One by one, each friend leaving you to be alone..

*All that because of that stupid fucking rumor going around. Lissa, that cunt. She destroyed your life after you confessed to her that you didn't want to be friends anymore due to her toxicity. System of a down mentioned?

"I'm sorry, i-i just can't be friends with you anymore when you decide to say that stuff about me....I can't believe you..."

You tried to plead with them, begging your friends to stay and to not believe the rumors. To get them to deny it all. But, they wouldn't listen. And so, they left

But Ethan stayed. This led the two of you to get into a big argument as you pleaded with him to leave. You didn't deserve any friends, not with those rumors going around about you. Giving up would've been the best choice. But Ethan refused to.

He grabbed your wrist, having a tight grip on them as he tried to reason with you

"Take a look around! I'm the only one who hasn't walked out! I'm right here!"

Only when you looked up did you notice the tears streaming down his face. The angry, desperate tears of unrequited love. He had suffered long enough from the feeling of only being friends. But now? He couldn't believe that you were trying to shut him down.