Chapter 47: Sealing the deal with a kiss
VALENCIA’S POV
"You said you are grateful to me for saving your life, and as you can see, with the kind of boring life I am living, I don’t really have any friends. So be my friend," Shadow said, explaining a little this time.
I stood there, looking at him as if he had grown two heads, waiting for him to tell me that he was joking.
However, when he didn’t, I didn’t know what to say.
The genuineness in his eyes, as if every word he said about not having a friend was true, made my heart melt.
Why? Because I could feel and see myself in him for a second.
There was this one time when I was in need of friends too. Honestly, I am in need of genuine friends now too, the kind of friends with whom I can share my darkest secrets and identity.
Though I had human friends, it wasn’t the same with them. I had too many secrets from them.
And with Dylan and Carl, though they are my friends too, I can’t really tell them everything because they get worried easily.
I want the kind of friend who would go bungee jumping with me rather than telling me how scary it was, the kind of friend who would explore the world with me rather than telling me how hectic it was.
For me, this ’friend’ word was such a precious emotion, and I have placed so many expectations on it that the thought of someone ruining it makes my heart ache, let alone letting someone close enough to me to allow that.