Things were going well, for over two weeks Justin
had made use of his slave and so far Josh hadn’t refused to do anything. He
went along with it all and it gave Justin hope. He was more certain that Josh
really was gay because why else would Josh let him use him. Why would he go
along if he wasn’t doing it to protect his secret? However Justin had one more
plan. He’d come up with the perfect plan. He was going to instruct Josh to do
something for him, something you wouldn’t do unless you were desperate. Yes,
Justin thought as he reviewed his plan, he’d find out if Josh was really gay
tonight.
***
“I
need some money” Justin started slowly once they both sat on the couch at
Justin’s house that night. They were all alone and Justin thought it was the
perfect opportunity to inform Josh off his new idea.
“Don’t
we all” Josh mumbled.
“Can’t
you get a job?” Justin said as if he’d just thought of it; time to put his plan
into motion. Josh eyed him.
“And
then what?” he asked slowly, not liking the idea nor where this was going.
“And
give the money to me” Justin suggested before a smile broke out, pleased with
the plan he’d come up with.
“What?!”
Josh exclaimed, finally getting out of shock.
This
was it. The moment of truth, either Josh was gay or he wasn’t.
“Have
you completely lost your mind?!” he yelled, outraged. He’d been this guy’s
slave for weeks and Justin had made use of this. Josh had been desperate to
make sure his secret would be safe but this, this was outrageous and although
his secret was important, this was ridiculous. He wouldn’t let Justin use him
for money to boot. Justin decided to push it.
“What?”
he asked, playing innocent. “It’s a great idea”
Josh
stared at him openmouthed; he could not be serious.
“You.
Are out of your mind” Josh stated, shaking his head.
“What
about your secret?” Justin taunted, still waiting for him to break and confess
he wasn’t gay. The truth would come out now.
“Fuck
you Justin! Forget it!” he yelled, then took a deep breath and continued.
“You
know what? I quit, you’re insane, I’m not doing this, you tell everyone at
school that I’m gay fine but here’s where I draw the line” he ranted. He’d
never thought he’d have said it but he wasn’t going to allow Justin to exploit
him. He was gay yes and it wouldn’t be easy if Justin did decide to tell but he
knew Chris would stand by him. He was going to take his chances because
Justin’s plan was disgraceful.
“I’m
not going to tell anyone” Justin told him honestly, his tone of voice softer
and gentler.
Josh’s
mouth opened in shock, wanting to say something but unable to as Justin’s lips
suddenly covered his. Josh was too shocked to pull away, to shove Justin away
or to curse at him.
“What…why…?”
Josh breathed when Justin finally broke the kiss, totally taken off guard. It
still took him a few moments to gather his thoughts and utter his deep
confusion. What the fuck was going on here?
“I’m
not going to tell anyone that you’re gay” Justin told him, his voice still
gentle and soft.
“But…
but…” Josh stuttered shaking his head, this didn’t make any sense.
“Why?”
he asked finally, eyebrows knitted in confusion.
“I
um… I needed to be sure you were really gay” Justin explained, suddenly a
little ashamed of himself.
“You
are gay?” Josh asked astonished. Justin eyed him then nodded slowly.
“Yes”
“Why
didn’t you just tell me?” Josh asked incredulously.
“I…
I was afraid” Justin admitted, afraid his reputation would be ruined.
“Afraid
of what?” Josh exclaimed.
“Afraid
I’d blackmail you like you blackmailed me?! Threatened to out you like you
threatened me?!” he questioned angrily.
“No!”
Justin denied quickly.
“I
was never going to out you, I was just afraid you weren’t really gay”
“Why
would I pretend to be gay?” Josh asked, truly confused but his anger was
beginning to build too.
“To
set me up” Justin mumbled, ducking his head a little.
“Why
in the world would I do that? What would I gain from that?” he exclaimed,
getting angrier by the second as he realized what this had been all about.
“There
are people in school who would, believe me” Justin told him honestly, lifting
his head to meet Josh’s eyes. It was the truth there were people who would but
Josh wasn’t one of them.
“Well
I wouldn’t” Josh persisted.
“I
know… now but I like you Josh, I just couldn’t take the chance” Justin said,
trying to justify his actions however Josh didn’t let him.
“Right”
Josh said disbelievingly; this was unacceptable.
“Josh
I’m sorry it had to be this way but I do really like you and I just wanted to
get to know you” Justin said honestly, lightly taking Josh’s hand in his own.
“You
have a strange way of showing it” Josh countered, pulling his hand back almost
immediately.
“I’m
sorry” he told him pleadingly, realizing Josh wasn’t reacting the way he’d
anticipated.
“Well
yeah you said that but that isn’t good enough, I can’t believe you made me be
your slave just so you could check if I was really gay. I’m sorry,” Josh
apologized sarcastically.
“But
sorry doesn’t cut it!” Josh glared, how could Justin think he could say sorry
and that would be the end of it. Just because he was popular didn’t mean he
would forgive him for everything. Just because he was popular didn’t mean he
could get away with something like this and it certainly didn’t mean he would
fall at his feet when the great Justin Timberlake told him he liked him. Josh
stood quickly and went to the hallway, grabbing his jacket quickly while Justin
followed him.
“Please
Josh, just stay” he pleaded with him.
“Fuck
you Justin” he told him glaring before he opened the door and slipped out,
striding away angrily.
“Josh
I’m sorry!” Justin called after him but Josh ignored him.
