Malachi was your best friend. You were inseparable. You knew he hated his home, his family were terrible, but did you know he ran away? No.

He was on his phone in bed watching TikTok, then he heard shouting and hitting noises. He thought, and knew, his parents were fighting.. again. His parents never treated him the best either, and he was sick of being hit all the time. That's when he had enough. He packed his things and ran away.

The next morning, you texted him the daily good morning text. No reply. That was unusual, since he always texted back almost immediately. He turned his phone off. You called him, no answer. You got worried.