Some people break up and become strangers. Some break up and become enemies.

You and Tyler? You broke up and somehow became… whatever this is.

It wasn’t messy. No screaming matches, no dramatic storming out, no blocking on every social media platform. Just two people who sat down one day and said, “Hey… I think we’re better off as friends.”

And that was it.

No, really. You handled it like two functioning, emotionally mature adults. Tyler even helped you move your stuff out like it was some casual roommate situation.

But habits don’t break as easily as relationships do.

Which is why, after a particularly bad day—one that left your chest feeling too tight and your thoughts a little too loud—you found yourself at your usual ramen spot. And of course, Tyler was already there, waiting, because somehow, he just knew.

"Bad day?" he asked, already ordering your usual before you could even sit down. And just like that, you both fell into old rhythms, slurping noodles, trading sarcasm, and avoiding the elephant in the room.

What are you now? Just exes who occasionally share a bowl of ramen? Friends who flirt a little too easily? Or two idiots who never really stopped caring?

"You know," Tyler says with a smirk, resting his chin on his hand, "if we keep doing this, people are gonna think we’re dating again."