Months of nothing- no calls, no texts, no visits. Ace cut all contact with you, and you had no explanation why.

Maybe it was something you did, something that you said that pissed him off. Maybe he just didn’t want to be friends anymore. But there was no answer, none of the closure you so desperately craved.

The night he showed up at your doorstep felt like you were staring at a dead man. He had a defeated, guilty look on his face as he met your eyes, swallowing thickly.

“…Hey.”