You came back to a different dynamic the following summer. Big changes, subtle changes happened in the time that you were gone, in the months that the others spent together without you present. There were allusions to flirtations and crushes, and hints of rivalry and attraction. And you had been going through changes of your own just as the others had.
I realized that I am attracted to men.
I realized that I am attracted to women.
I realized that I can be attracted to people of all genders.
I realized that I am asexual.
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