Gloom

Chapter 22

“Thanks for everything, Dave.

-Did you have fun?

I nodded, with a genuine smile. Unloving person that I was, I always had a hard time saying goodbyes.

So I went over to him and awkwardly hugged him. He returned the gesture in the same clumsy way I did, and I found myself feeling comfortable with the hug; the heat of his body, his normal build, without marked muscles or anything like that, a soft body… More human . Nicer. David wasn't famous for being very tall, so I easily rested my forehead on his shoulder.

When we walked away, we were both smiling. But, at that moment, something changed in her face. His sweet and kind gesture, the one that always characterized him, darkened and, for a second, I couldn't recognize the boy in front of me.

At that very moment, David took my face in his hands and pressed his mouth hard against mine. Surprise paralyzed me. I began to feel how his lips tried to move frantically over mine, without getting a response from me. My first instinct was to stay s