Chapter 24After the show on Friday, Josh didn’t work out. He always took a break that day. When Steve called him and wanted to get together, he said no this time, because he needed rest. Steve’s unspoken disappointment somehow came across the connection, maybe in the pause between the words or in the timber of his voice, but he said he understood. Josh agreed to meet him the next day for a late dinner on Saturday night.
The hours came and went unnoticed as the time arrived. When he saw Steve again in the purple light, it lured strange thoughts in Josh’s mind, such a feeling in his core, and words he’d never expected on his tongue. Yet, when Steve spoke out loud, “I think I love you,” Josh’s reply was mute.
After dinner, when Steve followed him again to the gym, things were not as they se
