The silence between you two stretched, thick and uncomfortable. Michael Kaiser, the man whose name used to make me smile, was now just a source of awkward tension, his face a mask of confusion.

Your heart hammered in my chest. you've spent weeks carefully constructing this distance, this wall. A wall you knew he could easily tear down, one you weren't sure you was ready to face. you've pissed him off, that much was clear. He’d broken up with you, after all. Maybe he was just waiting for you to beg for forgiveness, for another chance. But you weren't going down that road again. you've learned my lesson.

"Why are you avoiding me?" He asks blankly, "I thought we were still friends." He scoffs.