@Wakusei Aoshi:

Hahaha, a lot of these things you brought up are actually pretty similar to some other stuff I've come up about them! xD I think I'm starting to get a pretty good idea of how I want their "asking out" thing to go, though. >:M Thanks for your suggestions!
Also, I like your Gabe dialogue, hahaha.
(Sorry my comment is so short;;; orz)

I have no experience with this stuff...but...how about another idea! What if they are just hanging out and doing stuff and it becomes date-like and then Gabe's all like 'Yo, do you realize we are on a date?' And then Stefan's all like 'No way, you're insane' and then Stefan goes through some sort of life crisis and realizes his feelings for Gabe. But Gabe doin' same stuffs as he always be doin' and Stefan confesses to Gabe with as much courage as he can muster and then Gabe is like 'shizz, I need to fix my act' and so he slowly starts stopping his thang he does and Stefan and Gabe both change.

Or you could be with it like in Hotaru no Hikari where SPOILERS her boss and her are living together for months and have wacky zany antics and he keeps supporting her dating some other guy but her boss likes her and when it doesn't work out with the other guy she feels all sad, but can't figure out why it didn't work out and then her boss is all like 'because you are in love with me and I am in love with you too so let's just be together'.

So like in that show her boss takes the initiative to just lay it all straight. Instead of confessing it's would be more like Gabe saying 'Yo Stebaby, you love me and it's obvious and I love you so let's just be together'...though I feel like Stefan would deny that too...

Complicated couple ya got thar

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Yeah, I was pretty sick, this week;; But I'm almost all better now! :D
Haha, I'm basically the same with dA. xD;;; I kind of forget to post stuff there. orz

Oh, I see, I see. :o It's interesting that you ended up in a relationship when you weren't planning on it initially... Thanks for sharing so much about the two of you! (Sorry I don't have much to say in response, but I'm taking it all into account!)

And yeah, I don't plan on having Stefan and Gabe completely change who they are just for the sake of things. Though I do feel there would be some changes mentally in them, because they come to understand where the other person is coming from, and why they think the way they do.
But that's stuff that happens while they're friends, before they're dating.
(Actually, I feel like a lot of the stuff you brought up is stuff I would address before they're dating. xD They go through a lot as friends before they get to being in a romantic relationship with one another.)

Also, just thought I'd mention that Stefan's not asexual or aromantic. ;o He's been in previous relationships that included sex and romance on his own free will, and did enjoy those relationships. He's just grown kind of disillusioned with the idea of "love" over the years, because of things in his past relationships and just his naturally cynical disposition. He tends to tag any physical attraction or intimate feelings he has for a particular person as a sort of hollow infatuation with no profound meaning. Basically, Stefan's a realist who doesn't think of love as something magical or fantastical; he almost sees the idea of love it as something negative, because infatuation can be deceptive if one doesn't examine their emotions closely. I've already decided to some degree how he comes to terms with this internal belief and his feelings for Gabe, but that's something I'll talk about another time. :m Haha.
...and I kind of forgot why I mentioned all of this. WHOOPS;;;

BUT YEAH. I do kind of want to go a more lighthearted route for the actual point in time when one of them asks the other out... but still have it be well thought out between the two of them?? IDK WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I'm trying not to get too shoujo or BL-y with Stefan and Gabe... Although I do kind of want to have a fair amount of cute fluff with them, I still just want to portray the two of them and relationship very honestly... idk

This comment's all over the place. But thanks for all the discussion points, it's helped me think about things!!! :D

@cheriblosomchibi:

OH NO KYLE, THAT'S REALLY CUTE!!!! ;U;/ And also quite brave of you, wow. PROPS TO YOU, BRO.
YOUR INPUT IS REALLY HELPFUL! It's these kinds of things I would never think of on my own, and it really helps me understand what kind of tone can surround stuff like crushes and asking people out, haha. :,D
(Idk why like all of my stories and characters are about romance, I'm such an unromantic person;;;)

@KeybladeMewKasa:

Wait, wondering about the SteGabe thing, or wondering about How On Earth People Get Into Relationships?

I WISH I HAD LIVED VICARIOUSLY THROUGH OTHERS, NO ONE EVER TELLS ME WHEN THEY'RE DATING PEOPLE. I mean. I guess it's 'cause I'm kind of a boring butt about romance and also I don't ask.
But I'm also Nozaki-kun. I need info through observation.......... or other means.

And I see, that makes sense. :M
Though this "magically confirming" thing is really getting to me because I feel like it's A REAL THING THAT HAPPENS AND PEOPLE SOMEHOW ARE DOING THIS MAGIC AND IT BAFFLES ME.

when i asked out Jason (yes, i asked him out, surprisingly enough), it was over text at 5am xD i said "i have a crush on someone, but i think i'm bro-zoned." then he said i should just tell the guy i like that i like him, so i was like "i like you, Jason." before throwing my phone across the room and running away in fear xD
thats kinda what i usually do with people i like-- i hint it at them until i just kinda blurt it out pff. idk how "normal" people do it but i thought i would add my input >w<

I was actually kind of wondering about this. THE UNANSWERED QUESTION.

And mmmm I mean I don't really have experience in this either, lulz, but in LIVING VICARIOUSLY through other people, I believe that, in the adult world, it's typically going on a few dates and then asking or somehow otherwise magically confirming that a relationship is now in effect. Although it probably really depends on the couple in question?????