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He nodded again. “Yes. I did. Of course.”
Then she turned to me. “Did you use condoms with your ex?”
“Yes. Which he insisted on, which makes sense in hindsight. At least he did one thing right.” I shrugged. “I’ve never had unprotected sex before. And all my results came back negative.”
She gave us a smile. “Okay, so we’ve both taken the right steps.” She patted Keats arm. “It’s perfectly natural to feel responsible, but accidents happen.”
“He’s not responsible,” I said. I looked at Keats and gave his hand a shake so he’d look at me. “Hey. I told you before, it’s not your fault.”
He winced again. “I know, I just...” He sighed. “I feel like I came inside you without your consent, and honestly, it makes me feel sick.”
Oh boy.
“Keats,” I whispered.
“Doing anything without your consent, without your permission...” He shook his head and pressed his hand against his stomach again.
“Okay, you know what?” I said. “I think we should discuss this at home.”
He nodded and swallowed hard.
I gave the nurse a pointed look. “Please tell him it was not his fault.”
Her smile at him was fond, sympathetic. “It was not your fault. You didn’t do this deliberately, did you?”
His gaze shot to hers, wild. “What? No!”
She shrugged. “Then you are not to blame. Condoms break. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. Though it’s not necessary, but might I suggest getting condoms in a larger size?”
“Oh god,” Keats mumbled, his face red.
I almost laughed. I mean, she had seen his dick when she swabbed him. “And we’ll be throwing out the remainder from the box of the faulty one.”
“Good idea.” The nurse gave Keats a smile. “You’re not to blame, okay?”
He relented a nod and I squeezed his hand.
The nurse straightened the paperwork. “Should we discuss the need for PrEP or anything else while you’re here?”
“Oh.” I wasn’t sure... Keats looked at me for an answer, but I resisted sighing. “How about we just deal with this first? We’ll go home and have a chat about it.”
She smiled, nodding. “Sure.”
“Okay then,” I said. “Are we done?”
She gave a nod and wrapped up the appointment with the reiteration that positive results don’t mean the end of the world, and how there were now many options for living a full, healthy life should we need to cross that bridge when we get to it.
“Yes, understood. Thank you,” I said, standing up.
Keats did the same. “Thank you so much.”
He rushed to open the door for me and got to the hall. He paused and pointed his thumb at the bathroom door. “I need to pee.”
“Sure. Of course. I’ll be in the waiting room.”
I found Cory and Amon still waiting.
Cory noticed I was on my own. His expression drew grim. “Is everything okay? Where’s Keats?”
