I Remember the Boy (BoyxBoy)

Don't Want to be Your Friend

Chapter 8 of I Remember the Boy is here hope you can leave a comment for me to know what I need to improve on.

Picture of Arnold Saavedra on the right==========>>>>>

Song is Break it to me gently by Mark Bautista

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CHAPTER EIGHT

Arnold's POV

I still can't believe how Jake acted, I'm quite confused since I was expecting for us to be friends.

"Damn! What is his problem?" I asked myself and just decided to go home frustrated from the turn of event.

I drove my car away from that place not really sure where to go and then I realized that I'm standing in front of the gate of our house in Wakwak in San Juan.

I rang the buzzer and my Nanny Lydia opened the gate for me. She's been my Nanny since I was still an infant and ever since she dedicated her life in taking care of me.

Hi Nanny, is mom home?" I asked her and handed her my backpack.

"She's in the kitchen, she must have knew that your coming home so she decided to cook." she said, didn't wait for me to follow inside.

In the kitchen I saw my mom wearing an apron and cooking lasagna. "Hi mom, wazzup?" I said giving her my most dashing smile.

"What kind of force in Earth brought you hear?" she asked me still busy with what she's baking.

"Nothing it just that I missed you so much." I said trying to win her affection and then hugged her from behind.

"As if, let me guess something bad happened in your school, because the only time that you will visit is if there something bothering you." she said looking at me for the first time after I arrived.

This woman really knows me, since she is actually right, every time that I'm feeling depresses or just pissed of about something I always tend to go home.

"It will be ready after five minutes in the mean time there's leche flan in the fridge." she said which made me smile.

Leche flan is actually my comfort food and one of my weakness.

"So tell me, what happened?" she said looking at me after setting the timer in the oven.

"Well let's just say that a certain person that you saved didn't want to be friend with you." I said still busy eating.

"Maybe you did something wrong?" she asked looking at me like as if I'm guilty with something.

"Woah woah, I didn't do anything wrong, I just save him and this is how he's going to repay me?" shocked with the way my mom talked to me.

"Well, whatever reason that person have, there is definitely a good explanation why that person acted that way." she said which actually makes sense.

I decided to leave after eating her delicious Lasagna, it's quite nice seeing my mom every once in a while.

I don't know if I'm just being stubborn or what  since instead of driving my bike to my condo I found myself standing in front of Jake's apartment few feet away from the house.

"Please, I hope you come out." I silently prayed and as if my prayer was answered, I saw him walking out and seated on an available seat.

I can see that he's bother with so much thoughts in his head, I can feel the burden that he's trying to shoulder and hide.

My feet started to move on their accord and I found myself looking in his surprised face.

"What are you doing here?" Jake asked clearly shocked seeing me here.

I don't know how to response to that so instead I gave him my boyish smile, while scratching my nose.

I can feel him getting mad just by looking in his expression which intimidated me a bit.

"Didn't I just tell you that I don't want to see you anymore?!" he said angrily.

"Uhm uhm it's just that I am wondering if we can no be friends?" I asked him stammering for the first time in my life while looking at his furious face.

"I will never be your friend ever Arnold Saavedra, so you can already leave." he shouted and then he walked out just like that.

I can't believe they way Jake treated me, I know he was hurt because of what just happened, and that is one of the reason why I am here.

His words hit me real hard and I can feel the pain building inside me which I never felt before.

I walked away from that place, shoulder low and feeling rejected from his treatment.

Jake's POV

I can feel the tears from flowing from my eyes while looking at him in the window of my room, I really don't want to hurt him and I do want to be his friend, it's just that I know that it's not possible anymore after what just happened.

I don't want to drag him from all the misery in my life and I don't want him to experience all the bad luck in my life.

"Maybe you are right mom, maybe I'm cursed." I said while looking at my mom's picture.

"All the things that is important to me and I cherished the most ends up being in a fickle, I know now that I don't deserved to be happy." I silently muttered to myself.

"Thank you Arnold Saavedra I am still glad that I met you." I said before closing my eyes.

Arnold's POV

It's been four days already since I decided to avoid him, maybe it's for the best if I will stay away from him.

But even though I promised myself not to be bothered by him, I normally found myself looking at him from afar, and not even once I see him smile, which really broke my heart seeing him in this pitiful state.

"Damn I can't take it anymore." I said to myself and decided to leave my friends.

"Hey Arnold! Where are you going?" Larry called me which I just ignored.

I don't know what should I feel, I'm sad because of his situation and mad at the same time for not accepting my friendship.

"Fine if he wants me out of his life then sure, I will not give a damn whatever happens to him." I said with finality in my voice.

I was about to go back to my friends when I heard someone calling my name.

"Arnold!" someone called and saw Gener walking towards me with a blue magic paper bag in his hand.

"Is there anything wrong?" I asked the school janitor, one thing that my mom taught me is to be respectful to someone older than me regardless of their position.

"I've been looking for you everywhere and it's a good thing that I finally saw you." he said and then handed me the blue paper bag.

"That's not mine." I said confused why is he giving me this.

"I picked it up four days ago and I saw your name in the tag." he said and left me without another word.

I opened the card and saw my name printed on it  and saw a short message.

Arnold,

I just want to say thank you for helping me, this is the very first time that someone actually cares about me.

i felt like a big lump formed in my throat after realizing who the gift came from, I'm not the emotional type of guy, but I can feel like my eyes is burning from the emotion that I am feeling.

When I opened the paper bag, I saw a little stuffed toy dog inside.

I ran away from that place, having one person in mind.

"Jake." I said.