𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 | 𝐁𝐗𝐁

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When Matt and I were staying at my parents' house, we did nothing but bump into each other at the bathroom door a few times in the morning. We didn't talk or feel the need. Thank goodness no one bothered to question what was going on between us and it was great that way. I was in a hurry to return to the city as soon as possible. I was rushing for this nightmare to be over.

And finally I did it. Returning to Kate's apartment made me feel at home again. Unlike my family home.

"Call Luke," she grumbled, walking into the living room in a wet bathrobe, "You all left me alone for Thanksgiving, and as you know, my family is in fucking Georgetown. Which means I have to eat tons of food by myself. If I gain weight , it's all your fault."

"You won't gain weight, and even if you do, you'll still look beautiful."

"Sure," she snapped, shaking a towel through her damp hair, "My ballet instructor will love it."

"Luke isn't here," I said, standing in the open-plan kitchen, "I think we can finish these food alone. Plus, Matt came home for Thanksgiving with my sister."

"Huh?" Kate's little towel quickly fell to the ground, "How can you not text me?"

"I needed some time to process what happened."

She grabbed me by the arm and quickly pulled me to the couch in front of the night lights, "Tell me everything."

"Calm down, nothing happened. In fact, I never talked to that jerk. And Kate, I think they're going to get engaged."

Kate started yelling as she jumped off the couch faster than light, "Wait, your sister is only seventeen, how can they get engaged?"

"Please, just ask me," I hopped off the couch and stood in front of her, "Okay, Sam's just a confused little girl and probably thinks she in love with him. But Kate, I told her I'd ask you out."

"What did you say?" Shocked by another shockwave, Kate fixed her fiery eyes on me, "Why did you say that?"

"I don't know," I admitted, "I guess I'm just tired of being humiliated in front of Matt. And besides, I was thinking..." I pulled away to scratch my head, "Why not?"

"Ben, are you high?" Kate stepped towards me, grabbed my chin and lifted my head up. "Were you smoking pot with your sister?"

"What do you say, of course not!" I wrinkled my eyebrows as I turned my face away from her.

"Ben, you're gay."

"Not that much," I shrugged, "I told you I've dated girls in the past."

"What do you recommend?" Kate opened her eyes and said, "Are you planning a fake relationship?" 

"Look, I..."

"I can not help you!" She raised her hands and moved away from me a little, "I'm sorry, buddy, but I can't do this. Don't involve me in things like this. You know I love you, Ben, but I just transferred here and I need to focus on my studies more than ever. I don't even have time to deal with this."

"Kate, I'm not offering you a fake relationship," I said calmly, "I really want to do this. I think I want to date you."

"Get the hell out of there." Kate looked at me in surprise and laughed, "You're gay, Ben."

"But what if I wasn't?" I asked as I took a step towards her. "I'm not saying I am, but would it make any difference to you if I were completely heterosexual?"

Kate looked away as if she hadn't expected the question at all, swallowed as she smoothed her wet hair, rolled her eyes, "Look, I haven't had sex in a long time, but..."