Chapter 8

I stayed silent and looked down.

"Well?... My dear friend, you are what women call, a mans-man. You are brave, caring, you are hot, obviously much more hot than before, you're a tease, strong, fast, with a mysterious background." I blushed slightly from his praise. "So, what have you to fear in this little petite girl?"

I thought back to how strong she looked when we first met. How vulnerable she seems at times. "She may be petite Arron, but she is able to hurt me a lot. I don't think I could recover from this type of pain..." I looked up at him and let my emotions show, as I could only do with my best friend.

"Do-do you love this girl Cziro?" He seemed shocked by his own words, and they seemed to hang in the air between us. Pulling us closer yet farther apart with the tension.

"I-I don't think it is that just yet... But I definitely can't get her out if my head man..." He came over and patted my shoulder sympathetically. Like a good friend, he changed th