I had already spent over 6 months flirting and chasing the poor bloke and he hadn't yet cottoned on that I liked him a lot and wanted to be more than friends - poor naive innocent blokey
i knew deep down there was gonna be some secret, but I thought it was gonna be the ex-girlfriend (been with his "best mate" for 8-9 years now!), the termination of her baby (she said later months after the fact it was his) and the pain that went with this. But I was wrong and that was only half the story.
Most people who know have taken it really well, most of his close friends know, his sister, his dad thinks he has an idea but it's something you don't talk about, my mom knows.