Eli wasn't trying to deliberately hide the truth, he just felt that it wasn't good for it to be too well-known. Moreover, their situation was unusual and there was no need to let it be discovered by everyone.
So he said vaguely, "Friends."
Boyfriend could be counted as a type of friend, right? He felt slightly guilty.
However, Lucas didn't doubt him in the slightest and had an envious expression on his face.
Last year, he had once said in private that Roman loved being a cool, pretentious prick. He didn't know how his word spread, but on that night, when he was riding his bicycle home, he saw Roman walk towards him. Thinking that he had come to beat him up, he quickly turned to flee, but unexpectedly, there was a flight of stairs that led down to the other side of the bend, and he couldn't brake in time.
If it wasn't for Roman catching up and holding on to the back seat of his bicycle, he could have rolled down together with his bicycle.
