Afraid of the Forest

7

 "Yeah. I think all this paranormal stuff likes you and will only come out every so often if you're not here. Wait what's that ariel something or other?" Bill secretly talked about himself, but made it seem like it was relevant to the conversation.

"You know how some people in the circus can do little tricks on a ribbon-like cloth hanging from the ceiling?"

"Maybe." Bill answered still unsure.

"That's what Ariel yoga is." Dipper smiled. For knowing so much about the universe, how does he not know? Is there more he doesn't know? Maybe this was just a rare thing that happened. Bill smiled a little and thought about how much he missed his little pine tree, but mostly thought about how he was going to tell him about his little crush on him. This was practically forbidden, but he had no one holding him back, so why not? Bill continued to think like this for a couple more minutes until Dipper noticed him looking off into the distance.

"What's up, Bill?" Dipper saw Bill staring off into space and called him back.

"What?" Bill answered with raised eyebrows and a dopey grin on his face. Dipper just laughed a sweet laugh and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Bill asked as he lost his smile in a desperate act to keep Dipper in the room with him.

"I'm just going to check up on Mabel." Dipper went into autopilot and kissed Bill on the forehead. It wasn't until he was out the door that he realized what he had done and when he peeked back inside the room, Bill was staring at where he last looked with the same dopey grin. Dipper just rolled his eyes and walked down stairs to hear Grunkle Stan and Mabel have a serious conversation about her morning drink. He thought it contained unicorn blood, but just stuck with nightmare fuel.