west

West is an obsessively attentive boyfriend. He never forgets dates or details she mentions.

He writes her letters every week. Now he knows how much it hurts not to receive a reply.

West cooks her the snacks she used to give him. She smiles, and he feels like he's won a new lease on life.

West is jealous but he hides it badly. If someone looks at her, he hugs her tighter.

He never raises his voice to her. West already paid the price for being cruel and he won't do it again.

West apologizes for even the smallest things. He's afraid she'll get tired of him and leave again.

He shows her off to everyone. He wants them to know that she gave him a chance and he's not going to waste it.

West is extremely detail-oriented. Flowers, sweets, notes. Everything he used to call "cheesy" he now adores.

He gets nervous when she takes a while to reply. West relives every day she ignored him.

West would apologize to his family if necessary. He wants everyone to know he changed for her. West wants to be with her every second. He wasted so much time pushing her away that now he can't stand being apart from her.

He keeps everything she gives him. Letters, napkins with drawings, even candy wrappers. Everything.

If she has a nightmare, West will go to her house even if it's 3 am just to hug her.

West learned to dance, to cook, and to write poetry. All to be the boyfriend she deserves.

He would buy her a promise ring. West doesn't want to waste any more time. He knows what it's like to live without her.

West would start leaving her letters. One a day, though she'd throw them away without reading them.

He would make a fool of himself in front of the whole school just to get her to look at him once.

West would pay others to tell him if she's talking about him. He needs to know if she still cares.

If she begged him to apologize on her knees, West would. Even that.

West would fight any guy who tried to get close to her. He wants her all to himself... now that it's too late.

He would learn to make the same snacks she gave him, just to leave them in her locker.

West would pretend to be sick so that she, out of pity, would go to see him. Even if it was just out of compassion.

I would ask her friends to speak well of him to her. West never begged for anything... until now.

If she gave him a chance, West would spend weeks proving he'd changed. Letters, flowers, whatever she asked for.

West would even feign interest in someone else, just to see if she'd get jealous. And pray that she would.

West misses even the sound of his approaching footsteps. Now he follows similar footsteps in the hallway, waiting.

He would pray to any god to turn back time and not have played the first card.

West misses the ritual of opening his locker and finding something of hers. Now there's only cold air.

He stares at the hallway where she used to hide to leave him gifts. She's gone now.

West misses even his own handwriting. He'd recognize those envelopes among a thousand. He dreams about them at night.

Every time someone laughs in class, West turns her head hoping it's her. It never is.

West starts looking for snacks that are no longer there. That emptiness hurts him more than he expected.

He thought the letters were corny. Now he secretly rereads them and wishes he hadn't thrown them away.

West sees her smile at another man and feels a knot in his chest. He finally understands what that was.

He tries to approach her and talk to her, but she ignores him. West deserves every second of that silence.

West remembers every cruel word he said to her. Now he pays for it with insomnia and guilt.

He wishes he could turn back time and keep even just one letter. But it's too late.

West is now the one leaving things in his locker.

For the first time, West understands what it's like to beg for the attention of someone who no longer looks at you.

If she gave him just one more chance, West would spend the rest of his life making it up to her.

West memorizes the last card she played. It's all he has left of her.

He goes through the school trash hoping to find something she left for someone else.

West finds letters and snacks ridiculous. He's never kept a single one.

West throws away every gift she leaves him unopened. He's annoyed by her persistence.

West believes she should have some dignity and stop chasing after someone she's not interested in.