-Hiro-

Beep beep beep

My alarm went off but I was already awake. I got up and tried to pick up something nice to wear while I was brushing my hair. I was a bit excited because I met someone new and I was going to see him again soon. His name was Yoru. He had ashy brown hair that curled a little at the ends and his eyes were dark green. I thought he was cute and since I've always been into cute guys, I wanted to get to know him better. I didn't know if he was into guys as well, nor could I tell if I was really crushing on him yet, but I wanted to spend time with him, so I recommended that we would go to school together.

I went and waited for him outside his house and once the front door opened, I saw him with his mom. "Oh, is that a new friend of yours?" she asked him. He just nodded his head yes while he gave me an awkward peek. I didn't know what to do, so I just smiled, but he seemed relieved when I did. "Okay, take care!", his mom said as she waved goodbye. While we were at the bus, we exchanged phone numbers but other than that, I couldn't seem to make him talk about himself. I didn't know if he was just shy or if he didn't want to be with me, but I just went with the flow and did all the talking. When we arrived at school, I heard Hayato calling my name from afar. He was with my other two friends. Nao and Tarou. I started walking towards them and I encouraged Yoru to come with me. He still seemed shy but I could tell that he was trying to be social. After that, the bell rang. We had P.E as a first period class, so we went and changed into our P.E uniforms. At the locker room, I caught a glimpse of Yoru's body. He didn't have big muscles, but he was well built and he seemed like he was working out. His fair skin tone made his slim body stand out even more. I wanted to keep looking but I turned away because I didn't want him to notice. As soon as P.E was over, English class started. During class, the teacher said that we should team up for a project. "This is my chance to get closer to him!" I thought. I turned his way and I found him looking back at me so I casually said "Wanna team up?". 

"Yeah, why not", he answered like it wasn't a big deal, but I could tell he was glad that he found someone to team up with. After that, we were never alone, so we didn't talk much, but I caught him glancing at me some times. "Maybe that's a good sign!", I thought.

When school was finally over, the five of us were about to part ways, when Yoru suddenly said "Oh, right, when are we going to meet for that group project?".

"Ah, I'm sorry, I promised Tarou that I'd help him watch his little cousin today. Do you mind if you come to my house tomorrow instead?", I answered. To be honest, I was kind of impressed that he talked to me first.

I looked at Tarou and he started getting all fidgety as he said "Man, I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you. Yumi is coming to town and I haven't seen her in a while, so I'll be with her today. You can go ahead with Yoru. It's ok. I'll take care of my cousin with her."

"Whaaat? Your girlfriend is finally back and you didn't tell us?", Nao raved.

"Shhh, It was a surprise so I didn't know until she texted me a few hours ago", Tarou responded and then Hayato started teasing him too. Once we finally separated from the others, me and Yoru decided to go to his house and do our project there.

"Wow, you can draw?!" I asked as we walked into his room.

"Yeah, I drew this some days ago. It's not finished yet though," he answered while he was looking at the drawing on the wall.

"It's really good! Your style is pretty unique".

"Thank you! Well, it has to be, since I'm trying to become a manga artist," he replied with a soft smile.

"Oh, I see. I think you can really do it! When you come to my house I'll show you some of my designs too!"

"Sure! You want to be a game designer, right? You told me at the bus".

"So you were listening!" I said teasingly.

"What's with that? Of course I was!" he laughed.

At that moment, I was so happy that I could see him smile like that at me. I began to notice how cute he was again. Some time passed and we were basically done with the first part of the project. It was late, so we decided to take a break before I'd leave. I lied down on his bed, hoping for him to lie next to me, but he started acting kind of shy, so it seemed like there's no way he would do it. To my surprise though, he walked towards me. I tried not to seem excited about it as he leaned in, but I think I smirked a little. Just like that, he started staring at me. I tried to guess what he was thinking while he was looking at me, but I couldn't tell, since he seemed unsure of that himself. We were just staring at each other's eyes for some minutes without muttering a single word. Looking into his eyes felt really intense, since I'm not used to things like that, so I began to feel a little awkward. I looked away, trying to find something to talk about, but I couldn't.

"...Uhm..." he hesitated.

"Hm? What's wrong?" I said.

"Nothing... it's just that... uhm... my mom isn't home yet, so she probably won't be here tonight. So... uhm... would you mind staying over?... If... if you want..."

I actually needed some time to process what the hell was happening! Because not only did he ask me to stay the night, but he was kind of blushing too?! That's when I became sure that I really did like him. My heart started pounding so much that I thought he could actually hear it! I seriously felt so overwhelmed that I didn't answer right away. There's no way I'd refuse though!

"Sure." I answered. "Let me just call at home, so my parents won't get worried." I was trying really hard to seem cool about it, but I actually used the call as an excuse to cool off my head a little bit.

Once I finished the call, I headed towards his room. I took a big breath before going in and I was just about to lay down, when I found him already asleep. I couldn't help but giggle, because it seemed like I was worrying too much. He heard me, so he woke up.

"Mmm, sorry. It's just that I'm tired." he said while rubbing his eyes.

"It's okay. It's late anyway. I'll sleep too." I replied.

"Okay... Good night." he answered with a low voice, falling fast asleep again.

"To think that I was even worried.. Of course he only sees me as a friend." I thought to myself. To be honest, I was relieved at first, but as I was looking at his face right next to me... I couldn't help but wish for more.