He still remembered the first time that he saw him. It was four years ago.
He was doing his masters abroad. The studies were a bit hectic and in order to freshen up, he decided to go clubbing with a few friends.
Who knew that before he could walk into that club, he would spot him?
Richard wasn’t the most handsome man he had seen in his life. In fact, there were so many guys who were better than him and yet something about him kinda pulled him.
Was it the fact that he was busy laughing heartily while his friend glared at him as if he wanted to skin him alive?
Was it because his cheeks looked puffy or that his eyes looked clear despite being in that kind of place?
Eric would be lying if he confessed that he was born gay. He was straight as a pole and had been into girls for as long as he remembered. But that fateful night, he found himself having a very strange dream. He had to wash his sheets the next day and the days that followed.
He didn’t know his name or where to find him and as much as that didn’t sit well with him. He still found himself accepting that and feeling that it was for the best. After all, how could he have such thoughts towards another man?
As a result, in the months that followed, Eric indulged himself in women and he kinda forgot about Richard until one day while celebrating a friend’s birthday, he ran across him again.
This time, Richard wasn’t just playing with his friends but he was pinned against the club wall, making out with a foreign guy.
The way Richard’s moans were spilling from his mouth as that guy embraced him, Eric found himself in a familiar situation. His veins throbbed as he wanted to pummel the foreign guy who was making out with Richard.
Something in him kept on screaming that Richard was his but how could he easily claim someone just because he was feeling like that?
In fact, he hated that kind of feeling. Feeling so deep and strong desires for someone else made him panic. It was a weakness and when a person has a weakness, others would take advantage. He didn’t want that.
He wanted to forget Richard, so he decided to try his luck on other guys. In this case, he could feel the same but that trick didn’t work. No matter how much he looked at the other men, he didn’t feel the same way he felt when looking at Richard.
He knew that he was doomed and it took him a while to accept the fact that he had just become gay for a man he didn’t know.
By the time he tried to search for Richard, Richard was nowhere to be found and that lasted until last year when he visited his uncle for some business deal. Who would have thought that he would see Richard?
The shock and surprise were too much for him. He wanted him and to own him. This time, he wasn’t going to let him slip away from him ever again.
Since he was planning on moving to Athary with his business, he became very much determined to do so and this time, he picked Avia City to do so.
Before he completely moved to the city, he didn’t make himself known until a while ago he started showing himself to Richard.
So, if someone were to ask him how much he loves Richard? His answer would never change.
"I love you Richard so much that I will do anything for you," he earnestly confessed to Eric while adding inwardly, ’I would kill for you if needed be!’
*****
"Ahhhhh!" Richard screamed as he kicked his legs upwards while pinching the pillow.
Diamond chuckled as she watched Richard turning into a drama queen.
’He should be thinking about Eric,’ she helplessly thought recalling the dog food she was fed earlier in the car.
Although she didn’t want to accept it, Eric’s feelings for Richard were genuine and that called for a celebration. It wasn’t every day that they got to meet people who truly felt that deep for them.
Thinking about how shy Richard was when Eric made that confession. Her smile widened as she let out a chuckle. A chuckle that the guy throwing a fit heard pretty clearly.
"You .... You are laughing at me?" Richard indignantly complained as he pointed fingers at her after propping himself up.
Diamond looked at her friend and snorted, "Umph! Don’t act like you didn’t like it! Come here and help look at the damn presents. This girl wants to rest. Can’t you see that it’s darn late?" she scolded Richard, her gaze shifting to the clock on the wall reading 01:57 am.
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