wait// joshler

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me and joshua are disposing of the paper plates and plastic forks. dad is walking our family to the door. when it closes i feel my world fall off my shoulders.

"so, i have a gay son now?" dad asks, putting the leftover rainbow cake in the fridge.

"yeah."

"nice," he says and shuts the fridge.

"you're not.. upset?"

he laughes, and for what, i don't understand.

"why would i be.. upset, ty-guy?"

i knew. or thought. he would accept me. but it feels weird.

"of course i accept you."

aloud.

i drop the plate and forks in my hand. the cake on them falls onto the floor. and i start to cry. 

i can guarantee with my life, that mom would not have accepted me. she would've told me i was "too young to know", or possibly hate crime me. 

so why.. is this man. my dad, so kind to me.

what brought my mom to him?

"tyler?"

i can't.. look him in the eyes.

"tyler, are you okay?"

i wipe the tears off my face.

"thank you.. for loving me. regardless dad."