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The Doctor always thought about the operator Ethan. He always thought about how cute he was with that mischievous grin he tends to give, and his cute curly tail. he would happily eat the snacks the Doctor gave him. But the Doctor hasn't expressed how he truly feels about Ethan, all he feels confident in do is assigning him as his assistant and unconsciously staring at him untill he was snapped out of his daze by Ethan asking why the Doctor was staring at him like that.
The Doctor let out a sigh and looked up at the ceiling, trying to take his mind off things, until he heard Ethan's voice, "Yo' Doctor! You look like you're in a good mood, did something good happen today?" Always with that sarcastic line, "Not really," the Doctor said with a smile, "Really? Well I think I've got something to cheer you up!" Ethan then pulled out a bag of the Doctor's favorite snack and plopped right next to him. The Doctor looked toward him in confusion, Ethan wasn't the type to share at all so why...? The Doctor's thought were interrupted by Ethan going, " Hm? What's with that look? Don't you like these?" "Y-yes yes I do! I just... spaced out for a second," thought suspicious it seemed like Ethan ignored it, much to the Doctor's relief, and grabbed one of the cone shaped corn chips from the bag and ate it.
While the two were eating the Doctor felt something wrap around his left arm. He looked down to see what it was and was surprised to see that it was Ethan's tail wrapped around his arm, to which the Doctor pointed out, "Ethan... your tail is-" Before the Doctor could finish his sentence Ethan quickly unwrapped his tail and moved it away from the Doctor and proceeded to blert out, "I-I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID THAT!! SORRY DOCTOR!!!!" The Doctor noticed Ethan was blushing so the Doctor said, "Ethan, why are you blushing like that?" Ethan's face got redder and in a panic he hastily responded, "I- SORRY DOCTOR I'VE GOTTA GO!! HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR SNACK!!" And as he said this Ethan bolted out of the room. The Doctor was even more confused than he was before, why did Ethan do that? Is it because Ethan likes me too? The Doctor thought about it hard and made up his mind, "I'm confessing to Ethan..." the Doctor looked over to his desk covered in paper work, "In the morning..."
Ethan sat scrunched up on his bed, still thinking about what happened earlier that day, and mumbled to himself over and over, "I'm so stupid..." The Doctor probably knows that he has feeling for him, feelings he had tried his best to hide, and yet he unconsciously let his tail show a little bit of those feelings that then exploded out of him when the Doctor noticed, all because he was too focused on eating. Ever sense Ethan joined Rhodes island he's always liked the Doctor. Even though Ethan was a member of Reunion before hand The Doctor appreciated him, let him have good food, gave him clothes and a place to sleep, it all made his heart flutter in a way he'd never felt before. Dispite all this he didn't have the guts to tell the Doctor any of this. He was afraid that the Doctor wouldn't like him that way, that the the Doctor would finally reject him, or worse, that the Doctor didn't actually like him at all. These thoughts tormented Ethan so, in order to forget them, he just decided to go to sleep. Maybe the Doctor will just forget about what happened...
When Ethan woke up he was greeted by a knock at his door immediately followed by a sinking feeling in his stomach. It's the Doctor isn't it... Ethan's guess was correct as when he opened the door he saw the Doctor's pale face on the other side. "Ethan..." FUCK FUCK FUCK, "Yes Doctor?" The Doctor gently held Ethan's hand in his own, "I love you," Ethan's eyes widened once he heard these words, he's just been confessed to by the same person he has a huge crush on, he can't hide his feeling anymore, he can't just push it away in to that one corner of his mind and try to ignore it, he has to open that bottle of emotions, "I..." So he does, "I love you too Doctor. I love you so much! I LOVE YOU SO GOD DAMN MUCH!!" Ugly, that's the only word to describe the words that came out of his mouth. The Doctor was a bit taken back by these words of pure emotion, but he just smiled and hugged Ethan in response. Ethan froze for a moment untill he finally wrapped his arms around the Doctor, letting a few tears leak out of his eyes. And, just like last night, he unconsciously wrapped his tail around the Doctor as he did so.
End.