Gus x Matholomule one shots

The Carnival

I look up at my clock: 4:30, thirty minutes left. My study book sits next to me on my bed, discarded. I glance over at it. I really should finish studying, but I'm too anxious to focus right now.

Me and Matt are planning on going to go to the carnival. Yeah it is the same one that Tibbles shrank Willow, Luz, and me at... but that's in the past, hopefully.

He insisted in coming to pick me up. Something about not trusting his older brother to not embarrass him. So here I am, waiting for Matt to arrive, my Jerk with sucky insults.

Time creeps past and eventually I wait by the door in anticipation.
After studying me for a second my Dad says "Gus, are you okay? You are fidgeting a lot."

"What? Oh, yeah I'm fine" I reply

"Excited for your date!" He teases

"What! no it's not like that!" I say hurriedly, trying to hide a blush that's rising in my cheeks and failing desperately.
Dad's eyes lit up "It is like that!"

Before I could protest there's a knock on the door.

I spring up and rush over to the door.
It's Matt. (Of course it is I mean who else could it be?)

"Hey Jerk" I say.

"Sup Squirt" he replies with a cocky grin.

"Hello you must be Matholomule!" Dad says enthusiastically, as he gently shoves me out the door. Matt freezes, even though we've hung out lots he's never met my family and I've never met his. I think he likes it better this way.

"Hi" Matt says somewhat strained

"Are you excited for your date!" My dad exclaimed

Me and Matt reply almost simultaneously
(Matt) "What?"
(Gus) "AAH! Dad it's not a date!"

A faint blush rises in Matt's ears, he tries to hide it but fails. Luckily Dad doesn't say anything.

"Okay," I finally pipe up "we need to go if we want to make good time." Desperately trying to get out of the awkward situation.

"Okay!" Dad says shooing us off "Stay safe! Have Fun!"

"Bye Dad!" I wave

"Sorry about him." I say once we're out of earshot "Dad means well but he can be a bit much sometimes."

"Yeah" he says in a chuckle "Us on a date"

"Yeah, Unimaginable" I say.

Matt looks the other way and mumbles something I cant hear.

neither of us say anything for a moment, trying to find a different subject to break this uncomfortable air I finally think of something to say.

"You know the last time this carnival was in town me and willow were shrank into a speck of dust and had to ride a fly to get help."

"Really?" Matt says almost unbelieving "How did that happen?"

"It was crazy. Tibbles was getting revenge on us for destroying his night market stall with a walking house. He tried to feed us to his flea circus. We almost died." I explain

"Yeah that sounds like something he would do" Matt said

"Wait you know Tibbles?" I ask surprised

"Yeah, I work some scams for him here and there."

"WHAT! YOU-" that's all I can say before he cuts me off

"Gus I make sure to stay out of any that might involve someone getting injured. I backed out of one just yesterday, he wanted to shrink the coven guards into oblivion." He says, walking towards me he grabs my hand, trying to reassure me. "I only help with material scams. Editing book images and things like that."