“I can’t tell my mom,” said Chad before Kiko could respond. This wasn’t a surprising confession, but he was irritated with Dom for looking so smug about it. He wanted to lecture Dom, but couldn’t while Chad was standing right there, and right now Chad looked like he needed some encouragement. He was very pale, almost twitchy with nerves.
“You can trust us not to tell,” said Kiko. He did not out people. Chad gave an awkward nod.
“But my mom will literally kill me if I’m gay. She has plans and s**t for me…”
“Gay’s f*****g awesome, Chad,” said Dom, looking proud now. Chad’s eyes went wide with panic. Kiko held up his hands.
“Hold on now,” he said. “Chad, you’re not gay just for liking a man—”
Dom interrupted him with a laugh and Kiko seriously considered punching him.
“That’s the defini
