Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 20:48:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Kirk Landers <ilj4ever44@yahoo.com>
Subject: Dating and the Single Life- part 10

Copyright and Disclaimer:
1. This is a fictional story with fictional
characters.
2. No one is to steal this story under any
circumstances.
3. This story deals with relationships and not sex, so
if you're looking for a story with a lot of sex in it,
this isn't the story for you.

Well, it's back!  Hope you all enjoy.  Here's part 10
entitled, "The Kiss".

"THE KISS"

It had been three weeks since Christmas, three weeks
since Kyle had seen David as well.  He tried calling
him, but he never returned his calls.  Kyle had seen
Randal and Marcus everyday, and he'd seen Tyler and
Jake a couple times.  He found it strange that he
hadn't seen David at all.  Kyle decided that after
work he was going to go over and see him.  So when he
got off at five he drove to David's apartment.  When
he got up there he knocked on the door and Brett
answered.

"Hey Brett," Kyle said. "Is David here?"

"No, sorry, he isn't." Brett replied.

"Is he at work?" Kyle asked.

"No, I don't think so," Brett answered.

"Do you know where he is, by any chance?" Kyle asked.

"I'm sorry Kyle.  I really don't," Brett replied.

"All right.  Well, when he comes back can you tell him
to call me please?" Kyle asked.

"Of course," Brett replied.

"Thanks, I'll talk to you later," Kyle said as he
walked away.

"Bye," Brett said closing the door.

When Brett went back inside, David came out of the
bedroom.

"Was that him?" David asked.

"Yeah," Brett replied.

"What did he say?" David asked.

"He just wanted to see you," Brett answered.

"Oh," David said with a look of guilt.

*******

Over at Tyler and Jake's apartment they were getting
ready for work.

"Does this shirt make me look fat?" Jake asked,
looking
at the clothes he had on.

"Jake you sound like such a girl," Tyler said
laughing. "You look fine."

"All right," Jake said. "What about these pants?"

"Why are you so paranoid about your clothes today?"
Tyler asked.

"We got a new line of clothes in at the store, so they
want all of us to wear them to try and push sales.
The only thing is, I don't like the clothes," Jake
explained.

"I see," Tyler replied. "Well, you look great."

Tyler gave Jake a kiss.

"Thanks babe," Jake said.

"Well, I have to get going," Tyler said, looking at
his
watch. "I'll see you later."

"Bye," Jake said as Tyler left.

Jake went back to making sure he looked all right,
then he got his things and went to work.  When he got
to the store he worked at, he went into the back room
and ran into a new employee.  When he first saw the
new guy, he was a little mesmerized by the his looks.
He was 6'2, with light brown hair, blue eyes, and a
nice body.

"Hi," the guy said looking at Jake.

"Hey, are you new?" Jake asked, snapping back into
reality.

"Yeah, today's my first day.  My name's Miles," he
said,
holding out his hand.

"Nice to meet you Miles.  My name's Jake." Jake
replied, shaking Miles' hand.

"Oh, so you're Jake?" Miles asked. "The manager,
Stacy,
was going to have you train me, if you were okay with
it."

"No problem," Jake replied. "Come on."

They grabbed some clothes and went out to hang them up
in the store.

"The t-shirts you just fold and put them on the
shelves," Jake explained, "but the button down shirts
we put on hangers and hang them up."

"All right," Miles said as he started to fold a
t-shirt.  Jake looked and noticed Miles didn't really
fold the shirt very well.

"Here," Jake said helping out Miles. "I'll show you
how to fold it."

Jake folded the shirt like a pro and when he handed it
back to Miles the two touched hands and it sent a
tingling sensation down Jake's back.

"Thanks," Miles said as he folded another shirt. "Is
that
good?"

"Yeah, that's great," Jake said smiling. "I'll be
right
back."

"Cool," Miles said.

Jake went into the back room to calm down.  Thoughts
of guilt ran through his mind, he couldn't allow
himself to think that way of another guy when he was
with Tyler.

*******

Meanwhile, Randal was at the club.  He was talking to
the manager when there was a knock on the door.  The
manager opened it up and Kyle was standing there.

"Kyle?  What are you doing here?" Randal asked as Kyle
walked in.

"I'm going to get going.  So can you lock up, Randal?"
the manager asked.

"Sure," Randal replied, as the manager handed Randal
the keys.

When he left, Randal and Kyle went over to the bar and
sat down.

"What's going on?" Randal asked.

"Have you talked to David lately?" Kyle asked,
curiously.

"Yeah, I just talked to him yesterday," Randal
replied.

"Really?  Did he say anything?" Kyle asked.

"About what?" Randal asked, not understanding.

"Well, it's just that I haven't seen, or talked, to
him
since Christmas.  I tried calling him but he never
returns my calls," Kyle explained.

"Really?" Randal asked surprised. "David didn't return
your calls?  That's really surprising."

"It is, right?" Kyle asked. "I mean, him and I used to
talk all the time, and now I haven't talked to him in
three weeks."

"Three weeks?" Randal asked shocked. "You're kidding,
right?"

"No, I haven't talked to him since Christmas Eve,"
Kyle replied.

"Did something happen on Christmas Eve?" Randal asked.

"No, nothing," Kyle replied.

"Do you want me to talk to him?" Randal asked.

"Could you?  That would be great," Kyle answered
gratefully.

"No problem," Randal replied.

"So, how are you doing?" Kyle asked.

"I'm doing all right," Randal replied. "It's weird
though, doesn't it seem like we've all been going our
own ways lately?"

"I don't know.  Maybe," Kyle replied.

"I mean, think about it.  The last time we were all
together was Christmas," Randal pointed out, "and that
was three weeks ago."

"I guess, I mean, before all of us were single.
Now Tyler and Jake are together and David is with
Brett," Kyle said. "It's only natural we all separate
a little because of that."

"I know, and I'm not saying they should put their
lives on hold to hang out with us, but it just seems
that we're not as close as we used to be." Randal
said.

"In a way, we're not." Kyle said bluntly. "I mean
honestly, we're not.  Just look at me and David.  We
used to hang out all the time, now I haven't seen him
in three weeks.  Maybe we're all just starting to grow
apart."

"Maybe." Randal said, "but hopefully that trip Tyler
and Jake are taking us on can help us all reconnect."

"Yeah," Kyle said optimistically, "hopefully.
Although
it's probably best that we don't get our hopes up."

"You're right.  We shouldn't." Randal said.

"But you know I'm always going to be here for you."
Kyle said.

Randal smiled, "Thanks.  Yeah.  You, Marcus and I are
always the constant."

"Yeah, and the other guys do the cameos here and
there." Kyle said jokingly.

"It's true." Randal replied laughing.

"Oh well, you want to grab lunch?" Kyle asked.

"Sure.  Let's go get our partner in crime."
Randal replied as they headed out to go get Marcus.

Over at Tyler's work he was finishing up doing some
paper work for the restaurant when his cell phone
started ringing.

"Hello?" Tyler asked answering.

"Hey it's me." Jake said.

"Hey babe. What's up?" Tyler asked.

"Nothing, I just called to say that I love you." Jake
replied.

"I love you, too." Tyler replied smiling.

"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you know that."
Jake said.

"I do, but thanks for the reminder." Tyler said
sweetly.

"Anyway, I have to get back to work, my break's almost
over." Jake said.

"All right.  I'll see you later." Tyler said.

"Bye, love you." Jake said.

"Love you, too." Tyler replied hanging up.

When Jake got off the phone, he went back to work when
the hot new employee Miles came up to him.

"Hey, so what I do when a customer wants to return
something?" Miles asked.

"Uh..." Jake began nervously, "I'll show you." (You
just used the wrong name here.)

Jake went with Miles to the register trying to hold
(Same thing.)
back any attempts at flirting...

Randal and Kyle got to Marcus's office to get him for
lunch.

"Hey," Randal said walking in.

"Hi guys," Marcus said suprised. "What are you two
doing here?"

"We came to get you for lunch," Kyle said.

"Sounds great," Marcus replied. "Let me just finish up
signing these papers and I'll be done for the day."

"Hey Marcus have you spoken with David at all lately?"
Randal asked curious

"No." Marcus replied

"Kyle hasn't heard from him at all since Christmas."
Randal said

"Yeah, I know, the past couple weeks Kyle's been
trying
to call him quite a few times." Marcus said. "You told
me you were going to go try and see him today right?"

"Yeah, I tried, but he wasn't home," Kyle said.

"Was he at work?" Marcus asked.

"Brett told me he wasn't," Kyle replied.

"Kyle, maybe he's just been real busy," Randal
suggested.

"He's never busy enough to keep himself away from
Kyle," Marcus brought up.

"That's true," Randal said. "Let's try calling him
now."

"Sure," Marcus said, picking up the phone.  He called
up David.

"Hello?" Brett answered the phone.

"Hey Brett, it's Marcus."

"Oh, hey Marcus.  What's up?" Brett asked.

"Not too much.  Is David there?"

"Yeah, hold on," Brett said, setting down the phone.

"He's getting David," Marcus said to Randal and Kyle.

"Hello?" David asked, picking up the phone.

"Hey, it's me," Marcus said.

"Hey Marcus, what's going on?" David asked.

"Why don't you tell me?" Marcus retorted.

"What do you mean?" David asked, confused.

"Are you avoiding Kyle again?" Marcus asked.

David didn't answer.

"You ass," Marcus said angry. "You're doing this
again?"

"No, it's not like that," David said.

Marcus handed the phone to Kyle.

"David?" Kyle asked.

"Kyle!" Marcus said suprised.

"You're avoiding me again?" Kyle asked hurt.

"No... well, kinda," David replied.

"Why?  What did I do?" Kyle asked. "I'm fine with
Brett, what is it?"

"Kyle, you don't understand," David replied.

"Well, then explain it to me," Kyle said.

"I can't see you right now," David said.

Kyle didn't even want to hear the rest of the
explanation, he just got fed up.

"Fine, well if that's how you're going to treat your
best friend, then I don't want that title anymore,"
Kyle said. "Go find another best friend, and while
you're at it, go to hell!"

Kyle hung up the phone.

"You all right?" Randal asked.

"I'm fine." Kyle said taking a deep breath, "Let's go
to lunch."

"You sure?" Marcus asked.

"I'm positive.  Let's go," Kyle replied as the three
of them left.

*******

Over at the store, Jake was still having trouble
trying
to resist the attraction he had towards Miles.  While
the two were on a lunch break, Miles and Jake ate
together.

"Thanks so much for helping me today," Miles said.

"No problem," Jake said smiling.

"I was so nervous about today, but it turned out to be
great," Miles said.

"I'm glad.  It actually is a fun place to work.  All
the employees are pretty nice," Jake said.

"Especially you," Miles said sweetly.

"Thanks," Jake said blushing a little.

"So, how long have you been working there?" Miles
asked.

"About a year," Jake replied.

"Cool," Miles said.

"Yeah, so what made you want to work at the store?"
Jake asked.

"Well, to be really honest I know that the store gets
a lot of gay guys," Miles revealed. "So I was kind of
hoping it might be a good place to meet someone."

Jake's heart started pounding.  Not only was Miles
great looking, but he was gay on top of it.

"Well, you do meet some guys from time to time," Jake
said.

"Are you gay?" Miles asked.

"Yeah," Jake replied.

"I'm relieved," Miles said.

"Why's that?" Jake asked.

"Okay, I'm going to probably make an ass out of
myself," Miles began, "but I've been checking you out
the whole day."

"Really?" Jake asked smiling nervously.

"Yeah, I mean, when I first met you I was instantly
attracted," Miles said.

"Wow," Jake said.

"I know, I'm sorry I shouldn't have said anything,"
Miles said feeling stupid.

"No it's not that," Jake replied. "Believe me, I'm
very flattered by what you said."

"Really?" Miles asked.

"Yeah," Jake replied. "I'd be lying myself if I said I
didn't find you attractive also."

"I have a feeling there's going to be a 'but'," Miles
said.

"It's just that," Jake began, "I'm seeing someone
right now."

"Oh." Miles said disappointed. "Is it serious?"

"Yeah, it's pretty serious," Jake replied.

"I see," Miles said. "Well, you can't blame a guy for
trying."

"I'm sorry," Jake said.

"No, it's fine," Miles said. "Maybe if it was a better
time."

"Yeah," Jake said.

"Well, I guess we should probably get back to the
store," Miles suggested.

"Ok," Jake said as the two went to the store.

*******

Back at David's apartment, David was laying down in
bed, miserable over the conversation he had with Kyle.

He couldn't believe what Kyle said to him about not
wanting to be his best friend anymore, although he
knew it was his fault Kyle was angry at him.

"What's wrong?" Brett asked, sitting down on the bed.

"Just thinking," David replied.

"Was it something Marcus said on the phone?" Brett
asked.

"No," David replied, "it was actually Kyle."

"What?" Brett asked confused.

"Marcus was on the phone, but then he gave it to
Kyle," David replied.

"So you talked to him?" Brett asked.

"I didn't have much of a choice," David answered.

"David, we talked about this," Brett said.

"I know, I know," David said, "but I can't just cut
him out of my life. He's been my best friend for so
long."

"Well, then we know where this is going to lead,"
Brett said.

"Brett, just give it time.  I'm still trying to get
used to all of this," David said.

"Fine," Brett said getting up, "but just remember it
was something we both talked about, and both agreed
on."

With that, Brett walked out of the bedroom, leaving
David thinking about the situation he got himself in.

*******

At lunch Marcus, Randal, and Kyle went to a deli close
to Marcus's office.

"Kyle, maybe there's a good explanation to all of
this," Randal said.

"A good explanation?" Kyle asked. "No, there isn't a
good explanation for him avoiding me."

"He's just being an ass right now," Marcus said. "Just
give it time."

"No, I'm sick of him doing this crap to me," Kyle
said. "He already did it once this year."

"Yeah, but that time he was in love with you," Randal
said.

"Maybe he still his," Marcus suggested.

"What?" Kyle asked, not sure if he heard right.

"It's possible," Randal added. "He could still love
you."

Kyle looked at them, wondering if they might be right.

"No," Kyle said dismissing it. "He's just not the best
friend he used to be."

Kyle looked down at his grandpa's watch, the one David
had gotten fixed for him.

"It's too bad," Kyle continued. "I thought things were
finally getting back to normal between us."

*******

Over at David's apartment, David was still lying in
bed,
looking at his teddy bear that Kyle got fixed for
him.

"I can't do this," David said sighing.

"Hey babe, I'm going to go to work," Brett said,
poking
his head into the bedroom.

"All right," David replied.

"I'll see you later," Brett said as he left.

David waited for Brett to leave before grabbing his
keys and heading out.

*******

Over at the store, Jake was finishing up his shift for
the day... and so was Miles.  The two of them decided
to
walk around for a little bit in the park that was a
few blocks from the store.

"So how long have you been seeing your boyfriend?"
Miles asked.

"A couple months," Jake replied, "but we've been good
friends for a few years."

"Oh, I see," Miles said. "You guys did the friends
first, and casually moved into the dating thing."

"Yeah," Jake said. "So what about you?  When was the
last time you were dating someone?"

"A couple months ago," Miles replied. "We were
roommates and we casually started dating.  We were
together for about two years."

"Wow," Jake said amazed. "That's a long time."

"Yeah," Miles answered.

"How did it end?  If you don't mind me asking," Jake
said.

"Oh, it's fine," Miles said. "We broke up because we
just realized we didn't have much in common.  He
didn't have a lot of money, so whenever I bought him
something nice he would get upset about it.  My dad
owns a chain of car dealerships, so he set me up
financially, and my boyfriend always felt weird around
me because of that, I guess."

"How come you're working then, if you're well off?"
Jake asked.

"Well, I can't get places in life relying on my dad's
money all the time.  I wanted to be independent,"
Miles answered.

"That's like me," Jake said. "My parents are pretty
wealthy, but I just needed to go out on my own."

"Yeah, I know what you mean," Miles said. "You feel
constricted."

"Exactly," Jake said, happy to know that someone was
going through the same stuff as him.

"What about your boyfriend?" Miles asked.

"He's had a rough life," Jake said. "It's weird, him
and I are really different.  Our backgrounds are
really different."

"That's how it was with me and my old boyfriend,"
Miles said.

"Yeah, but Tyler and I connect.  We really understand
each other.  We may be a lot different, but it works
for us," Jake said.

"That's good," Miles said. "I guess it works for some
people better than others."

"Probably right," Jake agreed.

"Too bad we didn't meet a while ago," Miles said. "It
seems like we have a lot in common."

Jake wasn't sure what to say, so he just smiled
nervously.

"Well, I should go.  Tyler and I are supposed to meet
later.  So, I'll see you tomorrow?" Jake said.

"Yeah, take care.  Thanks for helping me out today,"
Miles said smiling.

"No problem," Jake said as he turned to leave.


*******

Later that day, Kyle and Marcus came home and were
just
watching tv when someone knocked on the door.

"I'll get it," Marcus said, getting up to answer it.
He went to the door and opened it up to see David.
"David,
what are you doing here?  I thought you were avoiding
Kyle."

"I need to talk to him," David said.

"Why?  You've already hurt him enough," Marcus said
defensively.

"It's not like that Marcus," David pleaded. "I really
need to talk to Kyle and explain."

"Fine," Marcus said. "David, you're my friend and I
love you, but if you hurt Kyle more than you already
have, we're going to have issues."

Marcus then moved aside and let David in.

David walked into the living room area where Kyle was
sitting.

"Oh look, it's my best friend.  The best friend who
likes avoiding me," Kyle said sarcastically.

"Kyle, I know you're pissed at me, and you have every
right to be," David began, "but I really want to
explain myself to you."

"Why?" Kyle asked. "Why did you suddenly feel the need
to explain yourself?  I mean, if I hadn't spoken with
you on the phone earlier today, I'm sure you wouldn't
be here now."

"I'm going to leave you two alone to talk," Marcus
said, grabbing his jacket as he headed out.

"You're right, I probably wouldn't be," David
said, "and just thinking about that makes me realize
what a bad friend I've been to you these past few
months.  I'm supposed to be your best friend and all I
seem to do is hurt you.  I really have to tell you
what's going on."

"Fine, tell me," Kyle said.

"All right," David began, "it happened after leaving
here on Christmas Eve."

****FLASHBACK****

When David and Brett got back to their apartment, the
two went into the bedroom.

"I'm so tired," David said, laying down.

"David, we need to talk." Brett said.

"About what?" David asked.

"About you and Kyle," Brett replied.

David sat up, wondering where this conversation was
going to lead...

"What is it?" David asked.

"It's pretty obvious that you still love him," Brett
replied.

"Don't be silly," David said.

"David, be honest with me here," Brett said. "I saw
that you got his watch fixed, and that would cost a
fortune to do.  You still have feelings for him."

David didn't know how to answer that, he just sat
there speechless.

"Yeah, that's what I thought," Brett continued. "Well,
then you have to make a choice.  Me or him, because
this situation isn't fair to either one of us."

"Brett, don't do this.  You know how much I care about
you.  It's just that I've known Kyle longer, that's
all," David said.

"So what are you saying?" Brett asked.

"I'm saying I want us to work," David replied.
"Honestly, I do."

"Really?  Because you can't do this to me if you
secretly would rather be with Kyle," Brett said.

"No, I'm serious, I want you," David said, kissing
Brett and hugging him.

"All right," Brett said quietly, "but promise me one
thing."

"Anything," David said.

"Don't hang out with Kyle alone anymore.  It'll just
make things more difficult for you to let him go,"
Brett said.

****END FLASHBACK****

"That's why I haven't been around you," David
explained.

"I see," Kyle said.

"So do you understand now?" David asked.

"Yeah," Kyle replied, "I understand."

"Good," David said, relieved.

"Let me just ask you something," Kyle said.

"Sure, what is it?" David asked.

"You could just easily drop our friendship like that?"
Kyle asked, curious.

"What?" David asked.

"I mean, here you told me I was your best friend, and
yet you were just able to drop me when Brett asked you
to?" Kyle asked.

David had no answer to that question.

"Interesting," Kyle said. "Well thanks for explaining,
but there's things I have to do.  You know the way
out."

Kyle then got up and went to his room, closing the
door.  David got up and headed for the front door.  He
was about to leave, but he couldn't leave things
between him and Kyle like that.  He screwed over Kyle
already, he wasn't going to walk away from it like an
ass.  He went and opened up the door to Kyle's room.
Kyle was laying down in his bed, facing the wall.

"I don't want to talk right now Marcus," Kyle said
sadly.

"It's me," David said.

"Get out," Kyle said softly.

"No, because if I leave with things bad between us
then that will just make me a worse friend than I
already am," David said walking towards the bed.
"Kyle, if you only knew how torn I've been lately."

Those words hit Kyle hard.  He sat up and looked at
David.

"You said Brett wanted you to stop being around me
because you still have feelings for me right?" Kyle
asked.

"Yeah," David replied.

"And you still do?" Kyle asked.

"Yes," David answered. "It's hard being with someone
when the one you really love is around you all the
time.  And it's even harder knowing that you can never
have him."

"What if you could?" Kyle asked.

"What?" David asked, not sure where Kyle was going
with
this.

"What if I told you that you could have me?" Kyle
asked.

"But I thought you didn't want a relationship?" David
asked.

"I didn't," Kyle answered, "but a lot has changed."

"Meaning?" David asked.

"It was after Marcus got attacked, after we kissed
that night.  When you came to talk to me the next day,
the words you said really affected me."

****FLASHBACK****

"David, I don't want to talk about it," Kyle replied.

"You saw your old boyfriend in Thomas, didn't you?"
David asked. "And that scared you because you saw
that it can happen to you again."

"David-" Kyle began, but David cut him off.

"Just let me finish," David said. "Kyle, you're afraid
that what happened to you last time will happen to you
again, but this is me.  I'm not going to do that to
you.  All I want is just to make you happy."

"I'm sorry David," Kyle said. "I just can't."

"You felt something when we kissed.  I know you did.
Are you willing to give up on that feeling?" David
asked.

"If it will keep me from getting hurt, than yes," Kyle
replied.

"But you're hurting yourself by giving up," David
said.

"I can handle hurting myself, I can't handle someone
hurting me," Kyle said.

"I would never hurt you," David said.

"Like I said to you last week, you can't make a
promise
like that," Kyle said.

"And like I said last week, I can." David replied.

****END FLASHBACK****

"I don't know, I guess after you left I really thought
about it.  I thought about how you promised to never
hurt me," Kyle continued. "Then Marcus spoke to me
later that day."

****FLASHBACK****

"Kyle, take my advice.  Don't run away from David,
because he's not going to leave you," Marcus said.
"You don't want to wake up one day and realize you
lost your chance at true love."

****END FLASHBACK****

"And as stupid as this sounds, I even had a dream that
night telling me I should be with you," Kyle said.

****FLASHBACK****

That night at Kyle's apartment, Kyle was sitting
looking at the picture of him and David together.  He
thought about what Marcus said to him, he did love
David and David loved him.  The only thing keeping him
from being happy was himself.  Kyle then fell asleep.

****KYLE'S DREAM****

Kyle was walking along the beach with David.

"You like it here?" David asked.

"It's amazing," Kyle replied.

"Everything can be like this, you know," David said.

"What are you talking about?" Kyle asked.

"Just give us a chance, and you'll see that life can
be this beautiful," David replied.

"David, I don't know," Kyle said.

"Kyle, don't give up so easily on the possibility of
us." David said. "It could turn out to be everything
you ever wanted."

With that, David leaned in and kissed Kyle.

****END DREAM****

Kyle woke up and it was still night.  He then realized
that he could be happy with David, if he just put his
fears aside and let David in.

****END FLASHBACK****

"That's when I realized how much I loved you.  I was
going to tell you Thanksgiving night, but you were
busy with Brett," Kyle said.

****FLASHBACK****

Kyle went and headed to the backyard.  When he got out
there, he saw David and Brett kissing.

"Oh God," Kyle said, shocked to see them going at it.

"Kyle!" David said suprised.

"I am so sorry," Kyle said, feeling embarrassed.

"Do you mind?" David asked.

"Oh, sorry," Kyle said, turning around and looking in
the sky.

"Kyle," David began, "the door."

"The door?" Kyle asked, confused.  After a beat he
understood, "Oh! The door!  Yeah, I'm going to use it
now. Sorry."

Kyle turned around, feeling like an idiot, and walked
back inside.


*******

"Kyle, can I talk to you?" Marcus asked.

"Fine," Kyle said, as they went to Marcus' room.

They sat down on Marcus' bed and talked.

"You're starting to like David.  Is that what's
bugging you?" Marcus asked.

Kyle sighed, "Yes."

Kyle laid down on the bed.

"Why didn't I realize this earlier?" Kyle asked.

"Maybe it's not too late," Marcus said, laying down
next to Kyle.

"I think it is," Kyle said. "Why did I have to wuss
out earlier when things were starting to come together
between me and him?"

"You were scared, it's understandable," Marcus said.

"No, I hurt David in the process of me running away
and now he's with someone," Kyle said.

****END FLASHBACK****

"That's my confession to you," Kyle said.

"I never knew," David said. "If I did..."

"I know, I didn't want to say anything when you got
with Brett because I didn't want to hurt you more,"
Kyle said. "So I guess I'm the one who's been a bad
friend lately, never telling you the truth."

"No," David said. "You were being the caring person
you always are.  The person I fell in love with."

"I love you David.  It's always been you," Kyle said.
"I should have seen it earlier.  I tried to get over
you, but then you fixed my grandpa's watch for me and
it just made me realize even more how much I loved
you."

David didn't say anything, he just leaned in and
kissed
Kyle.  It was a deep, passionate kiss.  A kiss that
showed their longing for each other, the love they
shared, their friendship.  It was a kiss that was
filled with a million emotions.  A kiss that was
only the beginning...

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To Be Continued...

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