Chapter 7 - Confessions

Shortly after Seifer left, he was out of the door, not making eye contact with his mother - even though there was no way of her knowing what they had been doing, he still felt embarrassed.

The walk to Olette's was frighteningly short and now Hayner stood waiting for her to open her door and see his neck, he couldn't have changed out of his uniform or his mother would have questioned.

"Hayner!" He was embraced and let into the house, luckily, it was only Olette in and although he told his parents that it was to study, he knew that Olette just wanted to know the gossip. "Have a seat, I've just made some hot chocolate, do you want some?"

Nodding he plonked himself down on her sofa, and flicked through the TV channels until one that was decent came on. She quickly returned with two mugs and handed one to him, before sitting down next to him and kicking off her shoes. "So? How was the session today?" He sighed and ran a hand through his hair; unfortunately, this drew Olette's attention to his neck. "Oh my God, is that a hickey?!"

"Calm down and let me start from the beginning" He knew that she was the one that he could tell everything to and not have to worry about everyone finding out.

S*N

"So this Axel guy saw you making out with Seifer, and may or may not tell Mrs Bath - but then you guys were going to have sex instead of coming to see me!" She exclaimed and Hayner wasn't sure whether she was more shocked by the fact that he and Seifer nearly had sex, or that he was going to miss their little chat.

"Uh, yeah…" He said, not really sure how she was going to react.

"Do you not think that you are rushing things a little bit? I mean this morning you hated the boy still!" He sighed and put his mug on the coffee table.

"It felt right, he just turned up, what was I supposed to do? Leave this weird tension to get worse until we get thrown out of school before graduation?" Olette frowned, and chewed her bottom lip in thought.

"Did he seem like he was ok with this, I mean, are you still fighting?" Hayner shrugged, he just didn't know. They were fighting at the session and then grinding on each other not half an hour later. "Well, school tomorrow, so that should be interesting - I wonder if he'll say anything, I mean do other people know he's gay?"

"I don't think so, at least not judging by the amount of girls that follow him like puppies; they would murder me if they knew what happened today" Realising his impending doom, he groaned and turned back to his hot chocolate, hoping to drown his sorrows in the sugary treat.

S*N

The next day left Hayner fidgeting all the way to school. "Dude, what's got you so wound up?" Roxas asked, sending him a suspicious glance. Hayner wasn't sure how to go about telling Roxas and Pence about the day before - Pence was dating Olette was Roxas was seeing his brother's friend, Namine.

"I think I'm gay" Roxas scoffed and shook his head.

"No shit Sherlock, we've already had this conversation so why tell me again… wait, did you meet someone?" Suddenly, Hayner had Roxas' full attention and he flushed, trying not to make eye contact with his friend.

"Uh, not exactly" He muttered and luckily, they reached their stop with the majority of the bus began getting off, ready to start their torturous day.

"What do you mean, not exactly?" Hayner cursed his mouth for even saying anything to Roxas, now he was going to have to tell him - especially if Seifer was going to be around today. "Are you guys just, you know… fucking?" Hayner shot him a look, but how else would he describe his relationship with the elder blonde.

"It's Seifer" Roxas nearly choked on his own spit and stared at Hayner like he'd grown another head. "We had another session yesterday and things got out of hand afterwards, he came over and I might have suggested we have sex to get rid of the tension…" Stopping and forcing Hayner to stop to, Roxas just stared at him, ignoring the obvious complaints of the people walking around them.

"Did you?" Hayner shook his head and he could have sworn that Roxas breathed a sigh of relief. "Look dude, don't get me wrong, but are you sure he isn't just messing around with you?"

Shrugging, but knowing that Roxas was just looking out for him, he started walking again, dragging his friend along with him.

"Well, I'm here for you no matter who you jump into bed with" Roxas sniggered at Hayner's reaction.

"You make me sound like a cheap whore" Making him laugh louder, Hayner followed Roxas into his home room - which he shared with Seifer.

Luckily for him, Seifer wasn't in yet, and he sat a few rows behind Hayner anyway, so he wouldn't have to look at him. Olette was already sitting at her desk that she shared with Pence, who was doodling in his notebook while Olette chatted away, until she saw Hayner enter.

"Hayner, Roxas, good morning!" Roxas grinned and Hayner slumped into the seat next to him.

"Morning" Pence greeted, smiling cheerily at the two of them, oblivious to the turmoil going on in Hayner's head.

Hayner and Roxas both greeted the pair, and relaxed in their seats, throwing their bags onto the floor under their desks.

"So, Hayner told me about Seifer" Olette stopped her chatter at Roxas' casual comment to glance at Hayner and then at Pence. "Oh shit, Pence doesn't know does he? I am so sorry dude" Hayner waved him off, he knew that Pence would have to find out sooner or later. Olette pursed her lips at Pence's clueless look, as he glanced between the three of them expectantly.

"Hayner nearly had sex with Seifer, but they were interrupted because he had to come to mine and they haven't spoken since" Olette heavily summarised and Pence just raised both eyebrows, choosing to remain silent, which Hayner didn't blame him for.

Pence was very traditional, though he had nothing wrong with gay people, it just wasn't something he was overly comfortable talking about.

"So what's the plan then?" Olette leaned onto the table, her back to the front of the class; they were early, so the teacher wasn't here yet.

"Uh, avoid him? I don't know, I mean it was mutual and he said that if I wanted to continue, just to let him know" Olette squealed in delight and wiggled in her seat; Hayner could practically see hearts in her eyes.

"It's still embarrassing though" Hayner nodded in agreement to Roxas' comment, just as Seifer strolled into the room, making brief eye contact before Seifer was out of his line of sight.

"Let's not discuss this now, whatever happens, happens - just pray Mrs Bath doesn't know" Hayner whispered, making sure to keep his head down when Olette spun back around as their teacher walked in.