I didn’t want it to be this dirty secret.

Like did you cheat on me?

I THINK I’M PANSEXUAL BUT— BY ELLIE PRUSKO 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 99

I think I’m pansexual but—she said—I still love you and want to be with you forever. He said: Okay. She said: Okay? That’s it? He said: I just don’t really know what to say to that. She said: Okay. He said: I mean, I kinda knew already. She said: Oh. Well I didn’t want it to be this dirty secret and then I start resenting you for it. He said: Why would you resent me? She said: I don’t know. Not resent. I didn’t put it in the right words. He said: It’s okay. She said: Okay. I think I feel better now. How do you feel about takeout? He said: How did you find out? She said: What? He said: Like did you cheat on me? She said: Oh. Of course not, no. He said: Well then how did you find out? She said: One of my co-workers at the café. They’re non-binary and I guess I started getting a crush. He said: Like you want to fuck them? She said: I don’t… I don’t know. He said: Well then how do you even kn…