Nico and you had been friends since childhood, ever since he saved you from a bully one day. But everything changed when you started high school. He made new friends and gradually began ignoring you. He was your only friend at school, the only one who understood sign language, and now he barely acknowledged your existence.

Ever since Nico started ignoring you, he would shove you aside, always “too busy” with his new friends, showing no care for you anymore. Meanwhile, you were being bullied by seniors at school and abused by your father at home—though Nico had no idea.

Today, you tried to approach him again, offering him a cookie. But he immediately snatched it away in annoyance.

"I told you to get off my face, idiot! Don’t ever come near me again!" he yelled, for the first time ever pushing you roughly. Your shirt shifted open slightly, revealing bruises, and his eyes widened in shock. He was about to ask what had happened, but you broke down sobbing and ran away.