The next morning Kabir went back home . When he reached there his siblings hugged him. Kabir had sushant's stuff with him. Shree was all there .
"So",Jiya said and she looked angry.
"Yeah mom, I'm gay",kabir said.
"Are you out of your mind",jiya said standing up from her couch, "do you know how embarrassing this is ?"
"Why are you reacting like this?"Daniel asked.
"So how should i?"Jiya shouted , "my son said he is gay in front of my whole family . that family who had come after so many years to meet me".
"Me being gay is embarrassing for you?"Kabir asked.
"No , I mean I don't have a problem with people being gay but , it's you".
"So?"
"It's just…. Oh dear I don't know why I'm reacting like this, but, but why are you gay?"
"I'm because I'm and I love to be".
"But why? Being gay is a sin".
"Really mom? Do you know lord shiva and vishnu were in love with each other, they also had a son named Ayyappa. Lord Vishnu took the Mohini avatar and there are more such gay and LGBTQ+ things in our shastra or puranas. Being gay is not a sin and I'm like this because god made me like this".
"Kabir , don't be ridiculous",Jiya shouted.
"Ridiculous?and why am I so?"
"First , you are gay and second you are sad and madly loving a guy you dated and he is dead".
"Mom,"Kabir shouted, interrupting his mother, "do you think I will cry for a guy I was dating? No, not at all me and sushant were serious. We loved each other. Straight people can comfortably talk and flirt with each other but it's hard for people like us to find someone and at this age everyone is identifying themselves. We don't know who is openly gay or secretly gay, who has feelings for us. We can only like a guy and it's up to them if they would like us bak or not. We face more heart break than straight people".
Kabir was making his parents understand.
"Son , calm down",Daniel said.
"No dad, why should i? Mom thinks sushant and i were just a fling".
"No you were not",Daniel said, "you both were really great together. You were perfect , whenever i saw you both kissing from the window or in the streets coming back home, i wished that i could be gay and have a boyfriend like you both".
"You knew all these from before?"Jiya asked.
"Umm… yes ",Daniel confessed, "i knew it as i saw you both many times.."
"And don't tell me anything",Jiya got more angry.
"How could I have wanted Kabir to confess and I knew it as I saw them two years back in Sushant's house . as i went to take kabir home but saw them spending lovely time kissing each other and i didn't interrupt them",daniel said. Kabir hugged his step father then he said to her mom.
"I and sushant were really serious, we loved each other. We were like.. Like we could die for each other and he died also",kabir started crying, "sushant and i were together for two years, and nowadays this long no relationship withstands but our did and i know if he would be alive we would have grown older together and now i don't think i will even get such love again. He had my photo in his purse, he saved everything I gave him , noted everything , good or bad that happened between us , he saved all photos of us, his album was filled with my photos. Do you still think sushant and i were a fling? He gave me, sorry he wanted to give me this watch",kabir said showing the watch, "he spent all his savings for this. I also spent all my money I had to make our day special yesterday. Our relationship was more than just dating".
Saying this, Kabir went to his room .
"You need to understand him!"Daniel said.
"Yes aunty,"shree said, "i'm sorry i'm interrupting but at this time kabir needs emotional support".
"Yes love,"Daniel said, "Kabir is all heartbroken , don't you think we should support him".
Kabir was in the room holding sushant's photo .
"Hey my love ", kabir said looking at the photo, "i came out to my parents. I wish that you would hear "I miss you". There was a knock at the door. It was Jiya.
"Hey,"she said sitting beside her, "I'm sorry I overreacted, but I'm ok with you. I support you and I love you".
Kabir didn;'t say anything, he just hugged his mother and slept.