If You Stay, I'll Hate Me Less

Chapter 5

You were sitting by the window in the living room.

Gojou was upstairs.

You were looking outside.

Right behind that glass, was freedom.

The thought crossed your mind again.

You could leave.

You contemplated over that thought.

What would happen if you walked out that door without a plan?

Gojou probably wouldn't be able to stop since you would've left without him knowing.

But it was reckless, too reckless.

You let out a sigh and thought again.

The whole purpose of your mind games was for Gojou to actually tell you to leave.

But, that wasn't happening.

You couldn't understand why.

Either way, Gojou's toxic side hadn't shown up in a while.

He was way too hurt.

He wasn't checking your phone anymore, he wasn't telling you what to do, he rarely talked to you at all.

But, it wasn't out of resentment.

He felt unworthy.

His desire to keep you to himself had weakened.

You saw that.

And that's how the question came up.

Was he going to stop you if you tried leaving again?

You didn't have the answer...

Yet.

You stood up and went upstairs, looking for the white-haired man.

Why, though?

This was the perfect moment to pack and leave in a rush.

You knew that but...

There would be no sneaking away from him this time, whether you were able to do that or not.

You found him at what seemed to have become his favourite spot.

The balcony.

You didn't like that. The balcony had always been your space but, you couldn't go there anymore since you were trying to avoid him.

That wasn't the case at the moment.

"Gojou," you called out in a neutral tone.

His head turned to you but his eyes were far from meeting yours.

He hummed in response.

"I'm leaving. Right now so, goodbye"

His eyes grew wide as he finally met your gaze.

But they quickly travelled elsewhere after seeing your cold stare.

What to say?

The two of you stood there in silence.

You were waiting for him to say something, anything.