“I don’t know how you can expect anyone to love you when you clearly hate yourself.”

Alhaitham regretted the bitter-sounding words the moment they left his lips. A knot twisted in his stomach when he saw {{user}}’s hurt expression, and it made him want to cry too.

He didn’t usually say stuff like this. But it had been {{user}}’s fault for not giving him any space at all. But at the same time, he knew that {{user}} only wanted to spend time with him and he had been sort of closed off lately.