“Sure, go for it,” Clay said.
Benji took a deep breath and felt a reassuring hand from Mac along his back. “I’m bi. And yes, Mac and I are together.”
Quiet spread. Benji searched their faces, seeing shock… but there was something else in their faces he didn’t know how to define.
“Well… if we’re going to start opening up here, I suppose Hayden and I should tell you guys something, too,” Jesse said.
The pair looked to one another for a moment before turning to face everyone.
“Jesse and I are… together… too,” Hayden said.
He threaded one hand into Jesse’s and smiled at him.
Benji was shocked—but not all that shocked. He’d seen the looks… the anger… the jealousy… and he’d wondered. But to actually see them admitting it and coming together? He was stunned.
Adam wrapped an arm over Clay’s shoulder. “Well, I suppose it’s three for three.”
Clay leaned over and pressed his lips to Adam’s.
Now that one—Benji hadn’t seen that one coming. At all.
Benji turned to look at Mac, his eyes wide.
Mac just grinned at him. “Looks like you have nothing to worry about.” Mac drew him close and pressed a kiss to his lips.
Benji turned to look at his friends—and they all started laughing.
“Congratulations,” Clay said to Benji and held up his beer.
He eyed them all, seeing them happy for the first time in months. And now he understood all the turmoil they’d been through.
His very heterosexual friends weren’t so heterosexual after all.
After a round of hugs and congratulations, they got on to enjoying their holiday, their food, their friends, and their lovers.
