Arpo in Love

I’m Bo—an ordinary person with a pretty private life. Yet every day, I’m told “I love you” over and over by the kid next door named Apo, who’s been following me since she was as small as a puppy, and now she’s like a clingy Persian cat who never stops being affectionate. Amid all the annoyance, my parents think it’s cute. Which only makes me resist more— why does no one find it strange that a little girl would scream over her older sister? Until one day she said, “I don’t think I love you anymore.” That’s when my heart jolted— the one who once loved me no longer does. The person who once adored me doesn’t adore me anymore. What is this feeling? That sense of emptiness, loneliness, as if left stranded on an island halfway along the way. No… she loves and likes only me. I won’t let her stop loving me. Because Apo… she belongs to me alone.