It was lunch break. As usual, Romeo was playing basketball with his friends. As he was playing, he saw his little kitten standing outside the basketball court near the seats watching him play. Well, now it was his perfect time to show off, right. Instead of passing the ball to his friend who was free, he dodged the player coming to block him and pinned around the next defender showing his great basketball skills and jumped high for a perfect dunk.
And, it was a perfect score!!!!
Romeo grinned and looked at Cecil whose eyes were full of astonishment. His friends surrounded and hugged him.
"Okay boys, it seems like the little kitten is here for me. I'll go. Play by yourself."
The boys were of course cursing saying how he didn't respect the game and shouting hoes before bros. Romeo glared at them and all of them were silent. Romeo turned around and went towards Cecil.
"Yo, little kitten, are you here to see handsome me?" Romeo said shuffling his red hair.
Cecil was used to Romeo's narcissistic behaviour and just rolled his eyes. "No, I came here because I was bored."
Romeo put his right arm around Cecil's shoulder and said, "Don't lie to me, little kitten. I know you want to say something to me." Then Romeo paused for a bit and shouted, "OH MY GODD!!! Don't tell me you fell in love with a handsome me."
"What?! No!!" Cecil shouted. Then he pulled off Romeo's right arm from his shoulder and said, "Let's go somewhere and I'll tell you."
"You want to take advantage of me by taking me to an isolated place?! Please don't tell me that."
Romeo was blabbering nonsense while Cecil just ignored it. They went to the terrace of the school and sat in one corner.
Cecil looked at Romeo intensely. He wanted to ask but he was feeling awkward. Romeo sneered and said, "If you want to propose to me just say I. LOVE. YOU."
"Are you an idiot?" Cecil said hitting on Romeo's back. "I want to ask you about another thing?"
"Ask me anything. My life is for you to ask anything and do anything." Romeo said lowering his head showing utmost respect.
"BE SERIOUS."
Cecil shouted. His face was becoming red because of a wave of anger. Romeo laughed and raised both arms in a surrendering gesture.
"Fine. Fine. Ask me."
"Um... that- the thing is ... um... A-Are you really gay?"
Romeo was silent for a while and then laughed loudly breaking the tense atmosphere.
"Hahahaha..... so, this is the question which was troubling you since morning." Romeo then became serious and replied, "Yes, I am. Do you hate me now?"
"What?! Why would I hate you? I was just curious so, I asked you. When did you realize you were gay?" Cecil asked.
Romeo smiled and answered, "I was in grade six."
Same as him!! Cecil thought. He then asked, "How did you realize you were gay?"
"Well, I watched gay porn accidentally and got aroused for the first time in my life. I remember I was so afraid thinking it was not normal. Then I watched so many straight porns after that but could never get aroused. I really was scared during that time. I thought I was abnormal. My friends used to have girlfriends but I was never interested in girls even before watching that gay porn. That realization hit me hard. I started being drifted from everyone after that. I became a loner. I was afraid of thinking what would my friends think if they found out that I was gay? What would my family think? I was in self-denial and torment."
Sure enough, Cecil also had faced that problem. " Then how did you come out of the closet?"
"I didn't interact with anyone much after that. I even tried to make a girlfriend to fit in but couldn't take it any longer. One day my brother brought his friend to our home. I found out that he was gay and my brother knew it too. He was basically out of the closet. But later I discovered that he was in love with my brother after observing for a long time. I found out easily but he told me to keep it secret from my brother as my brother was straight. And he was the one who told me being gay was normal and guided me positively. He was like my therapist in my dark and denial days. I started feeling comfortable about my sexuality and came out of the closet in grade eight. I was getting ready to get beaten. They even thought I was joking st first.
Thankfully, they are open-minded and accepted me. The same goes for my friends."
Cecil smiled and said, "You're really lucky."
Romeo also smiled and said, "Yeah, everything is good." He then looked at Cecil and said, "Now I just want to be in a serious relationship with whom I can spend my life with."
Being looked at by Romeo with such a passionate gaze, Cecil became flustered and averted his eyes. Romeo shuffled Cecil's curly hair and asked, "Why did you ask me suddenly?"
Cecil was silent and thought that he should also share his problems.
"I am also gay."
"WHAT???"
"I SAID I AM ALSO GAY." Cecil shouted embarrassingly.
"What a coincidence!! Then let's date." Romeo suggested.
"No, I already have someone I love." Cecil immediately rejected Romeo's suggestion.
"REALLY?!!"