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Are They Dating?

• Oneshot

Spoiler warning for chapter #52 and onward - mentioned location, mentioned characters

Gilda violently tugged Don to the side and into a spare room, pulling the door half-shut and putting a finger to his lips.

"Would you quit being so loud?! Oh, I knew I couldn't trust you with this!" Gilda grumbled.

"I think I wouldn't have to be so loud if I wasn't so confused!" Don argued back. "Stop beating around the bush already! You've been acting weird!"

"I-! Okay, I suppose you have a point…" Gilda trailed off. "But I need you to promise me some things! You won't say a thing about this, especially not to Emma or Ray! No raising your voice and getting us found out, because the point is to not be noticed! And lastly, if I turn out to be right, then you can't do anything reckless like trying to be Ray's supporter!"

"Supporter? Not be noticed? What are we doing? Why do you need me?!" Don's confusion only worsened. "Just explain this to me already!"

Gilda's gaze swept nervously across the room and back towards the door, as if anyone could hear them when the walls were so thick. She leaned closer to him and dropped to a whisper.

"I need a second opinion on something. I really would have preferred to ask Anna or Gillian, but they're both busy."

Don's brow furrowed. "What is it?"

Gilda looked into his eyes intensely. Her lip quivered.

"I want you to look at Emma and Ray, and tell me if you think they're dating or not."

"HUH?!" Don burst. 

"Quiet!!" Gilda snarled, frantically putting her hands over his mouth.

Don's eyes went wide as saucers. "You mean, like… that romantic kinda dating? You think they're like that?!"

"What other kind of dating would I mean?!" Gilda huffed. "They're obviously closer than they were back at the House! At least a thousand times closer! I just know they've been doing things when we weren't looking!"

Don's jaw dropped. "No way… you don't think… they've kissed-"

"I-I don't know!" Gilda's cheeks turned scarlet and she rushed to silence him again. "But haven't you seen the way they look at each other? Or how they hold hands?! Or-" 

Don was not listening at all. His eyes had fallen to the floor, and he looked completely dejected. "Oh man… Ray got his first kiss before me… he has a cute girlfriend… and I don't…"

"Typical boys…" Gilda rolled her eyes before grabbing his hand and yanking him back out to the hall. 

She led him to the doorway of the archive room, where they hid behind the walls and peered inside. Gilda pointed to the two who were sitting together as per usual, and Don vehemently nodded.

Ray and Emma sat at their usual table. A stack of books was piled up in the center. They had both been working it down over the hours, skimming through minor details in the hopes of finding something else regarding the Seven Walls. 

"Any leads yet?" Droned Ray. 

"Nope." Emma fiddled with the edge of a page and frowned.

Ray shot her a side-glance for just a moment. 

She seemed to sense it and glanced back. 

Her eyes glittered in a pleading fashion. 

He immediately turned away.