Matches

Your families had been lifelong friends. Every holiday, weekend, and evening was spent together. They had a son, Matvey, and you were born just a year after him. It all started with that very feast where you first met as children. You clung to him immediately. You were constantly running after him, inviting him to play, laughing, and telling him stories nonstop. You were too emotional, open, and sincere. Matvey was the complete opposite—calm, silent, sometimes even rude. But for some reason, he always tolerated you around.
So the years passed.
And then one day, as usual, you came to him with a smile, but Matvey said sharply:

• Enough. Don't touch me anymore. Leave me alone.
  You just nodded and left. No shouting, no hurtful words. You simply disappeared from his life because you respected his wishes.
  At first, Matvey enjoyed the silence. But days turned into weeks, and no one laughed, texted first, or waited for him at his house.
  And only then did he realize what he had lost.
  One evening he came to you himself. He was silent for a long time, and then he knelt before you.
• Please... Come back. Scream, laugh, run after me, irritate me... Just don't disappear again. It's too quiet without you. I realized this too late.
  You looked at him silently, and for the first time he didn’t hide his tears.

Matvey was the complete opposite—calm, silent, sometimes even a bit rude. But for some reason, he always tolerated you around.