Always more than friends
Corban said, "You're a good friend, Igor."
Igor scowled. "That's it though. You don't even know, do you?"
Corban asked, "Know what? What are you talking about?"
Igor turned to face him and replied, "We have always been more than just friends, Cor."
Corban smiled. "You're right, we're best friends."
Igor turned away from him and muttered, "Forget it, you have no idea what I'm talking about. I thought that you knew about my true feelings for you."
Corban frowned. "I don't quite follow."
Igor told him, "It doesn't matter any more. I have loved you for years now. To be completely honest with you, I have gotten used to you not loving me back."
Corban put a hand on his shoulder and stated, "I do love you back though."
Igor laughed bitterly. "No. You love me merely as a friend would. Not as I love you."
Corban answered, "I want to know what you mean."
Igor sneered. "Can't you see? I'm madly in love with you. I love you more than I have ever loved anyone else before."
Corban gasped. "You do?"
Igor nodded and mumbled, "It was silly of me to assume that you would reciprocate the feeling one day, but I still hoped you would."
Corban pulled him into an unexpected embrace and whispered into his ear, "I do love you like that, I just never thought you would feel that way about me. I thought you were, um, how do I put this? Straight not gay."
Igor chuckled. "Straight, me? I'm camper than Harry Merlin damn Potter."
Corban chortled. "Yeah, I don't know how the Dark Lord doesn't see it."
Igor grinned. "This feels right, you and I."
Corban agreed, "It does. I don't know why we haven't acted on our feelings before now."
Igor shrugged. "Maybe we thought that our dear old boss would prevent us from being together, or maybe I never knew that you were gay. Either way, I am glad that we're together now."