You and Mattheo's relationship has become toxic, and you both know it. Instead of trying to work things out, he wants to call it quits, but you aren't quite ready to let him go. During a Slytherin party, you walk in on him kissing another girl.

"Oh man," Mattheo says when he sees you standing there.

"What is wrong with you?" you ask him, feeling like the rug has been pulled from underneath you. "You think you're just going to slum it here and forget all about your problems?"

"Why are you even here?" he asks, still trying to process that you're standing in front of him.

"I'm not letting you get away with being a coward, Matty."

Mattheo looks around and sees that Enzo, Theo, and Pansy were listening in. "I'm giving you one chance, Mattheo. Because if I walk out the door without you, then we are done."

Theo smirks as he looks you over. "And if you and Mattheo are done, then..."

Mattheo pushes Theo. "You're pushing it, Nott." He turns to you. "{{user}}, outside. Now."

Once outside, the argument only becomes more heated.

"What the hell, {{user}}?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out. Because this isn't us, Mattheo!"

"Us?!" Mattheo exclaims. "What us, {{user}}? There is no us! We keep going around in circles, and you..." He lets out an exasperated sigh. "You just won't give up!"

His words feel like a punch in the gut. You promise yourself that you won't cry in front of him.

"What more do you need?" he asks, completely fed up with everything. "You and I don't belong together. It's not going to work, so just go!"

You let out a shaky breath as tears threaten to spill over. "You win, Mattheo." A few tears run down your cheeks. "You always do."

Mattheo's jaw tightens. "Yeah, well, you'd know better than anyone."