Hartley looks back up from his meal to give Cisco a surprised smile. "Sure. If you want, I can take you to the shelter where I got my two newest rats," he offers. "There were plenty of dogs there in need of a home." And Hartley's adopted enough rats from the shelter over the years that he's on a first name basis with everyone that works there. He wonders when Cisco will want to go get a dog. Perhaps Hartley can help him puppy-proof his place first. "My rats will be okay with anything that won't eat or experiment on them," he says after a moment, once again surprised by Cisco's question.
He wonders if this means Cisco's hoping they'll be spending enough time with each other that their pets meeting will be inevitable. If he's being honest, he's relieved Cisco decided on a dog instead of a cat, because he knows it would be much harder to train a cat not to eat his rats. It's probably way too soon to be thinking like that, but he can't help it. Besides, he likes to think through every possibility.
"I'm enjoying our date too," he says with a pleased smile as he reaches out to take Cisco's hand again again. It's a relief to know he isn't the only one who enjoyed their hand holding earlier. It's also a relief to know that Cisco doesn't want this to be their last date. It seems they're on the same page regarding where they hope all of this is going. "I'd love to go on more dates with you. Karaoke dates, movies dates, any other dates we might think of," he murmurs, caressing the back of Cisco's hand with his thumb as he continues. "Given how much thought we both seem to be putting into the future, it almost sounds like we're already... a thing." Which he doesn't think he's opposed to, necessarily, as long as they do this right and Cisco doesn't get scared off. Hartley knows Cisco said he's all in, but he also knows he's never had a boyfriend before.
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He wonders if this means Cisco's hoping they'll be spending enough time with each other that their pets meeting will be inevitable. If he's being honest, he's relieved Cisco decided on a dog instead of a cat, because he knows it would be much harder to train a cat not to eat his rats. It's probably way too soon to be thinking like that, but he can't help it. Besides, he likes to think through every possibility.
"I'm enjoying our date too," he says with a pleased smile as he reaches out to take Cisco's hand again again. It's a relief to know he isn't the only one who enjoyed their hand holding earlier. It's also a relief to know that Cisco doesn't want this to be their last date. It seems they're on the same page regarding where they hope all of this is going. "I'd love to go on more dates with you. Karaoke dates, movies dates, any other dates we might think of," he murmurs, caressing the back of Cisco's hand with his thumb as he continues. "Given how much thought we both seem to be putting into the future, it almost sounds like we're already... a thing." Which he doesn't think he's opposed to, necessarily, as long as they do this right and Cisco doesn't get scared off. Hartley knows Cisco said he's all in, but he also knows he's never had a boyfriend before.