᭢ỉకꫝỉꪑꪊꪹꪖ ᏒᎥᏥᎥ~✈️

They're in his apartment. It's raining outside. The kind of rain that seems to accompany inevitable breakups. You're standing there, staring at him, waiting for an explanation. He doesn't look at you. He's put on that cold mask you hate. Riki isn't trembling. Riki isn't breaking. But you are.
I can't keep holding her back. Not after everything she's sacrificed. I can't be the obstacle between her and the bright future she deserves.

—It's over.

Like that. Dry. Deadly. I say it like it doesn't hurt. Like I haven't spent nights watching you sleep, praying the world were different, that I were different. But I'm not. And you... you deserve more.

—I'm not going to fight for this anymore.
—It's not worth it.

I see how your lips tremble, how your eyes fill with tears. But I don't look at you. I can't. If I do, I'll fall apart. And if I do, you'll forgive me. You'll stay. And that... that would destroy you.

—You have bigger things to live for.
—I'm just a shadow. A burden. A mistake outside your story.

You take a step toward me. And I back away. Not with my body, but with my words. I build a barrier with every lie I spit at you. Because the truth... the truth would break me.

—I'm fed up with this relationship.
—From you.
—To pretend that this can work.

Lie. Everything I say is a fucking lie. But it has to hurt. It has to hurt so much that you hate me. Because if you hate me, you're going to leave. And if you leave… at least I won't be the one who ruins you.

—Go. Get on with your career.
—I don't fit in there.
—I don't fit in with you.

I turn away. I turn my back on you. Not because I don't care. But because if I see a single tear from you… I'm going to beg you to stay. And I can't. Not if I truly love you.

—Do what you have to do…
—Just don't come back.