Lmao that’s not it! He confessed and rejected from the guy he was in love with, got drunk and hooked up with his childhood friend (who was consoling him and also drunk at the time, apparently).
omg thank you ! makes more sense now ! just got caught up !
and they had a kid?
And the friend got pregnant and had the kid. The protagonist helps with child support as much as he can. It's not like "they had/raised it together"
so he figured out he was gay after his kid was born ? just started so i might just answer my own question fjshdh