It was our first fight. Or at least, that's what I thought. It wasn't exactly a fight but a sort of disagreement. I thought Alderic was hurt; I was happy he wasn't. But the fear inside me was making it harder for me to let it go. It was hard for me to forget the fear of losing him.
Kyle was supportive. He had always been supportive. I appreciated his concern that night. I could barely keep my happiness inside but I was also overwhelmed by what Alderic had shown me that evening. How it feels when someone you met in the morning doesn't return back to you by the evening.
I remember as a child, I would always fear being left alone in the crowd, away from my parents. But when I grew up, I feared losing my people in the crowd of many.
Pain hits different when you lose your family, while the
