Arth is mentally an adult and Tess is still a teen so of course he’s gonna see her crush on him as some cute child crushing on an older man even though they are physically the same age. At the same time he shouldn’t really be taking her so lightly cause she obviously has romantic feelings for him so he should just straight up say whether or not he’s willing to try a relationship but idk
Since that asshole is still on the cover of this story either he’s not really dead or this is gonna be a short story and I’m dreading both of these outcomes tbh
Arth is mentally an adult and Tess is still a teen so of course he’s gonna see her crush on him as some cute child crushing on an older man even though they are physically the same age. At the same time he shouldn’t really be taking her so lightly cause she obviously has romantic feelings for him so he should just straight up say whether or not he’s willing to try a relationship but idk