The Man In Black

It was a very tiring day at class, there was a presentation earlier in Biology which I and Airah did, and our other groupmates didn't even participate in the making of our research! And it was very stressful! Since the two of us put our hard work into it.

So we decided to not include their names since it is very unfair if they'll get high grades when they didn't even do anything. I bet they will be shocked if they fail Mr. Yang's class, well it's what they deserve.

Anyways, since I want to have a little walk to clear my mind. I decided to walk to this nearby park at my apartment. It was filled with people like, children, the family who were having a picnic, and lastly, couples. There are couples EVERYWHERE.

I just sat at this bench in front of a big and blooming tree.

As a 20-year-old second-year college student, I feel left out. Well, not that I want to date but like I never dated anyone yet. Though there were a ton of girls who confessed to me back in high school yet I didn't date one of them. I was just not interested in it.

But the truth is, I was not interested in girls and I had been attracted to men ever since I met a high school senior when I was in my first year.

He was the one who confronted me. To be honest, I have trouble communicating since I was very anxious about my looks, on how I speak, and how I will come up to them. I have gotten pretty used to it. I thought that I will forever be lonely in this cruel world but there is a guy who managed to confront me.

We spent a long time together and I had more and new friends because of him. It was very nice having these circle of friends who cares about you so much that you can tell all your problems. I thought that maybe just maybe they can accept me if that time comes to which I would confront them that I am more interested in men than in women.

Boy, I was completely wrong.

After a couple of months hanging out with each other, I decided to tell Yooshin about it first and unexpectedly, confessed my feelings about him. It felt that this weight hanging onto my shoulders were completely gone. Is what I thought but-?

"What? You like men and by men, it meant to be me? Ha, are you joking? That is disgusting."

I felt that my heart was completely shattered. I can't think normally, my whole body was shaking and I decided to hold back my tears as if I cried in front of him, It means that I was defeated. But I was a strong man and just walked out.

Our friendship was ruined because of that one mistake and I will never do that again.

The rumors about me being gay spread like wildfire when I got to school the next day. It was humiliating and I was back to being that one smart guy who is alone. Except for one guy, Siwon.

He is also the same as me, but he likes both men and women though he likes men more. We started to be friends and be open to each other, he was like a big brother to me up until the third year of high school, though he is more attractive to me even though he has long grayish hair. It was very beautiful.

Though we parted ways when we got into our college life, we still interact online so that's good.

College was different too and the people around you weren't discriminating and they liked that fact about me. Again, it was like a very heavyweight that got taken away from my shoulders. And because of me, other people started to open more about themselves selves and eventually those people started dating one by one.

I was very happy for me to see these people being happy with their loved ones. And it makes me happier than I was the inspiration for them to do that.

I became our department's president since I was smart and they said that I have a very good personality trait. And I had even more friends since I always interact with the council.

Anyways. to where I am sitting, I am getting bored now. I just thought about what happened in the past and I am now moving on from it, I don't need him! I could always find someone okay?

And someone sat beside me on this bench.

"Here have some." A stranger sitting beside me is offering some… candy? He was wearing a BLACK suit, he looked just like a businessman, and I wonder what kind of business he does. The weather was nice so I could understand why he would wear such a thing. But, Candy? Isn't it weird having a stranger offering this? My parents always said to not take candy from strangers but eh- one wouldn't hurt, right?

"Thank you," I said as I smiled at him. I felt stressed out earlier but he made me smile for a bit. He suddenly spoke, looking up to the sky, "The weather's nice, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it sure is. It is perfect to have walked in this lovely weather."

I gazed up to the sky just like what he was doing as I spoke.

We talked for a bit, nothing much, nothing less. Some people were looking at us when I laughed at his joke. Many people passed around us but, I never really cared about a single thing. Our topics went from how to organize my notes, to deep heart-to-heart talks. I never realized that it was getting late. It was getting dark and the lights were starting to open. The sweet night sky is starting to show. I liked the night. And also, I never thought that it was fun having a nice conversation with someone who I don't know, who is a stranger too.

I was worried about what my mom would think if I go home later than this. So its time to say goodbye to this lovely man. "Well sir, I got to go." I waved at him. I saw how he glanced upon me. "Goodbye." He said, waving back, his smile wad very joyful, but the thing I noticed about it is that his eyes, you would think he's happy because of a simple smile but when you look deeper into it, you start to realize that maybe he isn't happy at all.

Earlier, I was stressed out because of school works. It felt like hell, I am very lazy but I can still manage to pass. Deadlines are also coming and I was having a hard time, good thing the man in black helped me and gave some ideas on how would I organize my notes. He sure is a nice person, Oh, how I wish I could meet him again.