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?Coming out

The second victor said hi to me I knew there was something wrong with him

I quickly got out of my bed and threw some clothes on before I quite literally ran to the coffee shop to meet up with victor.

—

"Oh my gosh! Victor, what happened?" He had a bruise on the side of his face and his nose was bleeding. "Stay here for one second" I told him and then went into the Café.

I grabbed a few napkins from the front counter then went back out to Victor

"Here. Hold these to your nose until we get to my house." I handed him the napkins and started walking to my house.

*at Benjis house* 

His nose stopped bleeding on our way over here so I threw out the napkin and sat him down at the table.

"So what happened, love?" I said holding an ice pack to his eye. "I came out to my parents.." he sighed "d-did they hit you?" I asked growing more concerned "yeah" he nodded "well. My dad did, and my mom sat and watched" he started to cry "they kicked me out and told me I couldn't go back unless I was straight. I thought they would love me no matter what, benji" he sobbed into my chest "oh my...baby, I'm so sorry that happened." I hugged him even tighter "they probably hate me Benji and I can't live knowing that" he said

"They'll realize what they lost sooner or later...but until then. You can stay here with me for as long as you need." I smiled kissing his forehead "thank you so much. Benji"

"Come on let's get you to bed" I rubbed his back before he stood up...

"Um, here you can wear this" I handed him some clothes

He put them on and I laid him down on the bed. His eyes slowly closed shut and I kissed his forehead before putting on my shoes and walking out of the house

—

I texted my parents saying that Victor was going to stay for a while and they were okay with it.

Now I needed to go figure out who the hell beat my boyfriend and why.

I walked up to the door of victors house and knocked.

"Um, hi...Benji?" Isabel said "hey...uh, I just came here to get some of victors stuff" I told her and she rolled her eyes before letting me in

I went into victors room and grabbed his clothes and put them in a bag I found. I turned around and saw that he had the drawing I drew him for his birthday on his mirror...I smiled at how sweet he is

—

"Was there a reason that Mr. Salazar just decided to beat his son up?" I asked "he's gay. Just like you are and we can't accept that in our household. He can take that gay nonsense somewhere else." she told me "I- I don't understand. Why can't you just accept victor for who he is? Nothing is gonna change him...and I don't think beating him made anything better. If anything he's just even more scared than he was before"

"Benji. Being...gay is a sin...and it's just disgusting. I can't even imagine how my son ended up like that." I was shocked "have even thought about victors feelings. Victor has been struggling with his sexuality for a while and he finally got the courage to come out and this is how you guys treat him...like he means nothing to you. He's hurt, Mrs. Salazar. And it's because of you guys. He thinks you guys hate him.." I told her started to tear up

She sighed "Benji...I could never hate victor. I love him to death but I just can't have someone who's gay live in my house, it's disgusting. And I don't need his little brother exposed to that stuff" I ran my hands through my hair "can't you at least try to be supportive...he's gone through a lot since he moved here and all he wants is for his parents to love him unconditionally no matter who he is." I said "it's not that easy-" I stopped her "it is. It may not be easy to accept the fact that he's gay and you may need a while to process that, but it's easy to let him know that you're here for him and that you'll support him throughout this." She sighed once again not saying anything

"I have to go...victors waiting on me" I told her as I walked towards the door "tell victor he's welcome to come back at anytime" I glared at her before shutting the door and walking back to my house

—

"Hey baby" I said stroking Victor's cheek with my thumb in an attempt to wake him up.

His eyes fluttered open and I smiled at him

"I hope you don't mind, but I went to your house and brought some of your clothes here and I talked to your mom a bit..." he sat up and looked at me "what do you mean?" He asked "I just went over to ask about what happened. She said she was talking about how being gay is a sin and stuff and how it's gross. Then she said you can come back anytime you wanted to...I tried to explain to her how much courage it took you to finally come out but I don't think she understands" victor sighed and grabbed my hand, fidgeting with my fingers "I don't think she ever will...and neither will my dad" the pain in his voice completely broke my heart.

"I'm so sorry, Victor, that you have to go through this. But just always remember that there are people who love and support you fully. Like Simon and his friends in New York, I love you, my parents adore you, Pilar and Adrian love you, Felix fully supports you...if your parents can't accept you for who you are they're missing out on so much. They're missing out of one of the best people in the whole world, victor..do you understand" he nodded, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"I love you so much Victor, never forget that" I pulled him in for a hug and hugged him tighter than ever...

"I love you too, Benji...so much. Thank you for being here for me and supporting me"

"I'll always be here for you no matter what..."