I was someone's sexual awakening
Can I tell you guys about that time I was someone's sexual awakening? Yes? Cool.
So it was a couple of years ago in this highschool drama group I was in. We were doing this play that nobody wanted to do but was dragged into it by the director because he'd done it before. I won't go into the details of the play or that year because it sucked. Maybe another time.
Anyway, I had this friend in the troupe named Autumn (not her real name). She got along well with my other friends and we were a good mini group in the troupe.
So one day we're rehearsing this scene called "the breakup". Basically the scene starts with Girl and Boy. Girl and Boy approach each other from either side of the stage, all lovey dovey. Then they come in for a kiss. Once that happens, they split apart as Boy mimes to Girl that they have to break up and then Boy leaves sadly while Girl is in tears.
Normally, my friend plays Boy and Autumn plays Girl. However, that day my friend was sick and any other boys in the troupe were needed elsewhere. This left me, someone who looked similar enough to my friend, to stage kiss Autumn.
A stage kiss works where Person A has her back to the audience while Person B has his back to the stage background. They lean in and tilt their heads as if they were kissing but they aren't.
Now, I hadn't exactly watched my friend and Autumn run the scene before but I knew how to stage kiss and I wanted my brief subbing to be good. So when I walked onto that stage I was as realistic as I knew how.
Keep in mind I learnt everything from Ao3 and roleplaying online so I had never dated before this.
I was keeping my eyes as soft as I could, and I walked slowly. I have no idea what Autumn saw but I do remember her surprise when it came to the kiss.
I pulled her in close and held a hand gently to her cheek, tilting it towards me as I twisted us into position. Then I swept in. I'll admit, I was pretty quick with how I moved. When I stopped, our noses were touching. I was internally cringing because of how awkward I felt I was being but Autumn's face and ears were bright red and her eyes were literally like saucers.
We completed the scene as normal, with my final sad look as my parting gift before I slipped into the wings and rushed backstage.
Everyone (because pretty much everyone crowds into the wings to watch rehearsals) then proceeded to say "I thought you were actually going to kiss her!"
Then Autumn, still red, confirmed that she thought the same. And then she proceeded to put the final nail in my proverbial coffin by telling me "[friend] never went in that close before and I thought you were actually going to kiss me!"
When I asked friend later, apparently they stay pretty far apart and don't really touch.
If Autumn had leaned into that one, we'd have actually kissed.
So at the end of that day, Autumn couldn't look me in the eyes, I couldn't look Autumn in the eyes (shame) and a few years later I found out that she came out.
I have no proof that I was the one that kick started that. I haven't talked to her in a while. But you know what, maybe I was. Maybe that was the inciting moment.
And I'm fucking proud of myself for it.
TLDR: I rizzed my friend with a fake kiss and now she's gay.
