Last Week's Kish

There was only one Kish day on One Life to Live last week, on Tuesday, though Kyle did appear by himself on Thursday and Friday.

On Tuesday, Kyle had another confrontation with Schuyler, this time at the gym. Schuyler tried to get the name of Shane's real donor from Kyle, first through pinning him down with a barbell and, when that didn't work, through harassment and guilt trips.

Kyle offered the same deal to Schuyler that he had to Gigi: get Natalie to drop the blackmail charges and he'll give up the name. After Schuyler left, a brief flicker of what seemed to be remorse and shame flickered across Kyle's face. Brett Claywell is doing a good job of showing us that Kyle is desperate and feels backed into a corner, but is not a complete monster. That will be important, since there is no way that Fish would ever be with someone who didn't feel guilty for doing the things that Kyle has been doing.

Meanwhile, Fish and Layla were discussing their date in front of Cristian back at their apartment. Layla told Fish she'd had a nice time, had enjoyed the concert and thought the yellow roses were beautiful, while Cristian looked on with thinly disguised jealously. After she left the room, Cristian started in again on treating her right. Fish pointed out that one date didn't mean they were dating and wondered if Cristian didn't have feelings for Layla himself.

Cristian denied this just before Layla came back into the room and the discussion turned to Layla's search for a job. Fish asked her if she'd ever considered police work and a laugh from Cristian seemed to have Layla immediately determined to become a cop just to spite him. Fish explained that he just meant that Detective McBain was looking for an administrative assistant and Layla asked for an application while still entertaining the idea of the police academy.

Fish then headed to the gym, where we had our only Kish scene of the week. The guys ran into each other and Kyle quickly apologized for having potentially embarrassed Oliver in front of the woman he'd been with in the park. Fish explained that Layla was his roommate and Kyle seemed to perk up a bit at that news, at least until Fish quickly added that they were also dating.

Kyle's response was a wry "Lucky you. She's beautiful." Fish just looked as unsettled as he usually does around Kyle.

As I said, Kyle was on by himself on Thursday and Friday, when he blackmailed Roxy yet again, this time into trying to get Natalie to drop the charges against him since Roxy raised Natalie and is still an honorary mother of sorts to her. He promised to keep the donor a secret if she did this for him.

Gigi and Schuyler, meanwhile, ended up telling Natalie and her husband Jared the truth about the whole mess and the two of them dropped the charges against Kyle and then demanded to know who the real donor was, promising to reinstate the charges if he didn't come clean.

I can't wait to see more happen with these guys! I do love that they're doing a slow build and taking their time, though. It's so much better than some other soaps, which tell (bad) stories at the speed of light!

It looks like things may not come to a breaking point for Fish until August, when another gay character, Nick, will show up in town and cause a bit of jealousy. Nick will be played by openly gay stage actor Nicholas Rodriguez, a relative unknown, but it was rumored that a few former soap stars tried out for the part, including Agim Kaba, most recently seen as Luke's brother Aaron on As the World Turns. That would have been awesome, I have to say, but either way I can't wait to see things heat up for Kyle and Fish when Nick comes into the picture.

I'm loving this story so far, even while a lot of it is still be told through subtext. I can only imagine how great it will be when the guys face their feelings for each other!