《Crush on You》


 Chapter I

    My name is Rory, I was currently a senior high student and you could also regard me as a typical introverted outsider. I really didn¡¯t like to interact with others as there¡¯s always useless gossip running around the school. Why couldn¡¯t people care their own business only? That¡¯s why I chose to be alone. I was not shy and I just tried to avoid being bothered by something disturbing.


    It was break time between class and I had heard girl chatting something in clutter. ¡°Hey, have you heard that Ruffian is taking collide with Jason?¡±


    ¡°What? How could it be they two fight with each other? I wonder if Carey¡¯s pretty face ever smashed.¡± continued with laughter. ¡°I swear to god, Carey is kind of scary but¡­very hot ugh.¡±


    Carey¡­I had heard so many times of this name, and he was called ¡°Ruffian¡± in our school. It was said that he was rude, touch, aggressive but handsome. Those girls who were both afraid of his dreadful aura and addicted to his sense of mystery often made me down and I could not make comprehension on them. But I didn¡¯t care actually. I had no interest with a guy like that at all, or should I say, why would I set connection with him? There was no reason for me to get involved with a guy who often fell into trouble.


    One normal day, I arranged my backpack and went out of school after the bell rang as usual. But unfortunately I encountered a uninvited visitor.


    ¡°Hey you little boy.¡± I made note of an unpleasant voice and I looked around but found that here came three threatening guys towards me. Not until I could dash my legs forward that they caught me in a second and I was pushed heavily into a narrow alley.


    ¡°I have not enough money for activities and you need to support!¡± The one leading said to me and behaved so rudely that I was pressed heavily upon the wall. ¡°I¡­I¡­¡± I got aware immediately of what I had been involved in but my brain fell in standstill and could not make a complete response at once. And obviously it irritated him.


    ¡°Be quick, buddy. I have no time to waste!¡± The other two to follow him got closer to me. I thought I should take out all my treasure within my pocket to avoid being forced as quickly as possible.


    At the moment I stuck my hand into my pants to find money a magnificent sound banged upon my ear. ¡°What are you doing!¡± All of us turned necks to the direction from which the voice came. It was a boy I didn¡¯t know at all but had made an acquaintance from someone making a small talk about him.


    It was Carey!


    ¡°Oh oh, you fucking jerk, I have so much to handle with you and you came here automatically.¡± He turned aside and stepped forward with his fellows. ¡°Jason I thought we had only a bit misunderstanding and you¡­¡± Carey didn¡¯t finish his sentence and realized that he may be in siege of those guys.


    ¡°Do you wanna be a hero?¡± said Jason abruptly and his fist clenched was dashed flashily towards Carey¡¯s face and the later one dodged promptly and leaped backward.


    ¡°I¡­I don¡¯t want to fight against you¡­¡±said Carey.


    ¡°You asshole even wanna stroll out with my girlfriend, how dare you!¡±Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    I couldn¡¯t make a movement and I didn¡¯t figure out any sense what was going on. But all happened in a sudden that three guys encircled Carey rushed and fought together. Carey could do nothing but defend. He quickly realized that only if he had beaten those three idiots or he¡¯d never be able to leave.


    Battle grew much harder and my thought fell into chaos, what should I do? A demon within my mind told that I should leave immediately but conscience didn¡¯t permit this to occur. And shortly I noticed that both sides got already damaged and I must do something to interrupt this violent progress.


    ¡°Sir! Some fellows are fighting there.¡± I glided near the end of the alley and shouted loudly to remind those guys of ceasing. It was as expected that these guys of Jason shook badly and threw down a announcement: ¡°Don¡¯t make it an end, you bastard! I¡¯ll never let go of you!¡± Then they rushed away to escape as if to avoid being caught.


    There was none to catch them, actually, and I returned to meet Carey and found that he got hurt in his good-looking face. Some cut on his cheek bleed a little. He glared at me in seconds but expression changed to be softer showed he was cooling down as emotion altered.


    I got close to him and said timidly: ¡°You got hurt¡­¡±


    ¡°I know.¡± He said. ¡°You better go.¡± He turned and wanted to go but he fell on his knee abruptly and his face was changed to redden.


    ¡°Hey I should take you to see the doctor!¡± I may have thousands of excuse to leave him alone but I didn¡¯t select anyone of them at last and murmured.


    An embarrassing silence appeared between us and it even made me regretted what I had done. But due to veritable situation or some reason he finally accepted my advice and went with me, by the help of my support to his arm and body.


    There was a clinic on this street not far away. I took him into it and chatted with the doctor. Fortunately he didn¡¯t get badly hurt but just a mild wound. I bought some medical supplies like woundplast and aerosol to deal with his hurt. Not long later he became as vigorous again.


    ¡°You look better.¡± I said. ¡°And it¡¯s a little late, bro. I should go home as quickly as I can! Here you are these items.¡± I put all these supplies into his hands and ran away. ¡°Thanks for saving me! BYE!¡±


    ¡°Eh¡­wait, who are¡­¡±Not until he finished his words that I left and sprinted rapidly home and kept him alone speechless on bench outside the clinic.


    By the time I reached home I reflected that I had experience with that ¡°Ruffian¡± Carey! He must have been so vexed and annoyed to be seen such a humiliating scene by some students in the same school as him. I could not image what I would meet the next day when I went to school! But one lucky thing was that he did not know my real name. I guessed I should¡¯ve been good tomorrow¡­I was worrying all night long.


    The next day when I arrived at school the top task of my schedule was to avoid meeting with Carey unexpectedly. Courage yourself Rory everything shall be ok! Thinking upon this, I stepped into teaching building.


    It was great that Carey didn¡¯t appear at any moment and it was nearly midday. I bounced joyfully to the gate but someone that I didn¡¯t want to see appeared in my way, and what¡¯s worse he turned his head to me by some mysterious power.


    Oh my goodness he came closer£¡


    Carey nodded at me and said: ¡°Hi¡­Nice to meet you. I should thank you for curing my pain.¡±


    ¡°You are so kind to say so.¡± Said myself and all I wanted to do is to leave. ¡°My friends are still waiting for me to have lunch. Good bye.¡± I slipped away quickly and neglected him as a stranger. He didn¡¯t call me and I victoriously escaped to dining hall.


    But only in a while I realized that Carey may not be a bad guy like I thought. And in fact I was having no friends at all to have lunch together. Should it be kind of rude to leave him alone like that? I received the service plate with food and returned to my seat while thinking.


    How should I describe the fantastic coincidence between me and Carey! I rose up my head after some swallows and noticed that special boy walking besides not far from me. I could not tell from where my courage came and I called aloud: ¡°Carey! Are you with friends?¡±


    By the time I got the answer by his shaking head, I told: ¡°Why not come with me if not with friends!¡±


    Here he came to me, and I¡¯d never know a friendship would be established from this moment on.

 Chapter II

    ¡°Your wound looks get much better now.¡± I said while eating, gazing towards Carey when put a spoonful into my mouth.


    ¡°Eh¡­um¡­yeah, thanks.¡±


    ¡®He was totally different with that he was figured as.¡¯ I thought and said: ¡°Don¡¯t keep thanking me like that, man. That¡¯s you who saved me actually. You are making me embarrassed.¡±


    ¡°Ok, fine.¡± He grinned and sipped soup once.


    I tried to break these icy obstacles between us for I realized that he was nervous for some reason. Nevertheless I made some small talk according to my ceaseless effort and found that both of us were crazy stickers of a video game named Sinful City. This same preference involved us in the swirl of animated discussion. His chatterbox was once opened and we shared lots of details of game. I was really agitated to have a partner to talk about such a topic since I had found it surely hard to handle expertly and Carey, abundant enthusiasm burst out in statements, was such a cool guy with whom I had enjoyed discussion of video games that much for the first time.


    Carey may in fact be the same kind as me. We were both ¡°normal¡± and we just weren¡¯t related with others. It was not weird, or at least to me. We became close friends since then and often went around together. He would always share the same interest as mine, and in later time I even knew that our home were not far away but a street¡¯s distance which made me feel it too late to recognize him. I noticed some classmates eyed on us and mumbled something nonsense but I didn¡¯t care at all. I began going to school and returning home along with Carey.


    One day when we got through the gate of cafeteria which I liked most a question struck on my mind and I said: ¡°Why did you get a nickname like that and why did you often get fight with others, like Jason?¡±


    Suddenly he stopped his step and lowered his head which made me shocked and in order to make sure that I did not ask something unnecessary I murmured timidly: ¡°What the matter? Have I asked something hurt you? I shall apologize if it did so.¡±


    Due to my sharp question he hesitated and stared at me directly, and then he exceeded me when I didn¡¯t know what to do and said: ¡°Do you believe me, Rory?¡±


    ¡°Of course dude. I just wonder¡­¡±


    He interrupted my sentence and continued his explanation. ¡°Jason¡¯s girlfriend asked me out for a date, and I let her down straightforwardly but Jason still wanted to hit me.¡±


    ¡°Ha. What a slut. You mean there is none of your business of this mess? Actually you did nothing wrong.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, and I don¡¯t know what I do fault, this kind of thing happened to me so often.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean by ¡®this kind of thing¡¯?¡±


    ¡°Girls asked me for a date even if she has her own boyfriend.¡±


    ¡°Haha, that¡¯s definitely because of your pretty face and gorgeous body. It¡¯s acknowledged believed that girls always seek for drop-dead attractive guy. I mean, someone like you!¡±The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.


    ¡°Stop joking on me!¡± He seemed mad at my words.


    ¡°Fine dude, I totally believe what you said and I also have faith on you that you are not such a guy to take away girls from others. I know you have soft temperament and a kind heart.¡±


    He regained his smile and rejected: ¡°You are really good at compliment!¡± And his fist bumped lightly on my arm.


    ¡°I must admit I am jealous of you!¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°Good personality, beautiful looking, and a healthy body. Dream lover of thousands of girls¡­¡±


    ¡°STOP!¡± He yelled and tried to catch me and I ran away as quickly as I could. But I must reemphasize what I said that it was absolutely true!


    Some moments later I was caught finally and he grabbed my neck and swayed. ¡°Come to take exercise with me this weekend?¡±


    ¡°Hah?¡±


    ¡°Haven¡¯t you told that you are jealous of my fitness?¡±


    ¡°Yes I have but¡­¡±


    ¡°I advise you to improve your muscle and learn some skills to defend yourself. I may provide you with some help if you really want it anyway.¡±


    ¡°O¡­K¡­sounds not a bad idea.¡±


    So I arrived by promise several days later on the morning at the park of the area. Carey was already there taking exercise. As a man with trait full of laziness each cell of my body was refusing this invitation but a supernatural force controlled my locomotion slowly and I was pulled out of the main gate when the sun rose highly and sparked brightness.


    ¡°Hey, man.¡± I saluted that guy who was wiping his sweat upon his forehead. He turned to me and grinned. ¡°I thought you¡¯d not appear today.¡±


    ¡°Never would it be.¡± I walked close to him and said. ¡°You are always taking exercise here?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right. Mostly I¡¯ll play basketball over there in my spare time and sometimes I also take some aged activity like just now.¡±


    ¡°You called it ¡®aged activity¡¯?¡± I was stunned perfectly. ¡°Such a sarcastic comment with which you mean I am an old one.¡±


    Carey grimaced and told with pacified tone. ¡°Come alone, dude, let me teach you some easy gestures to fire your calorie! Watch your flabby arm and belly!¡± He patted on my stomach and murmured. ¡°One piece of muscle in total.¡±


    I grew blush promptly and really wanted to retort but I gave up later.


    Warm up exercise, squats, push-up and fold back run. Only god knew what I had suffered during this short time of hours. I even asked myself within ¡®Why I came here to struggle. I should¡¯ve been on bed for fixed dreamy sleepiness.¡¯


    The sun was suspending in the sky, some thin clouds still near it could not bury its hotness at all! I glanced at Carey and I could even obviously locate his bead of sweat flowing down his cheek. His skin was shining in wheat color and there existed a large proportion drenched on his back. He asked me to imitate what he did, however, I underestimated his formidable durability. Not until I was nearly out of breath under his demonical training that I roared: ¡°Free me!¡±


    I fell down on the ground with face upward, panting deeply and heart bumping violently. I felt that muscles all around my body were crying for burning. ¡°He must be a devil, but why I keep pursuing him so obediently!¡± this thought was spinning in my mind for a long time.


    Moments later a sculptural face glided in my vision upside down. It was unquestionable him who did just breathe a little more quickly as usual.


    ¡°I¡¯m down¡­you freaking monster¡­why abuse me like this¡­¡±


    ¡°You did a good job dude. I cannot image you even held on for such a long time. I guessed you¡¯d be out many minutes ago.¡± He bowed down and made his face close to me. I could see his profound eyes with bluish pupils. I began to feel uncomfortable and altered my gesture to lay side. I could hear nothing but heart bumping within which made even my temple was shaking slightly with its beat.


    I didn¡¯t know how this situation lasted and Carey finally said: ¡°Come on, dude, this is all for today!¡±


    ¡°Yep!¡± I put up my hand to gesticulate a scissor, ¡°Victory!¡± which almost stroke on his face and he dodged swiftly aside. ¡°Sneak raid on me? Say your prayer!¡± He rose and pounced forward to me. I bounced fleetly and speeded up to avoid him. Joyous having fun made both of us forget the temperature and tiredness. Two young figures were rushing among the park like two dragonflies.

 Chapter III

    Carey and I got alone with each other for a period of time. We often teamed to play Sinful City online after school. We chatted by live voice system and shouted during match like any other game stickers.


    ¡°Shit! I¡¯ve got ganked!¡±


    ¡°Just hold on dude, I¡¯ve come to save you!¡±


    ¡°The bastard is in stealth, careful!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll cover you. Blink, yeah, fuck!¡±


    ¡°Nice shoot bro! Hey, they group to push on, we¡¯ve got to retreat!¡±


    ¡°Retreat, retreat!¡±


    I could not count clearly how many exciting battles we had had together. The wining I had gotten with him made me intoxicated significantly, much more overjoyed than that when I played and won alone. From school to home I could not image that I had never felt awkward or bothered to be with him so closely. Sometimes in the morning, when he waited at the gate of my house, I leaped so far as to his back and entwined him like a koala while yelling: ¡°Go! Big bro. As a return for I carried you strongly yesterday!¡± He retorted loudly, gurgling though, holding me firmly on thigh to avoid me falling. We walked on the path towards school in this position while sunshine was twinkling on us, from face to uniform, and soft wind with handful fallen leaves left behind tracked our laughter and his footstep along the road quietly.


    Assignment of school grew tougher lately and I often need to stay at library to finish it¡ªfor I had really awful efficiency at home doing this kind of work. Carey was requested to go home alone. But only after several days he came with me to library to do homework together. I had no excuse to refuse.


    Time would run fast if someone was doing his tiresome homework, as known for all humankind. When I nearly completed my task I had got a terrible headache so I could do nothing but fell my head on the table top to have a rest looking aside oppositely of Carey¡¯s face, without knowing on which status was that Carey possessed about dealing with disgusting calculus arithmetic.


    ¡°Oh my gosh. I missed the exercise that I had with you on that weekend, that¡¯s much more relaxed than this savage mathematics.¡±


    ¡°Huh, you dislike it, I know.¡±


    ¡°Dislike?! Hatred only, actually!¡±


    I turned my neck to him while saying but to my astonishment that he was at the same gesture as mine. I meant that his face was really approaching me and the space between our nosetips was no more than about 6 inches. I could even feel his breath upon my cheek. Instantly a heat roaming on my face was noticed but I was enchanted seemingly that I could not motion at all!


    By the moment my lost mind arrived back on earth I drew back my head as far away as I could. It was evident that his behavior was stimulated by my action that he did the same as me and we were both too embarrassed to talk to each other again. His face reddened deeply and so did I, I guessed.


    Nothing could tell what happened in only 3 or 5 seconds lately. Would this almost simultaneous movement occurred by the same motivation, or something else? I could not keep going my thought.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    ¡°Would you like to have something to eat? I¡¯ve got a little hungry.¡± at last I said to break this awkward silence.


    After a while we were sitting beside a table in KFC and conversed brokenly. Things happened just now seemed not to have cause influence.


    ¡°Hey, do you know the game came out lately named ¡®Ghost Score¡¯? Man you¡¯re impossible to know how eager I am to play it! It looks so good and is my taste. But I can¡¯t afford to it right now¡­¡­¡±I sucked straw once and said pitifully.


    But I immediately observed a mysterious smile at the corner of Carey¡¯s mouth. What he said next excited me much as hell.


    ¡°I¡¯ve bought one.¡± He said quietly with his hand up near his lip. I could promise that my eyes sparked out with light of flame. ¡°WHAT?¡±


    ¡°If you really want to have a try just come to my home in your spare time.¡± He looked frightened as he realized how thirst I was to join in battle in that wizardry world when I replied to him sharply. ¡°Maybe tonight, dude?¡±


    He giggled and answered: ¡°Good, dude, we¡¯ll play it together tonight after eating.¡±


    ¡°Cool!¡±


    I got stunned when I entered in Carey¡¯s house. It was decorated simply but freshly. Everything was put in order just as having known that guest would be coming. ¡°Wow, your home looks pretty. But where are your parents?¡±


    ¡°Oh, my father is in a business trip and my mother, always busy doing her work, often comes home very late. Things may not be different tonight.¡±


    ¡°Your house is big, you don¡¯t feel scared in night?¡±


    ¡°Haha, not a little boy already how could I feel scared for darkness, but regarded it a little empty.¡±


    I followed him into his bedroom and scene in it surprised me much. It was absolutely not a private room of a big guy like him. Everything has been arranged perfectly in order and the floor is sanitary beyond my prediction.


    ¡°You let your mom do the cleaning of your room?¡±


    ¡°What? why.¡±


    ¡°For it is incredible to be so trim in a guy¡¯s own room.¡±


    ¡°Never did my mom do the cleaning for me. I always do myself. Hey, dude you¡¯ve revealed that your room is a big mass.¡±


    ¡°How can it be!¡± I retorted and thanked god for mercy that Carey had never come to my home.


    We¡¯ve passed wonderful time playing Ghost Score later. The game I was hunting for never let me down. But when I realized that I should leave it already rained heavily, with thunder lighting occurred, that I could not go unless I got drenched to the skin.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry to keep you so long, is there anyone that can pick you up?¡±


    ¡°No need to apologize, bro, that¡¯s not your fault. But my father is in factory and may not be able to take me.¡± I was kind of anxious and turned my way forth and backward in the main hall.


    ¡°You can stay here until the raining ends up, dude.¡±


    I turned to him and said. ¡°What if the raining continues till tomorrow morning¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. You can stay here and sleep. I enjoy company. You don¡¯t have to feel nervous.¡± He showed his symbolic smile and tried to relax me.


    ¡°I appreciate it, dude. I¡¯m sorry to bother.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t talk words so polite, we are friends, aren¡¯t we? It was not something serious between friends.¡±


    After notifying family members of us, I got permission to stay at his home tonight. There were not much objection on such case.


    Crackling sound ran from bathroom as he was taking shower. But why was I more anxious somehow. May it be because of my first time to take accommodation in other¡¯s home?


    ¡°Hey, it¡¯s your turn. You can take my cloth after shower. Its size suits you as well. Just go ahead.¡± He appeared in my sight with only washcloth upon his lower body. I felt weird and said while putting aside my neck: ¡°Could you put on your cloth first?¡± That was my first opportunity to observe his well-trained muscle but I let it fled that easily.


    ¡°Oh, sorry, I¡¯ve got used to it.¡± He went away and got dressed as I wished. And I went to bathroom taking cloth in hand. I turned the shower head on to cool down myself first. I looked around. Items prepared for freshen up were lining neatly partly on tray and partly on wash stand.


    Instantly I watched his towel which was still humid, I handed on it, trying to take it down, but by the time I touched the towel I drew back my fingers flatly and put my own towel on to shield all my face, letting fall of hurried current from forehead to jaw. I guessed I was enchanted for some evil sorcery and I would never tell you what thought I was keeping just now.


    Finally I was out of the bath and was suddenly caught by his voice. ¡°Shall we watch a movie?¡±


    I looked at him, full of puzzled.

 Chapter IV

    There had been no more thunder booming anymore but the rain still in downfall outside. The movie he selected is called Shinning which the author was Steven King. I had not much interest in this kind of movie, actually, but I still spent time with him shaking by its plot. However, I got bored with time passed and fell into nap eventually.


    I had no idea how long I had been in sleeping. By the time I got aware of myself again I found that I was lying on his legs and Carey was staring at his mobile phone, with television already shut down.


    I just kept my gesture and didn¡¯t make a motion. I could smell the scent of shower gel from his body which makes me much relaxed. For what I even wanted to pretend sleeping, I could not image. I sensed a conversion of our relationship but I dared not to figure it out what it was.


    In a flash back a series of experience with him spouted from my memory. As a matter of fact we knew each other for only a short time but I really regarded it as some friendship set up long, long ago. He and I had lots of in common (except taste on movie, of course). We helped each other on school work. He was good at math and I literature. I was dragged into sports by his effort. I still remembered that when I watched him playing basketball in team matches sometimes. His vigorous and graceful stature would have always attracted loads of scream from many teenage girls. Moreover, this situation brought some troubles to him as well like I witnessed that with Jason¡¯s fellows.


    ¡°You¡¯ve waked up, bro, it¡¯s time to go to bed.¡±


    ¡°What¡­time is it?¡± I wiped my eyes and looked outside the windows.


    ¡°It was about 10 at night, come on.¡±


    I must repeat it again and again that I could never image that we lie on the same bed to sleep. Due to some complex emotion and sleeping that I had had just now I got insomnia on the early several hours while lying on bed stiffly and what stirred me badly later was that he hugged me in half an embrace. Thus I could not move in order not to wake him up. Blood running circling around within my body seemed more slowly than ever. I kept an uncomfortable posture for a long time and fell asleep at last nobody would tell exactly when.


    I got rapidly up in the morning while he was still in mild snore. I could not tell why I escaped from his home so clumsily and sent him a massage to remind him that I went home for some preparation for departure to school. That¡¯s obviously fake my information left. My mind had already fallen into chaos when I got rid of his sort of tightly hooped arms!


    The sky in which had been swept up by storm yesterday now shined bright marvelously with purity but it did not help make out my entangled thought. Air fresh entering and rambling around body which makes everyone walking on the roads delightful did not hold a upset guy¡¯s pace towards his home in a staggered manner.


    I didn¡¯t remember how Carey and I went to school later. What I kept in mind was that from that day on here stung a bodiless barrier between us and in other word, he began to avoid me.


    He started to push off my invitation and often tried not to be face to face with me. I wondered why and even was able to be in his way and asked for a clear and persuadable answer but some kind of resistance invisible in my heart forced me to put down this thought. I browsed my stock of message between us and found that the latest pieces contained only my invitation and his rejection. I reckoned that our relationship would not be ended like this and I must ask him for a thoughtful chat.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    After a considerable resolution with statements I contrived I messaged him to meet at the central park where we had had body training. It was beyond my estimation that he accepted it after a while.


    Carey was my only ¡°special¡± friend at school who brought me much unforgettable memory. I could hardly make it out how our attraction to each other kept incessant. But something urgent must be explained open-heartedly, that was what I was thinking during walking on the way.


    There were still some people hanging out in the park and the weather good enough but nothing would cheer me up anymore if I didn¡¯t unscrew the awful pins to loosen the tightened knot in our connection.


    He appeared at last after my long waiting on a swing. I for some moment thought that he would not come for change of mind.


    He stared at me, and so did I to him, both of us speechlessly.


    ¡°Come to have a seat, dude.¡± I mumbled with head lowered.


    He did as I said silently, another unbearable quietness except voice fluttering surrounded.


    I again broke the embarrassment. ¡°Why avoid me, dude. Did I do something wrong? You didn¡¯t meet me by lots of excuses. It made me very upset and anxious. ¡±


    It looked as if he was still fighting against something in mind so I continued to say: ¡°I¡¯ve remembered you¡¯d said that we were friends. So please tell me why! Or it doesn¡¯t make any sense.¡± My tone grew a little higher due to my agitation.


    Later I noticed his sort of reddened face and I knew he was ready to reply.


    ¡°I just need some space to put my thought in order¡­¡±


    ¡°Listen, dude, I am here to be the one you can talk to, If there is some misunderstanding between us, I hope you can put it up and we can deal with.¡± I got up and stepped close to him. ¡°I am glad that you come, would you tell what happened?¡± That¡¯s him who told me that I had been so gentle while saying so, a gentleness I had never showed before. And also it brought courage to him to declare what was stuck in his mind straightforwardly.


    ¡°You would probably end up hating me if I tell you about it¡­¡±


    ¡°You are my best friend, Carey, and there will be nothing that makes me hate you, only if¡­¡± I hesitated and said: ¡°You¡¯ve revealed my secret to others?¡±


    ¡°No!¡±


    ¡°You dated with my girl¡­wait I am a single one¡­¡± Even at a moment like this I still could not help showing off my sense of humor, though, make the condition more awkward.


    ¡°I was feeling stressful lately for some reason, I always got nervous and¡­¡±


    ¡°Emm¡­I can see it but¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh! For god¡¯s sake! I mean that I should have liked you!¡±


    ¡°Hah? I¡­¡± I spoke subconsciously and no one would know what a boomer exploded in my mind. ¡°I like you as well, for we are best friends, aren¡¯t we? How come two men becoming friends supposed not to like each other?¡±


    ¡°Not that kind of likeness!¡± He said or even shouted. ¡°I want to be with you! A romance love, you know! I kept this weird feeling for a long time and that¡¯s why I need to leave a distance between us.¡± He lowered his head again and seemed like to be waiting for my adjudication.


    I could find no words to describe how I was shocked at that moment by hearing such a brave announcement from a gorgeous boy who used to be called ¡°Ruffian¡±. How should I call this condition, some kind of bidirectional secret love? And furthermore what the hell should I react now! Hug him as firmly as I could or say some nonsense to expression my amazement?


    ¡°Thought about you spinning in my head nearly drove me crazy, man! I could not stand it anymore. I¡¯m sorry Rory to make you disgusted in such a way and in my opinion we better keep a distance from now on.¡± He stood up from seat brusquely and was about leaving.


    I dragged his hand behind instantly and held it tightly. Nothing would stop me and some fragile boundary obstructing in the way to him for me must be broken immediately. Thanks to you, dude, you were the more courageous one who pushed me forward to face my real inclination.

 Chapter V

    Carey looked back at me with a perplexed expression, as if in anticipation of my coming words. And I said indubitably: ¡°Don¡¯t go, Carey, actually I felt as you did.¡± I pulled him aback and made him fall in my brace. I could even hear the beating of two vigorous organs within one¡¯s chest.


    ¡°What¡­did you say?¡± He asked indecisively.


    ¡°I have been having some weird feeling when I was with you just as you did. I always thought of you. I often enjoyed the moment when we had been together. Your behavior drove my heart race fast. I was flattered to have heard you feeling the same. I¡­I don¡¯t know how to show you my¡­torment.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to lie to make me feel better.¡±


    ¡°No! I am not lying!¡± I screamed aloud and shook him even violently by his shoulder. ¡°I want to tell you, dude.¡± I tried to calm down and pick up my consciousness. ¡°I like you too.¡±


    ¡°Re..Really?¡± A quivering voice came to my ear and I replied to him with an unchangeable ¡°Yes¡±. I believed that the life of us would turn to another new page. I didn¡¯t know if there were some eyewitnesses but I could pay them no attention at all!


    We sat on the same bench in the park some moments later. The atmosphere around us had already been altered.


    ¡°So we are now¡­dating out?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, I have never done this before.¡±


    ¡°Hahaha, so did I¡­¡± Come on, what an awkward conversation.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know if we really like each other.¡± He said and stared at his hand. ¡°May it be some impulse of teenager?¡±


    ¡°I have no idea¡­¡± I have scarcely finished my words than that a palm touched my face swiftly.


    ¡°Rory, I want to try a thing.¡± He spoke in a gently sound.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    He would never know how much tenderness was filling in his eyes that I could not focus on his sight at all.


    Getting up and turning around, he put his face forward to me and took away my breath abruptly that my mind was overtaken by a thorough blankness.


    What a hot kiss!


    Just after seconds he let go of me and some flush on his face revealed his shyness but my condition was not much different from that of him. That was my first kiss. I found it sweet to gift it to someone I liked.


    ¡°Can I¡­try again?¡±


    Once again? There were piles of people hanging around!


    That was how Carey and I, Rory became lovers. But our story didn¡¯t end up with that.


    We went out like normal lovers. We lay under trees to look at falling leaves and petals fluttering among the soft wind and finally landed lightly. We had experienced much romance. We passed a period of time in private relationship.


    Once when we were together at the top floor of teaching building, I leaned upon him as I often did and he noticed me after having a look at wristwatch: ¡°It was nearly class time, we better go.¡± By the time we had leapt up an unwelcomed one approached with his fellows.


    Obviously it was Jason and his fellows.


    ¡°Haha you and your little buddy were having a tryst?¡± He giggled like a sneaker. No, he was already a sneaker. His two fellows were also sneer at us.


    Carey stepped forward as if ready to have another battle but I held his wrist to try to calm him down.


    ¡°Oh-oh, look at them, what a romantic action.¡± He overdid extraordinarily.


    I really hoped that Carey could have beaten him ruthlessly but I should not. I murmured to him: ¡°Don¡¯t have a fight with him, you are not deserved to it!¡±


    ¡°Hey I¡¯m not here to fighting you.¡± Said Jason, ¡°I just wonder what¡¯s relationship is between you two?¡± His eyeballs rotated slyly as if waiting for some answers exploding.


    Carey looked at him for a while and turned to me. ¡°Let¡¯s go. I shall protect you if there are some problems.¡± He motioned to me and we left quickly through these guys.


    But out of the way I was thinking Carey stopped brusquely at the gate of the top terrace. He straightened his hand to hold my palm tightly which seemed to show his sovereignty. I glanced aback for a second and noted these astonished faces of these guys. I also got sufficient dependence from him. My sight contacted with him for once and all I could see was a steady faith burning in his eyes.


    ¡°They may make this news known to all the school.¡± I said on the way to my classroom and we would detach soon.


    ¡°I don¡¯t regret, Rory. Will you be with me? If you don¡¯t¡­¡±


    I interrupted him immediately. ¡°Not at all, Carey. We shall face all the hardship together.¡±


    ¡°Good, we face together!¡±


    (THE END)