Tyler is a freshman student at Creepside College. Gay and closeted, he has some troubles controlling his urges surrounded by frat guys, sexy professors, his hot brother and most importantly, his stunning straight roommate: Austin. The story is divided into 2 main parts - semester 1 (ch. 1 to ch 12) - semester 2 (ch. 13 to ch. 24).
In the previous chapters, Tyler was forced to come out to in the craziest circumstances. A picture of Tyler's face, covered in cum, was shared to the entire campus. This was all part of a bigger scandal where a Laws Professor was accused of raping several male students. Tensions were running high and Tyler and his best friend / roommate Austin ended up fighting. Things took a turn when Tyler was hit by a car.
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My First Year in College
Chapter 19: What makes a good nurse.
"I thought of you like a brother." Austin had said.
I could only perceive shadows above me. I smelt the odor of blood. I heard the voice of my brother. Then Austin. I passed out again. I was in an ambulance at some point. I barely remember anything that happened between the moment I was hit by the car and the moment I woke up in the hospital.
I opened my eyes with difficulty.
Again, it was all a blur. I was thirsty. I could see someone semi-asleep on a chair next to me. The memories came back slowly. Good news, my brain was still working. But I did not want to remember, the picture being leaked, the meeting with the dean, the coming-out in front of everyone, the fight with Austin...
Austin, he was the one sitting by my side.
"Water." I managed to whisper.
Austin fully woke up immediately.
"Ty." He put his hand on my head.
"Water" I repeated.
"Sure, I'm going to look for a nurse!" Austin looked grave. He had dark circles under his eyes. Like this, he looked much older than before. Was I in the coma for that long?
"Am I... Is it bad?" I spoke with a very weak voice.
"Everything is ok, Ty. You are going to be ok. Both of your arms have been seriously injured but you will be fine."
What did that mean exactly? I was feeling a strong pain in my chest. I tried to talk, he stopped me, putting a finger on my mouth.
"Shhh. I'm going to go look for a nurse. Everything is ok, Ty."
Still, he seemed more worried than ever.
A few minutes later, a nurse was helping me out while Austin was waiting patiently behind her. I learnt that my right arm was broken, I had already gone through surgery and my arm was in a cast. I had several fractures in my left arm and wrist. The rest of my body was covered in bruises but nothing too serious. Everything was hurting though. The worst may have been the fractured ribs. It hurt at every breath I was painfully taking.
I had been in the hospital for 36 hours. Austin had apparently not slept since then. He said I had woken up for less than a minute at some point but I had no recollection of that.
"I'm so sorry Ty... You have no idea." Austin finally said.
"Sorry about what?" I whispered as I was slowly coming back to my senses.
"I mean... the accident... what I said... the way I reacted." His beautiful blue eyes were tearing up.
I looked at him, very seriously:
"Austin. I am going to say something to you and I am going to mean it. I am the one who is sorry. I am the one who ran in the middle of the street. You have no responsibility in that."
Austin started crying. He held my hand. It hurt.
"Oh sorry." He pushed back his hand and I smiled. "Tyler, I..."
"Look Austin, I should have told you... It's just... I had never told anyone that I was... that I am gay and ..."
"Tyler, you did not have to say or do anything at all. And I don't give a fuck about you being gay. Really!"
"I did not mean to break your trust... I know that we have done things..."
"I don't care about that! At all! This is not why I was mad..." He looked at me with such care in his eyes. I loved him so much, seeing him hurt was more painful than any broken bone in my body.
"That day, I was so worried about you. You have no idea; I was on edge! There were rumors. When I saw the fucking picture, I wanted to go and kill that Fletcher guy myself! Gary was escorted by his parents, they cancelled class and we had no idea where you were. I called your brother... This lasted for hours and hours. You did not answer my texts. I was afraid for the worst. As the files were being shared, it became evident that most of the guys in there were gay, and people started to say that there was no rape at all...
Some of the guys featured in the files even defended Fletcher! "Justice for Fletcher", they were chanting in the park! Others were screaming back, "Rapist in prison"! And when people started asking about you, saying that you had probably agreed too... Saying that you were gay. I..."
He stopped his narrative but I could feel he needed to tell it all. He probably had been wanted to explain himself for the last couple of days:
"Tyler, I told everyone that I knew you, that you were my best friend, you would have told me if you were gay. I was certain you would told me if you have done something like that, I mean, if you had done it willingly... I was sure you had been drugged or something... I kept on telling the same story to everyone, I wanted for people to look for you... I was so worried. And then, when you said, in front of everyone, that they were right. You were... well, you were gay. I felt like I did not know you anymore... I felt everyone else had understood you better than I did..."
I was crying too at this point. I could not say a word. After a couple minutes of silence, Austin said: "This is why I got angry. This is the part where I lost it. I felt we were so close before and it was like, suddenly, you were a stranger."
"Awww Austin... If you knew how sorry I am..." There were so many things I wanted to tell him but the words could not come out. Physically and mentally, I was drained.
"No Ty! With everything that happened to you when the picture was leaked, I should have been supportive. I should have been there! Ty, I came after you as if I was ready to fight! You were living the worst moment of your life!"
Austin put his face in his own hands. "I'm an asshole and you ended up... I saw everything Ty! Everything! I saw that the car was about to hit you. I screamed. I ran. But it was too late, you were on the ground and...I thought you were dead." He cried even more. "And it was all my fault."
"I forbid you to say that, Austin." My voice was raspy, weak. But he needed to hear this. "Look, this is all so stupid. I was stupid." I marked a pause. "All I hope is that we can remain friends."
"More than that" He said, coming to carefully hug me "Brothers."
At that moment, the door of the room opened and my actual brother, Ryan, came into the room.
"How the fuck dare you coming here?! I told you we did not need you here!"