Let me tell you a story.
About someone I used to know… or maybe someone I wanted to know.
I liked them. A lot.
But they didn't notice me. I don't think they ever did.
Then one day… they were just gone.
No warning. No explanation. Just… gone.
For a while, I told myself they'd come back.
Not today.
Not tomorrow.
But someday.
I held onto that for longer than I should've.
Long after it stopped making sense.
Long after it stopped hurting the same way.
Now?
I'm still here.
And the space they left… it's still here too.
Maybe they'll come back.
Maybe not.
I don't even know what I'd say if they did.