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ROOFTOP OF STRIDER RESIDENCE - DAY
June Egbert and Dirk Strider are sitting on the edge of the roof, facing the sunset, the pair is holding hands.
Dirk stares at the horizon with his usual nonchalant poker face, while absentmindedly rubbing his thumb on the back of June’s hand.
June on the other hand, looks troubled, like she’s been running the same thought on her head over and over again, and it won’t go away on it’s own.
Eventually, she can’t take it anymore, and begins to speak.
JUNE: hey dirk?
DIRK: What’s up?
JUNE: i just…
JUNE: i wanted to apologize.
JUNE: for being… like this.
DIRK: Hmm.
DIRK: Look, i’ll be straight with you June.
DIRK: I don’t even know what you’re apologizing about right now.
DIRK: If you mean you’re sorry about being an awkward, nervous, dork who struggles with talking about her own feelings to a point of it being a genuine strain on your psyche, then let me be the first to grace you with the information that it’s no big deal, i’m not mad at you over it, and you don’t have to apologize.
DIRK: It’s actually one of my favorite things about you, believe it or not.
JUNE: heheh, that’s not what i meant, silly.
JUNE: i meant that i’m sorry for-
JUNE: *sniff*
Tears well up in her eyes, barely being held back by her while she finishes her train of thought.
JUNE: i’m sorry for being a girl.
JUNE: i’m sorry for not staying as the guy i was when we first started dating.
JUNE: i’m sorry for deceiving you and leading you on.
JUNE: i’ve barely figured out any of my stupid problems and here i am expecting you to just stand by my side the entire time without even considering how you feel about all of it.
JUNE: i’m ruining this, i’m ruining *us*.
JUNE: and i’m sorry.
DIRK: June, it’s ok.
DIRK: Really, i-
DIRK: *sigh*
DIRK: It’s not your fault, none of this is.
DIRK: It’s not like i left you with any other options, given i told you how i feel about my own sexuality and everything around it from the very start.
DIRK: And when you first came out to me, i’m not going to lie, i felt extremely conflicted.
DIRK: I genuinely wanted to break up with you for a little while.
DIRK: But i realized that at the end of the day, it was a little more complicated than a simple yes-or-no feeling depending on the gender.
DIRK: Being honest, i’ve had a moment or two of confusion over my own orientation even before you came out to me, due to seeing a single person of the opposite gender or some outside-the-binary xenogender they/them that i actually found slightly attractive or something of that sort.
DIRK: Actually, dating you during your transition process has only made me more aware of this.
DIRK: Because, throughout it all, my feelings for you never stopped.
DIRK: So, like, i’m not saying i’m straight now or whatever.
DIRK: I can’t even really say that i’m bisexual while keeping a straight face.
DIRK: But whatever my sexuality even is, it has enough proverbial space to fit how i feel about you in its entirety.
DIRK: I still love you June.
DIRK: And i always will.
JUNE: *sniff*
JUNE: you’re gonna make me ruin my makeup again!
JUNE: you always know exactly what to say, it’s not fair!
JUNE: i love you too dirk, and i always will.
JUNE: c’mere!
DIRK: Hey, come on, watch the fuckin’ shades!
June pulls Dirk into an embrace, as the two fall back onto the concrete floor, they stare at eachother for a moment, still holding closely onto eachother.
Removing their respective eyewear, the two move in for a kiss, and whatever worries are left inside the two melt away.