It's A Family Legacy

The suddenness of the statement had her more startled than the actual content of the information. Ava hardly had time to blink at him before Humberto was attempting to retreat, but she wasn’t going to let him leave like that. If she did, he’d think the worst of her reaction for sure, when that was far from the case. “Berto! Hold on!” she called out before taking a few long strides to catch up to him. Her hand landed on his shoulder and she ducked around to face him, offering a small smile. “You don’t have to run away like you just dropped a grenade. Thank you for telling me. Not that you /had/ to, but I’m glad you felt comfortable enough to. Im bi, too, and if you’d like me to use different pronouns just let me know.”

He stayed like that for a few moments before pulling away. “I…. I still like he/him pronouns… along with they/them pronouns, but I don’t like being called a man…” he admitted, rubbing the back of his neck.

The suddenness of the statement had her more startled than the actual content of the information. Ava hardly had time to blink at him before Humberto was attempting to retreat, but she wasn’t going to let him leave like that. If she did, he’d think the worst of her reaction for sure, when that was far from the case. “Berto! Hold on!” she called out before taking a few long strides to catch up to him. Her hand landed on his shoulder and she ducked around to face him, offering a small smile. “You don’t have to run away like you just dropped a grenade. Thank you for telling me. Not that you /had/ to, but I’m glad you felt comfortable enough to. Im bi, too, and if you’d like me to use different pronouns just let me know.”

He stayed like that for a few moments before pulling away. “I…. I still like he/him pronouns… along with they/them pronouns, but I don’t like being called a man…” he admitted, rubbing the back of his neck.

“Did you like the circus? We would go to the zoo as a family sometimes, or at least me and my parents would when my older siblings were too old for it.”

“My grandfather’s the only family I’ve had for a long time…” Humberto mused sadly. “I’m his only grandchild, so he’s always been worried with this superhero stuff, but he’s glad I have a backup plan if this falls through.”

She let out a small sigh, “I would have my sister Awilda and her son... but they want nothing to do with me. Her daughter was the White Tiger before me but after Hector, so... yeah. Hard to see another family member carry on the name. They’re scared and I get it. I’m just glad your grandpa isn’t so terrified and you’ve actually got a decent back up.”

“Did you like the circus? We would go to the zoo as a family sometimes, or at least me and my parents would when my older siblings were too old for it.”

Reptil paused. “I liked it, but my parents’ only child, I started liking the circus… and doing things with my parents less and less because my parents were still smothering me and wouldn’t let me do anything by myself…” he admitted. “Which makes sense, I was their only child…”

“I can kind of get that, a little bit at least. I’m the youngest of four, but there was a big gap between me and the rest of my siblings. Fillipo passed when I was little, Hector and Awilda already had lives of their own, so my parents were as all over me as they could be when they weren’t working.”