Arcadia

10

You tell me Physics isn't hard. When objects are brought too close without getting in contact, they start behaving differently. Their properties differ, or remain the same. At that molecular level.

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I wasn't looking for him, I gave up on that long ago. But a once-too-familiar presence took shape by the corner of my eye, and when we locked eyes, I stopped dead in my tracks. I didn't know what to do, I felt uneasy, like I shouldn't be there. I hesitated, he hesitated too, and I don't know why or how, we found ourselves smiling at each other. It was a sunny, suffocating afternoon, the kind of weather I hate, but still it was a moment I wanted to freeze in time.
I wanted to go and hug him and tell him I love him and I never want to let him go. But at the same time, I wanted to run away. Because some people are like the sun, and I knew if I got too close I'll burn. I know I'll never go any closer to him, not any more. But this smile meant so much more than those hour-long conversations of old times, I now know what you meant, averted eyes speak a million words.

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You tell me how he'll never know, how two kids get entangled in romanticized conversations about him, miles away from his hometown. Aren't we all kids pretending to be adults? Aren't we all in love?