The Risk

He slowly takes his hand. A breath.
A beat.
Now or never. This is what the adulthood means. This is the price. The risk.
I love you, he thinks. But he can't say it aloud.
But he must do it.
„I know what you feel,“ the other says. He looks at him abruptly. Why, this is a surprise. Or is it, really? Their hands are touching.
„I accept it.“
He accepts it? Does he? But then he realizes – this is all what he can get from him. The acceptance.
It's what their relationship is going to be about.