two weeks had gone by and it felt as if intak had never seen her in his life. she was now one big stranger to him. he was a stranger to her, too.

it hurt ella in the worst way imaginable, he was her best friend. her everything. why was he putting her through this pain?

everyone could tell this wasn't the same ella as before - she'd stopped caring for how she presented herself, most of all. this was the biggest concern to the other ten.

ten.

intak would catch glances of the girl when she'd walk in front of him with the others, when she'd quickly turn away after he caught her gaze, when she'd get up to throw everyone's trash away. every chance he got, he needed to take to look at her.

the hole in his heart what tremendously gigantic. he'd cried himself to sleep every single night since he decided to cut her out of his life.

he always resented himself. he wasn't used to not including ella in his every waking moment. every day was like torture for him- how desperately he wanted to give up and run to her house to make up and explain himself, but he couldn't.

he was doing this for her.

it'd only hurt her more.

staring at their last exchange of words on a daily basis cut a hole too big to measure in his heart - he knew it was only hurting him more, but he couldn't stop. losing her was the price he had to pay to save her from the pain he was feeling.

please.

why are you acting weird?

i just want to help you.

you can't.

but why

i don't have time left, el.

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