I couldn't exactly believe my eyes, Jason and Marcus were kissing each other or rather one could say that they both were making out. The situation that was unfolding in front of me, left me weirded out. I didn't exactly know how to react and I just fell back and started to walk towards my room without saying anything. But it seemed that I had been discovered because as soon as I left after watching the shocking scene, the door opened behind my back and Jason shouted out my name, "Finn!!"

At first, I was hesitant to even look behind but I still wanted to remain as his friend, so I took a deep breath, calmed my nerves and turned around, and said, "Let's talk tomorrow, okay?" At first, it appeared as if he was about to refute but, it seemed as if he saw my discomfort through my expression so he just nodded and didn't look me in my eyes. As the silence dragged along as I made my way to my room, a sudden sense of awkwardness was spreading all across.

After I opened my door and went inside my room, I could hear another door click from outside. I guess he too went inside.
Usually, people might have been disgusted or might have said some rude things, in this case, but the emotion that I was feeling was not of disgust or anger, but rather of sadness. Even though I had been thinking and acting as Jason's friend, I didn't even know that he liked guys. This meant that he couldn't even trust me to let on about his secret.

As I laid down on the bed, my thoughts went back to the past. So that's why, they were always together. And here I was feeling jealous and all from being left behind or something. But the fact was that, both of them liked each other and they were in a relationship. There were so many moments when I could have noticed but I always tried to keep Jason away from Marcus, and in reality, I was just a friend to Jason, not even a good friend to whom he could be open with, just a friend who he met in a new school, nothing more, nothing less. As these negative thoughts were circling around in my mind, before I knew it, I drifted off to sleep.

In the next morning, I woke up at around 8 AM. As it was still the weekend, there was no sense of urgency in me. But the big hurdle was yet to come. It was time for me and Jason to talk things out. I was getting nervous and a bit frightened thinking that probably the awkwardness from yesterday might make it difficult to eat breakfast but I couldn't just let Chris know about what had happened. So, I mustered up my courage and thought of ignoring the matter.

After freshening up, I changed my clothes and went out of my room. I saw Mr. John in the kitchen and I greeted him with a "Good Morning!!" He smiled and nodded. After that, he told me that the others were in the greenhouse for breakfast. It seemed I was the last one to wake up.

As I approached the greenhouse along with Mr. John, who was carrying the breakfast, my heartbeat was fastening. I am scared. When we finally reached the greenhouse, the three of them were chatting and laughing at the top of their lungs. With how awkward I was feeling, I couldn't interrupt them for more than 10 minutes or so, as I stood near the door. Then I decided, I should just head back and eat the breakfast in my room. As I was about to leave, a familiar voice stopped me. "Finn..."

I turned around and saw him, Jason. It was obvious that he, too, was feeling awkward but he was making efforts to fix the mood. I really am a jerk, aren't I? As there he was trying his best to not ruin our friendship while here I was, being ignorant to not only our friendship but also, to his feelings and the things he wanted to tell me. I really felt bad now.

As I kept on thinking about these things, Chris suddenly spoke up, "So you're here, you sleepyhead. I thought today as well you would wake up during lunch time." After hearing that, my mind just cleared up and I reached out to Chris to beat him up, as the tension eased up a bit. All of us started laughing as Chris went on making silly jokes on me. The atmosphere had been restored.

After breakfast, it was time for all the three of us to head back. We thanked Chris for the hospitality and for the fun time we all had spent together and he just smiled and invited us to come again sometime in the future. We all nodded and headed out.

After coming out of Chris' house, the mood was once again awkward. As I lived in the same vicinity, I just thought of going back home but before I could leave Jason and Marcus behind, Jason stopped me.

"Finn, wait!!" As he said that, I once again turned around and saw him. His head was looking down as if to prevent our eyes from meeting. He couldn't even stare at me and he seemed fidgety.

How could I possibly leave him behind like this... I sighed and spoke up, "Should we... talk now?" After hearing what I said, his head immediately stood up and then I just smiled at him. And then I noticed at that moment that it was this smile that had saved him to a certain extent, as his face relaxed a bit and then he nodded. We decided to head to a café. He told something to Marcus and then the two of us went together. We were silent the entire time.

As soon as we reached the café, we both ordered our drinks and then sat down in one corner. At first, both of us remained silent. Even after getting our drinks ready, we were silent and then slowly, Jason started to speak.

"I guess..... You saw us yesterday, right?"
To that, I just nodded. He gave out a sigh and then went on, "Since you saw us both, there is no need for me to gloss over the situation. Yes, I am dating Marcus. It has already been 4 years and yes, I am.... gay. And that's all from my side. If you don't want to be my friend just say so, no need to keep on being awkward. I know many people hate these kinda stuffs so I am used to it, but one thing to be noted by you is that, please don't misbehave with Marcus. He may act tough from outside but he is too delicate, he was also happy to have made so many new friends but it can't be helped. I'll explain it to him, don't worry." As he told me all these, I could notice that he was trembling quite a bit.

I guess he was scared of coming out to me... After saying his piece of mind, he started to seep away on his drink. So, I guess it was finally my turn. I took a deep breath and started to speak, slowly, choosing my words carefully so as to not hurt him.

"To be honest, I won't deny the fact that I was shocked. But, I never once thought of you as disgusting or something and truth be told, I would never hate you even if I tried to. In my opinion, liking a guy is nothing to be ashamed of. A person is free to like and be in a relationship with whoever they want. No one has the right to judge you only on the basis of sexual orientation or gender. And regarding being friends, I would like to ask you once again....Would you still like to remain as my friend?" As I told these things to him, I led out a sigh of relief and then I held my head straight to finally stare at him and then I saw it.

Jason was crying.... After seeing that I started to panic quite a bit. What do I do?
I started to pull out as many tissues as I could and then started to wipe away his tears as I went on apologizing to him. And then he held my hand and hugged me and said the words that fixed everything... " You really are an idiot, aren't you?" And then we both started to laugh. The entire tension that had been building between us had completely gone away and I found that to be relieving.

After calming down, both of us finally relaxed a bit. With the people staring at us, the atmosphere was suddenly turning into an embarrassing one, but I was happy, since the relationship that had been built between Jason and me didn't fall apart. After drinking our drinks, both of us headed out to walk around a park that was near the café and then Jason told me more about himself.

He said that along with the reason of his father's transferable job, there was another reason for his school change. Rumours had started to spread about him and Marcus in his previous school. And so it was becoming difficult to go up and about, without caring about anything. So, in this regards, he made a request to me and that was to keep his and Marcus' relationship a secret. I promised him that I would never share his secret with anyone.

After a walk that lasted for about 20 minutes or so, we finally bid our farewells and went our way after greeting each other a "See you tomorrow!!" When I was finally home, I could at last sort my thoughts out. I was happy that the situation didn't aggravate further, but I don't know, deep within, there remained a hint of discomfort. Something that felt off. I couldn't exactly make out what was I feeling but one thing was for sure, even though I was so happy that Jason and I could remain as friends, there was something about this situation that I didn't like.

As I went on thinking about all these thoughts, I drifted off to sleep.

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Author's note

So sorry my dear Munchkins (◞ ‸ ◟ㆀ)...for the extremely late update!! (ಥ_ಥ)
Actually, my exams were going on so I couldn't exactly write any new chapters... But now I am finally free so I'll try my best to update as regularly as possible... Anyways hope you guys like this chapter & Happy Reading!! Do vote, comment and follow!! (๑•ᴗ•๑)♡