To the Reckless Days of Our Youth

*Why am I posting this old embarrassing story? I guess my brain wasn't working back then _(:_"∠)_ Synopsis: Back then, we were all too young and inexperienced. If I'd understood sooner, would things have turned out differently for us? I knew how wonderful you were, but I couldn't hold on to you or make you stay. You were like a breeze passing through my heart. You were like a sudden shower, gone in an instant, leaving me alone amid the wreckage in my heart. Please note: 1. First-person narration, male protagonist. 2. A melodramatic, contrived school story. Don't expect good writing. 3. This might be one of those so-called angsty youth stories. Don't ask me what that means, because I don't know either. 4. Realistic in tone, but more than real life. Theme: