Recuerdo cuando nos conocimos; estaba manejando mi bicivleta, haciendo ejercicio o tal vez solo matando el tiempo en nuestro pequeño pueblo; todavía no se porque querias hablarme, yo siempre habia sido un lobo solitario, me pediste "pasar el tiempo juntos, yo estoy aburrido tambien". La verdad no me gustó la idea, me gustaba "bicicletear" solo, sin compañia, en total control de mi tiempo, manejaba por donde queria y a la hora que queria;: mi primer pensamiento fue: "mierda, compañia", pero no tenia ninguna excusa, asi que solo dije: "seguro, pero soy muy rapido en bicicleta"
Solo queria mantenerte lejos, solo queria manejar mi bici y sentir el viento en mi cara; y de hecho era mas rapido que tú, pensé que te aburririas conmigo... pero no lo hiciste, ti siempre querias hablar, estaba harto de ti, yo nunca queria hablar con nadie, no sé bien por qué, tal vez porque me sentía diferente a las demás personas... ¿cómo podia imaginar que eras como yo?
Al principio no te soportaba, recuerdo que te llevé al desierto, pensando que te aburririas de estar en un lugar tan tranquilo... pero no lo hiciste, cuando te dije que hacia nudismo ahi, te interesaste tanto, mientras yo pensaba: "maldita sea, no hay forma de escandalizarlo ni espantarlo"
no recuerdo cuando empecé a disfrutar de nuestras pequeñas charlas, usualmente hablando mal de los profesores de la escuela... ¿que edad teniamos?¿15, 16? creo que aun 15, eramos tan jovenes; hablando de profeores, chicas (al inicio) y luego un poco de chicos... solo un poco.
cuando teniamos 16, recuerdo que tuve una discusion muy fuerte con mi padre, estaba tan enojado, tan decepcionado de él, tu me esperabas en mi casa... decidimos salir y caminar, no podia estar en casa en esos momentos.
Viviamos en un pequeño pueblo de campo, sin luz publica; recuerdo que necesitaba desesperadamente desahogarme... Empezamos a hablar, y no sé como, estabamos tan cerca uno del otro, sentados en una piedra en la noche; rodeados de alfalfa y maiz, lejos del pueblo...compartiendo nuestras vidas... cuando nos dimos cuenta de lo que haciamos.
-"¿que estamos haciendo?"
-No lo sé, tocandonos.
- No somos maricones.
- esto no esta bien... ¿quieres parar?
- no lo sé... ¿quieres parar?
- solo se que se siente bien.
- ok, pero esto es solo un juego, nada de besos, ni amor, solo nuestra primera experiencia sexual.
"¿un juego?", lo seguimos haciendo por un año, nunca nos besamos y no se cómo aceptaste ser el pasivo tan facilmente; pero si eramos maricones, solo que no estabamos listos para aceptarnos, o tal vez tu si lo habias hecho, ahora pienso que tal vez me amaste... lo siento, no estaba listo; no podia amarte.
Cuando tuve 17, le dije adiós a nuestro pueblo y a ti, me mudé a arequipa 2la gran ciudad" al menos para nosotros; me solias enviar emails diciendome cuanto me extrañabas, pero yo fui cruel.
Aqui pude aceptarme como gay, con algunos buenos amigos y cuando tuve mi primer novio, me di cuenta de lo cabrón que habia sido contigo. Pero cuando trate de disculparme ya habias cambiado tu email.
En las navidades del 2007, visité nuestro pueblo, y repentinamente mientras manejaba mi vieja bicicleta, alguien me llamó... eras tú: "nadie es tan rapido como tu en la bicicleta, loco" dijiste.
Estaba tan feliz de verte de nuevo, empezamos a charlar, sentados en la misma piedra donde tuvimos sexo por primera vez, compartiendo nuestras vidas de nuevo... pero sin sexo esta vez. Y tuve la oportunidad de disculparme: "lo siento, fui un idiota, no sabia... pero ahora me conozco, soy gay y versatil, ya no soy solo activo, ahora se como te sentías"
estabas muy excitado de oir eso. "dame chance con tu culo, hombre; sabes cuanto lo deseaba" - "lo siento, salgo con alguien, pero si quieres venir a arequipa este año nuevo, puedes conocer a alguien muy rapido, no creo q me cita se moleste, despues de todo yo tambien he conocido a sus amigos"
despues de decirte eso y ver lo feliz que estabas, repentinamente entendi lo dificil que puede llegar a ser para un gay vivir en un pueblo pequeño donde todos se conocen, un lugar donde nunca fuiste libre para ser tu mismo... todo iba a cambiar para ti.
pero no fue asi, pasé el año nuevo 2008 solo y tu no pudiste venir aqui; el 4 de enero recivi una llamada tuya, preguntando si queria ir a la playa contigo, te dije q no estaba de humor, que aun estaba triste, tu siempre hablabas demasiado y recuerdo haber dicho: "cortala", y tu dijiste: "jajaja, ok, no te molesto más, nunca, jajajajaja"
"nunca"? ¿fue acaso una premonicion?, sentí algo extraño en mi cabeza la misma noche, pero ¿como podia haberlo siquiera imaginado?... a la mañana siguiente, mi abuela entró a mi cuarto, estaba llorando y me dijo: " tu amigo del colegio, el que te visitaba en casa, murio anoche... accidente de transito en la autopista".
No oí la explicación, estaba en shock ¿CÓMO? NO ES POSIBLE, hable con él ayer, NO PUEDE ESTAR MUERTO!!, pero era la verdad, nadie respondio cuando te llamé al celular.
¿que tan triste es ser gay en estas circunstancias?, estuve en tu funeral y no pude expresar como me sentia, lo mucho que te conocía y que quizas era la unica persona que realmente sabia lo que querias. Tuve que oir comentarios como: "era marica" "que bueno que murio joven antes que su familia lo descubra", no te defendi porque tu familia estaba ahi. Y mientras veia como el ataud era enterrado, desde mi mente y mi corazon le dije adios a mi mejor amigo, mi primer amante y quizas a alguien q me considero el amor de su vida.
Y ahora, un año despues, estoy aqui escribiendo esto, diciendo todo lo que no pude decir y llorando todo lo que no pude llorar en tu funeral. Hace un mes visite nuestro pueblo y me dí cuenta de que tan real es tu muerte, una parte de mi estaba esperando verte otra vez, y me senti muy solo sin ti ahi.
Te extraño mi amigo, mi amor.
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I remember the first time we met; i was riding my bike, doing exercise or maybe just killing time around our little town; i still don't know why you wanted to talk with me, i had always been a lone wolf; you asked me to "kill time together, i am bored here too". Honestly i didn't like the idea, i liked to ride my bike alone, with no company, i was in total control of my own time, i used to ride whenever i wanted and wherever i wanted; my first thought was: "shit, company", but i didn't have an excuse, so i just said: "sure, but i am very fast at bike".
i just wanted to keep you away, i just wanted to ride my bike and feel the wind on my face; and in fact i was faster than you, i thought you get be bored with me... but you didn't, you always wanted to talk, i was weak of you, i never wanted to talk with nobody... i don't know why, maybe beacuse i used to feel different than the other people... How could i even imagined, you were as me?
At the beginning i couldn't stand you, i remember that i take you to the dessert thinking you'll get bored in a so quiet place, but you didn't... when i told you i used to practice naturism there, you get so interested, meanwhile i was thinking: "fuck, there is no way to scandalise and scare him!"
I can't remember when i started to like our little talks, usually talking bad about teachers of the high school... how old were we? 15, 16?, i guess still 15, we were so young, talking about teachers, girls (at the beginning), after we started to talk about boys, just a little... very little.
When we were 16, i remember i had had a very ungly argument with my father, i was so angry, so disappointed, you were waiting for me in my house... we decided to go out and walk, i couldn't stay at home at those moments.
We used to live in the countryside, an small town with no public light, i also remember how much i needed to get something out of my chest... We started to talk, and i don't know how, we got so close to each other, sitting on a stone at night, sorrounded by alfalfa and plants of corns, far of the town... and sharing our lifes... and suddendly we noticed what we were doing:
-"what are we doing?"
- i don't know, touching us
- we're not faggots
- this is not right... do you want to stop?
- i don't know... do you want to stop?
- i just know it feels good
- ok, but this is just a game, not kiss, not love, just...our first sexual experience.
a game? we kept doing it for a year, we never kiss each other, and i don't know why you accepted to be the bottom so easily, but we were faggots, we just weren't ready to accept ourselves or maybe you have already done, now i think you might loved me... i am sorry, i wasn't ready, i couldn't love you.
when i was 17 i said goodbye to our town and to you, i moved to arequipa, "a big city", at least for us. You used to send me emails telling me how much you missed me, but i was cruel...
Here i could have accepted myself as gay, with some good friends, and when i get my first boyfriend, i understood how asshole i was with you. but when i tried to apologize you had already changed your email.
at the christmas of 2007, i visited our town; and suddendly while i was riding my old bike, someone called me... it was you : "nobody is as fast as you on the bike, crazy man", you said.
i was so happy to see you, we started to talk, on the same stone where we had sex for first time, talking about our lifes again... but without sex this time. And i had the opportunity to apologize: "i was a jeark, i am sorry, i didn't know, but i know myself now, i am gay and versatil, i am not a top anymore, now i know how you felt"
you were excited to hear that. "Gimme a chance of your ass, man; you know how much i wanted it" - "i am sorry, i'm dating someone, but if you come to arequipa this new year, you can meet someone quickly, i am sure my date doesn't mind, i have met his friends too"
after tell you that, and see how happy you were, i suddendly understood how difficult could be for a gay to live in a very small town, where everyone knows everyone, a place where you never were free to be yourself... everything was gonna change for you...
it wasn't, i passed the new year 2008 alone, and you couldn't come here, in january 4th, i received a call from you, asking me to go to the beach with you. I just said i wasn't in a good mood, i was still blue, you always used to talk too much and i remember i said : "please, cut it out", you said "hahaha, ok, i am not bothering you anymore, never, haha"
"never"? was that a premonicion? i felt something strange on mi head the same night, but how could i ever imagined...? the next morning my grams entered to bedroom, she was crying and she told me: "your friend from high school, who used to visit you at home, died last night.... car accident on the highway"
i didn't hear the explanation, i was in shock... HOW?? IT'S NOT POSSIBLE!!!, i talked with him yesterday... HE CAN'T BE DEAD!!... but that was the truth, nobody answered your cellphone when i called.
How sad is be gay in these circunstances? i was in your funeral, and i couldn't express even how i was feeling, how much i knew you and maybe i was the only one who really knew what you really wanted, i had to hear comments as: "he was a fag" "thanks god he died young, before his family find it out", i didn't defend you beacuse your family was there. And meanwhile i was seeing how the ataud get buried, since my mind and my heart i said goodbye to my best friend, my first lover, and maybe also to someone who considered me the love of his life.
an now, after one year i am here writting this, saying all what i couldn't say and crying all what i couldn't cry in your funeral. A month ago i visited our town and i realized how real your death is, a part of me was expecting to see you again, i felt so lonely there without you.
I miss you my friend, my love.