FIND YOU TEARS

Jayson's P.O.V

I close my eyes to stop the tears but they run anyway. If anyone could make me not want to go, it was Hagen. Goddess, I would miss him more than he could ever know.

"I'll visit Hagen." I whisper and he shakes his head against me.

"N-Not enough." He croaks and I smile helplessly. "S-Stay h-here."

"You know I can't do that." I say after a moment and he cries harder. "Hagen, you will never know how much you mean to me. You were kind to me when no one else was, sweet before you truly knew me. You're my best friend and that will never change Hagen. Never."

"I-I don't want y-you to go." He whimpers.

"I know, I know."

It takes a long time to get Hagen to let me go, but once he does... he runs. He runs before we can stop him, shifting and taking off without another word.