I don't know when I first fell for Chad. It was probably during my first year of college, soon after I met him, but regardless, by the time junior year rolled around I was desperately in love with him. I had never considered myself gay, but I would honestly have done anything to be with Chad.
Chad is attractive, with the physique of a high school football player, but it's more than that. His personality is just magnetic. Anyone who's met him once smiles when they talk about him, and anyone who's lucky enough to be in his inner circle is regarded with jealousy by others.
Despite the fact that he typically shines with light, Chad does have a dark side. When his mom got sick in our sophomore year, he withdrew a bit. Sometimes he would ask one of our larger friends to fight him, bare-knuckled, and the fights were brutal. But after his mom got better, that part of his personality faded away, and he was once again the beacon of charisma that everyone loved.
At the onset of our junior year, Chad started dating Kristine. Kristine was amazing, which only made me hate her more. I wanted Chad, but Kristine got him. As he spent more and more time with with her, I felt lost; somehow, I'd built my life around him, and when he left my world started to crumble. That's probably what led me to the most selfish thing I've ever done.
It happened on a Friday evening. It'd been a long week, and some of us went out for a drink. We didn't usually get drunk, but we liked the atmosphere of the local bar. Sitting there, I saw Chad checking out a guy at the bar. At first I thought I might have imagined it, but the more I watched, the more sure I was that Chad was examining the guy's body. When the man looked our way, I saw Chad blush and look down.
For so long, I'd sat on my desire, sure that there was no way that I could ever be with him. But now I suspected that there was a potential that we could be together. But how could I be with him when he was with Kristine?
Admittedly, I drank a bit too much that night. And, on my way home, I slipped a note under Kristine's apartment door.
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The next afternoon I heard my doorbell. I got off the couch and opened the door. I barely had time to react before a fist slammed into my face. I staggered back, and my hands leapt to my face; between my fingers, I saw Chad shoving his way into my apartment. His face was the darkest I'd ever seen; storm clouds danced across his face.
"You asshole," he said, shoving the note at me. I saw that his left hand held a pistol. "Did you think I wouldn't recognize your handwriting? I thought you were my best friend, and this is how you repay me?"
He waved the gun in my face. "She broke up with me, Steven! Kristine was the best thing that ever happened to me; what did I ever do to you that you would take her from me like this?"
I couldn't answer. I looked at the note. "Ask Chad if he's gay." Why had I written that? What was I thinking? I looked at the gun. This was not the Chad that I knew. This was the dark Chad.
"Well guess the cat's out of the bag. Am I gay? I don't know. Maybe. But I think I'm about to find out. You ruined the best thing in my life, and you're going to pay for it."
I was terrified. I couldn't stop looking at the gun, which he was waving menacingly. "Chad. I'm sorry. I don't know what I was thinking. Please, don't do anything you'll regret. Come on, Bro; it's me!"