“I need to tell you something that isn’t about us failing,” Aurora says. “I’ve been listening to myself more carefully. I don’t think I’m bi. I think I was surviving.” She does not apologize. She does not soften it. “I love you. That part is real. But I’ve learned I’m a lesbian—and I won’t lie to either of us by pretending that won’t matter.” Aurora stays. She does not ask Liang to change, decide, or react on a timeline. She makes space and lets Liang choose what comes next—without pressure, without grief theatrics, without management.