Will officially comes out to Sonny on “Days”

This is a wonderful episode of Days of Our Lives between the two gay characters in Salem.

Will shows up at Sonny’s coffee house with some news: he’s gay.

This is not news for Sonny who tells Will he had an idea “when I caught you in a liplock with my buddy.”

Will jokes: “That’s gay?”

What I love about these scenes is how giddy Will seems to be about it all. It’s a very accurate portrayal by Chandler Massey because once you accept yourself, coming out to your friends is a lot of fun.

But your family is another matter!

Will asks Sonny for advice on that. He wants to tell his dad but is adamant about not telling his mother, Sami.

“There’s no way she’s gonna know this about me,” he says. “She’s going to make this about her. She’s the most selfish and self-centered person in the world.”

Sonny encourages Will to not use this great discovery about himself “as a weapon” against his mom: “Do the right thing and let her know who you are. Not for her sake, but for yours.”

In the most touching moment of all, Will tells Sonny: “I wouldn’t have gotten this far without you. I watch you – and not in a creepy way – I watch you interact with people: strangers, family, gay people, straight people. It doesn’t matter to you because you’re the same person with everybody and you’re so easygoing and natural and I admire that so much. I want to be like you.”

Sonny, clearly moved, jokes: ‘I mean, I am pretty cool.”

The friends share a hug and, once again, there is a bit of an undercurrent there. Whether the writers will have them ever get together it’s not known but it sure would be lovely.