spring neighbor

if you got that small friend out already, better keep scrolling. this is a SFW story (i think).
this is not a fictional story. everybody is over 18.

so for this spring break, my family decided to visit family in mexico. we stayed at my grandma’s house. the town isn’t big or that much interesting, so i (M21) thought i’d died out of boredom during these two long ass weeks.

on the very first day we arrived i saw through the window of the room i was staying at, the neighbors had some sort of italian food place/puesto on their front yard (which was pretty big). they opened during the evenings. i did not care much tho.

i soon realized there was a very attractive man (M29) in charge, think of alfonso herrera at his peak. i watched him go in and out of the kitchen, and he would go sit on the yard often. after 3 days of watching vicariously through the window, i noticed the place was mostly always empty which honestly made me feel a little sad.

i asked my grandma about it, and she told me the neighbor’s son had opened the place recently and he had studied in a prestigious culinary school. i told my family i was gonna go try their food. so i went there because i felt really bad for him, and i also kinda wanted to meet him.

i asked for some pasta. it was honestly really good, the quality was impressive so i was surprised the place wasn’t popular at all considering it was on a pretty good area/spot cause it was on a main road. when i finished, he came up asking if everything was fine and i said yes. i gave him a few compliments and asked if he was the cook to which he said yes. i tried my best to keep a conversation going. i asked him a few questions and he opened up about his feelings regarding the place not getting much attention as he wished. we had a good conversation and got along very well.

after this, i went there every day as soon as he opened. he liked it, he would always smile when he saw me coming and welcome me warmly. we would talk so much. he said he really appreciated me coming and my company was nice. anyway, even tho the conversations were nice, there was some sort of unspeakable tension. he looked directly in my eyes and i would get too shy to hold eye contact. we also exchanged numbers and would talk through text.

he started being a little way too nice and sweet towards me, specially when we got to talk in person. i mentioned being new to the city and he said he wanted to show me some places and i was down for it. he took me to a local park during the weekend, it was pretty big and crowded tbh. we would walk and talk some.

at some point, we were silent looking at each other’s eyes in a quieter spot in front of the lake. he took my hand and i got really nervous. he got too close, and we finally kissed. his lips were so soft and he tasted really sweet. we then stopped by a fancy restaurant and he payed for dinner. he asked if he could go home with me to which i said i wasn’t sure cause my parents wouldn’t really like the idea. he was fine with that.

on the next day i still saw him at his place. he showed me the kitchen and his cooking process and asked me to try helping me. he taught me. his parents weren’t home so he invited me in the house. he didn’t live there btw, he just had the place there. things built up and we made out on the couch.

days went by. he was very romantic. he then told me he had feelings for me and would like to take things further if i allowed it. i was conflicted. i said i really enjoyed the time and moments we shared and i liked him. i said how i wish we could date, but i was only visiting and would leave in two days. he was confused and asked me why i didn’t mention that. i apologized and recognized i shoulda told him i wasn’t staying there. he was sad about it and got silent for a bit.

i told my mom about everything and she understood. she said the best we both could do was move on since our paths were totally different and the distance would not make things survive.

on the last day before we left, i went to him to say goodbye. we hugged and he kissed me so tenderly. i could feel the sadness behind that slow kiss. i said we could still text each other tho i wasn’t sure of having a relationship due to the circumstances.

my family and i came home and i kept texting him. he just texted me this yesterday (will translate): “I changed the menu in the place btw.” “I introduced new dishes outside of italian food and it has been attracting lots of people.” “Tho even if there’s many people coming, it still feels very empty without your presence here.” “I really miss you.” i said i missed him too.

so this was my spring fling. i caught feelings which is upsetting for obvious reasons. i hadn’t even dated anyone before or done any romantic stuff.