June 24, 2012
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(written on 28 February 2012)
It was a bit of a deja-vu this morning because again I got up before my two guests were up, and again I went to the Coffee Company for my breakfast, and again Daniel and Fernando had left the house unnoticed when I got back less than an hour later.
This time, however, Daniel walked in - alone - quite soon after I had returned home as well. I was surprised that he was alone and even more surprised when he told me that Fernando had gone back home already (Daniel had escorted him to the station) and that he was quite relieved about that because yesterday had not exactly been a success. That also meant that he had no plans for the rest of the day so when I proposed to have a walk through town, despite the weather not being great, and have a look at the shops, Daniel was happy to join. It also gave him the opportunity for the thing that he is extremely fond of: having pictures taken of himself.
I don't know anyone who is as keen to stand in front of a camera. On his Facebook page there are no less than 5,000 pictures of him (if not more by now) and there seems to be no end in sight. Daniel loves the camera and it must be said that that affection seems mutual. As I was taking pictures of him in various poses and in various locations in town today though, a thought kept coming back in my head. What will my friends, family and colleagues think when they see these pictures online? In some of the pictures Daniel can seem or look rather seductively and I'm sure that this will give the impression of there being more than just a normal friendship between him and me.
The fact that this guy is staying with me for a while, for free no less, already raises eye brows when I mention it to people and I can hear them thinking "is that Enrico's boyfriend?" or "what's going on between the two?" - or similar thoughts. Well, the answers to those questions might surprise those people; no and nothing. Daniel is a friend and I get along great with him, but it really feels more like a father-son thing than anything remotely erotic or sexual. Nice as he is, he would probably drive me crazy within half an hour of hypothetically starting a relationship so that is definitely also not the case. But a nice kid, yes, he's that for sure. In the early evening we went to Spijker, a bar he had been to during his previous visits as well, and I think he enjoyed being back, even if it was just for two drinks. Of course more pictures had to be taken on the way back home.
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