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[ jeeze, this was painful. keigo could feel his face getting hotter by the second. his fingers started twisting around his hair a bit more insistently right before he just ... blurted it out. ]

Well, it's obvious, isn't it? I like him.

[ he sounded almost petulant about it, his cheeks puffing out just that slightest bit. ]

I've liked him for a long time. I ignored it and brushed it off for a while, but it became too difficult to deny any longer.

[ He--

--holy shit.

Okay, there's a lot to unwrap here that is probably a little TOO perfect for Yosuke's current dilemma, but there's something he has to characteristically point out. ]

Y-You like guys!?

[ thanks, yosuke... ]

O-oi!! Not so loud!!

[ if his face wasn't red before, it sure was now. ]

It's not like I'm gay or whatever...!

[ what is sexuality... we just don't know. ]

I didn't realize it happened until it was too late!! S-so!! D-don't go thinkin' that I've been hidin' somethin' from you!!

[ Oops--yeah, he doesn't want to wake up his mom...

Still! This is shocking!! Things he did not know about his cousin...and it feels like this should be a big deal! ]

No! I just--

[ Wait, okay, he can be quiet. ]

--I'm just...really surprised, that's all.

[ keigo sighed and covered his face. regret. it was Deep. he shouldn't have regretted telling his cousin something like that (did it... count as coming out of the closet???? he wasn't even sure, he hadn't been in america for that long!!) but he was so used to keeping it to himself... well. ]

Yeah, no kidding. I've always thought I liked girls exclusively, but I guess... I like both?

[ his voice was muffled behind his palms, but hopefully yosuke got that so he wouldn't have to... repeat it. ]

[ No, thankfully for Keigo he won't need to repeat it, though Yosuke gapes a little at the confession. ]

I...I guess so.

[ Which...really begs the question... ]

...Um...are you okay with it...?

[ ...that's a question he wasn't actually expecting. it was kind of an obvious thing to think about internally, but having an outside force pose it... ]

Um... well... I guess so? There's not really a lot I can do about it, y'know?

[ he let his hands fall from his face and settle in his lap. ]

It's not like I hate myself or think I'm gross, if that's what you mean. It's... a little upsetting that people might think I'm weird, though... So, I don't mention it to anyone.

[ he gave yosuke a nervous smile. ]

You're the only person that knows.

[ There's not really a lot I can do about it. That....that is something that Yosuke has known, but never really thought about. The idea that he didn't want to be, that he couldn't be has been prevalent these past few weeks, but that...there's no good or bad if he is, it is just...is.

Yosuke blinks, suddenly shaken from his stupor as Keigo finishes. He shakes his head quickly. ]

I won't tell anyone. I--

[ His words catch in his throat for a moment before his gaze drops to the rug on his floor. ]

--I'd be worried about that too...

[ keigo shrugged. did it really matter if yosuke brought it up to anyone? in the end, it really didn't... there wasn't many people he knew, so it wasn't like he had a reputation to upkeep in recolle. not like back home. but that was besides the point, wasn't it?

he blinked at yosuke's remark, head tilting to one side. ]

Yeah? Well... y'know...

[ he rubbed his neck. gently: ]

You know you can tell me anything you want to and it won't leave this room.

[ Yosuke would care, though. That's exactly the kind of thing that Yosuke would be worried that someone would find out about.

If he needs to tell Keigo something...that's the whole reason his cousin is there, isn't it? ]

Um...

[ Yosuke keeps his gaze on the floor. ]

...Am I jealous...?

[ keigo knew that was coming. sort of. it was something so simple he almost wanted to laugh, but he didn't for yosuke's sake. instead, he exhaled, idly twisting his fingers in his hair. ]

Do you feel jealous?

[ he knew the answer to that, and he was sure yosuke did, too. ]

[ He...kind of wants someone to tell him. It's the coming to the conclusion himself--admitting it himself that's the hardest.

There's a long pause. Yosuke sighs. ]

...Kinda. I guess.

[ He curls his toes and shakes his head. ]

I don't know why. It's like it game outta no where.

[ keigo couldn't help it; this time around, he smiled a little. ]

Sounds like you gotta crush, maybe.

[ there, he said it. he just couldn't wait any longer. ]

[ HE SAID A THING. A VERY DANGEROUS THING. ]

N-N-No way!!

[ And cue the freakout that he shouldn't be having this loudly this early in the morning.

Yosuke quickly realizes his mistake and covers his mouth, drawing his knees up into his chest as he glares at his cousin. ]

No way! [ Yosuke whispers this time, face red. ] He's a--I'm not...

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