"Yeah. If I don't replant them soon then they'll probably walk about on their own and destroy the rest of my nursery," he says - and that definitely isn't something he wants to happen, especially with his whole not really wanting to kill plants thing. "Mm, I suppose that's true as well. Which is a shame, because I heard that sometimes huge spiders hide in with bunches of bananas. So they really should look."
Plopping back down to sit with Ever, he agrees with his friend in that nature Frey (and Rae) seem alright, but that doesn't mean he wants to go asking them for favours. He's just arranging some of the berry seeds on a napkin when the other boy blurts out his no, and whereas before Mateo would have laughed it off, now he finds his cheeks feeling suddenly very hot.
"Oh... Okay," he mumbles, nodding and reaching in for more berries to avoid speaking more.
Plopping back down to sit with Ever, he agrees with his friend in that nature Frey (and Rae) seem alright, but that doesn't mean he wants to go asking them for favours. He's just arranging some of the berry seeds on a napkin when the other boy blurts out his no, and whereas before Mateo would have laughed it off, now he finds his cheeks feeling suddenly very hot.
"Oh... Okay," he mumbles, nodding and reaching in for more berries to avoid speaking more.
