Homecoming Pt. 1

Khalil 10

Three days after seeing Devin I was walking with Marcus along the Riverwalk in San Antonio. The sun was shining and there were hardly any people around the day couldn't have been more perfect, but for me it might had well been raining. I was still hurt at the way Devin acted when he saw me, I thought he'd be happy that I found him. Marcus must have felt my anxiety because he gently nudged me with his shoulder and smiled at me. I immediately began to feel better, just looking at him. Everything in me wanted to grab his hand and walk with him, but Enzo's words kept playing in my head, so I resisted but it was hard.

"Ayy you mind if we sit down my leg is starting to bother me." I said to Marcus. We sat down at a restaurant and order some food while we waited I decided to see where Marcus's head was at. "So Marcus what made you decide to forgive me for what I did?" I asked curiously.

"Honestly Khalil I'm not sure if I've fully gotten over what you did yet. I know you had a lot going on back then but still you could've been honest with me. I guess I need to hear the truth to why you left like that before we can move on." Marcus said looking me in the eyes. I sat back in my seat and thought about that day, I was really feeling Marcus and I didn't want to start whatever it was we were working towards on lies.

"Marcus honestly that day I was fucked up. I had just found out my brother was moving to another state and there was nothing I could do about it and that hurt me to my core. I mean I was really fucked up, that night I had planned to tell you how much you really meant to me but......"

"I get it you were fucked up, but why didn't you just be honest I could've handle it. Some of the things you said that night really hurt me. It was like you a rusty knife and stabbed me in the heart." Marcus said.

"I was young back then Mar' and the things you had me feeling were intense, so intense that it scared me, after that shyt with Devin I never wanted to feel that pain of lost again. So I decided to cut everyone I cared about in my life out, you, Enzo, hell even my mom. I decided to focus on getting famous and getting Devin back. I realized when I was little bit later how selfish it was for me to do that, so around my junior year I reached out to Enzo and told him everything, we kinda got back to how we used to be then he moved to Spain and we lost touch. I was slowly building those relationship back, but there was one I couldn't fix and that was our relationship. After the way I treated you I didn't want to just show up in your life and hope you'd take me. Then I met Roseline and you kinda floated to the back of my mind but you were always there Marcus." I said meaning every word.

"So you broke my heart because you were upset about Devin and you were afraid to get hurt?" Marcus asked. I just sat there afraid to answer. "Okay I get the Devin part, but Khalil being there for each other is part of being in a relationship. And yeah we weren't in an official one but I was always there for you and I was always honest with you so why couldn't you be honest with me?" Marcus asked.

"The only answer I can give you is I wasn't thinking straight." I said. For the longest time neither one of us said anything, after about ten minutes of silence I was starting to get nervous.

"Okay I forgive you Khalil and actually I need to be thanking you. After you left me I became a lot stronger. I promised myself I would never let another dude get in my heart the way you did and since I wasn't focused on boys I could focus more on school and look at me now." Marcus said smiling.

"I'm really sorry for what I did Marcus."

"And I'm sorry for slapping you that day." Marcus said smiling.

"What about your crazy ass brother attacking me." I said smiling back.

"Nah you kinda deserved that." Marcus said laughing. "So Marsean wouldn't tell me why he hated you so much, so what did you do that pissed him off?" Marcus asked.