Closeted freshman student, Aries Buan, falls in love with his senior after getting partnered with him during their freshman orientation. Afraid to admit his feelings, he kept his emotion in check and watched his first love from afar, swearing to him...
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I WAS AWKWARDLY TRYING to reread old messages on my phone as I waited for Aries to book us a room in the motel right beside the store we just ate at. Even though I was the one who suggested it, I couldn't help but feel a bit anxious about it.
"A regular garage room and an extra bed," Aries casually says to the receptionist, not even batting an eye as the receptionist stares at the two of us with that mischievous look she has on.
"Alright, we'll call for you when your room is ready. While waiting, you can stay at the lounge," the receptionist then says, and Aries nods his head and looks back at me.
"I'll ask the staff if they can push my car to the garage. Just wait here until they call for you," Aries says, and before I can even answer him, he heads out, leaving me alone in the lobby.
It was pretty late, but I still texted my mom first to tell her I was staying at Aries's house. I obviously can't tell her we're at a motel, but at least I can tell her I'm with Aries. My mom likes him, so I'm confident she won't get mad about this.
After sending the message, I hid my phone back inside my pocket and looked back at the receptionist with a smile. "Uhm...where do I have to wait again?" I ask her, and the receptionist smiles back at me before pointing at the waiting area on the right.
I bow my head to thank her and walk there in silence. As soon as I sat down, I grabbed my phone again and started looking through my gallery this time, even though I barely had any pictures in it except for a dozen photos of my classmate's notes and a formula my professor wrote on the whiteboard.
When I could no longer pretend like I was doing something, I turned my phone off and started looking around the waiting area instead to humor myself. I know I'm the one who suggested all this, but why on earth am I acting so shy? We're only here to stay for the night and sleep, nothing more. I'm not going to betray Aries's trust and suddenly attack him. I shouldn't even be thinking about sex at all. We're starting to mend our somehow broken relationship, if we even had a relationship, to begin with. I don't want to fuck it up just because of something like this.
I like Aries, and that like isn't the same as the like I feel about the customers I get in the bar. The like I have for him stems deeper. It's as big as the universe I can't seem to fully grasp. I want to know more about him, I want to know what he's thinking, what he likes and dislikes, as well as his true feelings for me.
Does the like I have for him the same like that he has for me? That's what I want to know.
"Sir, your room is ready," a male employee now standing in front of me says, immediately making me stand from my seat.
"Please follow me," he then says, and then the two of us walk to the back where the garage rooms can be found. The employee gestures at the garage room where we'll be staying, and inside, Aries's car is already parked.
