Will I Regret It?

Part 4

"Alright, send your brother to my room." Mom said, her eyes glowed with rage. I gulped at this. Our mother wasn't one to piss off. It's where we get our anger issues from and one of the reasons for the divorce.

I showed June to our room, the place was a three-bedroom apartment. Luke and I had to share a room so that mother and dad could sleep separately for a while. We never got a new place after the divorce and none of us ever felt alright with someone moving into that room. Next to the bedrooms was the bathroom, was sized well enough to do all that was needed. Had a standing shower as well, mom really wanted a tub to relax in but no dice there.

"Hey, mom said go to her room." I said, entering the room and seeing Luke pace about scared out of his wit.

"How mad is she?" Luke asked.

"Fifteen on a one to ten scale." I said. "Be happy she didn't take you out right then."

"Right, so prepare for a little physical punishment?" Luke asked.

June turned their head sideways to that. I noticed and said "Our mom is a believer in physical punishments as well as the general groundings and whatnot. Usually though, to replace being grounded, we aim to get spanked because we like to be able to go places other than just school and mom's store."

"When grounded, we're not even allowed to be home, it's school then with her throughout the day. No sport events or practices either." Luke added in.

"Oh Luke..." we heard mother call. This made Luke run out and straight over to her room apologizing the whole time like a maniac.

June took a look around our room, it was a little bit of a mess with clothes laying around the room. Luke and I had a twin-sized bunkbed that was within view of the door. Next to it was a nightstand which was just a drawer unit that we rigged so there was an opening near the bottom and the top reached enough for the top bunk. There were two separate dressers on the other side of the room with a desk, that housed a laptop, against the wall in between the dresser and our custom nightstand.

"You two made the most of being together." June said. "So, which is your bunk?"

"The bottom one, I get up more often than he does so I'm on the bottom. Come sit and tell me what's on your mind." I said, sitting on my bed.

"I want a kiss." June said.

We both went looking towards the door then heard Luke begin screaming in pain. That was our sign to turn back to each other and start kissing. We've kissed before but not with trying to hide our relationship. June's parents know of the relationship and approve while making sure we aren't going too far or too fast. So, this is the first unsupervised kiss we've had.

We sat there making out for what felt like only a few minutes. We were really beginning to get heated as they gently pushed me back and placed themselves over top of me. Just then, as our lips broke apart, we heard someone clear their throat.

"Wow, that was hot." Luke joked; the pain clearly heard in his voice. "Mom's too tired now to cook so we're up Silas."

"How long were you watching?" I asked.

"Long enough, be careful, you may out yourself sooner than you want." Luke jested.

"Are you sure you're not bi?" June asked.

"Maybe, but when Silas comes out, I'll come out as what I am." Luke said, then turned and wabbled away.

"Imma start calling him a penguin." I said, getting a laugh out of June. We got up and began walking to the kitchen, me mimicking Luke's pain walk.

"Keep mocking your brother, I'll make you twins again." Mom said. "Don't think the principal didn't tell me about you lying to them."

I quickly straightened up and went to help Luke in the kitchen. June wanted to help but we sent them to hang with mother for the time period. We decided to make Salsberry steak with mashed potatoes and a small side salad.

Once we were done, mom and June came in and we all sat around the small dinner table that was in the kitchen. We didn't normally have more than four people here to eat so everything was perfectly set. Even so, mom was bad with proportions at times. Either she'd make enough for just us or she'd make too much.

"So, you're not male?" Mom asked, as Luke and I were cleaning the dishes.

I froze and begun to sweat. Not sure if Luke noticed but I was pretty sure she was talking to me. Least, until I heard "No, I don't identify as male. I do at times use male pronouns but prefer neutral ones."

I breathed a sigh of relief at the fact she wasn't asking me. I took a look over to Luke to see if he noticed my reaction. Unfortunately, he was looking directly at me, looking directly into my eyes. He was worried about mom and June from what I could tell. We both looked over to mom.

"That's nice." Mom said. "So, who did you meet first?"

"Silas and I met through a gaming Facebook page." June half lied, pulling up a game we both play on our phones.

"Oh, that's nice." Mom said.

The night continued on with light conversations with everyone until mom's alarm went off stating it was nine at night. Mom suggested that June stay the night. June was up for it but Luke had a little bit of an issue. He almost spoke up about June and I but was able to hold himself back. I suggested that June sleep in my bed and I on the couch. Luke suggested a sleepover in the living room, which everyone said sounded like the best idea.

"So, how did you two really meet?" Luke asked as we all were laying down. June and I held hands.

"We told you, did you forget?" I said.

"No, so why didn't you tell mom?" Luke asked.

"I didn't want to cause any stress. Right now, I'm not sure how your mom thinks of me." June said.

"She likes you," Luke said without thinking. While he wasn't wrong, he wasn't right either. She did like him but is still being wary.

"I wouldn't completely say that." I said. "She's got her guard up. So, there's that. I'm not ready to tell her about us yet."

"I understand." June said, squeezing my hand.

"I'm sorry, I wanna go out on a date with you. Out in the open, I promise!" I said. "And we will, soon."

"Okay, just don't push yourself too much. I don't want you to do anything before you're actually ready." June said, tears forming in their eyes.

"God, I can't have my girlfriend spend the night, but you can have your partner just cause you two are in a secret relationship." Luke groaned, knowingly breaking the tension. "We should get to sleep. So do a small kiss and let's get to sleep."

"Sounds like your brother wants to watch us get it on." June joked.

"No, come on, let's get to sleep." Luke said, his voice slightly raising in pitch from embarrassment. He gets easily embarrassed from sexual jokes.

We all wished each other goodnight and turned off the lamp that was our light source. I leaned into June and gave them a quick kiss on his lips before grabbing them and cuddling them until we fell asleep. It was one of the most peaceful sleeps I've had, wrapped in their arms.