Christmas Eve was finally here, it was my first ever Christmas that I spend with anyone other than myself. Great’s family were all here; his mom, dad, brother and his brother’s boyfriend. We started eating dinner all together, laughing and having fun, the house was way too noisy. Great was staring at me all the time which was really weird; he wouldn’t take his eyes off me.
His smile was priceless; I don’t know why I am addicted to seeing it. After we finished dinner, we started playing family games; we first played “Truth or Dare”, it was my turn and I chose dare, Max was the one who had to ask me and he dared me to kiss Great. I leaned closer to him, inclined my face towards his, I felt so nervous and my heartbeat was hammering in my chest the closer our faces got. I let my lips touch his and moved my head back, but as soon as I removed my lips from his, he held my face and kissed me even harder. My heart racing, my cheeks burning, I closed my eyes not wanting this moment to end. I felt like he was enjoying this, grabbing the back of my head and never leaving my lips for a single second.
“Ehm, we’re here” Max said and smirked “you guys are really enjoying this aren’t you?”
“I … it was your dare!” I replied nervously, he started giggling with Tul while Great was there staring in the blank space like he was out of this world for a while, his cheeks were red and he wasn’t moving or reacting to anything around him.
“Great, on what cloud are you now? What are you thinking about?” Tul said and laughed.
Great didn’t reply, he just grabbed his cup and drank some water while still starring in the space.
“I think he enjoyed this, bring him back to life, haha” Max said.
“Whose turn is it now?” Great asked out of nowhere trying to change the subject.
“Don’t change the subject Great” Max said while smirking.
“C’mon! Just play!” Great replied and hit Max’s head.
“Okay, why do you keep hitting me?” Max asked, turned the bottle and we continued playing till the morning.
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The holidays finished and we went back to our dorms as we have classes the next day.
I laid in my bed thinking about the Christmas Eve, remembering how it felt kissing him; am I in love? Do I like him? What is that feeling? Why is he always on my mind? But what if he doesn’t like me back?
[THE NEXT DAY]
“Did you know that I will graduate in 2 weeks and officially become a lawyer?” Great said while we were eating lunch in the university cafeteria.
“What? That fast?” I replied shocked.
“Yes! I already finished all my courses, we still have finish exams and then graduate, I remind you that I’m your senior, hehe” Great said while giggling.
“Omg! So you’re leaving me here alone?” I answered.
“You’re not alone, you have your best friend here, and I will still see you every single day.” He said and pats my head.
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[AFTER 2 WEEKS]
It was Great’s graduation day; I went there as he invited me. He was wearing the beautiful white and black law major’s graduation uniform, walking in to take his certificate; I don’t know how a person can be this handsome; I couldn’t stop staring at how good he looked.
When the ceremony ended, I walked to him and gave him a bouquet of flower and a gift I made for him, he grabbed me and hugged me tight while thanking me; we stayed like that for a while, his hug was so warm and always made me feel safe.
