I made the mistake of asking if we’d gone on a date and things have gone to hell in a handbasket since then. But what’s wrong with asking the question? What’s wrong with wanting a little acknowledgment of this thing between us? Of wanting to put a label on it? What’s wrong with wanting to hold his hand in public or kiss him at school when other people are around? What’s wrong with wanting to call him mine, and wanting to be his? What’s he so afraid of? What’s holding him back? The only thing I can think of, the only conclusion I can come to, is he just doesn’t want it. He really doesn’t feel
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