Chapter 7: All Signs

One moment they'd been ready to tear each other's throats out and the next, it was confused heaven for the both of them.
It was total bliss with a pulsating golden glow surrounding their forms until realisation hit and Jacov pulled back with a startled cry. He stared at Alon, the both of them looking at each other like startled rabbits. Words spluttered their way from his mouth. "Wh-what?! What did-? What did we just-?!"
Alon sat up with horrified look on his face. "I don't know! I didn't mean to-!" His words choked off as Jacov scrambled to his feet and took off, racing in a random direction. Alon pounded his heads with his hands and yelled at nothing. "I'm sorry!"
Jacov ran. All he could hear was the sound of his heavy breathing and the pounding of his heart. He soon reached a stream bed and fell to his knees, panting. His heart continued to beat out of sync and he thought frantically to the past event.
First, Jacov was wary of Alon. Then, Alon dissed Jacov's father. Jacov yelled at Alon. Alon yelled at Jacov. They fought with unrestrained violence and suddenly...
Their lips touched.
Sparks flew.
It was explosions in his head and in his heart. 
The golden glow was identified at once. It was the glow of love.
Jacov sat back on his heels, thoroughly puzzled. How could he love Alon? Was it not man to lie with woman? How could he, a boy, be in love with another?

The fire crackled softly that next night. Jacov sat on his bedroll, hugging his knees and staring into the flame. His stare was broken as his father stoked the base. "What are you thinking, Jacov?" he asked.
Jacov hesitated for a moment before answering. "I was thinking...can a man love another man?"
There was a chilled silence where his father's stare bore holes into Jacov's head. "Why do you ask?" was the icy reply.
Jacov answered immediately but surprised himself with the easy lie. "Curiosity."
Jacov received a strange look when his father replied. "Yes. A few men do prefer other men to women. But, those men are the scum of humanity. It is wrong, against God's will, to love someone of the same sex."
Jacov stared back at the fire. "Okay." His mind was racing. He couldn't deny it. All signs pointed to it. He was undeniably in love with his best friend. But...did Alon feel the same way?
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A/N: Blarg so short a chapter BUT hold on to your hats: this chapter was split into two! Apart, they are relatively short. Together, it's way too long for me to be satisfied ._. And I'm cruel enough to test out a cliff hanger :D