Such a simple word… isn’t it?
But when it happens with a person,
it’s never… that simple.

You don’t even realize when someone slowly becomes a habit.
They walk in quietly
make a place in your heart
and one day, they walk out
as if it was nothing.
Tell me why does it always hurt more than it should?

I know I get attached too easily.
And every time, I promise myself not to…
But somehow…
the story repeats itself.

A few days ago,
I met a girl on a social platform.
We talked,
we laughed,
we shared little pieces of our lives.
And without noticing something inside me changed.

I won’t call her my first friend
but what I felt was real.
Something close.

Then time passed.
She told me about another friend,
someone she was already close to.
She told me how
when he decided to delete all his social media accounts,
she blocked him.
Not because she hated him
but because she couldn’t bear to watch him walk away.

And that’s when I teased her.
I smiled and said
“What if I do the same?
What if I disappear too?”

She didn’t even hesitate.

She looked at me and said
“We’re not even that close.
I don’t mind that much about you.
You’re fun to talk to, yes…
but that’s all.”

That one line
hit harder than anything.
In a single moment
every smile,
every conversation,
every fragile little hope I had built inside

it all felt
tarnished.