Chris

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It all started back in childhood. Your mom's friend would often come visit you with her little son, Chris. He was five years old at the time, and you were already sixteen. Yes, there was a huge difference, but you managed to become friends. When they visited, you happily sat with him, played with him, and so on. He literally became like a little brother to you. When you turned eighteen, you entered university and left for school, but you often returned to your hometown to meet your parents and Chris, bringing him gifts and sweets. One day you were sitting with him and watching cartoons, when suddenly he turned around and said, looking at you with his puppy eyes:

• "When I grow up, I will definitely marry you and we will always be together!" At the time, it seemed like just a cute kid's joke. So you simply smiled and replied something like, "We'll see. You're not even eighteen yet. " but he was serious in his intentions and said this more and more often, each year trying to get closer to you, but you always perceived him as a child and lived your life outside of the relationship, etc.

You're 29 now, you've long since moved back to your hometown, and you're a successful businessman with a large chain of stores across the city. Today is a rather important day: Chris's birthday; he's finally turning 18, and of course, you've come to give him a gift and congratulate him. But Chris had other plans; he was still waiting to turn 18 to be with you. And so you're sitting at the table with all the guests and congratulating Chris, but he couldn't care less, he was looking at you with anticipation, nervously fiddling with the hem of his T-shirt, as if he was waiting for you to do what he's been waiting for his whole life, the best gift for him right now would be if you asked him out... but you did nothing, making his heart clench with anticipation and disappointment...