Chapter 53 - A Little Talk With Gon 2: The Sequel

Some time later…

It was another Saturday and Legosi had gotten up early to go see Principal Gon. Louis looked so beautiful sleeping in the bed when he left. He had written a note and put it on his pillow to tell him he would be out for a bit. He knew Louis didn't like waking up alone with no explanation. He pulled his parka close to him, shivering. It sure had gotten frigid in a hurry. There'd be snow any day now. Legosi liked snow more than the cold.

The wolf entered the building, seeing that the tiger was actually out of his office and standing in the hall, looking at the awards case. His footsteps alerted him.

Gon's ears perked and he turned. "Legosi!"

"Gon-san!"

The principal grinned, his kind eyes closed behind those glasses. "It's so good to see you!"

Legosi smiled wide, making his eyes squint. That, coupled with his ever-wagging tail made it clear that the wolf was in high spirits.

"Would you like to go for a walk or talk in the office?"

Legosi bounced along. "Let's walk, Gon-san!" He unzipped his jacket a bit, since it was warmer inside.

Gon smiled. "So...Tell me everything."

"Well, Louis and I had a...talk, a few days ago. About his eating. And after a bit, he agreed to try and start eating more, and he has been." Legosi waved his arms as he walked, unable to contain all the excitement.

"Really!"

Legosi nodded, excitedly. "And he's been a lot happier lately! He says he wants to go to the New Year's dance!"

"That's going to be a magical night."

"Um." Legosi touched the claws of his forefingers together. "Do you think we'll be okay? I mean, that'll be when all the students really see...us."

Gon scratched his chin gently. "I can't really tell you."

Legosi huffed. "Well, we'll hang around our friends, then. Everyone in club and my old roommates know and support us." He thought for a moment. "Well, except Juno, I think. I'm not sure what to do when it comes to her."

Gon blinked. "What about her?"

"Well, I know she wanted to be the one to date me, and now she won't even talk to me, and whenever I'm with Louis she just glares. It's been a while now." Legosi rubbed his arm.

Gon blinked. "Why does she like you?"

"Well, I guess she just does. Back at the meteor festival she wanted to place a candle by the dinosaur with me and she also asked me out. I had to turn her down, but it seems like she still has those feelings."

"Wow." Gon wiped his eyes under his glasses. "I don't know my students as well as I thought."

"Well, there are a lot of them. There's no way you could know them all." Legosi folded his hands behind him as he walked along. Talking to this tiger was nice. Calming. It was similar to talking to his grandpa. He wondered if his dad would have been this easy to talk to, if he had ever been around.

"True. I guess you're right. You should probably not give Juno any more reasons to go after you."

Legosi sighed. "I wish we could be friends, though. We go through similar things, since we're both the same species. I guess that might be why she likes me, though."

"That shouldn't be the only reason to like someone.I mean, why do you like Louis?"

Legosi shuffled a bit, smiling. "Well, he's nice, funny, and he treats me nicely. He was one of the few herbivores that was ever unafraid of me. He's brave, too! And handsome, and he smells really really good!" He stopped, looking over at the tiger and blushing.

The tiger was smiling goofily. "Anything else?"

"Well, um, this might sound weird but, I'm...attracted to herbivores, I think."

Gon blinked. "Really?"

Legosi nodded. "I mean, Louis was the only one I was ever really attracted to in that way, but I sometimes imagine if he had different features, and...I just love the way he is. I love his perfectly symmetrical antlers, his big, beautiful eye, his soft, short fur, his tail." He covered his mouth. He sounded so silly gushing about his boyfriend.

Gon laughed. "You two!"

"Do you have anybody special, Gon-san?"

"Ah, me...? Uh, no, not really."

Legosi frowned. "Does that make you sad?"

"U-uh...Well..."

They had stopped to look out a window, and Legosi put his hands in his pockets. "Oh, sorry if that was a rude question."

"No, it's fine," Gon said.

Legosi smiled at him. "You'd deserve it, though. You've been so kind to me. To us. I really appreciate what you've done."

"Well, I care about my students." He scratched his cheek. "That means you."

Legosi sighed. Usually only close friends of canines would do something like that. He was glad Principle Gon could be his friend.

"Can't say I've ever helped my students this much, though."

Legosi's face saddened. "No other student has suffered like Louis..."

Gon looked to him. "You think so?"

Legosi nodded solemnly.

"I would have to say I agree, considering his history."

Legosi looked back at him. "You...know about that?"

Gon looked to him. "I do."

Legosi scratched his cheek. "Um, do you have my history, then?" His grandpa and grandma's relationship was kept off of all public documents, due to the illegal nature of marriage between poisonous and non poisonous animals.

Gon looked out the window once again. "Yes."

"Do you want children?"

Legosi rubbed his chin. "I always thought it would be nice, but I never really expected to have any."

Gon grinned. "I never took you for someone who wanted children."

The wolf blushed. "I just think it might be nice."

"I won't bring up how Louis feels about the situation, considering you haven't been together long enough to even consider it."

"Yeah. I haven't talked about it. I don't even know the specific laws and stuff that might even let us...continue with our relationship." Legosi kicked his feet on the ground, scuffing his sneakers.

"That makes sense. You're both males."

"I know carnivore and herbivore marriage was made legal a few decades ago, but I don't know the specifics of...our situation." Legosi continued to shuffle. "Or if we'd even be allowed to adopt."

"That depends on if Louis wants kids, anyway."

Legosi nodded. Louis had a bad childhood. Well, no childhood. How would that affect his opinion?

"I know." He cleared his throat. "Um, Oguma hasn't...contacted the school at all, has he?"

"What do you mean?"

"Um, he hasn't asked for Louis to come back? Or...go back to class?"

"Not that I know of."

Legosi just nodded, turning back to the tiger. "Well, thank you for talking to me, Gon-san."

"Wait, there's more I wanted to ask you!"

"Hm? What is it?"

"How is the actual...relationship going?"

"Well, we had a really big fight a few days ago. About Louis's eating. But after that he said he was sorry, and now it's better than it's ever been!"

"A really big fight...?"

Legosi nodded. "I was really scared, but we realized we both really need each other."

"That's very sweet," he grinned. "I enjoy our talks."

"I don't usually give it to students, but gah, you're different..." There's something in him that makes me act this way...What is it?

Legosi smiled wide. "I won't tell anybody! Of course. I just think it'd be good to have in case...I dunno."

"Don't worry. You won't always have to seek me out, then."

"I do like speaking to you in person, of course," Legosi beamed. "Maybe I'll bring Louis sometime!"

"I would love to see him!" Gon smiled. "I am not quite so good at texting..." They both looked down, plugging each others' numbers into their contacts.

"I won't use it too often. I just feel better having it."

"Feel free to! I don't really talk to anyone besides parents and the school board. I'd get in trouble, though, if they found out I was playing favorites..."

"I won't tell anybody, Gon-san!"

The tiger laughed and pet his head again. "Thank you, Legosi! I guess you should get going?"

"Yeah. See you later!" Legosi jogged off, tail wagging behind him.