Alright, now we are actually getting to the good stuff. Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Telling the Others (Kind of)
~Three days later, Obelisk Blue Dorm
"So...how do you think they are gonna react?" Jaden asked Zane nervously, they were planning on telling everyone about their relationship, and needless to say Jaden was a nervous wreak.
Zane let out a small chuckle as he put on his black leather jacket. After finding out that coming back to life had made his heart condition completely vanish, the Cyber Deck user was more than excited at the idea of returning to duels. "Try not to worry to much, they are our friends, so it's more likely they'll accept us for who we are." he explained to his lover.
Jaden simply sighed and leaned into Zane with a small smile, causing Zane to smile as while. Just then, a small thought came into Zane's head, so he asked. "Hay Jay, why were you so focused on finding Jesse if you loved me?"
Jaden looked up at Zane and tilted his head in confusion. "Zane, why would you ask that?" he questioned.
Zane grumbled and shifted uncomfortably. "Well...you were just so set on saving him, you really couldn't do anything else. So I needed an answer." he attempted to explain, not wanting to sound like he was-
"Wait a minute," Jaden said thoughtfully, unable to stop himself from grinning. "Zane, did let the Green-eyed Monster take told hold and became jealous of Jesse?"
Zane Truesdale did something he had never done in his life: He blushed. "What!? That's ridiculous, I'm not jealous of Jesse!" he exclaimed, then mumbled quietly. "At least not anymore."
Jaden laughed and wrapped his arms affectionately around Zane's neck. "I heard that Zaney," he told him. "But I'm glad you're now okay with me having a best friend who is a guy."
Zane chuckled. "Just shut up and kiss me." he ordered playfully.
Jaden was more than happy to obey and immediately kissed him, everything else around them forgotten. Zane quickly kissed back and made an attempt to deepen the kiss not a minute later by slipping his tongue into Jaden's, causing said male to moan in pleasure. The two lovers remained in their moment of passion for a long time, until a snap and wolf whistle caused them to break apart and turn their attention to the doorway.
Standing in the doorway was: Atticus with a camera grinning like he had won the lottery, Jesse smiling widely at them (him being the one who whistled), and Syrus slightly hiding behind Jesse with a much smaller grin.
Atticus laughed. "Well it's about time you two got together!" he exclaimed, obviously overjoyed.
"You said it there Atticus!" Jesse agreed, then looked down at Syrus with a small laugh. "And it looks like Aster now owes us both ten bucks!"
Sy giggled, and nodded slightly without saying a word.
Meanwhile, Zane and Jaden could only watch the ordeal in shock. "Hold on, all three of you knew our feelings for each other?" Zane demanded, both embarrassed and angry that he had just figured this out.
Atticus grinned wider (if that was even possible) at his best friend. "Oh please, I knew you loved Jaden since before you even graduated," he replied. "It was pretty obvious from the start."
Jesse and Syrus nodded in agreement frantically. "Yeah, the same goes with you Jay," Jesse said. "That's why we had that bet with Aster, because we knew you would get together eventually."
"Yup," Syrus finally spoke up. "Aster went for the side of you hooking up after Jaden graduated, while we went with before. And it looks like we won."
At first the two lovers were too shocked to speak, then it dawned on Zane that Atticus ha taken a picture of them kissing. And he was not going to let him keep that.
Atticus seemed to remember that as well. "Well would you look at the time, as much as I would love to hang out with guys, I think some ladies need my attention. Catch you two lovebirds later!" he told them, then bolted for his life.
"GET BACK HERE ATTICUS RHODES!" Zane roared as he released Jaden and charged after his best friend, nearly knocking over poor Jesse and Syrus in the process. "YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY FROM ME THAT EASILY!"
Jaden, Jesse and Syrus all looked at each other, then burst out into laughter. "Should I go after him?" Jay asked in between laughs.
Syrus shook his head. "Trust me Jay, giving chase to my brother is the last think you wanna do." he explained with a laugh.
Jay nodded in understanding, then asked seriously. "So you guys are honestly okay with me dating Zane?"
Jesse rolled his emerald green eyes. "Of course we are Jay!" he exclaimed. "We're really glad you can be happy with him. No matter what, we'll always be here for you."
"Jesse's right," Sy agreed, then asked. "What on Earth would make you think we wouldn't accept you?"
Jaden looked at the ground, ashamed. "It's just that all of my old friends - before I even came to Duel Academy - had come out to their families, and they all disowned them and kicked them out of their own homes," he explained, tears threatening to form. "And I guess I feared history would repeat itself on me."
Jesse and Syrus didn't respond, just threw their arms Jaden in a meaningful hug. The Silfer hugged, and finally broke down and cried with his two best friends holding onto him.
Yeah, I ended it with a pretty sad note, but I wanted Jaden's nervousness for both confessing and telling the others to have a realistic meaning behind it. Also, I have a question to ask: Should I up the rating of the story and add a lemon chapter? Please not this would be my very first lemon ever and would not be very good, and I don't want this great story to be ruined by a bad lemon, so please let me know.
One last thing: Nightshroud will not be in this, as I want to focus more on Jaden and Zane's relationship than that, sorry. Anyway, see you in the next chapter!