“Good game?” I asked.
“Yeah. It was fun.”
Once we got back into the truck and started driving away, I pointed toward the girls through the windshield. “Not your type?”
“Something like that.”
“You don’t like girls? You into guys? I don’t judge. Love is love,” I said.
Kael immediately burst out laughing so hard he leaned his head against the window before finally calming down.
“No. I like girls. That’s not the problem.” His smile slowly disappeared, and he looked at me seriously. “It’s something Mom told me. She said I need to be careful with people’s hearts. Like in relationships. She said when someone loves you, their heart becomes your responsibility to protect. I don’t think I’m ready to protect someone else’s heart yet.”
A lump formed in my throat while listening to him. Was that
