Stumbled In Love [Complete]

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"Wait, wait, wait. Back up. Are you saying you are moving to...Uganda?"

I felt his fingers tighten around my elbow as he took another step closer towards me, the tension in his whole body palpable as he slowly took in my words. And although all day he had silently gone along with everything I had tried to show him a long term relationship with me would be like, even a blind man, aka me, could tell that his exclamation was significantly more animated at what he had just heard. I have a feeling my brilliant plan of breaking up on this rooftop might not go over as smoothly as I hoped it would.

"Listen Kong..."

"Oh I am listening, so can you kindly please repeat exactly what you just said? Cause I feel like I just had a brain fart moment. Somehow it sounded like you said you were planning to move countries to be closer to your brother. Move to Uganda! I very surely must have lost my mind cause obviously that can't have been true."

"Ye...yeah. I am moving."

Why was my voice shaking so much? How would I convince him if I couldn't even believe it myself?

"To Uganda? You? The man who hates even going across the street to buy coffee no matter how much he craves it? You? Will move to whole another country with a whole another language that you know nothing about? For God knows how long, until your brother decides he is either done with that place or done with you hanging around his arm? You? Again...Uganda?"

Ouch!

His words hitting so much harder than he probably even realized.

I truly was the guy that absolutely no one would believe would do anything remotely adventurous. In fact before Kong came into my life there were a whole host of things I didn't even realize were possible for me to experience. And yet I would put up a wall of resistance every single time he came back with a new idea. So used to going through just existing that going abroad was a concept beyond imagination in my case.

And then there was the thing he said about Sol.

Sol had apparently begun given up on me a year ago. And all these months later I was finally figuring out just how much.

"I...I...am going Kong. I have made up my mind. I am going."

He fell silent at my bizzare claim, honestly even I was finding it hard to strengthen the resolve in my voice. And although I had absolutely no plans on ever moving to Uganda, it did cause this strange squeeze around my heart as to how I would never even have considered it had Sol asked me to.

Feeling Kong's arm still wrapped around my elbow, I took a deep breath, knowing full well just how stubborn Kong could be, and how much I will need to harden my heart if I truly wanted to keep up this facade.

"Okay then, I guess if you have made up your mind. When are you planning on leaving?"

Wait, what?

That was strangely...easy?

I hadn't really expected for Kong to accept it so easily. Without even a hint of protest.

That's good...I guess. Right? Right!

"Ummm...I...I...haven't decided yet. Soon perhaps."

I felt him let go of my arm just as he moved closer to me, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me into his chest, face burying into the crook of my neck in a way he always did whenever he felt particularly affectionate.

I think I am going to miss hugs from Kong the most.

"Can you make it a month? I will be done with exams by then."