Stay (ManxBoy)

Chapter Ten - Explore

Vorfreude:

(n.) The joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures.

Chapter Ten – Explore

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An hour before I was supposed to meet up with Evan I got a message. At first I thought that he was going to tell me that he wanted to cancel our plans, but luckily that wasn't the issue. The only thing he said was that I was supposed to be at his place an hour earlier and I couldn't deny him the simple request. So when I came home from work I took a quick shower, ate some leftovers from a few days prior and got myself ready. Well, as ready as I'll ever be.

I don't want to take my car, seen the circumstances I don't want anyone to recognize me. But I couldn't exactly call a cab either since they will definitely question what I'm going to do in that part of the town.

So now I am trying to get my bike out of the garage, but I'm not as strong as I thought I was. Not only is the bike hanging on the wall where I have to get it off. I then have to carry the thing all the way to the other side of the garage, because there's not enough space to roll it. It takes me at least half an hour to get it done and the second I step on my bike a smile appears. I feel my heart beating faster by the thought of seeing him again.

'You are actually fifteen minutes early.' Evan says with wide eyes as he opens the door. I let a frown cover my face as he hides behind the door, so only his head is visible.

'Yeah, I thought the ride here would take a bit longer.' He smiles at me awkwardly as he opens the door wider and I step in without a second thought. I look around for a bit as he closes the door behind me, he seems to have moved the furniture around so the place looks a bit more spacious.

I turn around to properly greet him, but a lump forms in my throat as I see him standing behind me. It only now occurs to me that his hair is slightly damp and the only thing he's wearing is a pair of boxers. I almost feel ashamed for the fact that I'm looking at him like this, but he doesn't really seem bothered by it. He stands strong, but I can see the shyness beneath his powerful look. He's trying to see if I like what I see and it's the most adorable thing ever.

Without thinking about it I walk in his direction until I'm standing before him. I don't know what poses me as I put my fingers on his chin to make him look at me. I softly brush my lips against his in a greeting and he immediately relaxes.

'I'll just put on some clothes real fast.' He says as his cheeks turn red and I smile at him as he runs out of the room.

It doesn't take long for him to finish at all and as he walks around the corner I can't help but admire his new set of clothes. He obviously doesn't own much fancy clothes, but he seems to really glow as he turns around once he's in front of me.

'Shall we go?' He asks me as he finishes putting on his shoes and I nod at him in agree.

'There's one thing you need to know.' He says as he swallows nervously and I can't help but step forward so I'm closer to him.

'This uh, café we've been going to is an.. accepting one.' His voice is unsteady and he really seems to think I will find this horrible.

'Accepting as in...?' I push him and he lets out a shuddering breath.

'As in, the people there don't judge and um there are people there that are gay. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable.' An actual laugh escaped me and I feel my eyes glistering. There will be people that accept us, accept this. They will not judge, or say anything unkind. They will be either just like us, or accepting of what we feel.