Page 62 of Glamour & Gumballs

Kyle came strolling up to me, ignoring the rain altogether. “Hey.”

“Hi.”

“You look thinky,” he said, gesturing to my face.

“It’s called having a brain.”

He grinned. “Is it?”

I rolled my eyes at him, and he tucked his hands in the pockets of his shorts. The bastard was lucky he was so big, or he would’ve been freezing.

Like I would’ve been, without my new favorite possessions. My coat and boots would be my best friends for the rest of my life, at the rate we were going.

“Rhett thinks you’re upset about something,” Kyle said.

I glanced over my shoulder to make sure we were alone.

“Everyone else was still asleep when I walked away, and the jungle is too far from us for anyone hiding there to hear us. We’re good,” he added.

“I’m not upset,” I said, refocusing on the water. “Just… uncertain, I guess.”

“About what?”

I hesitated.

“You’re sexually attracted to me, aren’t you?” he drawled.

I smacked him on the arm. “Shut up.”

He grinned.

“I don’t know him very well,” I finally said. “Which is fine. I don’t need to know everything about him. But I need to know what his personality’s like before I marry him, you know? That shit’s permanent.”

Kyle made a noise of agreement. “It is.”

“And…”

“And what part of his personality are you uncertain about?”

“He’s just been acting… nice. And laid-back,” I said.

Kyle blinked.

“I know it sounds ridiculous,” I added hastily. “Those aren’t bad characteristics. It’s just that when we were around each other at first, he was more intense. And rougher. Now, he’s so calm in all the illusions he sends me. Sometimes, calm is good. But it gets boring, you know? I want him to know what he wants, and assert himself. Not just be nice.”

Kyle blinked again. “I don’t know anyone who would call Rhett nice.”

My forehead creased. “You don’t?”

“No. He does the Society’s dirty work more often than not. Doesn’t exactly leave him room for kindness.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah. If he’s being too nice, he’s probably just trying not to scare you off.”

That made me feel better.

A lot better.

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