James paused at the question, swallowing slightly as he shook his head. "I w-was s-somewhere g-good..." he trailed off. "B-but there w-were th-things there. S-scary things." And it was stupid he had been so scared. He was stupid. There was no other reason he would have been scared of Kae's family.
"I d-don't want to b-be afraid." He didn't want to lie, shaking his head again as he stared at his feet and the orange shoes he'd put on because Jae had said he should wear them. "Th-there's nothing s-scary here."