He did(?)

Alex was already waiting for me at the school gate when I got there. "You're late. C'mon we need to hurry!"

"Yeah. Sorry for making you wait. Let's go."

After 4 hours of classes it was finally lunch time. I met Alex at the cafeteria and we joined the queue for food.

"Ugh! I'm so hungry." Alex whined.

"Me too. The lectures literally drains every ounce of energy." I shared my misery.

"Tell me about it." he sighed.

Ten minutes of long wait later, we finally got our food and went to sit on the bench outside to enjoy our food. I got a simple sandwich while Alex got a burger. While eating, I remembered about the 'confession'.

"Hey, Alex? Who- I mean, the confession of yesterday. Who was it about? I mean, who do you like? Did you find your soul mate?" I asked a bit hesitantly. Don't know why though. We're best-friends. It's natural to be curious about your best-friend. I reminded myself.

"I- um, well uh, please don't get mad. I really don't want to ruin our friendship but I couldn't keep calm without telling you about how I feel. But, um, I like you." he said. I noticed that his ears were turning pink, probably from being flustered.

I didn't know what to say. I've liked him for so many years and now that he confessed about his feeling for me, I don't know how to feel. But, now that he confessed, I shouldn't leave him in the dark either. I should be honest with my feelings for him.

"Hello? Earth to Maya!" Alex waved his hand in front of my face. I realized that I had spaced out while in my thoughts. I smiled sheepishly and took his hand in between my own. He looked surprised.

"Sorry, I spaced out. I was thinking. Um, and uh- I like you too, Alex." I said smiling. Alex smiled so big at my response that I started chuckling.

"What?" he asked feigning annoyance.

"You look like a kid who got his favorite toy." I replied, still chuckling. He gave up feigning annoyance and again started smiling.

"Well, I did get my favorite girl." he said winking.

I put on a poker face at that. Despite us confirming that we liked each other, he was still my annoying best friend and that comment made me a bit uneasy. Don't know why though. Shouldn't I be blushing like those girls do in fan-fictions? Maybe I was just made different. I mentally shrugged.

"Yeah, but don't say those things anymore. It makes me cringe. You're still my best friend and we are not officially a couple as well."

"Well then, be my girlfriend." he asked. A bit more like ordered.

"Okay." I agreed nonetheless. We both liked each other and there was nothing wrong to be in a relationship with the one you like, right?

Oh, only if I knew how wrong I was.

We both ate our lunch and went back for more classes, hand in hand.