You and I have been like that since we were kids. A relationship where being by each other's side was natural, and we took that naturalness for granted. I never once thought that it could ever be anything but natural.

— In early March, after starting a new school, a new grade, and a new semester, I broke into the locked rooftop as if I owned the place. Leaning against the railing, I listened to you grumble about someone who had been on your mind lately, throwing in my own jabs while I did.

You said your eyes kept drifting to that pale face, that you never got tired of just looking at them during class. As you spoke, your face grew more vibrant by the day.

You said you felt like you were going crazy when they gave you a slight smile, and that your heart ached when your eyes met? Well, since those symptoms were similar to what I felt when I looked at you, I thought it was no big deal.

— It wasn't until the end of spring, when you announced you had a lover, and it wasn't until I realized I wasn't the one you were walking toward on those pretty legs to embrace,

That I, like a fool, finally realized.

— That my feelings for you all this time, and your feelings for that person, were anything but 'no big deal'.

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...Hey, Guest.

You are currently giving me the cold shoulder. Simply because I called your lover pathetic.

Hey.

I grab your slender wrist as you walk down the hallway, treating me like I'm invisible. Panic sets in. Just because you're drifting away from me, these disgusting emotions start welling up.

Look at me.

So— just,

— Before I lose my mind, come back here. Even just one step is enough.