More than Best Friends?

Chapter 1 - Secret Discovered

The sun began to set over East Horizon Academy when the track and field practice ended.  Yuki sighed as he trailed behind the rest of the boys, trudging towards the locker room.  He never really liked being around with the other guys in there, mostly because he didn't want anyone finding out about...  The last time that happened, he almost got expelled from his former school.  When he tried to consult the coach about his predicament, they agreed that they could open the girls' locker room, but the next year the coach's PE program switched from co-ed to separated by gender. Ever since then, Yuki was always the last to change in the locker room.  He kind of hated being all alone, left with the lingering scent of young men's bodies, sweat, and deodorant.  But at least he had a safe space to be in, to know that his secret was safe. 

It started with the usual: Yuki would wait an unbearable amount of time for the boys to finish showering and changing.  As he sat outside, he silently watched as the guys chatted about girls, sex, and porn as they went inside.  The doors closed, and the waiting began.

Kyle was the last one to leave and went to check on Yuki.

"Hey, while you're going into the locker room to freshen up, I'll do a spot check to see if anyone left their stuff."

"K," Yuki mumbled as he slammed the door shut.

Finally, some time to himself.  He went over to his gym locker and grabbed out his necessities: shampoo, body wash, and towel.  He set them aside on the bench and took off his track clothes.  He certainly needed to spruce himself up, as sweat had stained into the fabric of his athletic tank top. He quickly wrapped the towel around him, holding the edges by his teeth as he took off his binder and underwear. He noticed that his chest was getting bigger, causing the binder to stretch ever so slightly. He'd have to buy a new one soon, and the good ones weren't always cheap.  He hurriedly ran towards the showers, trying to avoid slipping on puddles filled with stagnant water and sweat.

Ah, the showers.  The worst-designed showers in the world.  Or at least, on this continent.  Unlike the girls' stalls, the men's showers had none, only separated by a thin frame of linoleum.  Were guys always this confident showing their bodies to other guys?  Yuki thought it sounded a little too much.

He carefully set his towel and shower stuff on the little half-wall, as he turned on the showerhead.  As the water heated up he stepped into the flowing stream of it, embracing its warm touch as it cascaded over him.  His tense muscles relaxed as he began to wash his hair when the door swung open.  Yuki froze.

Shit.

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Kyle was busy scanning the parameters of the field, making sure nobody left anything behind. It was the first day of practice for the freshmen, and as captain of the track and field team, he made it his priority to make sure all the freshmen were taken care of. Though on his way back to the locker room a blinding light came across his vision. He turned to the source, only to find a cell phone.  Yuki's phone.

"Ah, he's a guy after all," he murmured to no one as he went to go pick it up. "I'll probably just leave it in there while he's changing, but I should probably tell him that he left it."

He went into the locker room and confidently swung the door open when he saw something he shouldn't have.  It was Yuki, but the rest of Yuki was certainly not a guy.  And all Kyle could do was just look at him, as Yuki stared back, wide eyes and a pale face, frozen in fear.

The cell phone in Kyle's hand slipped out of his grip, resonating with a crack that echoed throughout the thin walls of the locker room.

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