âI know you donât mean to, but the puppy? Getting him anyway, itâs like⌠you donât even care how I feel,â Leo explained with a shrug.  âAnd then just deciding to invite another family in to adopt him, without even talking to me again, itâs just continuing. I know there are places to take him for training, but it is important at least one of us is part of that process Ross, otherwise heâs not going to listen to us as well. And we already have so much on our plate right now. Well, maybe we donât, know that youâre pushing back the album. Or maybe you do because you have to do redo the cover, I donât know what this means for your schedule.â They pushed their hands through their hair. âAnd I know there are people that can watch him and care for him while weâre at many hours of rehearsals most days of the week, but thatâs not the point of getting a dog, to just hand them over when it doesnât fit the schedule.âÂ
Leo looked at Ross and sighed softly.  âI know baby. You want it all. And you want to do it all, and if anyone ever had a chance at it, it would probably be you. But thatâs not me. I like to commit; fully, deeply, to just one or two things at a time. I want to know if something needs my attention, or more time, I can do that. Maybe this difference in how we approach our lives is just too much. Honestly Ross, if your album wasnât being pushed back⌠how would you be able to do it all right now? The album drop and promotion, the musical, the puppy?â he asked. Â
âAs for doing more fun things, I never want to be the reason you donât go out and have fun,â Leo explained.  âYou can go without me, and if I know itâs important to you, I will try my best to be there. But I need you to talk to me, and tell me these things. Like the trip to New York after our Caribbean trip, and the Disney trip. I was tired, but I knew it was important to you. So I went. And I did have a good time, but when I got back I needed a little more quiet time for me.âÂ
Leo still didnât really understand the delay, but maybe that part didnât matter. âSo why didnât you tell me any of that? And if thatâs the case, why are you asking someone else to come in and adopt the pup? Iâm not saying it would change my mind personally on the pup, but this is conversation weâre obviously missing. Like I said, Iâm not in a rush, and I want all of that with youâŚsomeday. But Iâm about to start my masters degree. Youâre about to drop your album and go out and promote it. I like when we are able to be together and start and end our days together. And I want that in my marriage. I donât want to get married and then have to be separated from my husband for periods of time while he follows his dream and I chase my goal. You know? I donât want to have a puppy or a baby and hire people, or hand off to family just because we can,â they explained.  âYes, get the help when you need it, but I feel like those are decisions that should usually be the priority over other things.â They shook their head.  âYou didnât really answer my question, youâve worked so hard for this Ross, donât you want to just enjoy it? You want to go out and have fun, itâs going to be considerably more difficult with a new puppy or a baby. Maybe you need to explore that time of your life more.âÂ
âI donât know what we are arguing for anymore with this.â Ross sighed shaking his head. âYou are upset at me for getting the puppy? You are upset at me for wanting to get rid of the puppy? Which I am doing because I didnât consult you about it at all.â He shook his head and looked at the other with a soft expression, he didnât like arguing, because he was never good with words and he could never form the correct sentences when they needed to be formed. âThat was not what my intentions were. I wasnât getting a dog with the thoughts that I would just hand them off to everyone.â He sighed. âYou just have everything figured out huh.â Ross moved away from Leo to stand up, because he didnât like where any of this conversation was going. âJust because I want a damn career Leo doesnât mean I would be negligent to the puppy.â He glared and snapped a bit. âItâs like you truly want to argue right now, because in all of this there has been no solution. Or understanding to any of this at all. And most of its been you trying to figure out whatâs wrong with me, as if I have some issue.â He shook his head.Â
âI have faith in things. Thatâs how. My album promotion and sales arenât that strict to where I canât have a puppy Leo. I didnât think about your master program, but I didnât want to place all of the responsibility of him on you.â He stated, grabbing a hair tie to tie up his hair. He was a little upset and wired, because some of the things kind of were coming off as maybe Leo didnât want to do them and some things Leo were saying seemed like they were questioning the relationship and that was breaking Rossâ heart alone.Â
âLeo, I meant fun things together. This New Years was our first one together. As a couple and we didnât do anything for it.â He stated softly. âAnd you know I love our sitting on the couch rom com marathons more than anything. But just that night, I kind of wanted to do something out of the ordinary.â Ross stated. âBut again I remembered how tired you were from the Bahamas, Disney, and New York and felt bad for wanting to do more things. So I didnât push any ideas.âÂ
âI am asking someone to come adopt the pups, because you havenât listed a single reason on why we should keep him. Youâve given me a hundred cons. But not a reason why we should keep him. You never even said if he was cute or not.â He stated. âAnd we are already arguing something bigger over a puppy, something most people are ecstatic over and we are arguing about.â He sighed. âYou donât want to be married to me?â He looked at Leo with a curious glance and heard his last sentence. âAre you breaking up with me?â His chest heaved a bit and he felt like everything was closing in. âOver a puppy?â his voice was weak. He didnât even let Leo finish before he barged out of the room to go find his keys.Â