Heartbreak

2018 ‖Pismo Beach, CA

"Kaz!"

Cameron waves excitedly at the boy who is standing next to the small car park. The week is over and Cameron and Sonny have to leave today and drive back to Colorado.

Kaz slowly starts walking towards him. He can't hide his sadness.

"Hey. Are you leaving now?"

"Yeah we gotta be back until tomorrow morning. So...I guess we should talk about how you and I are going to stay in contact."

Cameron smiles calmly and grabs Kaz' hands but the boy pulls back and looks onto the ground, trying to fight the tears.

"Hey what's wrong?"

Kaz takes a deep breath. His voice is coated.

"I should have told you earlier but I was too scared to."

"Tell me what?"

Kaz looks up into Cameron's face which is now a blurry mess behind the curtain of tears. Everything he ever wanted - a person as gentle and good as beautiful - is staying right in front of him and he is turning away.

Kaz has never hated himself more than in this very second.