Coming out of the closet (that never existed in the first place)

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(Shout out to my bestie Seth for this idea)


Riggy knew that he was Bisexual for a while now.

It had only really clicked when he really thought about it, but he didn't really tell anyone, mostly because nobody asked. Eventually, over time, he became more and more nervous about coming out, and put it off entirely. The internet was not a forgiving place, and he wasn't sure he'd be able to handle the hate that he might get if he ever came out.

But over time, the closet got dark, darker, yet darker, and he was yearning to see some light again. Of course, he wasn't prepared to come out to the entire internet, heavens no! Just telling Danno would be good enough. He didn't even wanna think about Rosey, either.

He was planning on telling him through text, but that would be weird and unprofessional. Of course, Riggy was extremely far from professional, but still. He still had some dignity left.

So, instead of texting him, he did something COMPLETELY different.

Facetiming him, of course!

Totally different types of communication.

...Anyways. His finger hovered above the call button, reluctant to press it, but he wasn't going to chicken out now, so he finally pressed it and the familiar jingle started playing. He brought his face comically close to the camera, as he always did when facetiming Danno. Just Danno, though.

After a few seconds, Danno picked up. "This better be important, Riggy. I don't want you calling me again to tell me "dev hour deez nuts" like last time." His voice sounded tired, as he usually was. Riggy just snickered. "No no, this is actually serious this time, I promise!" Although he was being his traditionally goofy self, his voice still had a bit of shakiness in there that was just barely noticeable. "Okay, fine, I believe you. What is it?"

Oh gosh, how was he going to word this? He had never really come out before, so he had to take a moment for the gears in his head to turn. After a few seconds he opened his mouth. "uH- There's something I've been meaning to tell you... I kinda haven't been fully honest with you these past few...what, years maybe?"

"Years?? What, did you commit an unforgivable crime? Because you know I don't really care about that..." Gosh, even when he was trying to be serious, someone had to be joking. "Wh- No no no! Jeez, I'm pretty sure that you know about all the crimes I've committed already."

"That's because I do. Anyway, what do you really wanna tell me?" Wow, this was way harder than he anticipated it to be. Of course, he knew that Danno probably wouldn't care if he was a bit on the homosexual spectrum, but there was always that nagging voice in the back of his head making him feel guilty for all of this. He froze up for a second, but knew he couldn't keep Danno waiting, so he just spewed out his words without really thinking that much.

"Uhhhhh... Okay, so, this probably isn't even a big deal but I kind of need to tell you and I've been putting it off for so long- gosh, I need to stop rambling- Okay, I'm, like, pretty sure I'm Bi?" There was a pause for a few seconds, the deafening silence ringing in Riggy's ears. Was that ringing normal? "...I don't know what to tell you except that I kind of already assumed that?"

"Excuse me?" Probably the politest thing Riggy's ever said. "You're excused." Danno replied. "Wh- b- I-" Riggy sputtered, his brain lagging for a moment before getting back on track. "Just- what do you mean? How do you just assume someone's queer?"

Danno sighed. "Riggy, listen. You can't sit normally in a chair, you're really indecisive, you made a tweet talking about if Clone Riggy was your partner- which was extremely questionable- and you obviously have ADHD. And I know you're gonna say "ohh but Danno those technically aren't traits of being bisexual, it's just what gender you like!!1!" And I know, but seriously, you just act like a Bisexual. I didn't really think you'd need to come out to me. Your closet is made of glass."

There was a long silence again. The lack of sound was loud, and Riggy just stood there, his face emotionless. His brain was still processing all of this. After about probably 12 seconds, give or take, Danno spoke up again. "Uhh, Riggy? Are you oka-"

Riggy hung up before he could hear the end of his sentence.

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