2025-07-10, 04:22 PM
Admittedly, I was a bit annoyed with Leon.
He actually wanted to come home to me at three o'clock. And now it's already a quarter to four.
‘I'll tell him something,’ I thought and fumbled my mobile phone out of my pocket.
‘It's a good thing there's WhatsApp’. I tapped on Leon's chat and wrote to him to ask where he was.
I put my mobile phone aside and threw myself on the bed. ‘Let him stay at home,’ I thought to myself as my mobile phone vibrated.
I saw the little WhatsApp sign, unlocked my mobile phone and opened WhatsApp. Of course, it was Leon who had replied. I had to grin when I saw his message. ‘Wasn't it? That was today? I'm sorry, Moritz. I'll be on my way straight away.’ Yes, on holiday you often don't know what day of the week it is.
I put my mobile phone aside and stared at the ceiling. After what felt like an eternity or 10 minutes, the doorbell rang downstairs. I dashed down the stairs before my dad started grumbling again about why he always has to go to the door.
I opened the door ‘Come in Leon, I'm glad you made it in time’ I said cheekily.
‘Very funny, you comedian. We're on holiday, you can get the days of the week mixed up,’ he replied.
‘I forgive you’ I couldn't help but smile.
You just can't be angry with Leon. Leon said a quick hello to my parents and then we went up to my room. My parents are really the best. They gave me the entire attic as my room and I was allowed to furnish everything the way I wanted.
It's really cosy up here, only in summer it sometimes gets a bit too warm.
My parents also think Leon is really nice. We just haven't come out to my parents yet, even though we've been together for a year. But we want to wait for the right time and not rush things. Also because I know what prejudices my mum has. But they'll have to get used to it.
After all, we don't live in a village, but in beautiful Hamburg.
‘Moritz, are you still coming today?’
Shit, my mind was already somewhere else, because I'm still standing at the front door.
‘Yes, yes, I'm coming’ I called up to him.
I went into the kitchen to get two small bottles of Coke and then went up to Leon.
‘Here, so you don't die of thirst today’
‘Thanks, you weirdo,’ he said lovingly, pulling me onto the bed and leaning over me.
‘I love you too,’ I replied with a smile.
Then we kissed.
‘Ey, your hair tickles’ I laughed. ‘I can cut it short’ ’Please don't, your hair is great and you look stupid with short hair.’ ‘Who has long, blonde hair with black streaks these days?’
‘No, you don't.’ I said and kissed him again.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. We quickly sat down on the bed so that nobody would notice. My mum was standing in the doorway. ‘Moritz, Leon, come downstairs, there's cake and hot chocolate.’ ‘Yes, we'll be right down, Mum.’ ‘That's fine.’
‘Too bad your mum just interrupted that.’ Leon said and kissed me again.
‘Yes, come on, I'm already hungry.’ We went downstairs to the living room. As it was my grandma's birthday yesterday, today we had the leftovers of the homemade Black Forest gateau and cocoa and coffee. I don't like coffee, so I just drink the cocoa. We all sat down and my mum gave us a piece of cake each. ‘And what else are you going to do?’ She asked. ‘Let's see, maybe we'll go for a bike ride or something. And we wanted to spend the night at my place tonight, is that okay?’ ‘Fine by me, what do you say, Stefan?’ ‘Hmm? Oh well, yeah,’ that was typical of my father.
‘All right, then enjoy yourselves for the first time’
We didn't need to be told twice. The cake really was first class.
‘Can we get up?’ I asked. ‘Of course, but please take your plates out with you.’
No sooner said than done and we were back upstairs in my room.
Leon giggled and pulled me onto the bed by the hand so that I was now lying on top of him.
‘So, what do we want to do today?’ I winked at him. ‘That's obvious, what we're already doing.’ I kissed him and he pulled me even closer to him. We lay there kissing and cuddling for a few moments. That's the best thing. It's marvellous to have such a great boyfriend like Leon. He's almost perfect. I've known him for five years. We got to know each other back then when I joined his class after I switched from secondary school to grammar school. Now we're both in tenth grade, so we still have two years before we have to start our careers.
As I said, we've known each other for five years now, but we've only been together for a year. But that came gradually. We just got closer and closer and then at some point we realised that we felt more than just a normal friendship for each other. We're still as much in love as we were on the first day. That may sound cheesy, but it's actually true.
We spend a lot of time together. But we're mostly at my place or outside, as his parents don't think much of me and unfortunately don't think much of their son either. Of course, this has taken its toll on Leon, but since we've been doing so much together, he's in a better mood again. He knows how important he is to me and we are a bit like a second family to him.
I have more luck in that regard; my parents are totally supportive of me and have also welcomed Leon warmly. Still, I am a bit afraid of how they will react when we tell them that Leon and I are a couple.
With Leon's parents, I really see things in a dark light. I think they would be quite pleased with something like that. Then they would finally have a reason to throw Leon out. But whatever, then he can move in with me and we can really live together and... "Moritz, enough daydreaming!" He grinned and gave me another kiss. "Come on, we're going to the city; I need a shirt for the upcoming photo shoot at school." "Oh shoot, I totally forgot about that, but then I can also buy myself a pair of pants; that wouldn't hurt." So that was settled. I grabbed my jacket and wallet and went downstairs with Leon. "We're going to the city." "Okay, my little bird, please be home by seven." "That can be arranged."
We put on our shoes and jackets and walked to the nearest bus stop, which was fortunately just two streets away. We didn’t want to ride our bikes because there wasn’t enough time.
The bus arrived after a few minutes, and we rode for twenty minutes into the city center.
Once we arrived at our stop, we had to walk for another ten minutes until we reached the pedestrian zone. We strolled through the various shops, and after an hour and a half, we had what we needed.
"Do you want to maybe go get some ice cream?" Leon asked me. "I don't mind." So we went to the nearest ice cream parlor and enjoyed our spaghetti ice cream and iced coffee.
Then Leon did something I didn't expect from him. He simply kissed me on the lips and whispered, "I love you."
Normally, he is very reserved in public, and I can't even hold him in my arms. He apparently still hasn't fully accepted that he is gay.
But that is definitely a step forward.
"Hey Leon, what's suddenly gotten into you? You don't usually do that."
"Was that not okay?"
"Of course, Leon, I'm happy about it; I was just surprised."
"I just love you, and that's part of it."
"Oh, thank you, you're great."
I also gave him a kiss.
"And now let's go before my mom gets mad; we're having homemade pizza tonight."
"Oh, I don't want to miss that, come on, let's go."
Once we got home, we went straight up to my room, and I cut the price tags off the clothes and put them in the laundry.
By then it was already seven in the evening and time to eat. We were allowed to top our pizza ourselves. Leon took a lot of tuna while I settled for ham.
The pizza then had to go in the oven for twenty minutes, and we had time to tell my parents about our day.
Actually, I'm not the type who enjoys sitting for a long time with my parents talking about things, watching TV, or playing board games. But Leon always enjoys it a lot, and of course, I don't take that joy away from him.
"So where have you two been hanging out?" my father asked.
I let Leon tell the story. "First, we went to buy pants and a shirt because we have the photo shoot at school next week. Then we went to the ice cream parlor, and Moritz and I... um, it's not that important." I just thought, 'damn Leon, think first, then speak, not the other way around.'
"Hey, what did you two do for the first time in public?" my mother asked with that sharp undertone that doesn't bode well. "Nothing, Mom." "Moritz! What was Leon just about to say?" "Okay, well, we wanted to tell you for a while now."
"And what, please?" my father asked now.
"Okay, please let me finish." I took Leon's hand. Cold sweat ran down my forehead. "Mom, Dad, Leon and I love each other; we're gay."
Surprised looks from my parents. My father looked at our hands. "You know, we actually already knew because we saw you the other day hugging in the kitchen. But, and I'm speaking for both of us now, we don't think that's bad; we're really happy for you. It doesn't matter who you love, as long as you're happy. And you are." Hearing those words from my mother made me incredibly proud. And my father nodded in agreement. "But how long have you been together?" he asked now. I let Leon answer. "For about a year, but we didn't know how you would react; my parents would throw me out."
"I can imagine that, and you know, if something like that happens, you can stay here anytime you want. On the condition that you don't hold back because of us. I mean, if you want to kiss, then do it, even if we're around; we think that's great." That came from my father.
Now I wanted to show gratitude too and hugged Leon. For that, I got a kiss on the mouth from him.
"Oh, isn't that sweet, Stefan?"
"Yes, my darling."
"Now, let's eat first."
While eating, I had to think about the situation for the first time. Because Leon let it slip, we came out to my parents, and they took it well, which I never thought they would. But it’s kind of strange that my parents know everything now. But I am grateful to them for accepting it like that.
However, I would rather not think about what Leon's parents would say. I just know that they will not react positively, but there is still the possibility that Leon will move in with me, and then we can really live together, a bit like we planned for later.
We want to live together later.
But for now, I just wanted to eat my pizza.
After eating, we went straight up to my room.
"Well, that was something, I never would have believed that your parents would take it so well."
"I know, but I am relieved. The main thing is that we don’t have to hide anymore. We can now sleep in one bed all night and stuff."
"Moritz, come here, let’s celebrate this first."
He pulled me onto the bed and kissed me wildly.
"Wait, Leon, let’s get ready for bed first."
"Oh Moritz, not now." He grinned at me. "Come on."
We changed clothes and brushed our teeth. Now we were only wearing cozy t-shirts and boxers.
We lay under the blanket in bed.
He cuddled up to me and I kissed him.
He actually wanted to come home to me at three o'clock. And now it's already a quarter to four.
‘I'll tell him something,’ I thought and fumbled my mobile phone out of my pocket.
‘It's a good thing there's WhatsApp’. I tapped on Leon's chat and wrote to him to ask where he was.
I put my mobile phone aside and threw myself on the bed. ‘Let him stay at home,’ I thought to myself as my mobile phone vibrated.
I saw the little WhatsApp sign, unlocked my mobile phone and opened WhatsApp. Of course, it was Leon who had replied. I had to grin when I saw his message. ‘Wasn't it? That was today? I'm sorry, Moritz. I'll be on my way straight away.’ Yes, on holiday you often don't know what day of the week it is.
I put my mobile phone aside and stared at the ceiling. After what felt like an eternity or 10 minutes, the doorbell rang downstairs. I dashed down the stairs before my dad started grumbling again about why he always has to go to the door.
I opened the door ‘Come in Leon, I'm glad you made it in time’ I said cheekily.
‘Very funny, you comedian. We're on holiday, you can get the days of the week mixed up,’ he replied.
‘I forgive you’ I couldn't help but smile.
You just can't be angry with Leon. Leon said a quick hello to my parents and then we went up to my room. My parents are really the best. They gave me the entire attic as my room and I was allowed to furnish everything the way I wanted.
It's really cosy up here, only in summer it sometimes gets a bit too warm.
My parents also think Leon is really nice. We just haven't come out to my parents yet, even though we've been together for a year. But we want to wait for the right time and not rush things. Also because I know what prejudices my mum has. But they'll have to get used to it.
After all, we don't live in a village, but in beautiful Hamburg.
‘Moritz, are you still coming today?’
Shit, my mind was already somewhere else, because I'm still standing at the front door.
‘Yes, yes, I'm coming’ I called up to him.
I went into the kitchen to get two small bottles of Coke and then went up to Leon.
‘Here, so you don't die of thirst today’
‘Thanks, you weirdo,’ he said lovingly, pulling me onto the bed and leaning over me.
‘I love you too,’ I replied with a smile.
Then we kissed.
‘Ey, your hair tickles’ I laughed. ‘I can cut it short’ ’Please don't, your hair is great and you look stupid with short hair.’ ‘Who has long, blonde hair with black streaks these days?’
‘No, you don't.’ I said and kissed him again.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. We quickly sat down on the bed so that nobody would notice. My mum was standing in the doorway. ‘Moritz, Leon, come downstairs, there's cake and hot chocolate.’ ‘Yes, we'll be right down, Mum.’ ‘That's fine.’
‘Too bad your mum just interrupted that.’ Leon said and kissed me again.
‘Yes, come on, I'm already hungry.’ We went downstairs to the living room. As it was my grandma's birthday yesterday, today we had the leftovers of the homemade Black Forest gateau and cocoa and coffee. I don't like coffee, so I just drink the cocoa. We all sat down and my mum gave us a piece of cake each. ‘And what else are you going to do?’ She asked. ‘Let's see, maybe we'll go for a bike ride or something. And we wanted to spend the night at my place tonight, is that okay?’ ‘Fine by me, what do you say, Stefan?’ ‘Hmm? Oh well, yeah,’ that was typical of my father.
‘All right, then enjoy yourselves for the first time’
We didn't need to be told twice. The cake really was first class.
‘Can we get up?’ I asked. ‘Of course, but please take your plates out with you.’
No sooner said than done and we were back upstairs in my room.
Leon giggled and pulled me onto the bed by the hand so that I was now lying on top of him.
‘So, what do we want to do today?’ I winked at him. ‘That's obvious, what we're already doing.’ I kissed him and he pulled me even closer to him. We lay there kissing and cuddling for a few moments. That's the best thing. It's marvellous to have such a great boyfriend like Leon. He's almost perfect. I've known him for five years. We got to know each other back then when I joined his class after I switched from secondary school to grammar school. Now we're both in tenth grade, so we still have two years before we have to start our careers.
As I said, we've known each other for five years now, but we've only been together for a year. But that came gradually. We just got closer and closer and then at some point we realised that we felt more than just a normal friendship for each other. We're still as much in love as we were on the first day. That may sound cheesy, but it's actually true.
We spend a lot of time together. But we're mostly at my place or outside, as his parents don't think much of me and unfortunately don't think much of their son either. Of course, this has taken its toll on Leon, but since we've been doing so much together, he's in a better mood again. He knows how important he is to me and we are a bit like a second family to him.
I have more luck in that regard; my parents are totally supportive of me and have also welcomed Leon warmly. Still, I am a bit afraid of how they will react when we tell them that Leon and I are a couple.
With Leon's parents, I really see things in a dark light. I think they would be quite pleased with something like that. Then they would finally have a reason to throw Leon out. But whatever, then he can move in with me and we can really live together and... "Moritz, enough daydreaming!" He grinned and gave me another kiss. "Come on, we're going to the city; I need a shirt for the upcoming photo shoot at school." "Oh shoot, I totally forgot about that, but then I can also buy myself a pair of pants; that wouldn't hurt." So that was settled. I grabbed my jacket and wallet and went downstairs with Leon. "We're going to the city." "Okay, my little bird, please be home by seven." "That can be arranged."
We put on our shoes and jackets and walked to the nearest bus stop, which was fortunately just two streets away. We didn’t want to ride our bikes because there wasn’t enough time.
The bus arrived after a few minutes, and we rode for twenty minutes into the city center.
Once we arrived at our stop, we had to walk for another ten minutes until we reached the pedestrian zone. We strolled through the various shops, and after an hour and a half, we had what we needed.
"Do you want to maybe go get some ice cream?" Leon asked me. "I don't mind." So we went to the nearest ice cream parlor and enjoyed our spaghetti ice cream and iced coffee.
Then Leon did something I didn't expect from him. He simply kissed me on the lips and whispered, "I love you."
Normally, he is very reserved in public, and I can't even hold him in my arms. He apparently still hasn't fully accepted that he is gay.
But that is definitely a step forward.
"Hey Leon, what's suddenly gotten into you? You don't usually do that."
"Was that not okay?"
"Of course, Leon, I'm happy about it; I was just surprised."
"I just love you, and that's part of it."
"Oh, thank you, you're great."
I also gave him a kiss.
"And now let's go before my mom gets mad; we're having homemade pizza tonight."
"Oh, I don't want to miss that, come on, let's go."
Once we got home, we went straight up to my room, and I cut the price tags off the clothes and put them in the laundry.
By then it was already seven in the evening and time to eat. We were allowed to top our pizza ourselves. Leon took a lot of tuna while I settled for ham.
The pizza then had to go in the oven for twenty minutes, and we had time to tell my parents about our day.
Actually, I'm not the type who enjoys sitting for a long time with my parents talking about things, watching TV, or playing board games. But Leon always enjoys it a lot, and of course, I don't take that joy away from him.
"So where have you two been hanging out?" my father asked.
I let Leon tell the story. "First, we went to buy pants and a shirt because we have the photo shoot at school next week. Then we went to the ice cream parlor, and Moritz and I... um, it's not that important." I just thought, 'damn Leon, think first, then speak, not the other way around.'
"Hey, what did you two do for the first time in public?" my mother asked with that sharp undertone that doesn't bode well. "Nothing, Mom." "Moritz! What was Leon just about to say?" "Okay, well, we wanted to tell you for a while now."
"And what, please?" my father asked now.
"Okay, please let me finish." I took Leon's hand. Cold sweat ran down my forehead. "Mom, Dad, Leon and I love each other; we're gay."
Surprised looks from my parents. My father looked at our hands. "You know, we actually already knew because we saw you the other day hugging in the kitchen. But, and I'm speaking for both of us now, we don't think that's bad; we're really happy for you. It doesn't matter who you love, as long as you're happy. And you are." Hearing those words from my mother made me incredibly proud. And my father nodded in agreement. "But how long have you been together?" he asked now. I let Leon answer. "For about a year, but we didn't know how you would react; my parents would throw me out."
"I can imagine that, and you know, if something like that happens, you can stay here anytime you want. On the condition that you don't hold back because of us. I mean, if you want to kiss, then do it, even if we're around; we think that's great." That came from my father.
Now I wanted to show gratitude too and hugged Leon. For that, I got a kiss on the mouth from him.
"Oh, isn't that sweet, Stefan?"
"Yes, my darling."
"Now, let's eat first."
While eating, I had to think about the situation for the first time. Because Leon let it slip, we came out to my parents, and they took it well, which I never thought they would. But it’s kind of strange that my parents know everything now. But I am grateful to them for accepting it like that.
However, I would rather not think about what Leon's parents would say. I just know that they will not react positively, but there is still the possibility that Leon will move in with me, and then we can really live together, a bit like we planned for later.
We want to live together later.
But for now, I just wanted to eat my pizza.
After eating, we went straight up to my room.
"Well, that was something, I never would have believed that your parents would take it so well."
"I know, but I am relieved. The main thing is that we don’t have to hide anymore. We can now sleep in one bed all night and stuff."
"Moritz, come here, let’s celebrate this first."
He pulled me onto the bed and kissed me wildly.
"Wait, Leon, let’s get ready for bed first."
"Oh Moritz, not now." He grinned at me. "Come on."
We changed clothes and brushed our teeth. Now we were only wearing cozy t-shirts and boxers.
We lay under the blanket in bed.
He cuddled up to me and I kissed him.