TG: yo lalonde
TT: Hello Dave.

TG: i have a question 

TT: I have an answer. 

TG: ha fucking ha. 

TG: hilarious. 

TT: I know. 

TT: In all seriousness though,

TT: Fire away Dave.

TG: right well 

TG: alright so i sort of have this friend right 

TG: and hes freaking the fuck out 

TT: Is that so.

TG: yeah 

TT: Tell my why your friend is freaking out then. 

TG: i was getting to that.

TG: so apparently he saw this dude in one of those shitty little 7-11s and he just sort of thought "damn this dude is smoking hot." so he tells his best bro about this grade a hunk of beef and his bros like holy fuck are you gay 

TG: my buddy looks that up, figures out what it is and is pretty damn confused as to why his friend said it so like 

TG: ya know 

TG: negatively

TG: so he searches up why its bad to be gay and blah blah blah 

TG: long story short my friend is confused as FUCK and doesnt know if hes like gay or not. if he is than like whatll he do? shits mad frowned upon apparently. 

TG: then again, maybe he just had that one gay moment in life and the rest is pure girl thoughts. 

TG: ya feel. 

TT: Mhmm. I feel. 

TT: Well Dave, we can never know for sure can we? 

TT: Your "friend" might be gay and he might be straight. Or he may be neither, is an entire spectrum of sexualities. 

TG: first of all how do you know this shit. 

TG: were ten. 

TG: hell im not even supposed to be talking to an online stranger and look at me, im sinning up a storm here. 

TT: I spend a vast majority of my free time exploring the Internet and its many many websites on different hot topics. 

TT: It's truly a magical place, the Internet. 

TG: fuck yeah.

TT: Anyway, if your "friend" may be gay or he may not. Like you said it might be this one time thing. 

TT: I've had my fair share of curious glances at attractive females and males but I've found I'm leaning a lot more towards females. Perhaps I'm gay. Or perhaps I'm going through a "phase." TT: Or perhaps I'm gay. 

TT: It's most likely the latter. 

TT: It is the latter. 

TG: okay im going to repeat my earlier statement. 

TG: youre ten. im ten. were ten. 

TT: My age has nothing to do with me trying to identify who I am or who I am more attracted to.

TT: Yes I am young and yes my feelings may change in the future but that is part of growing up. 

TG: wow 

TG: you really spend a fuckton of your time on the internet huh? 

TT: Mhmm, scholarly articles are especially interesting late at night when insomnia hits. 

TG: right. 

TG: well thanks for that little piece of therapeutic knowledge, im gonna marinate in that for a while and get back to my friend about all this shit you just told me. 

TG: thanks again 
TT: No problem Dave.

-- turntechGodhead[TG] ceased pestering tentacleTherapist[TT] --

Dave didn't immediately close his laptop when he disconnected from his long distance friend, instead he sat there and stared at the screen. Turning the words that had just been said over and over and over in his head. Everything Rose said had made sense. Dave-- fuck. Dave's "friend" could be gay. Or he could be going through a phase. Or he could be experiencing the single time attraction. Or he could be something else. Fuck. Why was this so confusing? And why was Dave thinking about this? He was ten. He was supposed to be thinking about chicken nuggets and hot wheels and the newest episodes of his favorite cartoon, not when gender he liked.

He wasn't going to deal with this now. He'd deal with it later when he understood more about it. When he actually went out of the house more often, to hang out with friends and not just to buy food or take pictures of collect rocks and shit. When he was older and understood himself more. Yeah. That's when he'd figure it out.

The albino boy stretched himself out on his messy bed, letting out a sigh of relief. He didn't have to stress himself out with anything right now. And he was actually grateful that there was one thing in life that wouldn't make his life harder than it already was.