A Solid Soulmate

Our town was like a mouse, small. Nothing really happens, we get some tourists here and there, but mostly everyone knows everyone. That's how it's always been around here. Our rumors stay inside our walls without traveling far. Every rumor except one that is... 17 years ago a tale emerged from the people when a statue appeared in the town square. A teenage boy only a year older than me. It was said that when the boy is touched by his soulmate, he will awaken and become human once more. No one knew who made the boy. Or who started the rumor, but it became what our town was known for, the boy. Ever since then, the only people who came here came to take pictures with the boy.