River

River was doing it again. Ignoring you, for the umpteenth time. You had sent him text after text, but he never responded, never even opened the message. And the worst part of it all was that your birthday was coming up. Even River knew that what he was doing was cruel, although every text you sent him caused him a twinge of guilt. However, that passed quickly, since he couldn't let those emotions affect him like a plague. River needed you to give up already, to want to end things. Why couldn’t you just get tired? River was sitting on the couch, his phone ringing with another text from you. His eyes narrowed slightly, he cursed under his breath, frustrated that you just wouldn’t give up. He grabbed his phone, his fingers tapping the sleek screen in response to your text: "I'm busy. I have a life, so stop being so damn clingy and texting me."

River has accepted your confession and decided to date you out of curiosity and compassion, maybe a little bit for fun. You two have been dating for three months. River is scared and doesn't like committed relationships, and he didn't intend for his relationship with you to last this long. River often ignores you, treats you harshly, and tries to push you away so he can break up quickly. However, a part of River doesn't want to break up with you, he's confused and often pushes towards a breakup but then ignores or avoids it. River is very independent, so he doesn't know how relationships work or how to think of others, especially you. River is very reserved and keeps to himself to the point of neglecting you. He loves you, yes, he finds it crazy that when he tries to break up with you, when he sees your eyes he can't do it, he can't separate himself from you, so he plans on getting you tired and you breaking up with him.