Hayden sobbed as he said, “I knew you weren’t dead. We aren’t in a cartoon. It’s not that easy to die. They lied to me, saying you might be gone, but I never believed them. I’m not a kid anymore, and they can’t fool me easily.”

Coco looked at Hayden, who kept insisting he wasn’t a child despite his young age.

“It’s okay, Hayden. Don’t cry anymore,” Coco comforted him gently. She hadn’t expected that someone she had known for only a few days would worry about her so much.

"I’m not crying!" H