A storm was raging on the night when Tay first realized that he may be falling in love with his best friend, New.
Tay was snoring contentedly. It was one of those nights when he has burrowed himself under a warm blanket with only the sounds of the rain and the wind to lull him to sleep.
In a faraway dream, he heard the ringing of his phone. He could have ignored the contraption if only the caller wasn't so insistent to reach him. He checked who the caller was and cursed.
"New, it's 3:00 in the morning. This better be a matter of life and death" Tay shouted at the person on the other end of the line.
"Tay it's only 11:30" came the muffled voice. Tay immediately sat up.
"New, have you been crying?" Tay asked worriedly. One of the things that Tay dislikes the most is seeing New get upset over stuff that wasn't his doing.
"I just felt so lonely" Tay heard a sniffle and a rustle and sensed that New was nestling himself under the blanket just as he was doing earlier but not out of cold but out of habit. Tay has witnessed this behavior of New crawling under the covers whenever he was upset far too many times.
In the beginning of their friendship, Tay would tirelessly coax New to get out of his blanket and talk but as the years passed he learned that it's better to just yank the cover off and wrestle the latter until he felt better. Tay got up and started to rummage through his closet for a set of fresh clothes.
"Tay, go back to bed. You're stupid if you think you can come over with a storm raging outside" New said monotonously.
"It's either we hang out too much that you know everything I'm doing" Tay followed New's instruction and went back to bed "Or, you've installed a CCTVcamera in my room"
"Dork" New sniffled again "I wanted to talk to you. Listening to your voice was enough to comfort me so just talk Tay"
Tay was caught unprepared when his heart suddenly went crazy and did a somersault.
"What the f---" Tay whispered to his phone "What do you want me to say?"
"Tell me a story"
The storm relentlessly battered the city until the early morn while Tay told countless of stories until he heard New's even breathing hinting that the younger has finally slept. Tay ended the call and stared at the ceiling of his room for the next few hours.
"Oh New" Tay sighed.
The next day, Tay accompanied New to his school and stayed with him until he felt that the other was feeling better.
YOU ARE READING
Tay and New
Roman d'amour(Completed) Tay and New were best friends until one of them confessed. (Disclaimer: English is not my first language so if you notice a mistake kindly inform me so that I may fix it. Thank you and I hope you enjoy reading.)
