Grape-berry Lemonade | | KogaGoshi

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(( Part 4 - Coming Out ))

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Both boys had taken their showers and changed into comfortable clothing. Koganegawa of course had to use cold water but didn't mind it. They laid in Goshiki's bed, watching the movie Koganegawa had chosen. It was "Howl's Moving Castle", a movie they basically had watched 3 different times but could never get over.

There was something on Goshiki's mind, and he wanted to speak up but didn't know it was the right time. Well, Koganegawa was going home tomorrow, so it was either tonight or next week. All he could feel was anxiety, his stomach turning. He knew he needed to just spill it out, but how would he?

"Just do it, honey. What's the worse that could happen?" said his mom as she piled her son's plate with more scrambled eggs, "Would if he doesn't feel that way back?".

"Well, It's Koganegawa we're talking about. Even if he doesn't, it's not like it'll change much."

The words his mother said to him replayed in his head until it spat out, "Can I tell you something?".

"Hm?"

No backing out for Goshiki now, he breathed in and out and just let the words flow out. He wasn't religious, but at this moment he began praying to the gods.

"Would if I said I liked you in a more than best friend way. As in I wanna be your boyfriend kind of way."

There was a pause, but Goshiki couldn't look at his best friend. But, then he couldn't see how red Koganegawa had gotten, which was an A+ for the blonde.

"Well... Guess I would say, I kind of feel the same way."

That response shocked Goshiki, making him look up at his friend who was now on his back staring at the ceiling. There was another thing though-- "Okay.. But would if I said I identified as nonbinary?".

Koganegawa's head tilted to look at Goshiki directly in the eyes, "Nonbinary?" he questioned, he didn't know what that meant.

"Oh. Well, you know how transgender people want to be the opposite gender than what they were assigned at birth?" he asks, sitting up from his laying position. Koganegawa followed, sitting criss-cross-apple-sauce, and nodded. "It's like that, but they don't want to identify as neither male nor female. This could mean many things like bigender people switch from masculine to feminine, agender people don't have a gender, that's what I am. it's a whole umbrella term basically."

The blonde's mouth formed an 'o' shape as he nodded, "So you're not male or female?" he asks and got a simple nod, "Just wanted to know if you would accept me and still like me the same?".

Koganegawa chuckled and scooted closer to his friend, "Goshiki, you'll always be my best friend, Okay? I'll always love, respect, and support you, no matter what you identify as.". There was silence since Goshiki was still processing it, but it filled him with so much euphoria that he couldn't sit still. Immediately, his arms wrapped around Koganegawa's shoulders and he hugged him tightly.

"Thank you so much."

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"Anything else I need to know?" asked Koganegawa as he ran his fingers through Goshiki's hair, "Oh! And They/Them pronouns would be nice," he informs. They both laid down in the bed once again, Goshiki's anxiety relieved, "Of course, now let's continue the movie, hm?"

"Yeah."

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