Here's Chapter 3! I hope you enjoy. Reviews are always appreciated.
By the time Fish and Kyle left the cemetery, had dinner with Rikki, and walked into the hotel it was almost two o'clock in the morning.
"Thank you for coming with me today." Said Fish with a yawn
"Anytime." Said Kyle "Just promise me one thing."
"What's that?" asked Fish
"If you have a really bad day and are going to drive out there, call or text me first." Said Kyle
"Sure." Said Fish as they walked into Kyle's room
"So um-" started Kyle stopping not sure if he should continue with his question or not.
"Rikki and I remained close after losing Tyson." Said Fish knowing the question Kyle wanted to ask "I actually came out to her just after I came out to my parents. She and I had always been good friends while at the academy and when we started dating it almost seemed natural to people."
"Right." Said Kyle "So did you break up right after or-"
"We tried to date for a little while longer, but there was no way we could hold on to what we had without losing each other as friends." Said Fish "So we decided to end it."
"Oliver I am so sorry." Said Kyle "If there's anything."
"Right now I just want to go to bed next to the man I love." Said Fish
"I think that can be arranged." Said Kyle giving Fish a kiss.
The next morning Kyle woke to find Fish gone and in his place a note.
Had to get to work, I'll see you for lunch. Love Oliver, XO
Kyle smiled as he got ready for his own day at work.
At the hospital Kyle was finishing up a patient's chart when he got a text from Fish.
In the cafeteria waiting for you. XO
Kyle smiled and handed the chart to the nurse.
"Here you go." Said Kyle "I'll be in the cafeteria for lunch if I'm needed."
"Thanks Kyle." Said the nurse "enjoy your lunch."
"I sure will." Said Kyle
Kyle walked in the cafeteria to see Fish sitting at a table, he walked over to see that he was looking at the picture Fish had shown him the night before.
"You look at that a lot don't you?" asked Kyle sitting down across from Fish.
"Yeah I do." Said Fish "One of those 'What might have been' feeling. You know?"
"I know exactly what you mean." Said Kyle taking out his own wallet and handing a picture to Fish "I've been carrying this around since college."
"Oh my God." Said Fish "My hair."
"Your hair, look at my hair." Said Kyle
"You promised me that you would burn this picture." Said Fish looking at Kyle "Before I ended things with you."
"But you look so cute in the picture." said Kyle "I couldn't burn that gorgeous face."
"You look pretty damn cute in the picture yourself." said Fish "But what about after we were over in college, you didn't burn every picture of me?"
"I couldn't bring myself to do it." Said Kyle
"Why?" asked Fish
"It would have meant accepting that it was over," said Kyle "That there was no chance of us ever getting back together, keeping the memories kept my hope for us."
"You've had this in your wallet since college?" asked Fish
"Yeah." Said Kyle "Always in there, no matter what."
"Even when you were with Nick?" asked Fish with a smirk
"Good thing he never went through my wallet." Said Kyle with a smile, before reverted back to Fish's picture "I noticed you looking at it before you came to bed last night to."
"Yeah." Said Fish "I actually look at it every night."
"How come I've never noticed before?" asked Kyle
"I always waited until you were asleep." Said Fish "It wasn't to hide it or anything. I just wasn't ready to tell you yet. But then yesterday I didn't want to disappear until all hours of the night with no explanation which is why I figured I was ready to tell you."
"You don't have to reveal everything your feeling about this at this moment." Said Kyle "Just talk to me whenever you need to. I will always be here to listen."
"Thanks." Said Fish taking Kyle's hand but still off in the past, where for just 5 hours he was a father.
Kyle looked at Fish and realized exactly where his mind had wandered, and Kyle's head flooded with questions.
'Am I the first person Oliver has really opened up to about this? Just how often does he make the two hour drive to the cemetery? Is it Oliver's way of escaping the real world?'
Kyle shook himself out of his trance, he was just letting the doctor in him get the best of him. He looked across the table at the man of his dreams and smiled giving his hand a squeeze.
There's chapter 3, I hope you enjoyed it. Reviews are always appreciated.