⚠️ Sadness ⚠️ You have been warned. Like seriously, if you don't deal well with this, turn back now.

I was alone. I spoke to no one and did everything on my own. No one gave me a second glance. I never even had a first chance. I was invisible to those around me, and I didn't know any different. I was like a ghost, merely observing, not acting in any way. I rarely spoke and was rarely spoken to. I would work by myself. Never held eye contact and never attempted physical contact. I was just.. there. I was just another name on the list, just another person in the crowd. I played by myself, and I stayed by myself.
Then you came along, and I wasn't alone anymore.
We were always together. Just the two of us, but we didn't mind. We worked together. We were the best of friends. We joked, and we laughed. We spoke, and we listened. Nothing came between us, and we were happy just the way we were.
Then suddenly, you left, and I knew you weren't going to come back.
Now it's back to how it was before, but I talk every day. Just like I promised, I will never leave you alone. I talk to you. I sit in the grass under a tree, and I talk to you. You don't say anything back, but I know you are listening, just as you always did. I know you are listening because I can see your smile. I know you are listening because even though I am once again alone, I don't feel lonely. I know you are listening because I feel warm. I feel like I can smile for no reason. I feel.. free. Like I did when you were still around. But sometimes, I remember that I can never talk with you again, and I am cold. It reminds me that I am alone. It reminds me that you aren't coming back. It reminds me that nothing has changed from before except now I have felt loss. I know what I was missing, and that makes it hurt more than before. I gained everything I didn't know even existed, and it was ripped away from me before I could prepare myself. I lost the only thing that I wanted. The only thing I had. You were the most important to me, and I lost you as soon as I'd had you. And I know you aren't coming back. I am reminded everyday as I sit here under this tree and talk to you. I lay here in the grass, under the tree, and I gaze at this stone. It's the only reminder that you ever lived. That you made such an impact. That you ever were here. That you ever looked at someone like me and told me that it was alright to not want to be alone. That it was alright to talk, and it was alright to cry. And as I sit here, I can almost see your smile. I can almost hear your voice. I can almost see the way the sun glinted mischievously in your eyes. I can almost.
But I lost you.

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To my friends because I was alone before you came into my life, and I would be lost without you.
-Flame