Comment by the author: After reading *a lot* of these stories I finally decided to try writing one of my own. Hope you like it. If so, I might try another, or maybe a second chapter to this one.
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"I'm..." Kyle swallowed hard and forced himself to say the last word: "...gay."
His mother Lina was quiet for a moment, but then she smiled.
"Is that all?" she said. "I was afraid that maybe you'd gotten a girl pregnant or something." Her eyes sparkled like they always did when she was teasing. "I guess that's something I won't have to worry about anymore."
Kyle couldn't help laughing. There was a strong note of pride in his mother's voice when she spoke next.
"You know we would never hold this against you, right? Gay or straight, we love you, and nothing would or will ever change that. Right, Dave?"
She looked at her husband who cleared his throat and seemed embarassed. Kyle could tell his stepfather would need time to get used to this, even though he still cared for Kyle.
"Yes, Kyle... We've got your back, buddy."
Kyle grinned, which caused Dave to grin too, and seconds later, all three of them were roaring with laughter. When the laughter had died down, Lina rubbed away a tear at the corner of her eye, chuckling.
"So... are you out to your friends yet?"
Kyle blushed.
"No... I wanted to tell you guys first."
Lina noticed the blush but decided not to mention it. She suspected that someone among Kyle's friends was the reason behind Kyle's very sudden revelation. And that someone had better be careful with her son's heart or there would be hell to pay.
*
Kyle was back in his dorm room, lying on his bed, eyes closed. His mother and Dave lived only a little more than an hour by bus away from campus, something he'd been very grateful for this morning. He'd woken up feeling that he really needed his mother's soothing presence, and that it was finally time to tell her he was gay. It was a relief to finally have said it.
Ever since he knew he was gay, he'd had been positive that she and Dave would be great about it when he finally came out (they always were, with everything) but he'd never really felt ready to tell them. Until now. Now when certain feelings had grown so strong.
He had admitted to himself he was gay a couple years ago, but nothing he had ever felt before could even compare to how he felt now. He was in love. In love for real. With his roommate, no less. Kyle really wanted to tell Dean how he felt, but he was afraid. Dean was openly gay, so that wasn't an issue, but not only was Kyle shy by nature, he was also afraid of being rejected, of ruining the best friendship he'd ever had... lots of things. Still, he wasn't sure how much longer he could go on like this.
A sigh escaped his lips, and he imagined that Dean was there, covering his body with his own, pressing his lips against Kyle's, slowly sliding his hand up underneath his shirt letting his fingertips brush against his nipples while grinding his hardness against Kyle's.
"Dean..."
Kyle started when the door suddenly opened and the object of his desires walked in.
*
Dean smiled affectionately at his roommate. Kyle's cheeks were glowing and he looked very embarassed. Dean was sure that he'd interrupted a very naughty daydream just now. Dean's heart fluttered.
"I wish I could give you what you want," he thought.
The truth was that from the moment Dean had lost his heart to Kyle from the moment he laid eyes on him. He was so cute; black hair, big blue eyes, lithe body. And so sweet, shy and innocent, almost childlike at times, yet with people he knew and trusted he was funny and easy-going.
After just a week or two a genuinely deep and warm friendship had grown between them, but Dean always dreamed of more; however, because Kyle was so shy with strangers he still wasn't, after being best friends for over a year, sure which gender Kyle preferred and Dean was reluctant to risk making things awkward between them if Kyle turned out to be straight.
"Maybe I should just ask, one of these days." he thought to himself. He sat down on Kyle's bed.
"Didn't think you'd be back yet. I thought you would be at your mom's house like, all day."
Kyle looked down.
"No... no, I had just had something I wanted to talk to her about."
"It's nothing serious, right? You looked a little upset this morning."
"I..." Kyle trembled.
Dean shuffled closer.