|Weak Hero| One Night [Donald X Kingsley]

Confrontation

Trigger Warning: False Rape Accusation

'Could Kingsley really be pregnant?' Donald wondered as he and his friend began to unload their boxes of belongings. 'But that's impossible. How could she be pregnant? Artificial insemination? I doubt they'd do it for minors and Kingsley wouldn't want it done while she's still in high school. Then...through sex?'

Donald furrowed his brows. 'Even if Kingsley is sexually active, she would always use protection. She would have her partner use a condom or she'd take birth control or both. How can she be pregnant? Unless...' Anger filled Donald. 'Did someone force their self onto Kingsley!? Was it Myles Joo!? Or one of those other guys that she hangs around!? Is that why she wanted to move away from there!?'

"Donald, are you alright?" Kingsley's voice broke him out of his thoughts. "You've been standing there for a while now. You also seem to be upset about something,"

"Kingsley," Donald asked. "Are the rumors about you being pregnant true?"

Kingsley tensed up. 'Of course he'd wonder about those rumors,' "Let's head inside since we already finished unloading our cars,"

"You didn't deny it," Donald said as he followed Kingsley through the front door. "So you are pregnant,"

Kingsley stayed silent and made her way up the stairs. 'I know I should tell him the truth but...I don't have the courage. If I try to deny it right now, my mask would slip and he'd easily be able to figure everything out,'

Donald grabbed Kingsley's hand to prevent her from leaving. "Who's the father?"

'It's you,' "Why does it matter?" 'I'll try to act indifferent. I'm not lying with my response, but I'm not revealing that he's the father either,'

"Was it Myles?" Donald demanded. "I overheard you rejecting Myles. Did he refuse to take no for an answer and forced himself onto you!?"

Kingsley was furious. "Don't accuse my friend of something as heinous as that without any evidence! And no, I did not have sex with Myles! Myles has been nothing but a kind friend and never crossed the boundaries I had set!" She pulled her arm free and turned too fast, causing herself to lose balance.

Donald, fortunately, caught her and steadied himself with the railing. He held her protectively against his chest. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you angry,"

Kingsley could hear Donald's heartbeat and blushed in the warm embrace. "Let go of me. I'm going to my room,"

"You're not the type to sleep with someone without using protection, so I assumed the worst," Donald told her. "I didn't mean to speak ill of your friend,"

"He used to be your friend, but the two of you fought," Kingsley reminded. "What did you and Myles argue about that destroyed your friendship? I asked him, but he said that as much as he wanted to tell me, it wasn't his place to tell me,"

Donald was surprised. "I thought that he'd not care and just tell you,"

"Myles isn't a bad person," Kingsley began to continue her way up the stairs. "So of course I'd be upset if you accuse him of rape. I can tell by the way he looks at me that he still does have feelings for me, but he never acts on them. He never crossed the friendship line. Whatever the two of you argued about that resulted in the loss of friendship, I hope it was worth it,"

"Kingsley!" Donald called out. 'I...Can I bring myself to say it?'

Kingsley momentarily paused at the top of the stairs and glance at him. "What?"

"I..." 'Say it!' "The reason I got into an argument with Myles is..." 'How hard is it to say three words!? I already said the first one!' "I...l-l...I lo..."

'He's fumbling over his words,' Kingsley noted. 'What does he mean by 'I lo'? Wait...could he mean that he loves...' Kingsley's face became even redder. 'I'm being too imaginative. There's no way that he'd love someone like me,'

'SAY IT!' Donald took a deep breath as pink dusted his cheeks. The words came out as a whisper. "I love you,"

The universe froze. Kingsley stared at Donald with wide eyes. "What did you say?" 'I misheard, right?'

'I probably wasn't loud enough for her to hear,' Donald wanted to increase his volume to that of a normal speaking level, but ended up yelling, "I love you!" He immediately covered his mouth. "I...I love you, Kingsley. I always had. Myles and I fought when he told me and my friends that he had a crush on you. I was jealous because he was my competition to gain your affection,"

Kingsley wanted to run into her room. She wanted to organize her thoughts to properly formulate a response. But her legs gave out and she fell to her knees. "Why? Why would you lose a friend over me? I...I'm not someone worth it. I'm not worth your love and attention,"

"You are worth it," Donald walked over to her and knelt down in front of her. "Kingsley, I love you. I know you told Myles that you're not looking for a relationship right now, so I understand if you reject me, but I hope that we can still remain as friends just like you are with Myles,"

"I..." 'He loves me? How could he love someone like me?' "I..." 'Should I also confess my feelings to him?' "I..." 'I'm pregnant with his child too, so wouldn't it be better if we're together? Everything works out just fine, right?' 

Donald hugged Kingsley. "Take your time. I'll wait here for however long it takes for you to respond, even if it's to reject me,"

'But can I selfishly mess up his life? It was my choice to keep my child. I could've aborted it and neither of us would have to care for it, but I chose to keep him. It's my responsibility,' She rested her head on Donald's shoulder and hugged him back tightly. 'I want to be selfish...'

"But if Donald wants to play an active parental role to your child, you should let him. I know you don't want to interfere with his life, but it'll be his choice if he wants to be there for you and your child,"

"It takes two to tango. You both share an equal amount of responsibility. You don't need to do this alone,"

"Donald..." Kingsley finally spoke. "You were right about my being pregnant...I love you too...but I understand if you don't want to be with me now..." 'I can't bring myself to tell him that he's the father,'

Donald tilted Kingsley chin up so they were looking into each other's eyes. "I'm the baby's father, aren't I?"

Imagine if Myles had told Kingsley about the reason he and Donald fought though.