Win- You and I are the same.
I help carry Bright to his apartment, since he refuses to go to the hospital. He got beat up pretty badly and I just want to make sure that he is not injured permanently. I walk into Bright's bed room for the first time and I begin to lay him on the bed like he asked. I sigh of relief that he is still alive I guess.

"Where's your first aid kit?" I asked Bright. He tries to sit up but I stop him. "Don't move. Just tell me where it is?" Bright points to his bathroom door as I walk in. I look in his cabinet to see the big fist aid box right in front of me.

I come out as I open the box on his bed. I can't believe I'm doing this.

"Thank you." I hear Bright say to me.

I look at him as I lean closer to him.
"Don't say anything. Let me apply the medicine on your face first." I say to him as I move the cotton swob to his swollen lip. He has a pretty big cut there and it's still fresh.

Bright wince in pain as I gently tap the cotton swob on his lip. Bright finally stops wincing as I continue to put the rest of the medicine on his face. He has a couple of bruises on his cheeks. I started to notice Bright staring at me.

"What?" I was the first to ask.

"How did you know I was there?" He asked me.

"I didn't." I say to him and I might have said it too quickly. I talk fast when I lie.

"Were.......you following me?" Bright asked again but slower this time.

"Nope." I say as I pop out the P. I look up at Bright as he gives me this unconvinced look on his face. I sigh. "Okay, I was following you. I kept my distance and I noticed you were taking a lot longer to get back to your taxi, so I was curious and I saw you getting beat up by those men." I admit everything to him and I see a smirk uplifting on Bright's face.

"So you were following me." He says as he still grins big.

"Yes I was." I admit again as I put away the first aid kit back in Bright's bathroom. I come back out of the bathroom to see Bright still looking at me. It's awkward now. "I'll get out of your hair and go back to leaving you alone." I tell him but I feel Bright's hand grabbing onto me.

"Don't go." He says sincerely. "You don't have to leave me again." He says and Bright looses his grip on my arm. I decided to stay. "So how you been these past couple of weeks?" Bright asked me.

"I've been fine. How about you?" I questioned him.

"Fine." He admits. "Can I just say something?" Bright asked and I nod. "You said you like me but I can never understand why you posted that post." Bright suddenly mentions. I never thought he would asked me.

"It was stupid Bright. I was being dumb but I really really did liked you. I thought if I posted that you were gay, you would notice me and possibly feel the same way. I didn't think that it would affect you this badly." I admit to him. The whole truth about that post.

"I did feel the same way but I wish you would just come up to me and talk to me. I would've liked to get to know you that way. I spend all of senior year questioning myself why you did it? I sometimes believe that he was my fault." I noticed Bright placing his head down as he plays with his thumbs.

"It was completely my fault. Don't ever blame yourself. The truth is........I use to go through a similar situation." I start to say and I see Bright lifting up his head.

I never thought I would be explaining this story in a million years again. I've always tried to cover it or pretend that it never happened to me. But what I did to Bright, I realize that it was sort of the same thing that happened to me.

"What happened?" Bright asked me.

"When I was 16, I had my first boyfriend. He was my senior. I thought he loved me and I gave up my virginity to him. I later realized that he was only using me for money and my families name. He screwed me over and basically force me to come out to my friends and family. Later on, my entire school found out that I was gay. I was bullied, laughed at, and beating up." I feel my voice getting weak as I feel a tear escaping my eye. "I lost all my friends and I had to completely hide myself until I could transfer to another school." I admit it to Bright.

I start to feel Bright's hand on my back as he rubs it to try to calm me down.

"Win its okay. You've gotten better. Better than anyone could have dreamed of." Bright tries to comfort me. I sort of laugh through my tears as he mentions my success.

"I'm sorry that I was a dick to you. I was such a fucking hypocrite. I became one of those people and I ended up hurting the person I care about the most." I say as Bright brings my face closer to his. He wipes my tears with his thumb.

"In a way, you and I are the same. We were both hurt by the person we cared about." He says to me. I noticed Bright leaning in as he gives me a small kiss on my forehead.

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A/N: I think it's safe to say that these two have finally reconcile🥺

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