"I knocked on Heaven's door for two minutes," the boy said. "How is that not cool to you?"
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Choi Sangwoo was just trying to make ends meet. Beaten and abus...
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March 2018
The beep from Sangwoo's phone told him that he got a message from Suho. He was really the only friend he had, as everyone else was either too afraid of what Taewoong would do or just plain disgusted by the fact that he liked boys.
They'd gotten closer in the last couple of months, and he was beginning to have these feelings towards his friend. The ones that made his heart flutter. His breaths stopped short whenever his hand touched the other's. Whenever Suho used to smile at him, Sangwoo felt like he was on top of the world.
He didn't know what to do with these feelings. He was reluctant to admit that he had them, because he didn't know if Suho liked boys or not. The boy was surprisingly rather touchy-feely. They'd hold hands; Suho would ruffle Sangwoo's hair; they would feed each other during lunch. Suho had even covered for him when Sangwoo had once gone to a party with him, telling the latter's father that he'd slept over his house when he'd come to question him.
Sangwoo looked at his phone.
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The boy smiled happily, excited about the fact that they'd be spending time together. A familiar feeling started to build in his stomach. He'd been feeling this way for quite a while now. It used to appear whenever Suho was around him. It made his heart feel like it was about to jump out of his chest.
He let out a loud squeal. He wasn't prepared for the door crashing open, however.
"Son, what happened?!?!?" his mother asked. He immediately blushed and covered his face, embarrassed that she'd caught him.
"Moooommm..." he whined. She raised an eyebrow, telling him to go on.
"I have this crush, but I don't know if he's into men or not. I'm so confused. I feel funny when he touches my hand. Like my heart's about to burst out of my chest. I really want to ask him out, but I'm really afraid of ruining the friendship that he and I have. The very idea of him not being my friend terrifies me, because he's the only one I have. I don't want to burden him with having to choose between being my friend and being my boyfriend. I want to do this, but I-" he was cut off when his mom held up a hand to silence him.
