star [ wroetostar ]

23 january 2009

14 years old

"What's on your mind, star."

A faded mind was brought clumsily back down to reality, leaving the mist that was the thoughts inside his head. The silence Vik felt before was drowned out by the chatter and laughter that echoed around the diner that the two boys sat in.

Vik sighed.

"It's nothing."

"No star, it's something, I can tell. You haven't even touched your food, and now you're barely talking. What's wrong?"

Harry reached his arm across the their diner booth to take Viks hand. But the cinnamon boy shrunk back, and yanked his arm away.

"Please, don't be like this. I hate when you be like this." Harry sighed and hung his head down.

"Harry?"

"Yeah?"

"Please don't hate me."

"Star, I could never hate you."

"Promise me?"

Vik looked up, eyes swimming with tears. Void like black dropped pools down cinnamon cheeks, and Harry sucked in a breath.

"I pinky swear."

Harry was terrified. His eyes frantically searched around for any signs of Vik hurting, and any signs of his best friend being in danger. He couldn't bare to lose him. He couldn't bare the thought of his star finally burning out into nothing.

He couldn't go like that. He couldn't go at all. Not then.

Not ever.

"My minds gone places. Places it's never gone before and I don't know how, but it just has. And it's helped me come to terms with the fact that I'm-"

A flood of tears rolled down Viks cheeks as he traces circles into his soup with a spoon.

"I'm gay. I'm sorry, Harry-"

A voice cut him off.

"Give me your hands."

Harry lay both of his hands back-flat on the tabletop.

"What?"

"Give me your hands. Please."

Vik shakily put his spoon down, and outstretched his arms.

Fingers intertwined, and the blond boy spoke comfortingly to his companion.

"I love you. Okay? I love you and nothing could ever change that. I love you. You. Nothing else. You're still my star, and your preference will never come in the way of my feelings felt towards you. You're my best friend. And nothing can take that away from me."

"I've never heard you say that."

"Say what?"

"I love you."