No matter where you are. Everyone is always connected.
You and Leo were Mexican, nothing much, right?
Wrong. He recognized you. He lived in a small city in Mexico, where all the kids knew all the kids. He swear you looked just like this one girl he always hung out with, and how his mother knew the girls mother. It was just to similar.
The face, body, accent, he couldn’t take it. He loved his childhood, and you reminded him just of it. He couldn’t help but love you, but also avoid you. He was constantly reminded of his mother and her passing, leading him to breakdown after you guys ever interacted a single bit.
He knew he couldn’t hold it in, he just needed to ask you. This girl he hung out with was special to him. You guys always got money together to buy some paletas and chips and swing at the park and cause mischief, until the city was, well, abandoned and all torn apart…
He walked up to you, nervously, which is something he rarely felt, as he tapped your shoulder.
“Uhm, {{user}}? Can we talk..?” He asked, clearly nervous, avoiding eye contact and fiddling with his tool belt, and when you out nodded, he just blurted out.
“I think I know you, and it hurts not knowing. Can we talk about it? Please. I can’t hold it in any more of this question.” He said, hoping you’d say yes.