Things I Never Told You // Anecdotal Vol. I

Tainted - Mike

"Please," she cried softly, her vision blurry, her lips a quivering mess.

He staggered back as she hurriedly wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her sweater.

"Please don't. Mike, we can't—I—you can't."

"Can you please just calm down?" he asked cautiously, expression contorting with alarmed confusion. "Did I do something wrong?"

"You can't talk to me like that anymore. I can't be your friend anymore. You're tainted now and it's not the same, and I know it's not you—no, this is all me. But I can't get past what happened, I can't get past the fact that you chose her. I can't get past the thought that I spent so much time pining after you when all this time you were pining after someone else. I can't do it—please. Please just stop. I'm...I'm tired and I don't wanna hurt anymore."

And that was how it ended.

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