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Boyfriend

I wouldn't say I like this. The more this happens, the more I keep rethinking my decision. We shouldn’t do this; we have to go by the rules. Fuck and leave.

And here I am again, watching him peacefully sleeping in my bed. He’s the most precious person to me when I watch him sleep; he’s so peaceful and not like he’s angry.

I cough and try to shake all of my thoughts. My parents called last night while we were in the middle of our sex, and I love my parents, but I hated that they called me at a perfect time.

They miss me and want to visit me here in my condo to see how I’m doing, and Arthur knows that, but I don’t know what got to him and why he slept here.

I sigh, it’s still early anyway, and mom and dad are going at lunch. I’m beginning to clean my living room and kitchen and do my laundry because it has been sitting there for days.

Arthur woke up while I was in the middle of my cleaning, and he looked amazed that I knew how to clean. He left long after because I forced h