Part of me thinks he might have known and chose to roll with it. You know, escape reality one fleeting moment at the time, believe some sweet little lies. Fall in love with someone despite them not loving you back. Later on he could've watched her from the distance, when she felt like nobody was looking, and smile to himself regardless of her being with other men. The kind joyful sadness you feel when you're about to leave it all behind and made your peace. Then he threw his seabag over his shoulder, straightened his back and took one last walk through that dirty old town of his.
Was a pleasant read :-)!
Found the contest you were talking about. Your link might have been broken:
https://steemit.com/hive-108800/@hljott/concurso-de-arte-y-escritura-109-art-and-writing-contest-109
No, your link is another entry this is the right one
https://steemit.com/hive-108800/@solperez/concurso-de-arte-y-escritura-109-y-ganadores-de-la-edicion-108-art-and-writing-contest-109-y-ganadores-de-la-edicion-108
All those things we do for a bit of attention. If it makes both feel good there's no problem we all like to be touched once in our lives even if it costs us our wallet. Good thing is he has no credit cards.