For dinner i actually sat at Kai's table. It was definitely better than sitting alone, but I still missed the other guys. They kept glaring at me during dinner. Especially Hyunjin.

"You wanna team up for the quiz later?" Kai asked me

"Sure" I said

Kai definitely saw the guys staring at me. He noticed I was uncomfortable, and he kept trying to be funny to get the mood up.

It was nice of him, but it didn't change the fact that I'd recently lost lots of friends, and my roomie hated me.

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The quiz lifted my mood a bit. Me and Kai laughed a lot since we both sucked at guessing the right answers.

We went into a different classroom than Hyunjin and the guys. Kai totally understood that I didn't want to see them. I wasn't sure why he was being so nice to me, but I appreciated it.

After the quiz, me and Kai decided to go outside for a walk in the forest.

"Can you tell me about what happened between you guys? Like, in detail?" Kai asked me.

I hesitated on telling him everything, but he seemed really curious, and it's the least I can do after the support he's given me.

"So, basically, I'm gay-"

I was about to keep going but Kai cut me off

"Well no shit"

"You wanna know or what?" I laughed

"Alright, alright keep going" Kai said smiling

"So basically, I'm gay, and my parents sent me here in hopes that i would change my sexuality after getting a closer relationship with god." I explained

Kai was listening

-" I met Hyunjin, Binnie, and Seungmin and I was immediately down bad for Hyunjin. It turned out he was my roommate, and I was kinda freaking out. But we were cool. He was super nice, and we had lots of fun. Our friend group grew, and Jeongin was one of the guys in our group."

Kai kept listening as I was explaining. We were walking into nowhere, but we didn't walk that far from the camp.

-"Jeongin sneaked in a phone, and he let me call one of my friends from home. The guy I called asked about guys in the camp, and I told him about Hyunjin. Jeongin heard me saying he was handsome." I kept explaining

"Shit" Kai said

"Mhm. And If that's not bad enough already, he's also got proof. My friend kept messaging his number thinking it was me or something, and he full on exposed me. Jeongin always used it against me. He always threatened me, saying he would tell people if I couldn't keep away from Hyunjin."

"Damn. Fuck that Jeongin guy" Kai said

"Apparently I was too clingy. He also caught me blushing over him." I added

«So he told them?» kai said

«Mhm» i nodded

Kai didn't seem like he knew what to say. We kept walking in silence. Its understandable that he didn't know what to say, i was still really happy that he was on my side. But it made me wonder tho, why is he so supportive? Im sure most guys in this camp would feel sick knowing what i was.

To be honest, i was hoping Kai didn't have any feelings for me. Bold of me to think he'd have any, but, you know. The drawings were making me suspicious. I mean, he's cute I guess, but he's not really my type, and I'm not in the mood to fall for another guy right now.

We kept walking for a while. I noticed he had a ridiculous laughter. Whenever he laughed, I couldn't help but crack up even if nothing funny happened.

After some time, we sat down on a bench, it was the same bench from earlier, before the phone call happened.

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"Why don't you find it weird?" I asked Kai in the middle of our convo.

«Huh?"

"You know, me being into dudes and stuff. Why aren't you bothered by it?" I asked him

"Why would I be?"

I didn't really have an answer. All I wanted to know was if he was hitting on me or not, cause I wouldn't want to disappoint him by not being clear that I didn't like him.

I decided to just ask him.

"You don't like me right?" I asked Kai

He chuckled.

"No, I'm aromantic" He smiled

Aromantic? I've never heard of it. I was guessing it had something to do with not getting feelings for dudes or something tho.

"Aromantic?" I said confused

"Yeah, I just don't fall for people I guess" he chuckled.

"Oh alright" I said, still a tad bit confused.

-"But that doesn't answer my question tho. Why are you so supportive of me?" I asked Kai again.

"My mom was a lesbian" Kai said

"Oh"

I noticed him say the word "was".

"My stepdad was homophobic" Kai said

His voice was getting smaller. And he stopped for a second.

-"He's in jail now"

I wasn't sure if I got it all. Did his stepdad do something to his mom? Why did he say "was" instead of «is». I was waiting for him to give more context.

-"it's alright." Kai said trying to smile -"She's been gone for three years now, so im starting to get used to it.»

Oh no

Did he really loose his mother because of that? I had no idea what to say. He obviously tried to play it cool, but I could see he was hurt. The longer the silence got, the more he looked on the verge of tears. I scooched closer to him, and put my hand on his shoulder trying to show some support. Thats when his head fell down, and a tear dropped.

"I'm so sorry" I said

"No it's ok." He said in a cracked voice

"I shouldn't have asked that" I apologized

"No it's really ok. It feels good to tell someone." Kai said

I tried comforting him, but then I remembered the time.

"I think we should head back" I said

Kai had already stopped the tears.

"Yeah"

We went back to the camp. Even tho it got pretty deep, we still had a couple laughs on the way back.

«Good luck going back to your roomie, bye!" Kai said

"Thanks, maybe he's not mute anymore. Anyways, see you!"

I walked back into me and Hyunjin's room.

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