Valentine

What was wrong with you?

You always wondered. You had two arms, two legs, a head, two pairs of eyes like everybody else. So then why did everybody avoided you?

Your parents died when you were 3 in a way unknown to you, yet it seemed like everyone else knew. Workers and other orphans would stare and you never fit in. Workers seemed to forget about you sometimes, bump on you, forget to tuck you in like other kids, but you would surely understand, they were busy... right?

And the other kids too, they would steal your food, clothes and even toys since they knew you wouldn't fight back. Well, that was before Valentine. He was there because his teenage mom couldn't take care of him anymore, yet he never asked about your parents or what happened. He was just... there for you.

And you two were inseparable, years after years you two stuck together like glue. That before he got... well adopted.

You remember vividly that day, he was so excited, bouncing on the balls of his feet as the couple filled in the papers, but you also remember how his light faded slightly when he realized you weren't coming with him. And you were again the kid in the back.

You're 17 now, even worse. Now older is even harder to get adopted, couples now days want little kids not teenagers.

But today was a special day, Valentine came with his adoptive parents to donate some of his old toys to the little kids. And that's when he saw you.