*Translations:
mijo: my son
cariño: sweetheart
mi amor: my love
ven aca: come here
***
LeLe:
mama
sos
code purple
i need advicd
advice*
can we talk
Mama Bear:
Of course mijo
I just need a few minutes
Finishing up dinner for me and your father
So a code purple huh? What's she like?
Valerio's lips pursed before the bottom one was brought between his teeth. His eyebrows knit together, the skin above his nose and forehead wrinkling. Both thumbs hovered above the phone's keyboard out of uncertainty.
How could he word this?
LeLe:
its...not a girl
its a guy this time
so...
yeah...
Mama Bear:
OH!
Okay cariño ❤️
Hard, tense shoulders dropped in relief.
Valerio wasn't sure why he was afraid of opening up about his newly developed romantic attachment. He knew his parents would've been fine about him having a crush on anyone, whether it be another man, a woman, or someone else in a different spot on the gender spectrum. Sweet Mama Bear would've been excited about the prospect of welcoming someone new into the family again. Loving Papa Shihab would've been delighted to know someone cared for their son the way they did. There had just been an understanding, until now, Valerio wasn't Bi in that way.
He never thought he'd have to come out of the closet a second time—especially since he hadn't known he was still in one to begin with.
It was possible his old fears from back in the day, fears of not being understood or accepted, bled into the present.
A lot of issues from the past were reawakening as of late, doing their damnedest to keep him in a cage shrouded in cold, isolated darkness.
Hopefully, talking to someone trustworthy with experience in following their heart would give Valerio a guiding light to follow.
It was something he depended on now more than ever because a certain person of interest had never been this important before.
Valerio just...needed help. He needed someone to hear him out. He needed someone to listen.
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