When I returned home , my parents weren't there.
I guess that they were out for some meetings or something.
Just to pass time I played games in my phone. Then, I looked out of the window. Someone was waving to me .
It was Arkam.
I went downstairs .
"Hey, what's up?", I asked.
"Um , I just wanted to spend some time with you", he said.
"Oh", I said.
"Are you free?"
"Um , yeah"
"Why don't you come to my home?"
I thought a little about my parents. Maybe they would return late . In that case, I wouldn't have to be worried about my parents worrying about me.
"Okay", I said.
He took me to my home.
Well, Arkam was a junior . Two years younger than me but still we were like friends.
He took me to his home . This wasn't the first time I was going to his home .
"You want to play cards?", he asked.
"No", I said.
"Please"
"Okay".
He liked to play cards . Pokemon cards sometimes and sometimes superhumans cards (Some of the famous superhumans were included).
"Who is your favorite superhero?", he asked.
"Superman", I said and smiled.
"Yours?",I asked.
"You", he said and looked at me.
"Really? What makes you think so?", I asked
He seemed to think for a while.
"Well you're cool , I love how you can control the atmosphere and make it rain . I mean you can change the weather anytime you want , isn't that cool?", he said excitedly.
"No",I said.
"Zach, I want to tell you something", he said.
"Okay", I said.
"Promise you won't tell this to anyone",
"Okay"
"I realized that I am not attracted to girls"
"What? What do you mean?"
"Yeah, I noticed that .... maybe I like boys"
"But you're a boy?"
"Is that normal?"
Is he gay?
"Um, yeah I guess. You can't control whom you like or not"
"Well then , it's okay"
"Why?"
"Because I happen to like someone" he said excitedly
"Who?"
"You" he said again.
I thought that he was joking or something but I knew him more that anyone else since he liked to hang around with me a lot and he wasn't that interactive or something and from his expression, he wasn't kidding at all.
"Are you kidding?", I asked.
"No, I swear", he said.
I stopped playing with the cards.
"Are you angry?", he asked .
"I didn't mean to make you angry, I am sorry", he said.
"No ,I am not angry"
"Listen is it because I hang around with you a lot?"
"Maybe"
"How do you love me like?"
"I don't know, maybe as a .... boyfriend"
"You know I am two years elder than you", I said.
"Yes, but I can't help it", he said and started crying.
It was easy to make him cry.
"Why are you crying?"I asked
"Please don't stop hanging out with me", he said
"No , I won't, stop crying"
"You mean a lot to me", he said.
"Hey, it's okay, I am sure you're going to change", I said.
He stopped crying.
"What if I don't change?", he said looking at me . His eyes started filling with tears again.
"Then it's completely okay. I just meant that you shouldn't love your senior as your boyfriend. That's disrespecting", I said.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to disrespect you", he said with his sorry expression.
"It's okay", I said and suddenly he crushed me into a bear hug . I hugged him too.
"I love you as a senior", he said.
"It's good to hear that", I murmured.
Yeah, he said that he liked me but back then I didn't think that his love would turn out to be this type.