No Goodbye

After telling me what I thought was the scariest thing, Nero left without a word. We did dishes in silence, and when we were done, he left without telling me goodbye. I thought he was going to come back, but he didn’t.

He was gone for the night, and he didn’t even bother telling me that. Sometimes it was hard to understand him and the things he did. He was a mystery I just couldn’t figure out, and it messed with my mind.

I couldn’t even tell if, when he left, he was angry or what he was thinking or feeling.

“I didn’t know you had a boyfriend,” Luca told me the next morning.

He was in the kitchen making me breakfast like he did every single time he visited me. He loved making me smile, and I appreciated that a lot.

“I was going to tell you. I didn’t think that he was going to be here. He wanted to surprise us with lunch, and it worked.”

“Where is he?” Luca asked.

“He left last night. You were already in your room, and I didn’t want to disturb you.” I lied, even though I didn’t know tha