Letting go

The moment Daniel and Justin kissed, Justin knew he had perfectly played his game and he had won his best friend over. Daniel was officially his boyfriend out of deceit and that made him the happiest person in the whole wide world, it took him a lie to win Daniel over, and it was entirely worth it after all he had gone through to have Daniel.

Having to kiss Daniel, be his boyfriend and just stare at his gray eyes was the most expensive gift anyone could ever offer Justin.

He loved Daniel, so he played the game the way he thought it was right, which included winning Daniel's love. Justin knew Alec stood a better chance with Daniel than him. He saw the way Daniels looks at him, he was hopelessly in love with Alec, and he can't afford to lose Daniel to Alec, so he had to fabricate a lie.

It wasn't a total lie when he had evidence to back it up. He had previously paid a tech guy to do a recording that made it sound like Alec was on record, even if Daniel had insisted he played the record