The friendship begins.

 

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    After Will takes Marcus out with his mom, Marcus starts to drop by Will's flat more regularly. At first, this is something that annoys Will, but eventually he gets used to it because, actually, he does not have any other option due to the fact that he cannot stop it; Marcus will drop by anyway because he is persistent. Also, he does not want to get angry at Marcus. Indeed, this is something that I find very interesting: Will can easily say to Marcus that he doesn't want to see him in his flat, but he doesn't do it. I see that Will already likes Marcus and regards him as a friend (even though he does not say it explicitly). Marcus continues to visit him every day after school, and there is a point at which Will starts asking personal questions to the boy and he, as if Will were a long-time friend, answers honestly. Marcus openly talks about his problems at school and home with Will. He worries about Marcus, he now cares about him. What I mean is that Will has changed and now he is interested in helping the boy. Taking that into account, is this something that can happen in reality? Perhaps. Suppose you do not like a person, say, your neighbor, and then something bad happens to this neighbor (or to someone he cherishes). You start feeling sorry for him and feel morally obliged to help him because, after all, he is your neighbor and there must be a good relationship between neighbors. You might end up becoming friends, as a result. Having said this, the story is getting quite good and I want to know how this friendship turns out.