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So You're Not Surprised	By : rj1ofakind Category: +. to F > FAKE Views: 1683 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Thank you to Totally4Ryo for beta reading and late night chats of encouragement.

Epilogue
"Elena, this is Ryo again. It�s Wednesday night; we�re all safe. I�m sorry I seem to keep missing you. You know, I understand, I�m not angry."
A beep sounded in his ear warning him that the machine had stopped recording. "Damn". He had tried to call Elena the day after Dee and he had talked, but he had reached her machine. Later that day, he received a message from Elena that all was well, but he hadn�t actually talked to her. Now, four weeks later, he was still playing phone tag and had not reached her directly. He sighed and headed back to the couch.
Dee looked up from the video game he and Bikky were playing, with concern.

"Still no luck?"
"No," Ryo sat down and picked his book back up. "Maybe, you should try, she did say she liked you." The sarcasm not quiet covering over the slight pain in his voice.
"Pay attention, you dork. Can�t you see how bad I�m kicking your butt?" Bikky smacked his elbow into Dee, in case the verbal didn�t work.
"Yeah, yeah, hit pause for minute, squirt." Dee was still looking at Ryo with concern.
Bikky complied readily after Dee ignored the hit. "What�s wrong?"
"Nothing major, Biks," Ryo tried to sooth Bikky�s concern. "Elena and I need to talk and we just keep missing each other on the phone."
"Maybe, she wants to find what she was looking for," Dee mused, "before you two talk."
"Yeah, your probably right. Maybe I should go up and visit her." Ryo
"Hey you could take me up for a weekend?" Bikky interrupted. "That would be awesome to hang with her for a weekend."
"We would need to plan that, Biks, but I�ll talk to her about when you could go up." Ryo smiled. "Don�t worry, we�ll catch each other sooner or later."
Bikky turned back to restart the game but Dee�s eyes remained on Ryo. Ryo rolled his eyes. "I�ll call everyday until I do, don�t worry."
Dee gave a smile before turning back to the screen.

Ryo was just getting home from an early shift when he received the package. Dee and Bikky were out playing basketball, giving Ryo some alone time. He had been planning to look on-line for possibilities for Dee�s Finding Day present, but those thoughts fled, as he looked at the package. He opened it quickly seeing Elena�s name as the sender. Inside were two envelopes: one large manila envelope and one letter size. Elena had penned a request on the smaller envelope to open first. Inside was a note on blue stationary paper.

Dear Ryo,
I am sorry for avoiding direct conversation with you for so long, but it took longer to get this project done than I thought it would. Yes, I have been avoiding your phone calls, but not because I thought you might be angry. I just didn�t want to try and explain before I was able to give you this. Your mom confided in me often, and Frank even mentioned it to me once about a boy they thought you had a crush on. I knew Frank kept a journal, and hoped to find entries about that time. I hope you can forgive me for prying into your life. I hope this is explanation enough. Call after you have looked at it and we�ll plan to get together again. Tell that handsome man and boy in your life hello for me.
Love

Elena

He looked at the envelope thoughtfully, as he walked to his bedroom. He had laid it on the bed, while he changed into his favorite jeans and T-shirt. When he had called to ask for extra time alone, Dee had immediately offered to take Bikky out for dinner, so Ryo wouldn�t have any interruptions. He smiled as he thought of Dee�s concern and the promise Dee had demanded of Ryo to call if he finished before they got back.
Ryo�s hands were trembling as he opened the envelope. He pulled out the photocopied pages from within the envelope. The pages were copies of lined hand written journal entries, each page dated at the top. Ryo leaned against the pillows propped up on his headboard and began to read.

6/29/88
Thank god I finally got Yuri to agree to limit the boyfriends that James� brings over. I found him snogging that bounder of the month yesterday in our living room with hands down each other�s pants. I was furious. Ryo could have walked in at anytime. I will not have my son walking in on porn in the living room. Yuri was as furious as I was. I did have to admit that this type of behavior was a first for James. I tried to tell Yuri that he should curb his innuendoes around Ryo. But she�s always like he�s just trying to get a rise out of me and be cool to Ryo. And he�s never really taken it too far. I know he�s had a difficult life, but it isn�t an excuse for being a stubborn, pain in the ass, bastard. I wish he had kept that last boyfriend, Kyle, I think. He wasn�t too bad a guy.

3/10/92

God, I hope Ryo did not hear that argument. Could Yuri be right? Could there be a possibility he is ? God, I can�t even write the word. I just keep seeing pictures of Ryo turning into James, being obvious to piss people off, having a different boyfriend each month.

I know I will still love him. I know, Yuri so pissed. This will take some time for her to get over. I can always hope for two months. I know she�s identifies with not being accepted. I would never disown Ryo, I�. He can�t be gay. So he�s close to Titus. I don�t want my son to be.

Hell, if he is, I hope he�s like Yuri and it takes him time to figure it out. Because I�m going to need time to accept, I keep hearing it�s wrong screaming in the back of my head. But that was the church not . . .

I don�t know I hope he�s not.

5/21/92

Well, he said he didn�t hear the argument, but it�s two months later and he never mentions Titus. I even tried asking him. Yuri keeps telling me it was a crush, but I really want to believe she�s just too much a fan girl to see the truth. I tried to joke with her like that. Wrong move, nope two months not long enough. I wish I could tell her and Ryo that I could care less. My inner evil vacillates between it�s wrong, and I don�t want him to put up with the hatred. Well I don�t want him to have to deal with the hatred, but Yuri�s right. He�s had plenty of practice with prejudiced people, including both of our families. We are married against both families� wishes and I would not give Yuri up for anyone. That I do understand. That�s the reason I put up with James. That�s the reason I know I will always love Ryo and try to accept whatever he is. She�s seems accepting of me. I will love him no matter what. That, at least, is a promise I can keep.

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"Are you ready Ryo?" Dee stared at Ryo as if to answer the question himself, in case he felt he had gotten the wrong answer.
Ryo just smiled at the concern, "Almost, can you just give me a moment alone?"
Dee squeezed his hand, "Sure, I�ll be over at the car."
Ryo looked back at the head stones. This was the first time he�d been back to his parents� graves since his mom�s funeral. As he turned to leave, he heard a yell from the opposite direction.
"Randy?" Ryo turned back to see a small man with unruly salt and pepper curls walking toward him, with a large bouquet of lilies. The man walked over and placed the bouquet on his parents� graves. "James?" The surprise at seeing this ghost from his past visible.
"I knew I�d finally see you here. I was just visiting Seth. Do you remember him? He was my boyfriend when your parents died."
"I�m sorry. I didn�t know . . .
"Yeah about 3 years ago, the virus finally won, but we were together until the end. Your Mom would have been proud of me that I settled down. I visit him about once a month and always stop by to say hello to the folks. Just knew that when you had accomplished your goal, you�d come and visit. So are they going to be someone�s ass bitch forever?" Bitterness tinged James� voice at his final statement.
Ryo blinked and looked back at the headstones. "They�re dead." His voice was flat and even.
"You didn�t . . ."
"No" Ryo stopped him before he could suggest an opinion, "it just happened that way, but one of them confessed to it being a mistake."
"Good, Lily wouldn�t have wanted you to murder for her. Your Dad either, for that matter. God I miss them." James smiled and then started to chuckle. "Do you remember Kyle? I guess you were around 12, did you know I think he was the only boyfriend that your dad missed more than I did? He and your father actually sat around, drinking beers and watching sports. As long as I didn�t hug Kyle, kiss Kyle, touch Kyle or bring up the fact he was my boyfriend, your Dad thought he was great. He moped for about a week when we split up."
Ryo looked up at James confused and intrigued. " I sort of remember," but then became frustrated as his look at the past again took a corkscrew turn. "I . . . I couldn�t say, I�m having to readjust my memories right now. They seem to have become unreliable."
"How come?" James raced on as always, not worrying if the other person would be willing to answer.
A smile formed on Ryo�s face as he glanced back toward the car and found Dee leaning on the hood. "I found him." Ryo gave a small nod of his head to indicate where he was looking.
James turned to see the man beside the car. "Nice," obvious appreciation in his voice, a little too obvious in Ryo�s opinion.
"He�s mine," Ryo growled.
James just chuckled. "Okay, gotcha," drawing a smile from Ryo.
"Thought you might join the ranks. Mark said you stared long enough. God was Lily pissed about that when I told her. I was trying to apologize and almost got kicked out of the best family I had. I had to promise no boyfriends for a while and then none that I hadn�t dated for at least two months. That was almost never." James actually took a pause to breathe and looked down at the headstones.

"I miss them, even your father. He put up with a lot of my crap. Part of me felt like your older rebellious brother. I think I was trying to make him throw me out. Because I was so good for my own Dad, except of course, I like dick." James paused to chuckle, "Still blushing, I see.
"Well anyway, I loved him as much as I loved Lily because I didn�t give him much to like and he put up with me and my boyfriends.
"Hell, for you," James nodded his head toward Dee with this statement, "he�d become your man�s best friend."
Ryo smiled down at the grave, "Yeah, he probably would have." He looked back to James, suddenly very glad the man had popped up today. "We�re meeting Elena for dinner, would you like to come, that way you can meet Dee, and we could catch up?"
"Sure, I loved to meet the fag who got you to figure it out," Ryo started shaking his head and breathing in deeply, but a small smile crossed his face as the older man rambled on. "I never figured you�d go for the macho type, Randy, I figured you�d be a top . . ."
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