New Life : A Second Chance

Little Kyle could not quite grasp what Big Brother Kyle was saying.

No, that wasn't right.

He did understand but this was the first time someone actually told him to embrace himself. To accept himself. Even his mother would try to placate him by telling him that he'd outgrow the feminine features.

Yet, as he grew older, he only got more and more beautiful, which made him more and more frustrated. Some even had ... these strange looks on their faces whenever they looked at him. He even got that look from his stepfather.

When he came to pick him up from school, he didn't think anything was wrong. However, getting on the train was a sure sign something wasn't right. However, he couldn't do anything about it and his stepfather just made his hold on him stronger.

He didn't like it. He didn't like the sense of fear and danger that he felt coming. Yet, no one was helping. Until Big Brother Kyle came along.

But now he wants him to dress up like a girl? But he was going to do so as well just to keep him company? This manly man would do that?

"There is no other way?" he asked quietly, not daring to look at Big Brother Kyle.

Kyle looked at him and smiled, "There is always another way. If you're not comfortable with this, then we won't do it."

The risk would be higher but he was not one to make the little boy feel worse about himself. If he couldn't handle it, Kyle was not going to force him.

"You'll dress up as a girl for me?" he asked.

"Yes," Kyle answered firmly.

"Don't worry, Kyle. It's no big deal. Whether you dress up as a girl or not, I'd still do it," Kyle said. He wanted to show Little Kyle that there was nothing to be ashamed of.

"You really don't mind people seeing you as a girl?" Little Kyle asked, then shook his head, "But why should you? You don't look like a girl normally, so dressing as one wouldn't be hard."

Kyle knew what Little Kyle was getting at. If he was to disguise himself as a girl, people would see him as a girl - not as a guy dressing up as a girl. Thus, the feeling is different.

"In a way," Kyle said, "But at the end of the day, the point is - I don't care what people think. Look, take me and Big Bro Xing Han here. We're very, very close. So close that people have said we're gays."

"Even our last principal wanted to expel us because she thought we were," Kyle revealed, much to the horror of Little Kyle, "But I am still friends with him. I do not care what people think. He's my BFF. The end."

"Yeah, our friendship never changed and he's never been uncomfortable with me," Xing Han declared proudly.

"Yeah," Kyle agreed, "Just because people were uncomfortable with how we interact, or how close we are, did not mean we would act any different. For what? It's our lives and our business. We have no obligation to make them feel better."

Little Kyle looked at them, understanding beginning to dawn in his eyes.

Kyle, seeing this, pressed on, "You see, we can do things like holding hands - and even kissing - without feeling like it's wrong or a sin. Our feelings are pure. Towards each other, it is nothing except sincere brotherhood."

"People can tell us that we're wrong. We're sinful, we're a disgrace but we just don't care. It doesn't bother us at all," Kyle said, "For what they are saying is not true."

"As for you, denying your looks as anything but what it truly is, is wrong. Just as I said earlier, you are beautiful. Instead of feeling ashamed, be proud," Kyle said, "And just because you're beautiful, doesn't mean you're not a man. You. Are you."

It was at that moment, that a big change happened in Little Kyle. A change in perception and a change in how he viewed himself. Though it would take years for him to truly be fully confident about himself, this moment was the moment that it all began.

In the future, whenever Little Kyle thought of this day, he knew that the man he became was all due to this pivotal moment.

"Okay, I'll do it," Little Kyle declared solemnly.

He then looked at Big Kyle and said, "But you'll make an ugly girl."

Just then, Kyle's phone that was at the window sill started beeping. With a smile, Kyle walked over to the window, took his phone and opened the window.

"You'd be surprised," Kyle said with a smile as a drone flew into the cabin, through the open window, carrying a bag.