"Metawin, don't do this to me. Let me explain.
"Explain what? Explain to me how much you enjoyed toying with my emotions because you knew that no matter what you do, I'd stay? Explain to me how much you found these events amusing while I kept all th...
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•BRIGHT CHIVAAREE•
January 2011
"I'll be going overseas by the end of the month so I could start my internship," Off says making me turn to him with narrowing eyes.
"Please, Bright, you're not a baby anymore and I'm definitely not your babysitter. Let me go. And I am so tired of seeing your face every single day."
It's been ten years since I accidentally made friends with Off since our parents are also close acquaintances when they were younger. Though they haven't seen each other when my mother moved to the US when she started college and only returned right after graduating. Long history short, Off's mother and my mother got acquainted again until they both got married, had a family of their own, and sadly - I am stuck with Off since then. Not that I am complaining actually since he's almost a better sibling than my older sister.
"I didn't say anything and for your information, I am the one keeping an eye out for you because your Mom would not stop pestering me about you. When will you grow up, khun? And for the record, your face is not that handsome, to begin with, so just leave me alone."
Off rolls his eyes before swinging his arm over my shoulder. Laughs hysterically while ruffling my hair and I just sit there trying to continue with my doodles. I've been so used to it by now because Off is indeed very affectionate to anyone and everyone that he meets which is really scary. I'm not anti-social, but I am not that good with socializing with other people, as well because I feel like it takes out all the energy in me to try and be friends with people. But with Off dragging me around, I meet a lot of people every day and I know that he means well - nonetheless, I am better alone.
"Dude, I am just doing you a favor."
"A favor? What nonsense are saying now?"
"Come on, think about it very carefully, if I always stick to you like this..." he pauses and winks that I almost gag everything that I ate this morning in his shirt but I hold back.
"You will never get yourself a boyfriend."
Yes, he also knows about my preference because he is my best friend and he needs to know the truth about me before he sets me up with blind dates and whatnot again. Why again? Because he did set one with his friend when I started college, it was a member of the Film Club that he is in. I did appreciate the gesture, and how much he wants me to not be alone - and yet I didn't appreciate that he did set me up with a woman. I stormed out of the cafe leaving them behind, and lame as it may sound - it almost ruined our friendship since I avoided him for a whole month.
Off, being the baby that he is, started to stalk me and ask for an apology. Frankly speaking, I wasn't really that mad with him that day but I just felt like if I don't overreact about it - he would continue setting me up with girls. So I revealed my true sexuality to him and told him that I was gay - not that I am not anymore because I still am. Off smiled at me when I told him, ruffled my hair a little bit, and said that he knew because he never heard me talk about girls. Being the best boy that he was, as per his words, Off shared his own secret of being bi-sexual.
