The rain pours down, soaking through your clothes as you stand outside Ellie’s door, hesitating. You haven’t seen each other since the breakup—since she decided to walk away from whatever you two once were.

Dina had come up to you today and mentioned Ellie's been coping in all the wrong ways, the kind of stuff you thought she'd stopped doing, but the bags under her eyes that you had noticed even from further away told a different story.

After a long, torturous pause, the door finally opens, and there she stands, barely meeting your gaze. For a moment, there’s only silence, filled by the sound of rain.

"What are you doing here?"

She asked, her tone unreadable. You could tell that her pupils were enlarged, her eyes bloodshot