger sister--
--ahem. Anyway.
"I'm not going anywhere, Gil. I know I shouldn't make promises like that," not after he'd disappeared not once, not twice, but three times from Gilbert's lifetime across two universes, "But it's true. You don't need to worry about missing anything." Because 'paying attention' translates into just that, doesn't it? And sure, okay, maybe the part where he'd grown up with no one but Gilbert and Ada for company might have something to do with Gilbert's feelings, but. That's not something Oz has really put much time into considering, and he isn't about to start now.