Love Marathon [Completed]

Can You Be My Boyfriend?

Yo's POV

"I like you. Can you be my boyfriend?" I ask, regardless of the fact that I already know the answer.

"Sorry, I can't. Yo, how many times do I need to tell you that I'm not interested in boys? Why can't you just give up?" He apologises with sadness in his eyes.

He is lying! I know he likes me. I can feel it.

P'Beam said, P'Ming is a filial son and his parents won't accept him being with a boy. That's why P'Ming rejects me.

I smile weakly at his answer and at myself. It has been eight years since the very first time I confessed to him when I was a ten-year-old boy.

Give up?? Never cross my mind...

"Because I love you, and I can't stop loving you. It was like I'm in the middle of a marathon and I couldn't simply give up and stop running. It's my love marathon, and you are the finishing line. I will keep running till my last breath."

"Yo..." He calls out my name softly.

Face to face with him, I grab his forearm and say, "P'Ming, I won't give up, not on you or my love for you. I won't, and I can't. I can't give up. P'Ming, I probably know the reason why you reject me. It's because of your parents, right? Your parents won't accept you having a relationship with a boy, right?"

"I know it will be too much if I ask you to defy your parents or to go against them. I just want you to fight for us if there is a place for me in here." I point to his heart.

All I ask for is him being brave to fight for us. I know it's hard. I know his parents won't accept us.

But I don't care how hard it will be to get his parents' acceptance. I'm willing to try. I'm willing to go through all the hardship as long as he's with me, as long as we are fighting side by side for our future.

I just want him to be brave for me... just once. I only want one chance, just once chance.

"Yo, sorry. We can only be best friends and nothing more than that. Sorry." He gently pushes me away.

I reckon this is the only answer I can get from him. He can't defy his parents. He can't be brave for me or for us, not even once...

I close my eyes and take a few deep breaths before opening my eyes, "I won't give up. I have been waiting for twelve years. I'm in this for too long and too deep to give up. This is my love marathon and I won't stop running. I believe one day I will change your mind and you will be willing to accept me, to fight with me for our future. I believe that day will come as long as I don't give up."

"Yo..."

I interrupt, "P'Ming, you can't stop me from loving you. I'm brave enough to go for what I want. I hope you will be brave enough too."

I won't be defeated. I can't be defeated. He is not brave enough to fight for us doesn't mean I will stop fighting. No, I won't stop. There is no way for me to stop.

I will continue to fight for my love even if I had to fight alone...

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Ming's POV

Yo... Why can't you give up on me? I don't deserve you wasting your time and your youth on me. There's nothing I can give you...

Yo, I'm sorry...

Yo, you should give up on me. I'm a useless man who don't even have the courage to go for what I really want.

I'm a useless man who is destined to be my parents' puppet, living the life they wanted me to, having a career they wanted me to have. I'm living my life for them, not for myself.

I understand I'm their only son and they wanted me to have the best in everything, but they failed to realise that what I really want is not necessarily the best. I don't blame them. I can only blame myself for being a coward, for not being able to get up my nerve to tell them what I want.

So, Yo, are you sure you want to waste your time on someone like me?

You deserve better.

And I will be your best friend, staying by your side, like what I promised you eight years ago.

I can't give you what you want, but I will keep the promise I made...

I won't leave you.

Even if one day I get married, I will still stay by your side, I will still be where you can see me.

I won't leave you no matter what...