Future Complex

7.

Dominics p.o.v

"So how did your little date with Ethan go?" Adrian laughed, taking off his pair of training shorts.

"Dunno. It didn't go terrible. I think he kinda likes me now" i admitted to him only that much. I couldn't say we kinda had fun.
"He shut down immediately after I asked him about Luke though. So that fucking sucks" I slammed my locker shut after putting all of my sweat soaked gym clothes in there.
"Hey, at least you got him to spend time with you. Honestly, I wouldn't expect it. He seems very quiet and antisocial. So I applaud you for that good sir" and he clapped a little.
"Could you get any lamer if you tried?" I groaned and turned around so I could lean against the lockers.
"We used to be friends so I guess I had some advantage. Also, he's not antisocial. He's just been surrounded by assholes for some time now. Everyone already thinks of him as outcast. It must be pretty hard making friends like that" am I defending a guy that I'm essentially using to save my own ass? My god I need to sort out my priorities.
"Right, I forgot you two were practically dating now. I won't say anything bad about your precious then." He gave me a smirk.
"I have one thing to say to you. Shut the fuck up"
When he was finally done we got on our way to the parking lot.
"He's dating that one guy though, isn't He? R...?Ra..?" He couldn't seem to put his finger on It.
"Roy" I simply said in a low voice.
"And no, they're not dating. They're just friends. They don't even talk that much. Ethan just hangs out with him during lunch. People are so fucking quick to assume. Ethan may not be even gay, what are you all on about?" I could have been projecting my insecurity there, just slightly .
"Dude, he literally is. Him and Luke were dating" he said it so simply, as if he just announced to me the fucking weather .

"Wait, the fuck?! I thought they were friends"  I was genuinely shocked. Why did no-one bother to tell me this?!
"Nah, they were together. I thought everyone knew after the rumor spread" I didn't say anything, I just kept walking with my mouth hanging open.
"Wow you seem to be such an Ethan-expert now but you don't even know that? He didn't bother to tell you?" Adrian was starting to piss me off just a little bit.
"I hung out with him one time. How open do you expect him to be, really. And maybe he didn't even want anyone to know. Fucking rumors man" frustrated, I ran my fingers through my hair and pulled.

"It's not as if it's that surprising. He just SEEMS gay"
"How does one SEEM gay. Please explain that one to me Mr. Bigbrain"
"Dunno. You just feel it. You just look at him and know" didn't this thing have a specific name?
"That's fucking weird. Whatever. Doesn't matter" It hit a bit too close to home so I wanted to leave it in the dust as quickly as possible.
Luckily, we were already at the parking lot. My car was just few feet away. I turned 90 degrees to face Adrian.
"I'll see you later man"
"Yeah. See you" we did our bro-shake and went our separate ways.

I unlocked my car and got in.
As soon as I sat down I banged my head onto the wheel.

How did I not know he was gay when it was such a wide spread information?
How did I not know he was DATING Luke?
If this is all the case maybe even the rumor itself was butchered by others before it got to me.
I had questions but I knew I couldn't ask Ethan about them directly. At least not now. Definitely not now.

I got up from wallowing in my misery and started my car. My dads old small pickup- pretty gross, but at least it was something.
I got on the road, heading straight home.
I kept going over all the information I had about Ethan. He was still such a nice dude. Even after all that has happened to him. It seemed kind of unreal. And it made me feel so much worse about all the stuff i was going to do to him. 

Maybe I shouldn't. 

But then again, I can't let that video get out. Everyone still preaches about acceptance and how nothing is gonna change when you come out...