Lukas was woken by light suddenly pouring in from his door. he squinted and saw the thin silhouette of his younger brother Emil.
'I was having bad dreams…can I sleep in here tonight?' Emil was lying. He'd been able to deal with nightmares on his own for years, he just needed an excuse to be alone with Lukas. 'Sure. But close the door.' His younger brother was usually cold and emotionless, but Lukas found it cute when he acted like a kid, rather than questioning it.
Emil balled up and pressed his face into Lukas's bare chest. The older boy hugged him and ran his fingers through his silver hair. The two had always been very close, but they didn't show it around anyone but each other.
'Luke…I have something to tell you…' He'd been waiting for months for just the right moment to come out to his brother.
'Hm?'
'I'm...asexual' Emil braced himself for the worst, and hoped for the best.
'I know.'
'What? How could you know?' Emil had kept this secret better than almost anything. The only other person who knew was his best friend Matthew, and he wasn't a gossip.
'I went through your computer history.' Lukas said it like it was something every older brother did.
'LUKAS! how often do you do that?' Emil broke away from their embrace.
'Only that once. You left your Facebook chat open while you went to the bathroom so I read it. I looked through your history because I didn't know what 'ace' meant.'
'YOU COULD HAVE JUST GOOGLED IT!' He was used to this kind of clinginess from his brother, although he still got irritated.
'Shhh. you're gonna wake everyone. Anyway, what I mean is I still love you.' He wrapped his arms around his shorter brother again, and kissed the top of his head. 'At least I won't have to worry about hunting down whoever takes your virginity.' Emil considered telling his brother that he'd already lost his virginity, but that would be a long and painful conversation, and they were both tired.
