28 CHAPTER 27

“It has been a long time since we talked, huh?” Drake started. We were at the secret garden. Instead of talking to him after lunch, I decided to talk to him right here while eating. I can’t waste time, I realized. I still have a lot of things to do.

“Yeah, it’s been a long time.” I smiled. I stood up from the ground and looked around. I noticed that it was also a long time since I went here.

“It’s been a long time since I went here too.” I told him while looking above.

“Yeah?”

“I miss this place.” I whispered.

“I miss you.” I looked at him, shocked. He gave me a sad smiled before letting out a sigh.

“You have been so busy these past few weeks.”

“Uh—yeah.”

Silence enveloped us.

“Did you—ever miss me?” he suddenly asked me out of nowhere.

“Of course I did. I miss you. I miss us being simple. Just hanging around. No problems.”

“I miss those times too. I wanna go back to the way we used to be.”

“Did you… ever really love me, Drake?”