I had finally had enough; the pain this all has caused me was far too deep, and words could never contrive to express the depth of my agony. I knew I meant what I said the night before; I knew in my heart that saying goodbye was the right thing to do; I waited until I heard him stir, I had no desire to wake him. It felt like forever, and finally he rose and walked to the bathroom. Once more I waited for what felt like an eternity, and he finally stepped back into his room and crawled back into bed. I knew this was my moment-- this time I knew my choice was real and forever. It had to stop; the pain was too much. I mustered all my strength and courage and opened the divider.
He seemed to be falling back asleep, and I just started speaking. "I'm leaving now, I wanted to say bye, and I want you to know I meant what I said last night, I can not come back anymore." He replied--a simple reply-- "OK." I babbled for a while, asking if I had anything of his to return and vice versa because I did not want to have to return to this place. I looked at him for a moment and stared at this man who I loved with a passion deeper than even I realize sometimes and asked "Would you like a hug before I go?" Stupid of me, I love self-loathing and being masochistic; I had to if I wanted to feel this heart wrenching pain. "Yes" another simple reply, I walked over to the bed and he opened his arms and I hugged him. After just milliseconds, I let go it hurt so much. I said goodbye again and asked if he wanted the divider closed, "Yes" Lovely, another simple reply. I shut the divider and started grabbing my stuff; it was time to leave.
I thought quietly for a minute running through so many emotions: pain, gratification-- there was more paroxysms of grief than I anticipated. It was so hard to process my choice; I knew, for once in my life, I meant it. I was going to act on this, and nothing would change my mind. He had taught me that, if you make a choice, you stick with it and see it through. A change in that choice needs to be rare, you can change your mid, but you have to have good reason, otherwise you lose credibility. Once I finished racing through my emotions, I made a snap decision; I needed one last hug. I wanted to be close one more time. I needed to feel his arms around me, smell his skin; I wanted to make sure I had a clear memory, one that was not filled with pain. The previous embrace was weak and I was too tear filled to remember it. I dropped my stuff and ripped open the divider, and it happened again-- my heart filled with sheer agony and I babbled incoherently "Bees are making a nest in your shed, I killed one already it was lethargic from the cold but the brothers came too. I do not think you realize how serious I am (I do not think I knew how serious I was until that moment). I'm not coming back, I can not hurt anymore and I need one more hug..." I had already walked into the room further and his arms opened.
I wrapped my right arm under his neck and held really tightly, my emotions ran wild and it took every ounce of restraint not to spasm under the emotional pressure. I breathed deeply so I could catch the smell of him, his soap mixed with the pleasant musky pheromone scent he had, the one that drove me up the wall with a passionate lust every time I snuggled him. I was suddenly snapped out of my private thoughts when I realized how tightly he was hugging back. To my surprise, he was rubbing my back, my side, and me. I loved his touch and could not understand what he was doing. It felt so nice that I never wanted it to end; but I knew the end had to be near. I figured I would hold on until he let go and then we would be over.
His rubbing continued and I accepted, his rub was suddenly stronger, firm, but so pleasant and I began to realize why I did not want to end, this was our beginning foreplay, at least it had been. I knew he would never touch me intimately again, so I was petrified to attempt anything. His left arm ran down my right side, and goose bumps formed all over my body. Up his hand ran again, and down to the edge of my pants. He repeated the same swift movement on both sides now, while moving up and under my shirt and I was determining his attentiveness had to be his form of comfort; his goodbye.