Chapter 20

The first time I knew I liked Jimmy was six months ago. We had been best friends for more than a year, and we had started from friends. That day, we sneaked to the human residence to watch a movie. And everywhere was dark, and the only vibration was from the big screen. And I was eating popcorn, his hands were in mine, he turned, pulled popcorn out of his packet, and fed me. He looked at our raised hands, stared at it and smiled to me. I had been transfixed and confused. I wanted more. The feeling was strange to me. And the only thing I could see was the silhouette of his face. How we both laughed as a funny scene came on. And I could only perceive his smell. Everything I was seeing and breathing was surrounded by him. And he had looked happy. I had also been happy. Genuinely. I didn’t feel like I didn’t belong. I smelt like other humans present. I felt like I was doing normal things like the normal human that I was. I could stick out my tongue and just jump without anyone criticising