My Best Friend Crush: An Eric x Kyle story

Chapter Five

I stared at the tall, intimidating man in front of me and shrunk under his gaze. He smiled nicely at me and I knew it was a trap but I couldn't keep this to myself. I needed to come clean about my sinful act. 

"Dad I have something to say" I stated with confidence before meeting his eyes and losing my cool. 

"I-I...Brianna is gay" I completely froze under his stare and betrayed my sister. It just came out. I was supposed to tell him about my night with Kyle, not about my sister liking girls. It was like a domino effect, his smile fell from his face and his eyes burned with hatred and rage. What have I done? 

"Did you just use that word in my house?!" He yelled at me and I shrunk further. 

"I'm sorry sir but those are the words she used" I explained and he looked at me. 

"So your sister thinks she can say such sinful things in my house. It's bad enough she's friends with that fag but now he's put these ideas in her head. This is the last straw, ain't no sinners going to be living under my roof" He yelled and I frowned. It hurt me when he called Kyle that word, Kyle might be gay but he's not that word. My father looked at me and raised an eyebrow. 

"You aren't like your sister right boy?" He asked me and I quickly shook my head. 

"No, never sir" I answered and he smiled. I must have pleased him with that answer. 

"Good boy, you know better than anyone that those things aren't tolerated in my house" He stated and I looked down. I remember the first time he found out that Kyle was gay. I remember the small boy crying himself to sleep and I remember my little sister coming into my room and asking me to hold her. Everything made sense now. I suddenly heard footsteps coming down the stairs and my eyes widened. Please don't be Brianna. I saw my sister arrive in the kitchen and I looked down. 

"Hey, I'm just getting ice cream. Kyle and I are having an anime marathon" She said cheerfully while opening the freezer. 

"Brianna we need to talk," Dad said suddenly and I tried hiding away from the situation. 

"Why? I didn't do anything?" She took out the ice cream and looked our way. Dad had a really calm expression and I was getting more nervous. 

"I don't need a reason to talk to you" He started balling his fist and I knew this was it. 

"Okay, can it wait until later?" She asked him. 

"No! Brianna Lily Dempsey, this is important" He yelled while using her middle name. She told him she was listening. 

"I've been talking to your brother and I've found out some things. How could you? How could you just sit there when you've sinned? You've embarrassed the family, I can't believe you" He started yelling and that's when I tried tuning it out. The last time dad yelled this much Brianna and I ended up hiding for hours until he calmed down. It was the scariest day ever. I tuned back into the conversation when I heard him call my little sister that word and she has run upstairs. Dad looked back at me and smiled. 

"You're a good son Eric. The sin has now been removed from the house" He told me before walking away from the kitchen and my eyes widened. What did I just do? 

A few minutes later Brianna came back down with all her stuff in bags and with Kyle looking angry and upset. I frowned before following them out the door. I need to at least talk to her.

"Bee!" I grabbed her attention and she glared at me. 

"What do you want Eric? Are you happy now, the insect is out of the house and you can go back to pretending everything is okay? Go back to your perfect lies" She yelled at me and I was taken aback. 

"I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry. I couldn't admit to liking Kyle. I can't be abnormal. It's not my life" I tried explaining to her. I'm scared. 

"Whatever you say, Eric. I know you are pretending to like girls. I know you can't accept it but until you do I can't speak to you" She said before taking the keys from me and leaving me in the dust. She's right about everything. I just lost my sister. How could I have done this? 

Well, Brianna and Kyle are kicked out of the house. Eric feels awful like he should and well now he lost his sister. Hopefully, everything turns out for the better. 

~Jess