My Gangster Prince

"I LIKE YOU!"

11

"I like you, Chris. I don't know how to tell you this, but you have instilled on me the best sense of security that anyone could ever have. You always make me feel happy because of the funny and childish side of you, and even make me feel relieved because of the strong character that you put up. You can even go out of your league just to comfort me, a normal friend of yours, even though you know that your friends might just mock both you and me. You could have just left me alone to struggle with the embarrassment, but you just had to go over the line to help me. And that is something that I can't find in any other ordinary guy, except for you. To me, you are really special, and I really think that you are the one for me. Will you give the future of us.... a thought?" I finally mustered enough courage to say out my thoughts again, even though I had already asked once before. 

To be really honest, I did not expect anything to happen at all. If he said no, it was understandable as he just went through a painful breakup. But if he said yes, then of course things were going my way. However, I could not affirm whether he had gotten over the past relationship yet. Would he be trying to use this relationship as a cover up of his pain from the previous one that he had, or was he just trying something new that he has never experienced before? Or could it be that.... he had something for me too? If he said no, I would not give up any hopes or thoughts and continue on to show my affection towards him. But if he said yes, does it not mean that he did not give enough thoughts about the future of us? I was just so confused at that point of time, and just hoped that things would just be solved naturally. 

"Valor, are you sure about this? We haven't really spent a lot of time with each other, and I doubt we know enough about each other just yet. Why don't we just.... um.. remain as best friends first? Just give things a bit more time, and ummm yeah, we'll see how things go. Is that alright, Valor? It's not that I'm rejecting you, but it's just that I think we should communicate more to see how things go first! You know, both of us definitely don't want to end up getting hurt!" Chris asked. 

Phew, I was surely more than glad that he decided to slow things down. Well, at least it proves that he did give some thoughts about us. But, here again came the awkward scene. Rejected, again. How was I supposed to get out of the situation? Ugh. What should I do.... 

"Chris, thank you so much for thinking about us. And yes, I guess we should spend more time together first. So we can know about each other more, and that actually shows how much you care about it. Thanks Chris. You're the best guy I've ever known in my life. And probably the only one I will ever meet," I confessed.