True Love? (yaoi; BoyXboy)

Heartbeat 3: How I Started to Feel This Way

Hello, everyone! I'm really sorry for posting a late update! \(>Д<\|||)

I have a deadline to meet and I'm still far from finishing it... Sigh... T_T I promise to update the story maybe once or twice every week.

Anyway, here's the new chapter! Enjoy reading~ ^^

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(Umeru's POV)

"Hey, Umeru-kun~ Look! Does this clip look good on me?"

So this girl is the same, huh? She's like the other girls I've dated, always trying to get my attention. I really... hate these types. Maybe I should...

"Hey, let's break up."

"...Huh? What... are you saying... Umeru-kun?"

Hah. Maybe it's better if I just tell it to her straight. "I hate girls like you who always whore for my attention."

"What did you just--" Her face reddened with embarrassment and anger, then she threw the clip she's wearing on me. "You... I hope you die, you jerk!"

Tears began swelling down her eyes, but I didn't feel anything. Just like that, she left the store crying, her thick make-up getting washed with tears. To me, she looked even uglier. It's as if her true self is being revealed. Hah. Why did I even pick a woman like that? But maybe, just maybe I should have told it to her earnestly. Uhh-- As if I can do that. How can I tell someone that they're ugly... earnestly? I didn't get this "poison tongue" title for nothing.

If only this endless chain would end... I thought to myself.

My mother fell in love with another man and ran away with him. She left me and my father behind. My memories were still clear about the three of us spending a warm afternoon in our old house's vast garden. In my memories, us three were smiling and laughing while snuggling at each other. The overflowing smell of azaleas filled us with happiness and warmth. Why did something like that happen? My mom vowed to be true to my dad in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, and that she'll love and honor him all the days of her life. Why did it turn out this way? That's when I began to question if a person can really choose from the billions of people out there and promise them their forever. Right now, the faint faith in me that such a thing exists is slowly fading... I started going out with those girls to see for myself if such a thing is really true. Because of it, I learned about the different kinds of people and became quite good at uncovering their true colors. I started seeing an uglier side of this world.

Having not paid attention to where I was headed to, my feet took me to an open park within the neighborhood.

This smell... Azaleas? My chest became heavy as I relived that memory again. As I looked around to search the park for where the smell was coming from, what I saw was... a scene that looked as if it  just came out of a painting. On one of the benches sits a beautiful crying figure. I don't know if it's just the sun's rays playing tricks on my eyes, but when I saw that figure, the light basking upon him made it appear as if he's wearing wings on his back. Just like an angel, I thought. My body moved on its own and slowly approached him. He noticed my presence and glared at me.

"What are you looking at?" he suspiciously asked.

"Nothing," I answered. It's not what I intended to say, but words won't just come out of my mouth like normal. I continued staring at him. Before I knew it, I was already captured by that mesmerizing moment.

"What?" the boy asked again, with a more annoyed tone this time. It looked like he's about to punch me any minute now.

I gathered my every courage. "Is something wrong? Why are you crying?" I asked.