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The high schooler tweeted three photos of the tearful embrace.
KFSN-TV reports that the boy's father, Glen Meynardie, explained on Twitter that the boy and girl grew up together and have been calling each other "girlfriend" and "boyfriend" for a long time.
"(They) have been BFF since they could walk," he wrote.
The post about the young lovebirds has gone viral with the tweet being shared more than 44,000 times.
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