#𝙏𝙊𝙋 | 𝙁𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 ᡣ𐭩

_________________ 𝙁𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 ᡣ𐭩

The house was quiet. Too quiet.

It used to be filled with laughter—his deep chuckle as he teased you over breakfast, the way he'd hum absentmindedly while painting, the soft murmurs of late-night conversations under the covers. But now, the silence stretched between you like an unspoken war.

Seunghyun sat across the room, scrolling through his phone, his expression unreadable. He barely glanced at you anymore.

You used to talk about everything. Now, even small talk felt like a battle neither of you had the energy to fight.

"Did you eat?" You asked, breaking the silence.

"Yeah," He muttered, not looking up.

A one-word answer. Again.

You clenched your hands in your lap, biting back the frustration. When had this become normal? When did he stop seeing you?

"Seunghyun," You whispered, voice barely holding together. "What happened to us?"

For the first time in weeks, he looked at you. But his gaze wasn't the warm one you fell in love with—it was distant, guarded, as if you were a stranger.

"I don't know," he admitted, voice hollow. "Maybe we stopped trying."

Stopped trying?

Your throat tightened. You had tried. God, you had tried. But every time you reached out, he pulled further away. Every night he worked late, every conversation that ended in silence—it was like losing him in slow motion.

Tears burned behind your eyes, but you refused to let them fall.

"Do you still love me?" You finally asked.

His lips parted slightly, as if the words were right there—on the tip of his tongue, waiting to be said. But he hesitated. That hesitation shattered you more than if he had said no outright.

The silence between you was no longer just quiet. It was grief.

And maybe… it was the answer you had been dreading all along.