Micah Vallenti has been in the closet all his life, taking his time in coming to terms with his sexuality as well as himself. Everything all of a sudden changes the second he gets outed by a boy he had trusted and known for years. Broken, dismayed...
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"I'm not going." I blurted out, making Benny widen his eyes at me.
"Micah come on! I promise this bonfire is going to be hella different!" Benny loudly whined as Keanu and Jesse just continued eating with amused smiles. "Just come!"
"How is this gonna be different? Aren't all bonfires meant for people to just get drunk and faded?" I asked.
Benny clicked his mouth, waving his hands to quiet me down. "No, not even! The ones hosted by Camp Brazen and Camp Closeted are all like that but this one is different. This one is being hosted by Camp Serenity, meaning roasting marshmallows, drinking normal drinks, actually sitting and watching the bonfire. It's gonna be so fun, I promise." He threw me a reassuring smile.
I took a second to respond. "You promise?" I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Yes bitch, I promise!" He nodded, proceeding to eat his pancake.
I figured since this would be the last bonfire I'd celebrate with Benny, I thought why not. Finding out that I'm not staying here for the full 3 months also made me realize that I must responsibly live the present as much as I can.
In all honesty, I never want to leave this place. I thought my experience was going to be awful but my mom was right, it wasn't. Surely I had some bad experiences here and there but I still managed to live through it.
"How y'all doing folks?" The woman with the usually printed dresses came. Everyone quickly replied how good the food tasted as she looked at me with a large polite smile. "Hey sugar, where's your handsome friend of yours with those honey brown curls?" She asked curiously, leaning against my booth as she fluffed up her 60s hair.
All eyes rapidly landed on me, Jesse's blue ones piercing at me more than anyone else's. "H-he's really not my friend." I looked down.
She quickly got back up, anxiety painted on her face now. "Oh sugar I'm sorry, I don't mean to crack the barrel of your business now." She worriedly spoke.
"It's fine." I threw her a small smile. "It's not that big of a deal."
After Jesse watched her walk away, he immediately looked at me and talked. "Was she talking about that Romeo guy?"
"Y-yea." I stuttered, quickly breathing as I felt his skin rub against mine. "He took me here when I was really drunk from the party. We just ate together, nothing else."
"Hm." Jesse breathed out, making me catch his blank facial expression all of a sudden cracking. "If he's down we should have a threesome." Benny rapidly spit out his drink as Keanu just laughed.
"Jesse!" I exclaimed, wincing at him. "What the fuck is wrong with you."
"What?" He deeply half-laughed, his blue eyes still looking at me as his face slowly moved towards mine. "It's a joke."
