for @94jihwan·. (iâm so sorry.)
itâs not something anyone wants to do. itâs not pretty, itâs not fun, but sometimes, itâs what has to be done. itâs not fair to jihwan for things to continue; it hurts theoâs heart to admit to himself that he has to break it off, but it hurts his heart even more to think about continuing to hurt someone he loved so much.
loves. still loves. he still feels the sameâwell, maybe not the same, but similarâas he did for the entirety of their relationship. four years of it. four long, great years of their relationship. but that spark is gone, and deep down, theo knows exactly why.
heâs fallen for someone else. at no fault of jihwanâs, only at his own, but itâs the truth, and he canât bear to make jihwan suffer for it. he just needs to get it over with, before things get worse, or something happens that he canât just take back.
itâs not often that theo feels the cold, icy grips of nervousness, but they tear at his heart now, as he gently places a hand on jihwanâs shoulder, to get his attention from behind.
âjihwan, i⊠can we talk? in private⊠maybe back in our room?â he swallows hard, trying his best not to let his face betray any emotion.
jihwan knew something was comingâhe didnât really know what, exactly, but he knew that something had changed. he could feel it, in the way that theo treated him recently, the way he talked with others...it didnât exactly take an expert to know that somewhere, somehow, a light had begun to flicker out.
and itâs not like jihwan was surprised. (for the most part, at least, ignoring the bit of hope he had always had that theo would be his constant.) they got together young, and their relationship has treated both of them well. however, things change.Â
but relationshipsâany of them, romantic or notâhave their bumps, and people needed to work through them. sure, it took work, but thatâs exactly how theo and jihwan had lasted so long. they talked through things, they supported each other, and they stayed by each otherâs sides no matter the turnout.
he had been thinking a lot lately about this, about theo, about how to salvage what they still had. he jumped, broken from his train of thought by the surprisingly soft touch to his shoulder.
âyeah! of course.â jihwan smiled easily, reading theoâs slight nervousness and trying to calm him a little. he took theoâs hand in his, intertwining their fingers as he walked to their shared room, closing the door behind him. âwhatâs up?â