Secret Desire ~ YokRay

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"What are we supposed to do now?" Namtan sat next to Mark on the couch and took a sip of water. Ray and Yok, had leaned against the bar and had both a glass filled with whiskey in their hands.

"I have no idea...damn...." Ray ruffled his hair and took a deep breath. It was a shitty situation, at least they weren't alone, yet the situation they were in was undoubtedly pretty shitty.

"I checked social media....you guys are trending number one worldwide...please don't read the comments, people are really disgusting, especially towards Namtan." Yok gave the couple on the couch a sad look.

"We can't leave you alone in this whole thing, I don't want you two to have to go through it." Ray turned to Yok with determination, "We have to make our relationship public too."

"No...Ray...Yok...you don't have to do this," Namtan looked at the two with tears in his eyes.

"It's the least we can do," Yok muttered, leaning his head against his boyfriend's shoulder.

Mark was as white as a wall, he had listened silently to the others and had not spoken a word since the gender reveal party gone wrong. Guilt ate at him from within and a thousand thoughts raced through his head. Now he looked up, his eyes puffy and red. "It's my fault, isn't it?" He asked in a shaky voice.

"Baby no, what makes you think that?" Namtan asked in horror, turning to her friend.

"If only I had been able to control my emotions...if only I hadn't cried...I would have...:"

"Stop, Mark. We were all very emotional." Ray sat down next to his best friend and hugged him. "I don't know how I would have reacted if I had been in your place. I probably would have just fainted." Mark buried his face against Ray's shoulder. He was glad that they were all here together, that they could share their pain and sorrow without fear of the other judging them.

The sound of the doorbell, made the friends stop their conversation. "Who is it?" Ray asked, confused.

"That should be my dad, I'll get it." Namatan stood up and opened the door.

Less than five minutes later, Mister Kim was standing in the living room, looking at the friends seriously. "You guys know you're in a lot of trouble, right?" He asked the group, and got a synchronous nod, from those present, in response. "Let's sit down together first and try to find a solution. But before that, you have to tell me everything, how it came about and what actually happened."

They sat down together at the big dining room and Namtan's father listened attentively, he was really understanding, even towards Ray and Yok.

"You guys really fucked up, you know that?" Namtan's father looked at them with a piercing gaze.

"Yes." Sounded the reply of those present as if from one mouth.

"Good, at least you know. And please remember my words from earlier. The problem is not that you fell in love, but that you were not transparent and open about it. I think the best thing for you guys would be to post a statement as soon as possible. Every single one of you." He looked everyone at the table, one by one, in the eye. "Do you understand?" The renewed synchronous nodding was enough to convince Nathan's father that the young people took his words seriously.

Each of them took a deep breath, their hearts racing yet beating in one and the same rhythm. They looked at their friends and put their smartphones on the table in front of them, counted to three and pressed "post" in sync. This step was fierce, but they were finally free.