Chapter 03: How to have a boyfriend and not die trying (part 1)

This is us now, on 2022 <3

This series of how-tos makes me feel as if I had my life altogether and figured it out so Imma keep doing it 'cause fake it 'til you make it right?

Today I'm going to talk about my boyfriend. It's definitely an easy topic for me talking about him so this should be a piece of cake.

So we have been together for almost 9 months now, but I wanna take you back to the very beginning of the story. Remember when in my first entry I told you that I changed schools in 2018? Well, I met him when I got to my current school. At first I was kinda scared of him and his friend group 'cause they looked like the typical "cool kids group" that you read about on Wattpad stories, so that was a sure no for me.

I even remember the first time that we talked. He swears that it wasn't how I'm about to tell you but I'm sure I remember better. We were in a class and we had to do and assignment, then the teacher would swap our copybooks between classmates so we could check each other's answers or something (if I'm not mistaken, it as a crossword puzzle so we swaped our copybooks to complete each other's crosswords). Anyways, we were the first two people to finish the assignment so the teacher gave me his notebook and she took mine and gave it to him too.

If you have met my boyfriend you probably know that he has a very... unique handwriting. I'm used to it now and I can understand it perfectly but back then I had no idea how to read that, and I was so scared to tell him because of course I was new, I didn't know him and I didn't want to offend him. I did what I could in the crossword and then I decided to very bravely talk to him, so he could help me. And so I called him by his name several times but he didn't answer and I was getting really frustrated because he kept talking to his friends and not paying any attention to me! So I decided to call him a little louder and by his nickname, not his name, to which he replied immediately and said "why are YOU calling me that?". AND I WANTED TO DIE. I was sooo embarrassed (keep in mind I was 13 years old lol), but I played it cool and asked him for help withouth showing that I was dying internally.

This is us back then in 2018 <3

After that, I became friends with his friends so we kept getting closer and closer until we ended up being best friends. Just like that. It was so easy to talk, to be around each other, we didn't need a large amount of time to gain trust because, I don't know, it was like already there.

Though I must admit I've always had a little crush on him, I never felt the need to express it or to like having a relationship, you known? I used to think sometimes things are better being platonic, and also I never knew if he had a crush on me too, how could I have know? Some say that the atraction between us was pretty obvious, but to us, or at least to me, it was just a really really good friendship.

I won't tell you about our first kiss or the exact day that we became boyfriend and girlfriend because I like to keep those really precious moments to myself, but I am gonna tell you a bit of how we ended up being together.

After a few years of friendship the COVID-19 Pandemic started and of course we couldn't see each other, we were a little apart back then, but the friend group always used to do video chats and stuff to keep in touch, we were always there so we never really lost contact. I do not know exactly when or how we started talking again how we used to do in the golden days of our friendship, but we got to the point that we chatted every day almost all the time, and I loved that, we never really got bored or had no topic to talk about, being ourselves when we're together it's just too easy.

We have always been a little flirty, since the very beginning of our friendship, but it was normal to us. With the quarantine, that flirtatious vibe came back really strong. It probably started as a joke until it wasn't a joke anymore. MONTHS of flirting and talking went by until he told me he liked me and obviously at that point I really liked him too so I told him and that's when things started in a more official way.

Before that we were already seeing each other, though not so often, but he used to go to my house whenever he could just to talk and see me (sooo cuteee). And with time, the relationship keep getting stronger and here we are! I love him more than ever, he loves me too and we're really happy. 9 months have felt like a day.

Now with school and everything we see each other every day but we also organise our time so we can at least once a month have a date, these dates mostly are lying in bed with comfy clothes and warm blankets, lots of food (most of the time, pizza, because he loves it), a cup of tea (he can't live without tea), and a good movie or show to watch.

Some won't recommend having a serious relationship while in high school, but I think that it is one of the best desitions I've made throughout this years. It all depends on how you take things and how it fits in your life. But I won't get too ahead of that yet because I will share with you my best relationship advice on part 2. ;)