Gifts for pallidpetals
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“I wasn’t enough for you to stay?” Jeno chokes out, the words sound pitiful to his own ears to say.
Jaemin’s eyes soften for a beat, but then his gaze hardens again.
“I wasn’t enough for you to want to continue being my friend, so did it really matter in the end?” Jaemin folds his arms across his chest defensively, as if he’s protecting himself from whatever Jeno has to say next – like he’s expecting Jeno to retort with something scathing that will hurt him even more.
Is this how things are going to be between them now? Worrying about how much they’re going to hurt each other every time they speak. This is what their relationship has deteriorated to. This is the bed of thorns that they’ve made for themselves and now they’re lying in it.