Leo
I wasn’t going to tell him, but then I saw him getting beat up and I couldn’t help but watch and I overheard David, he’s in my math class, say “Gay boy” and Devon didn’t deny it. After asking if he was okay it kinda just slipped out of me asking if it was true. Devon had said yes and that he understood if I didn’t want to be friends with him. But I do, I really do and then I told him about me and he was actually worried about me getting hurt if I came out at this school. Then I brushed my hand against his while I said goodbye, and he blushed just a little bit. Devon with his fluffy black hair that hangs into his eyes and I want to mess with it so bad but I haven’t, we’ll not yet anyway, piercing blue eyes that are hidden by glasses, and the shyest smile ever. God, he’s so cute! I might have a tiny crush on Devon. Next time I see him I’m gonna ask if he wants to hang out with me. I hope he doesn’t say no.
My alarm went off. At first I just wanted to go back to sleep, my mom would let me and no one would miss me but then I remembered what I wanted to do. Today, I’m gonna ask him today. I’m gonna ask if he wants to come over and watch a movie or something. I throw on my black jeans, black hat, and my NF shirt. NF is a christian rapper that I like to listen too. I write on a piece of paper “Do you want to hang out later?” I’m gonna give it to him during ELA and hopefully I’ll get a response. As I slide into my seat next to Devon my breath catches. He looks great besides the black eye and the bruise on his jaw. He’s wearing a grey T-shirt that hugged his biceps, and he had on gym shorts. He gives me that shy smile of his and I feel like I practically melted. I give him the note before class starts so Mrs. Young can’t ask to see it. He reads it and says that he would want to hang out, and I tell him, “My mom won’t care so would you want to come over to my house?” I ask.
“Yeah, that sounds good. See you after school Leo.” Devon responds. The bell rang and we took roll. I can’t wait for later. After seventh period ends Devon and I start walking to my house and David shows up to torture Devon again. “Hey Leo, right?” David asks me.
“Yeah, what David?” I respond.
“Be careful around Devon he might give you the gay.” David joked with a goofy face.
“I don’t think that’s funny David, it’s okay to like boys, just like it’s okay to like girls.” I tell him.
“Whatever, let’s go.” David tells his friends as he stalks off.
“You didn’t have to do that.” Devon tells me.
“Yes, I did. You’re my friend, I’m not going to let them put you down for being who you are!” I tell Devon.
“Thank you.” He tells me with a small smile, “No o es ever stood up for me before.”
There’s that smile I’m beginning to love. The more I get to know Devon the more I like him and want to be around him. “So what do you want to do?” I ask Devon.
“Could we watch a movie together?” Devon asks.
“Of course.” I tell him. “What movie?”
“I was thinking about Bros or Love, Simon.” Devon tells me.
“I’ve seen Love, Simon but I haven’t seen Bros.” I tell him.
“Bros is one of my favorites if you would like to watch it!” Devon says, sounding excited.
“Yeah, let’s watch Bros.” I respond.
We get to my house and I yell at my mom that I’m home and that I have a friend over. She just responds with “Okay honey.” She knows that I’m gay but she doesn’t care if they’re a boy or a girl, she’s cool like that. We went down to the basement where we have games, a 65 inch TV, comfy couches and chairs, a snack bar, and all of my music. I turn the TV and put Bros on. We settled down on one of the couches next to each other, shoving playfully for more room. I curled into the corner and Devon sat next to me. After the movie Devon asked me who NF is and I played “The Search”. Then we wrestled. We were having a playful debate about what our favorite movie snacks are and I said the candy while Devon said popcorn. Devon launched at me and I mean he’s tall but I’m short and a bit nimbler so I evaded the attack easily. Then I pinned him down on the ground. It didn’t take him long to flip our position so that I was pinned, and he started laughing and I joined in. When he rolled off I was dying from laughing, I couldn’t breathe. When the laughter died down we just layer next to each other talking and I don’t know what came over me but I reached over and grabbed his hand and squeezed. “I had a really fun time today. Thank you.”
“Yeah me too.” Devon said.
“You can come over whenever.” I tell him.
“I’ll remember that.” Devon promised.
Then Devon goy up and left. All I could think about was how much fun I had, had with him. I had learned that he was a Virgo and his birthday is September 13th. He’s also 6 feet tall. I’m a Libra with my birthday being on October 23. I’m only 5 foot and 5 inches tall. I’m falling for Devon and I don’t know if I can stop. But, what if I don’t want to?
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