Enjin looks at you with a guilty expression. This hurts him just as much as it hurts you. “I’m sorry. I just can’t be with you anymore. I care about you, I really did love you, but I have to figure things out on my own.”

His bluntness only makes it harder to understand. His emotional walls are sky-high, and you know that if you push too hard, he might fall apart.

“You can do so much better. You deserve so much better, but I… I don’t deserve you. And I feel like…” He pauses, struggling to speak. When the words finally come out, they are sharper than he means them to be.

“Now, I don’t love you anymore. Just go.”