Nico’s parents moved to LA and were staying with him until they found a place they liked. After they arrived he had to go to New Mexico to film “Odd Thomas”, where he ended up fucking female co-stars and Kyle aka Red. After filming they stayed in NM together for an extra two weeks, when Kyle told him his lease was up and Nico told him he can live with him.
Nico brought him back home, and his parents already had moved out and bought a house near his. Only his brother Rocco still lived there, and he found out when Nico moved Kyle aka Red in that he’s in a relationship with him. Rocco was cool with it and kept it a secret from their parents for Nico.
Nico and Kyle made a guest room look like it was Kyles for when their families visit they see he has his own room but in reality they’re sharing a room.
Nico and Kyle being closeted and keeping this secret is eating away at them and they’re growing apart because of this, and it gets to a point they can only have sex when super drunk or high. While sober they can’t even have sex anymore because they feel guilt and like they’re doing something bad.
Nico’s parents are throwing parties almost everyday so him and Kyle are always there, with Kyle just being his close “best friend” he keeps with him. His mom loves Kyle and they get along.
One day at a Christmas party Nico gets super hammered and fucks one of his stepdads old co-workers from Chicago that came to visit, and makes sure everyone sees them going off to fuck so everyone knows he’s straight. This upsets Kyle, and when very drunk Nico comes back from fucking his stepdads co-worker friend, Kyle throws a huge fit in front of everyone, like a jealous angry girlfriend, and starts screaming and causes a scene. Nico is drunk out of his mind so Kyle storms out and goes home. This moment must have been a clue to his mother because she automatically hates Kyle, full on RESENTS him. His stepdad gets in his face and starts screaming at him and later they get into another huge argument, this time with his stepdad in his face and Nico thinking they may get into a fist fight. They put drunk/high Nico in a taxi and send him home.
The next day he sees his stepdad sent him an email telling him all the stuff he did (it’s a lot, breaking rails and fences and all). Nico calls his mom upset to vent and apologize and later his stepdad shows up to his place. They sit down and have a long talk for hours and they have a cry together and hug and tell each other they love one another. This is the first time Nico ever saw his very tough stepdad cry and Nico feels bad for causing all this drama and sees his stepdad is genuinely concerned with his drinking and partying, and Nico ends up upset that his mother doesn’t seem to care while his stepdad does. She doesn’t even reach out to him but his stepdad takes time to visit him, alone.
Later that day Kyle packs his shit and moves out, he can’t take Nico’s shit anymore or the secrets they’re keeping.
Nico admits his relationship with Kyle is the only one he regrets, not the relationship itself, but how he treated Kyle. He admits he treated Kyle like shit throughout their relationship and was flying out to Dallas regularly (where Bethany now lived) to sleep with her without Kyle knowing. Kyle hated when he would go to Dallas but tried to be cool and trust him, but he shouldn’t have, because Nico was cheating on him throughout the relationship.
He still feels guilty to this day.