“Should I… stay over tonight?”
It was supposed to be a get-together with our college friends,
but when I arrived, he—my guy friend—was already there.
Then he told me it would just be the two of us tonight.
I didn’t mind. In fact, I was secretly glad.
But the mood was a little awkward, too quiet to share how I really felt.
Trying to break the silence somehow, we started drinking together.
And then, in a low voice, I said it.