I walked to the dining room.

"Mom, Dad. I need to tell you both something" I said as I sat on my seat.

"Tell Viru. Why do look so tensed?" Dad asked me.

"Listen, I had wanted to tell you both something since a long time. I just want you both to be calm and please try to understand my feelings" I told.

"What happened Viru? Is this about you having girlfriend? Don't worry we won't be angry about that" Mum assumed.

"We are modern parents and you are already in college, even you must have some fun, right?" Dad added to Mum's assumption.

"Mom. Dad. It's not about that." I tried to say.

How can I tell you both?
Please don't overreact.

"Then, what Viru?" Dad asked.

"I am Gay. I like boys" I finally confessed.

Please Be Understanding.
Please Be Understanding.

"What? What are you telling Viru?" Dad asked looking very angry.

"These all are the result of the news. Have you seen ? Now it's legal to love the same gender. He is just influenced by the latest trends of being gay." Mum said in anger.

"Mum... it's nothing like that--" I tried to explain.

"Shut up. If you speak this nonsense again in front of us, I will forget the you are my son." Dad shouted.

I quietly stood up and started going to my room.

"What has happened to him? He was not like this. I guess I need to talk to our family pandit. Maybe getting him married will solve his craziness." I heard mum said.

I walked to my room and locked the door from inside.

Tears were rolling down my cheeks.

Just what I feared.
A moment ago they were saying that they are modern
And now they just can't accept a simple truth.

Being gay is not abnormal.
It's as normal as being straight.

Being gay is not a disease or a phase,
It's a truth, a characteristic of a person.

Being gay is not the result of latest trend or the result of being around friends.
Being gay is what the person is since he was born.

Please don't think that I was saying all this because it sounds cool and is legal now.

I am saying all this because this is what I have known since years.
This is what my truth is.
This is what I truly am.
This is what I have always wanted you both to know.

I know that you both love me but this time you are wrong.

This is not what you were speaking,
This is what your fear of what society will say speaking.

I wrote all these on a piece of paper and then laid on my bed.