Hey! Welcome to chapter 11! I still can't believe I've got this far! I'm sorry that this is mostly speech, but this is probably the most important conversation in the whole story. (Exp. The one next chapter!). Anyway, I hope you enjoy this, and don't get confused about who's talking!
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Tala rolled over in bed and looked at the clock. It was one in the afternoon.
Shit, Bryan's really gonna have a go now…
He got up and was about to get dressed- when the door behind him opened. Annoyed that the intruder didn't knock, Tala kicked back to close the door.
His foot never touched the door, as the intruder was already inside, and had shut it. He turned round, and saw it was Bryan.
"You came back at four last night. Where were you?" Tala was shocked. Bryan actually sounded concerned, he wasn't telling him off.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Tala said flatly.
"Tell me Tala!"
"I went to the white tigers apartment, but I outstayed my welcome, and left."
"At four in the morning?"
"Well, I left there at half three."
"What were you doing there?"
"What are you? My mother?" Tala started looking around his room for clean clothes.
"Mariah?"
"No, don't be so stupid!"
"Oh yeah, sorry! I forgot that you're gay!"
"I'm not gay!"
"That's not what your shrink says."
"What?" Tala dropped the clothes he was holding, and looked at Bryan. Bryan dropped the orange file onto the floor in front of Tala's feet, and he stared at it in horror.
"They seem to think I'm in love with you, and that I kissed you that night you tried to bite the dust."
Dr. Hall thinks that Bryan loves me?
"And do you?" There was a long pause in which they just stared at each other.
It couldn't be true?
Why didn't Dr. Hall share this with me?
Bryan tore himself away from Tala's gaze, and looked at the blood stains on the wall.
"What did you do last night?"
"Don't avoid my question!" Tala yelled, taking a step forward. "Do you love me?"
"Tell me first. What did you do last night? You avoided my question before I avoided yours."
"I…"
"Lee, Gary or Kevin? Or maybe it was Mariah!"
"Stop it Bryan…"
"Why do you do this? Why do you sleep around so much? It can't really make you happy! I refuse to believe what that file said about you…"
"What did it say?" Bryan didn't reply, and continued staring at the blood.
"I don't know why you care, or why I should even have to tell you this, but I went over to their apartment with Rei. We all talked for ages, played a few games on the playstation, and had dinner." This was partly true. Apart from this was just with Rei, and not the rest of them.
"And at night? You went with Rei, so I'm guessing you stayed with Rei?"
"Yes. As you so kindly put it, I do get around." Tala could feel tears begin to well up in his eyes, but held them back. He could tell that the outcome of this conversation would affect the rest of his life. He had to make this count…
"Rei? I thought you hated him? Or did that just make it more exciting?"
"He loves me. Did you know that?" Bryan flinched when Tala said this. "Do you love me?"
"You're a boy"
"Do you love me?"
"You're mentally ill"
"Do you love me?"
"You sleep with anyone who'll take you"
"Do you love me?"
"You cut yourself up"
"Do you love me?"
"You tried to kill yourself"
"Do you love me?"
"You haven't even washed those god forsaken stains off the walls!"
"Do you love me?"
"YES!"
The pause which came after Bryan's confession lasted too long. Tala cried silently, and Bryan couldn't believe what he had just admitted to.
"Tala, I love you. But, I just…"
"Save it. You know I love Kai now, and if you really think I'd still love you after what you've put me through over this last year, you couldn't be more wrong!" Tala wiped the tears away, and began to get dressed. Bryan looked at him in shock. "And don't watch me change! Turn around!" Bryan did what he was told, and faced the door.
"Tala, please! I didn't know how to handle…"
"Bull shit! Just shut up okay! So you've read my file, and now you know all about me. In fact, you know more about me than I do at the moment! I don't need your pity!"
"This isn't out of pity!"
"I don't care what it is Bryan! I nearly died twice because of you! How dare you tell me that you love me!"
"You asked!"
"Then you should have lied!" Tala yelled. "Look, I'm going out. I don't know when I'll be back. There's something that I have to do…"
"Kai…"
"Yes actually. I'm going to see Kai. At least I can pretend that everything is alright around him!"
"He came round yesterday…" Tala froze. He was not only scared that Kai had never come round before, but that the whole household knew how he felt about Kai.
"And?"
"We told him everything…"
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I was very tempted to keep typing, even though I'd already decided that this was where I was going to stop. I love cliffhangers! I wasn't sure whether Tala should be bitter when Bryan told him, but I think it works. It would just seem to weird if they got together at this point (or maybe at all gonna have to keep reading!).
Anyway. Thank you to everyone who reviewed my last chapter, and please could you leave a review! Thank you!