From Friend To Mate novel Chapter 23

Felix came to realise at an incredibly young age that his mother was very adamant on him becoming a strong muscular manly man. It was a lot of pressure when he grew up as they both noticed that he was skinnier and shorter than the sort of man that his mother wanted him to be.

His mother also tried her best to stop him from being girly as she called it.

Whenever Felix would try to express any type of emotion he'd be scolded and told to stop, and that it wasn't manly.

Later on, Felix came to know that his mother was the only family that he had his entire life. When she was pregnant with him everybody in her family completely abandoned her saying she wasn't ready for a child, so she had to raise him all on her own.

And she did a good job except for the mental trauma that she may have caused him. Felix couldn't leave his mother after finding out what happened.

Now however, that he was sure that he was gay, and his mother was staring at him her eyes a pitch black after finding some suggestive text messages on his phone he didn't think the same way.

"What about it, Mum?" Felix said his voice quiet.

It's always been on his mind what his mother felt about him. She was always nice and kind and loved him however he felt that all her actions were to slowly mould him into the type of man that she wanted him to be instead of leaving him to grow into who he was.

"No, man talks like this to another man. You sound gay." She said the words seething through her teeth.

Felix froze.

I am gay. He thought in his head the words begging to just spill out of his mouth.

His mother noticed his frozen state and went closer to him. Her face softened. "It's Ok." She said as she sat onto the bed next to her traumatised son before wrapping an arm around his shoulders.

"We can fix you." She started, "You can just stop hanging around these boy's ok? We'll move away and start ag-"

"No." Felix said realising what his mother was insinuating .

He wasn't going to let her change him. He now recognised how much of an influence she had on his life and for the first time in forever he was standing up against her.

"Mum," he said before pausing, "I'm gay" he said it this time.

It wasn't in his head.

His eyes widened realising that he actually did it. His mother paused in shock. She immediately stood up shaking her head in dismay. No.no. no. she repeated.

Felix stared into his mother, tears on his cheek. He's never cried in front of her before. "It's who I am mum." He said softly hoping that her love for him would overpower her hate for people like him.

She got up. Bending down beneath his bed she grabbed a suitcase. Without saying a word, she went to his closet stuffing everything she can into the suitcase.

A figure left the door and advanced towards Felix.

"What are you doing here?" Jason said.

Previously

In front of him was a huge mansion lined with bricks standing over the small poor boy.

Almost judging him.

A figure left the door and advanced towards Felix.

"What are you doing here?" Jason said.

Felix didn't reply he just looked up at the taller man in front of him. Tears stained his cheeks as his red hands painfully gripped onto what was meant to be his suitcase.

Standing in front of Jason he just started crying even harder. His mind was always in turmoil and he didn't know what to do.