Chapter 8 Alex was nervous. He was feeding the animals at the shop and he was nervous for a reason. A couple of weeks had passed since their talk, and his relationship with Daniel was gradually growing stronger, getting them closer in a way he never experienced, not even with Kevin or Gabriel. Daniel and Alex had implemented a routine of their own, which included getting up within a few minutes of each other. While Daniel was running outside, Alex was in the bathroom, and then he began to prepare some coffee for the two of them, and Daniel came back regularly after his routine run with some donuts for the two of them. Sometimes Daniel and Alex sent text messages to each other during the day, more for sharing some joke than for anything serious, and Alex began to call Daniel ‘Danny’ in

