Icing on the Cake

~198~

I was walking down the hall outside the reception area to go use the restroom when I ran into one of my younger cousins. His name is Ryan and he is probably around sixteen.

Whilst I didn’t know him that well and we have had a total of three conversations in our lifetimes, I still felt like I should talk to all my family that came to my wedding.

“Hey, how’s it going?” I asked.

“Pretty good,” He shyly answered back, not really knowing what to say. “Congratulations.”

“Thank you! I’m glad you could make it.” I responded.

Ryan sheepishly looked down one end of the hall and the other. There was no one around.

“I’m really glad I could make it too.” He said quietly. “I’m glad I could come to a…gay, wedding,” He said as if gay was a dirty word or something that was uncomfortable for him to say. “I think I’m gay.”

“Oh, that’s cool.” I said, not knowing what to say.

“Don’t tell anyone. No one knows.”

“Just between you and me.” I assured. “Promise.”

“Thank you.”

Ryan then quickly walked away.

I could see the confusion, pain, and struggle in his eyes that I knew all too well. And as bad as I felt for him, I couldn’t help but smile knowing that he trusted me enough to be the first person to ever tell.

And that my wedding gave him the confidence to do so.

Notes

This is a bit of a filler chapter not gonna lie but Chapter 200 will be intense and I will try to post more I've been MIA cuz I was in a play and it took up a lot of my time.