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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"You're too fast!" I whined, playfully laughing as I wiped the bed of sweat off my forehead.
Jesse continued to zoom pass me, successfully making the ball into the hoop which made me just slouch my shoulders to surrender. "But I thought you liked it fast?" He smugly let out, glistening sweat making his slightly dewy reddened face look like it was glowing.
I rolled my eyes, Keanu ignoring us as he laughed quietly to himself, Benny's voice appearing from the bench he was sitting on. "Seeing you guys be so active is making me sweat inside my turtle neck, dear lord!" He whined, aggressively opening his large black fan towards his face. "When are you guys gonna be done?"
I began to walk towards him, already exhausted from just barely playing for 10 minutes.
"Where'd you get that?" I couldn't help but laugh as I watched him begin to fan himself, sitting myself next to him.
"You like it?" He posed regally, fanning me with him. "Even in cold places I bring a fan just to be extra."
"I love it." I quickly replied, nodding my head. "I like how the color matches with your outfit." I added.
"I know right! You already know I got one in every color! When we get back I'll give you one." He slowly slid his large sunglasses off his face, yawning as we kept our eyes on the boys fighting for the ball.
"I don't know how they can do this all day." I sighed, wiping the remaining sweat off my face. "I barely played and I'm here sitting with you, dying."
Benny just nodded his head in agreement. "You know, I would agree, but at the same time people are just different. I'm pretty sure if they watched my ass watch music videos all the time, they would ask how the hell I can do that all day, same with their basketball." Our heads followed Keanu as he dribbled the ball away from Jesse.
"Yea." I breathed. "You're right."
"Are you planning to come back here this summer?" Benny asked.
"Camp Closeted stays open the whole year?" I asked back, slight shock embedded in my tone.
"Hell no. That would be crazy." Benny anxiously laughed. "It opens for 3 months after winter then goes on until spring. After spring, they close it again and then reopen once summer comes.
"And how long is the summer camp?" I raised an eyebrow at him.
"2 months." He shrugged, my skin feeling the cool air coming from his fan.
"How come this camp is open and active for months instead of weeks just like other normal camps?"
"Because it's not like you can't leave whenever you want. People come in and out through those doors whenever they want. If someone wanted to stay here for 3 days instead of 3 months, they can." He shrugged, making me nod in response.
