Coming Out - An Emon Fanfic

Chapter 11 - Relief

Ethan looked down at the floor and back up again, the others were still staring straight at him and Simon with blank expressions. He stood there, looking down at the floor in shame. He was caught. Making out. With his boyfriend. His cheeks turned crimson as he held back the tears. Everyone knew. He was gay.

"Yeah, we're gay." Simon broke the silence. He held Ethan's hand. Ethan looked up at him and then to the others. "Yeah, we can see that." JJ scoffed as he rolled his eyes. Ethan felt the lump in his throat that was threatening him to break out in tears. The others stayed silent until finally Vikk spoke up. "How long have you been together for?" Simon turned to Ethan and squeezed his hand. "A few months." He replied.

He turned to the others, still holding onto Ethan's hand. "We hope you can accept us." He quietly said. Ethan stared at Simon, unable to look at the others. "Yeah. Nothing's wrong with that." Vikk spoke up. Ethan opened his eyes in shock. They were accepted? "Yeah, you guys are still the same." Josh said as the others nodded. All except from JJ and Harry who carried on staring at them. "Thanks guys." Simon happily replied. Ethan nodded, his voice gone. He looked at JJ to see him looking down at the floor, almost disgusted. "Well, you are the same, except you're banging each other... In the ass." Harry finally spoke up.

"Dude!" Simon shouted as the others laughed. Ethan chuckled a little bit too. "As long as it's not in my room!" Josh laughed. Simon shook his head and smirked, "We already did it." Ethan looked up at Simon, frowning. They didn't do anything - they were too scared. "Where?" Tobi asked, chuckling as he looked over at Josh with an evil grin. Simon looked at Ethan and winked before returning his look back to Tobi. "The sofa, and then we moved to the bathroom." Simon smirked as the others opened their eyes in horror. "What the fuck!" JJ shouted as he collapsed on the floor laughing. "You fags!"

Ethan stopped laughing as the word stabbed into him. The memories of his and Simon's first date rushed through his head. Fags. He has heard that a couple of times now as well as read it a few hundred times in the tweets and comments he received. It was almost normal for people to call him that, but he was still hurt by it. Maybe JJ said it as a joke, maybe he didn't mean it. These guys were Ethan's friends, they wouldn't mind if he was gay.

He pushed what JJ said, out of his mind and looked up at Simon to see he was smiling. His cute, adorable, perfect Simon. He looked down and they were still holding hands. He couldn't help but smile again. They had finally come out to their friends. And their friends had accepted them.