Gabriel and Gyan were college sweethearts, and they thought they had found the love of their lives. Then Gabriel got an opportunity in Australia, and he left behind a heartbroken Gyan.
It's been more than five years, and Gabriel finds hims...
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Kenji and I walked around Shirley Town Center with our shave ice in our hands. He got strawberry, and I got kiwi. Kenji seemed to like anything with strawberry.
When we sat down at a bench, that was when I turned to him. "Okay, so what's going on?"
He brought his shave ice down from his lips. "Can't I just want to hang out?"
"You can," I said, "but something seems to be up."
He looked forward and sighed. "I feel like shit."
"What happened?"
He refused to look at me. "Remember that girl I talked about? The one I work with?"
"Jessica Fuentes?" I said, knowing he had talked about her a couple times.
Kenji nodded. "I like her."
I almost choked on my shave ice, and he finally looked at me. "You like girls?"
"I was dating girls before I was dating Darian."
I thought Kenji was straight up gay. I guessed you really couldn't make assumptions. "You legitimately like girls? Not like a cover up?"
"It's not a cover up," Kenji said. "I can date girls, guys, transgender, non-binary, whatever. People are people, regardless of gender and race."
That was cool. "So, you're pansexual?"
Kenji winced in thought. "Technically, but I don't really label myself."
"I respect that," I said. "But you do identify with the LGBTQ community, right?"
There was nothing wrong with ignoring labels, but what I couldn't stand was people who were obviously queer refusing to identify with the community.
"I do," Kenji said to my relief. "I can be with any gender, but I tend to like girls more than other genders."
"Including men?"
"Including men," he answered.
"Wow." My mind was blown. "So, you like a girl."
Kenji slowly nodded. "I don't want to, but I can't help it. Jessica is amazing. She's funny, kind, and driven. And she's hot."
"You guys work together," I said. "You spend a lot of time together, so it makes sense. Plus, you prefer girls, and I'm assuming you haven't been with a girl in a while."
Kenji sent me look. "You know that I don't have to be with a guy and a girl at the same time to be satisfied, right? I just have to be with a person I love. That person can be of any gender."
