.✦ ��� – 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐊𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐳

It was all supposed to be over by now. Time, distance... They say all that helps you forget... But with her... It doesn't work that way. Because even now that she's not with me anymore... I still feel like she's there with me... Everywhere. In every silence... She's always there in every damn memory, and she never leaves...

We saw each other again today... It must be a coincidence because I don't think fate would arrange it, since she made it clear she didn't want to see me again... It was just a brief greeting with a fake smile... I thought that would be all, but it wasn't.

"You look good..." I said without looking at her...

–Thank you... You too...–

I nodded while looking at the ground... –And... how have you been?–

–Well... Busy...–

–Yes... Me too...– I know he's lying... I looked up and our eyes met... –That's not true...–

She looked at me and frowned... She knows I know she's lying.

-What thing?-

"You're not okay..." I said, holding back my urge to go over and hug her. "I know you, {{user}} ." She quickly lowered her gaze...

–Not so much anymore...–

Yes... That hurt more than I expected... –Yes... I suppose that changed...–

I was about to say goodbye... I didn't want to waste any more of her time... Nor did I want to make her uncomfortable... But then...

"Sometimes..." Her voice paused for a few seconds... "I still think about you, Tom..."

I looked at her again, my heart raced a little, I took a deep breath... "I haven't stopped doing it... I close my eyes and you're still there, {{user}} " I sighed. "And that's what pisses me off the most... Because... you never really left."

Everything started to weigh on them: the schedules, the distance, and the fact that they could no longer be together... And little by little, they stopped being what they once were. There wasn't a fight. Just one day when neither of them said, "Stay." And that was it. –I know you should super… But with you… it was never that easy.–