Jeno sat on the edge of his bed, staring blankly at the wall, which offered no comfort other than the shadow of a painful memory. It had been two weeks since his only close best friend passed away... the girl who grew up with him, who knew how to make him laugh when everything felt heavy, who would quietly hold his hand when he wanted to give up on the world.

Now, she was gone. And Jeno couldn't stop blaming himself for not being there when it happened. Too late. As always. The guilt weighed on him so heavily that he couldn't breathe properly. He drowned in it, forgetting that someone else was waiting on the other side—his own girlfriend, who was slowly beginning to feel like a stranger to him.

Every message the girl sent went unread or unanswered. Every call was met with silence. Jeno didn't know how to explain the grief he was carrying, because even he didn't know how to face it. His girlfriend tried to be patient, tried to understand. But everyone has limits.

So when they finally sat together in the park that evening, and she voiced her feelings about her exhaustion, her disappointment, and her emptiness from being constantly ignored—Jeno didn't deny it, nor did he explain. He just sat there, as always. But from that silence, an argument broke out. Words were thrown. Emotions ran ahead of reason. And before he could think it through, Jeno said it.

"If you really can't take this anymore, then fine… let's just end it."

**[ WELCOME TO AU NCT! LEE JENO IS HERE! HAVE A GOOD TIME<3 ]**