I had grown up with Daniel, a close friend of mine, not even a year younger than I. (I was 18). We had went to movies together, played football together, done everything together, but not once had I ever thought of him as more than a friend.
Our mothers had decided that year to send us both to summer camp, as my mother was having marital problems and needed time to reconcile with my dad, and she offered to pay for Daniel to come with me, which was bonus, as I didn't really want to spend all summer with complete strangers. He was happy to go with me, not having too many opportunities as his family wasn't getting by well at all financially. In fact when I asked him, his eyes lit up and he started packing right away.
My mother dropped us both off, gave us hugs and sent us on our way to catch the bus. We spent most of the time on the bus playing cards, and joking around as usual.
As luck would have it, we got to be in the same cabin. Each cabin held four guys, and a counsellor. Now you might think we were a little old for a summer camp, but this camp was geared towards art, literature, and for fun, sports. Our counsellor Gary was neat. He would let us smoke, drink and whatever we wanted as long as we stayed in the cabin and no one else found out about it. So this is how we spent most nights.
One night however, Daniel and I decided to take a walk to see if we could find anything interesting, like a snake or multicoloured frog, anything out of the normal. We walked for a bit, not talking much, mostly just looking around.
Daniel sat down on the steps of an old abandoned cabin and started tying his shoe laces.
I sat on the step next to him, and watched him.
Now, I had never considered myself bisexual by any stretch of the imagination, so it surprised me quite a bit when I watched Daniel, admiring his form as he tied his laces. And for the first time in 18 years, I saw him... really saw him. He had waist long dark hair, and beautiful green eyes. The type of green that even a cat would envy. When he turned and smiled at me, it melted me. I smiled like an idiot back at him, and he started talking about his ex-girlfriend, and the problems he was having with her. I didn't hear anything he was saying, all that kept running through my mind was that I wanted to have him, and had to...
Daniel looked up at me again, and before I could stop myself I leaned over and kissed him. He jerked back and stared at me as if I were a martian or something.
"Damian what the hell?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know what got into me" I stammered and looked down, staring at the ground, knowing I had just lost my best friend, for sure.