As you may be aware by now, I am on a writing high. I. Can't. Stop. Writing! This one's a little short, but that's okay, right? Cause as soon as this is posted, I'm getting to work on more! more! more!

Part Seven - Coming Out : Part II - Fai POV

I woke up rather early. The sun had just finished coming up over the horizon. My stuffed animals were next to me, and greeted me just like they used to.

Today was the day, and I was still very nervous. I wasn't sure if I could go through with it. I took my favourite stuffed toy, Mokona, and held him tightly. When I was little, and I was frightened or sad, hugging my Mokona would always comfort me. It was still working. Even after all this time, Mokona was still my best friend.

"Hey, I had one of those when I was a kid too,"

I jumped a little because I hadn't expected Kurogane to come into my room. I slowly flipped over so that I was facing him. He walked over and sat next to me on the bed.

"Yeah, I had a black one of these," he said, as I gave him Mokona to hold. "My mother gave it to me when I was born."

I sat up in the bed and leaned against him as he handed Mokona back to me. He put his arm around my waist and kissed me on the head. I looked up at him, and he kissed me on my lips. Mokona and Kurogane were really giving me the courage I needed to do what I came here to do. For a moment, I felt like it wouldn't matter what my parents said about me and my homosexuality. I was what I was, and I would always have Mokona and Kurogane by my side.

"This is a great dinner, mom!" I said, taking a short break from ravenously devouring my meal. She had made an Italian style dinner today, my favourite kind of food.

"Oh, thank you, sweetie! I try. Are you enjoying it as well, Kurogane?"

"Yes, ma'am, I am,"

"Great. That's great. I am so happy to have you here, both of you! Oh, and I meant to ask you, Kurogane, what do you plan on doing after you graduate?"

After chewing and swallowing, he answered, "I plan on going straight into the military. I'm in a program that will let me go to college for free before I serve for four years." I already knew this.

"Ah, the military!" my dad spoke up. "Very brave of you, I must say! I suppose you don't mind the pay, though they did pay for you to go to college. At least you don't have a girlfriend though. No one to have to worry about splitting the money with!" He laughed.

"Actually, dad…" I said, standing up. Kurogane's eyes darted toward me. "About that… well, not exactly about that, but it sort of is, like, kind of…." I couldn't form a complete thought and I was shaking from head to toe.

"What is it, Fai? Oooh, big announcement?"

"Yes, mommy…. And I need you to promise me, I need both of you to promise me, that no matter what I say, that you will both still love me and you will both still accept me."

"What are you getting at, son?" my dad, asked, cocking his head, and getting more curious. "What do you mean by "accept" you?"

"I have… a secret,"

"A secret that was brought up by our conversation about Kurogane joining the military?"

"Uh… no…."

"A secret brought up by paying for college? Or… do you have a girlfriend?" my father asked, rather excitedly.

"Oh, you do?" my mother also asked. "I have been waiting for this day for years! Oh, your first girlfriend! Oh, how exciting!"

Their guessing was making it worse and even harder to reveal the actual secret that would be certain to disappoint them and ruin their happiness.

"No, that's… not it, mom,"

"Oh," my mom said, sounding a little let down. "So you still haven't found a potential someone to spend your life with?"

I gulped and took a deep breath. I was beginning to sweat as my heart beat faster than ever before. I looked at Kurogane, and reminded myself that there was no backing down, especially not now, and I needed to do this.

"Actually…. I think I have."

"But son, you said you didn't have a girlfrie-…." My dad stopped mid-sentence, his eyes narrowed, and his mouth opened as he continued staring at me. I could tell that he was beginning to understand. It seemed like my father and I were in that moment forever, just staring at each other.

"Fai, tell me you don't mean what I think you might mean."

"First, tell me you'll still love me no matter what," I said quickly, agonizing over how long this seemed to be taking.

"First, you tell me you're not gay,"

My dad had stood up across the table from me. I tried looking anywhere else on his face except for his fierce, blue eyes that threatened me not to say another word. But I had to. I had to speak.

"I… I am gay,"

It came out barely a whisper. Maybe because of the tears that had begun streaming down my face. Or maybe it was my vocal chords trying to save me from certain death.

Before I knew it, Kurogane was right behind me with his arms wrapped around my front. I was glad he had come to back me up, because I might have fallen and fainted otherwise from seeing my father react to what I had told him. I took a glance in my mother's direction. She had her hands over her mouth and looked the most shocked I had ever seen her in my life.

"Get… your hands… off… of… my son…. You bastard!"

My dad lunged across the table at me and Kurogane, who swiftly reacted and stepped back into a corner.

"You get your filthy faggot hands off of my son! Just because you have no parents doesn't mean you get to ruin Fai's relationship with us! Now, you get out of my son's head! He is not gay!"

My dad quit yelling at Kurogane to turn to me, though I was sure it was taking all Kurogane had to not interrupt us.

"Dad… I am gay. I have been… for a long time…. Since I was seven. It isn't Kurogane's fault. Please don't be mad at him!"

My dad took a pause, another painful wait.

"Don't you tell me what to do, you faggot. I don't know how the hell you could think I would be okay with this! Hell no, I'm not accepting you into this family any longer! So you can disgrace us? If you're gay, then you aren't my son. Get out. Get out of my house right now!"

My dad picked up the chair I had been sitting in and threw it at us. Kurogane flipped his body around so that his back took the blow instead of my face. I could hear him grunt from the pain before he bolted for the front door, holding my hand as I ran with him.

I blinked my tears away and looked back one more time. I saw my father glaring daggers, spears, swords, and javelins at us. And my mother… she wasn't even looking this way. She had her head in her hands and I could have sworn I saw a tear fall into her lap before Kurogane and I fled out of the door.

Aww, poor everybody! Mainly Fai, cause the worst that happened to everyone else isn't so bad. Stupid Fai's parents... I wish I could change them, but this is how the story goes. You will be enjoying more soon! Yknow, I think my writing high may have a little something to do with those reviews, hmm? It might not, but just in case, you should probably send one.