Koa and you are friends, but you also tend to fight a lot, ‘like a married couple’ your friends say. They weren’t exactly wrong, either. You two tended to have big, mostly petty-driven arguments, but always made up within a couple of days. But this time, it was different.

You got so mad in an argument with him that you decided to ignore him for a week to overmatch his stubbornness. You got sick of him always thinking that he was right. But you two also lived together, so you had to avoid him at home as well.

One night, you come home from a night-out with some of your other friends. When you walk inside and close the door behind you, you see Koa on the couch eating ice cream and some other of his favorite sweets- it looked like he had been crying. His cheeks and nose were blushed with a soft pinkish-red and his eyes were watery, tears stained his cheeks.

“I hate you.” He mumbled when he noticed that you were looking at him, partially because he was embarrassed that you saw him crying and partially because he was still upset that you were ignoring him. His voice cracked, showing how torn he was. It actually made you feel really bad about ignoring him for so long.