If It Weren't For... (LeoJi)

Chapter 6

Days after my birthday, and Leo staying here, the doctor gave him a note saying that he was okay to skate again, since the four continents were coming up as the Post Grand Prix Finals came up. It meant that he could be able to practice, yet he still decided to stay with me...

I was happy, of course, since I was miserable without him because of what happened. I was sleeping in my room, unable to sleep with someone sleeping next to me.

I turned to look at him, to see that he was sleeping next to me, almost like the replica of an angel, and I had to repeatedly hit myself on the face with a pillow to make me think that it was all a dream.

No, it was not a dream.

Leo de la Iglesia was sleeping next to me.

I watched his eyes flutter open to see me as a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. How can he look cool when he's sleeping?! I thought in my mind as I heard a chuckle escape his mouth.

"I love you Guang-Hong...," he said in a husky sleepy voice before going back to sleep. I stared at him in blatant shock.

He...he spoke! I thought in my mind as I covered my mouth to prevent a gasp.

I could not go to sleep after that, as I leaned over to him, and gave him a gentle kiss on the nose as I felt butterflies flutter around my stomach this early in the morning. "I love you too, Leo," I said, closing my eyes again, having the thought of him talking again, and him being happy.

It all seemed like a good dream..

***

I woke up the next day, to realize it was a dream. I frowned in the realization as I got up the next day, walking to the kitchen to find my father was there, talking to my mother with a cup of tea as I smiled at my father.

"Good morning. I'm glad you're back. How was Thailand?" I asked him as I sat at the table, eating morning breakfast with them, with my father smiling, staring down at his tea.

"It was great. Besides, I got you something from Thailand for your birthday," my father said as he gave me something, as my eyes were wide for it to be a new phone! "I thought you would be more responsible with it, since you are 18 now," he said as I gasped, with the shiny new phone in my hand.

"Thank you!" I exclaimed as I quickly put the phone away in my pocket, as I looked to see that Leo left his phone here.

Then I remembered, he was still here...

I began to tremble in fear, knowing how my father would always have a rant on how gay people are wronged and other things, and this scared me the most. My hands began to tremble in fear as I clenched my fists to hide it and I gave my dad a smile. "Also, is that Leo de la Iglesia that's outside listening to music?" My father asked as I felt like my heart to skip a beat, as I fidgeted my fingers under the table and nodded.

"Y-Yeah! Him, Phichit, Seung-Gil Lee, Yuri, and Viktor came over for my birthday!" I exclaimed as my father smiled, nodding in understanding as I was nervous at what would happen if he was the one that caught us almost kissing instead of my mother.

And, most importantly, what would happen if he found out my mother's secret about her sexuality could cause even a divorce with them and I do not want to be the start of it.

"That's nice," my father said with a smile on his face as he looked out the window. "Is Leo still here? Because, I see him outside," my father said as my heart began to beat in fear as I chuckled.

"Yep! He stayed the night since America's really far from here so he's going back in a few days," I said as my father nodded.

"Where is he sleeping in? I mean, I can move my stuff if he wants," my dad said as I shook my head.