Love... Not Romance [BoyxBoy]

Fourth - A Love that Shines through the Darkness

Sometimes I wonder; what if it wasn't Nico that I saved at that lake? Would I steal a kiss? Would I even fall in love? I was not a great believer of destiny or fate, but I would like to believe that the universe had brought the two of us together, that the world wanted us to meet at that time, at that very situation.

It was my way to convince myself that I have relevance in Nico's life. And with all the attention he was giving me, I was starting to believe in that as well.

Playing that game with Nico was really fun. It was the first time in my life that I enjoyed a physical activity besides swimming, and it's all thanks to Nico. Because of him, I was experiencing many things that I never even thought I would.

Everyone in school kept on saying that Nico was really cold, they describe him as somewhat unsociable and snob, but he isn't like that towards me at all. It made me think; maybe Perry was right, maybe something is suspicious.

"You're acting really weird today." Perry said as we walked towards our lockers. The gym class just ended and we were preparing for our respective class.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"First, you're smiling more than usual, which is a good thing. Second, you enjoyed playing dodge ball, which is so out of your character. And third, you let Nico call you Drew without getting angry, which is very suspicious." Perry explained. "Tell me, Kyle, what is going on between you and Nico?"

My heart sunk when Perry asked me that. Could he have possibly found out? Does he know that I have feelings for Nico? What should I do? What would I say to him?

"That's..." I hesitated.

"You said he came to your shop yesterday..." Perry muttered. "Did he threaten you? Is he blackmailing you? Is he forcing you to act friendly with him? Did you have a shady deal with him?"

"Haa...? What are you talking about? Seriously, Perry, where do you get those ideas?" I was a bit relieved that Perry's assumptions were all far off from the truth.

"That's the only explanation I could think of as to why you two are acting so friendly all of a sudden, you even let him call you Drew. Tell me, what does he have against you?" Perry's mind works in a really different way that I couldn't comprehend at times. How did he even come to that conclusion is beyond me.

"There's nothing like that, okay... I just think that he is a nice guy, that's all. Besides, I want to make new friends here..." I lied.

"That's not enough reason for you to let him call you Drew, Kyle. I know, because one time, my Mom called you that and you have that foul expression on your face, it was scary you know." Perry said. "Besides, Nico isn't a friendly guy, everyone in school knows, so I'm pretty sure that he has an ulterior motive for acting all friendly towards you. I'm sure he is up to something. I mean, besides the fact that he usually doesn't talk to just anyone, he even invited you to their company's anniversary party? To think that you just met him yesterday. He's definitely up to something." Perry sounded so serious that I couldn't just leave his remarks as a joke.

Could Perry be right? Was Nico acting friendly towards me because he is planning something? What does he want then? I really wanted to know the reason behind Nico's actions, because no matter how happy and special it made me feel, I still couldn't believe that Nico would pay any special attention to me.

It must be that...

Because I'm a transferee...

Maybe he's just curious...

Curiosity, and nothing else...

"Perry... I don't know why Nico is being friendly to me, I don't know if he's sincere or not, but, I am. I really want to be friends with him." I know that I can't have Nico, that he would not reciprocate the feelings I have for him. I know he wouldn't love me back. So at least, at the very least, I want to be friends with him. That's the closest I'll ever be.