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PETRUS AND ALEX HAD BEEN FRIENDS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY SHARED EVERYTHING, FROM THEIR DEEPEST SECRETS TO THEIR WILDEST DREAMS. AS THEY GREW OLDER, THEIR BOND ONLY GREW STRONGER.
ONE DAY, AS THEY WERE WALKING HOME FROM WORK, PETRUS TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND CONFESSED HIS FEELINGS TO ALEX. HE TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN IN LOVE WITH HIM FOR YEARS, BUT HAD BEEN TOO AFRAID TO SAY ANYTHING.
ALEX WAS SHOCKED, BUT HE LISTENED PATIENTLY AS PETRUS POURED HIS HEART OUT. AS HE SPOKE, ALEX REALIZED THAT HE HAD FEELINGS FOR PETRUS TOO. HE HAD BEEN TOO AFRAID TO SAY ANYTHING, JUST LIKE PETRUS.
THE TWO OF THEM STOOD THERE ON THE SIDEWALK, STARING INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES. IT WAS AS IF TIME HAD STOPPED. FINALLY, ALEX SPOKE UP.
"I LOVE YOU, TOO," HE SAID.
FROM THAT MOMENT ON, PETRUS AND ALEX WERE INSEPARABLE. THEY WENT ON DATES, HELD HANDS IN PUBLIC, AND EVEN MOVED IN TOGETHER. THEY WERE HAPPY, AND NOTHING ELSE SEEMED TO MATTER.
OF COURSE, NOT EVERYONE WAS ACCEPTING OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP. THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T APPROVE OF TWO MEN BEING TOGETHER. BUT PETRUS AND ALEX DIDN'T CARE. THEY LOVED EACH OTHER, AND THAT WAS ALL THAT MATTERED.
YEARS PASSED, AND PETRUS AND ALEX GREW OLD TOGETHER. THEY FACED THEIR SHARE OF CHALLENGES, BUT THEY ALWAYS STOOD BY EACH OTHER'S SIDE. THEY HAD A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES TOGETHER, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEIR LOVE WOULD LAST FOREVER.
AS THEY LAY IN BED ONE NIGHT, HOLDING HANDS, PETRUS WHISPERED TO ALEX, "I'M SO GLAD I TOLD YOU HOW I FELT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. I CAN'T IMAGINE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU."
ALEX SMILED AND SQUEEZED PETRUS'S HAND. "ME NEITHER," HE SAID. "I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD."
AND WITH THAT, THEY FELL ASLEEP TOGETHER, WRAPPED IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS. THEIR LOVE HAD STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, AND IT WOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR YEARS TO COME. ALL PEOPLE ARE MADE UP THX
