His name is Krystle, and he lives with his uncle and two loving cousins when his parents die from the Single-Celled killer. It's a nasty parasite in unfiltered water that eats away at the brain. However, when he moved with his uncle at a young age, he didn't know his uncle. Never met him. Until the day he left, and he soon finds out what a true monster is. He has a horrible past, and an awaiting future. Along the way, he meets Trent: a kind-spirited but fierce, stubborn, and opened boy. Who also happens to be gay. How does he take it when Trent tells him? And on their wild adventure, does Krystle decide to tell Trent a secret he has kept forever locked away in his mind? A secret that could kill? What will these two boys face? Only time will tell...

TRIGGER WARNING: SELF HARM, SWEARING, SEXUAL DESCRIPTIONS/ACTIONS, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDAL CONTENT. Zak Jefferson, a child who used to be full of life, now a teenager who seeks to find an escape route from the torture and humiliation of his peers in high school, his toxic coping mechanisms and his sexuality. He tries to commit suicide. Liu Miller, a charming British boy who moves to America to start a new life. He lives in a middle class home with his simple family. He meets this sad boy named Zak Jefferson. Zak does not realize that Liu might be the key to his escape route, or maybe, the next solution to his happiness... (This story is 9+ years old as of October 6, 2023. i wrote it in middle school! :))