Well...he didn't so much respond...as stare at me, shell shocked. I was the same way, though. I CERTAINLY wasn't expecting to come to terms with my emotions, right then and there.
It took a few minutes, but we both broke the silence at the same time. And then we sat down, and talked things out, and then, the next day, we hung out. And the next day, we had lunch. And the next day, we had lunch, dinner, AND breakfast (but sans the evening sex).
We're working on things. If I can't have him as a lover, I certainly don't want to lose him as a friend.
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*Forever & Always...Yours*