Chapter 5: Let’s just stick to “We’re friends”

“Damian! Psst, I know you can hear me! Just turn around and stop running would you?”, Noah kept on calling me.

I was running for my life, not knowing how to face him after what happened at the bus stop three days ago.

(At the bus stop after the sequence where Noah fell asleep on his shoulder)

“Sorry I fell asleep on you earlier * Yawns* thanks for dinner by the way!”,

“Yeah-yeah, I’ve been meaning to ask you this all day. I don’t want to hurt you or anything but... here goes. *Sighs* Do you really have feelings for me? Because if you really do, I’m sorry I can’t return it!”,

He chuckled. And burst out laughing. He was wiping tears in his eyes, tapped my shoulder and said “No man, me and my friends had a bet. My love interest, told me that she’d go on a date with me if, I manage to go on a date with a guy first! Sorry to put you through all this, I managed to take pictures. So I can confidently say I won.”, all serious.

“Bu-but, don’t you do cross dressing or something?”,

“Yeah I do! That doesn’t immediately mean I’m into guys though!”,

I was shaking.

While him, facing the road, once again apologised.

“Sorry to put you through all that man. I mean it. I like the girl so much, I’d literally do anything for her.”,

Then it hit me. I would probably do the same... but dating a guy is my limit.

“No problem, man. Glad I could be of help. Even if that means thinking you had feelings for me.”, I was still shocked but as his senior, I can try and understand.

And by understand, I mean completely pretending nothing happened, to not live with embarrassment.

(Back to present day)

“Phew! I caught you. Stay and chat man.”,

“There’s nothing to chat about man! Leave me alone.”,

“Of course there is! There is always something!”,

“Ok, sure! How about we talk about you being a terrible friend?”,

“We’re friends?”,

I slowly looked at him. His head was held down.

“Yeah man. Let me give you an advice though, friends don’t use one another for stupid bets!”,

“I know! I already apologised.”,

“That doesn’t mean I accepted it!”,

“Then why couldn’t you?”,