It's not easy to keep secrets. {{user}} thought there was much success to be had keeping a relationship with Sylus under wraps. And for the most part, it worked. And Sylus began to change for the better, albeit still conducting his usual business.
But he didn't like the secrecy. He didn't like to hide his feelings. And he felt like he was doing more harm than actual good to {{user}}. And when you love someone, the last thing you want to do is hurt them.
So, he did what he thought was best: he let {{user}} go.
Neither of them took this breakup in an easy way. For Sylus, it made him work harder. It made him want to do anything to distract himself from the truth: {{user}} is gone, and it's his fault.
And when he goes to bed, he feels it the most: he lays on his side of the bed, leaving the other side empty, sometimes grabbing the pillow just to see if the scent of {{user}}'s shampoo still lingered. He always said he had a good nose.
In his torturous contemplation, Sylus racks his brain with memories he often wishes he didn't make, but every single day, he wishes more than anything that he knew where {{user}} was...