Kapitano Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 It was a Tuesday. The day he told me. He'd spent weeks trying to find the right words, getting the courage together, making sure he really did feel what he thought he felt. That after nearly three years of sharing a flat, an internet connection, and sometimes a bed, he'd done it. Without trying to, without knowing how, he'd fallen in love with me. After all this time, he was sure, he felt the same way about me as I felt about him. As I'd felt almost since we met. I'd never made any secret of it - he was attractive, clever, easy to talk with. I liked him in so many different ways, even the way he got embarrassed when I blurted out my feelings for him. And he needed a place to live and someone to share rent with. It seemed an obvious arrangement. Yes, it was definitely a Tuesday. The day I'd been planning to say it. I'd spent weeks trying to think of how to tell him, making sure I wasn't fooling myself. That after all the good times we'd had together, I just didn't feel the same way anymore. I didn't love him. He was still my friend but...if he decided to move away tomorrow and set up with someone different, it wouldn't really bother me. If he decided he never wanted to see me again, well, it wouldn't be so bad. So I didn't tell him. He said what he had to say, we hugged, laughed, and sat on the sofa, smiling awkwardly at each other, till we broke out in laughter again and hugged some more. We've got a holiday booked - a honeymoon, he calls it. It looks good. Who knows, maybe I'll fall in love with him again. It might have been a Wednesday. Quote Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Real life, kicking us in the ass one more time. Very good, Kapitano. Quote Link to comment
Bruin Fisher Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Don' it always seem to be, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone... This ain't paradise - put up a parking lot! Great flash, Kapitano, thanks! Quote Link to comment
Merkin Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Proving once again that life can change with just a few words. Or without. Excellent flash, Kapitano. James Quote Link to comment
colinian Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Wow, just great, Kapitano. Yet... yet... the questions came to my mind unbidden, where is more, when is more? Yet... yet... no more is needed, it is complete. The future is left to the reader's imagination. Beautifully crafted, perfectly worded. A very short tale to be thought about and savored. Colin Quote Link to comment
Camy Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Kapitano is quite masterful at flash. His tend to be brief, and they leave you thinking. Bravo! Camy Quote Link to comment
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