Robin in his underwear.

As I enter my apartment, I walk in quietly. Robin is not on the couch where I expect him, not in what is my dining area, or in the cramped kitchen. I find him still awake in his underwear with a small cub visible on my double bed. "Hey, I thought I would shoot my shot." He announced with a playful smile.

"So you want to pick up where we left off? Fully, partially or is this a drunk stunt of yours?" I ask curiously

"What if this is me doing a dumb drunk thing?" He replies.

"Then none of the things I can or will do are done with consent, none of it is done with your full knowledge, and it might mean nothing."

"I am not drunk." He says.

"Walk here without leaning on anything!" I command. He has a slight wobble, not completely drunk but definitely too drunk to give sane consent. All he says has more likelihood of being true instead of being hallucinations, though. "Okay," I say, placing him back on the bed. "I am willing to talk, to listen, but nothing physical. Do you understand?"

With a pouty face, he says: "No sex, I understand." I nod. "So I have known since, well, I was little, I was into men. You were the first and only person to reciprocate, but I had celeb crushes. So meeting you like this again is nice. Somehow, whenever I was around you, it felt like coming home. Even now, I hardly want to leave you." He leans his head on my shoulder. "However, I could never be open about who I loved, what I liked or anything for that matter. My parents are strict, and as lgbtq+ fobic as one could be. They disowned my sister as a result. This is a long-winded way of asking. Do you want to be my secret boyfriend?" He says, turning my face to look at him.

"Ask me again when you are sober." I respond with the most deadpan face I can. I am surprised, however, this is the first confession I have heard in my life. Not from some girl I knew, no, from a buddy who I had once assumed was a girl.

"Second question, can you add both Chantal and me to help us repair and protect our relationship with our parents?" This is a more serious question for you in your head. Do I add them or not?

Author's note: I know this might feel similar to Robin's original branch at this point, and TBH it might become just an alternative route there. However, this branch will likely have Pieter level faster due to having more subjects earlier.