#While perhaps it'll take him longer to realize and spell his feelings on his own

[magnusbae]

Now hear me out, instead of Hob recoiling in bashful shame upon being caught on his feelings towards Dream, where he unconsciously been seeking to court Dream, asking him out on boyfriend dates and not friend dates without even realizing it—so instead of being embarrassed, ashamed or upset— he just tilts his head, furrows his eyebrows in thought and goes "Yes, yes I do".

Because that is the truth, he would love to have Dream as a boyfriend, and while the thought sets a warm blush across his cheeks, he is not ashamed of it, nor is he afraid to be caught. He had called Dream lonely to his face (a mistake, really) and had lived to tell the tale.

He'd survive this, also.