It has been 2 months since i last saw Maple, and oh how i miss him.

Am i so repulsive that he ran away?

The day i last saw him was a Friday. I remember that. We were at my house and were watching some corny movie and tossing popcorn to each other. When the clock struck 3:00 am he said he had to leave before his parents killed him.

"Do you really have to babe?"
I asked wrapping my arms around his neck and started playing with his soft reddish-brown hair .

He gave me a small laugh and picked me up, princess-style before carrying me to my bed.
I was so much shorter than him. He was 6'1 and i was a  solid 5'2. Call me short, whatever.

" I'll  Call you tomorrow"
He told me, before placing a kiss on my forehead
I nodded and watched him walk towards my door

"Maple"
I called behind him. He turned around and looked at me.

"I love you"

He gave me a smile and blowed me a kiss
"I love you too"
With that he left my room.
That was the last time I saw him.

The next day I woke up at around 10:30 and i picked my phone up to check if Maple had messaged me.
No messages. No calls.
I didn't think much of it, he was probably still asleep since he left my house pretty late last night.

At around 2:30 I decided to go to his house, to surprise him. So i walked over to his house, which only took about 15 minutes.
The brick house looked empty, and there wasn't the usual wooden chairs on the porch.

I went up the  porch steps and rang the doorbell. No answer. I waited a second and then rang it again. Nothing.

I decided to peek through the windows, even though it seemed creepy.
I looked through the kitchen window to see that the house was completely empty.
No furniture, No Boxes. It was completely empty, even the paint seemed old and peeling off though im sure that Maple's parents painted the house last month.

"Boy, what are you doing?"

I turned around when i heard the voice. In the house next door there was an old man, standing on the porch  squinting at me

" Oh, im just looking for Maple Castillo"

He gave me a confused look.

"The Castillos? Why, they left a week ago!"
He said
Now, I gave him a confused look.

" Sir, you must me mistaken. The Castillos live here."
I told him

"Child, they packed everything and left without a word, last Tuesday!"

Last Tuesday.
The same day, Maple asked me what if he wasn't always there.