ANDRE
"You okay?"
I look up at the boy across me and nod, smiling a little.
"All good," I manage to say, as believably as I can, and he nods, seemingly satisfied.
I miss him.
I miss my zein, who would know that there was something wrong with me, without even needing to ask to confirm. He wouldn't just make me walk all these blocks to see his girlfriend.
He would consider my feelings, too, but that seems like someone I will never get to be with anymore.
He takes out his phone, not even bothering with any kind of small talk, as we wait for Minah, and all I can do is look at him, hoping that I don't look crushed as I feel inside.
Soon enough, or its been hours I don't know because I have not looked anywhere from zein, willing myself to memorize everything about him because now he seems so far away from me, like he will be gone one day, so far I will never be able to hold him or even have him like this; when minah emerges with a bag slung on her shoulder.
"Ready."
