MAKE YOU MINE

JUDE

 

He sighs, dropping his hand away and standing up, walking over to the window.

"But when we are in here, at our home, we are just Teri and Kai. Two people who love each other and have private lives, different from the public eye, and what concepts everyone has of us. Do you know that everyone thinks that this house is an Airbnb and that I rented it for Kai's birthday?

"He wanted today to be celebrated inside our home, even when others don't know. Everyone thinks we live on the other side of town. That's how private we are, but not so secretive either."

"Hiding in plain sight."

"Exactly," he exhales and turns to look at me. "So, tell me, little Jude. Are you really ready to have a double life? Because loving Miko is going to be that way. A boy loving another boy is forbidden, and especially in our world, it could alienate you."

"I- I don't know about love. I think it's a simple, harmless crush, nothing much."