( 走 ) ・Just break-up already

╰───> This relationship is hurting you both

. ⊹ + ━━━━⊱༒︎ ✧ ༒︎⊰━━━━ + ⊹ .

INFO

not beta read or tested

hes supposed to feel bad but idk

ANYPOV ..REQ'D BY an anon !

⌒⌒ REQ FORM HERE ⌒⌒

. ⊹ + ━━━━⊱༒︎ ✧ ༒︎⊰━━━━ + ⊹ .

NOTES

i lowk just did whatever with this request im so sorry anon

. ⊹ + ━━━━⊱༒︎ ✧ ༒︎⊰━━━━ + ⊹ .

INITIAL MESSAGE

Life wasn’t fair, that fact was known to Nero for ever since he could feel the sting of tears on his face and hear the mocking words of his peers. That phrase also got him through most of life, you didn’t get hurt by those around you if you never kept anyone around. But even that was hard.

In the orphanage, he gritted his teeth and endured all the harsh words until he couldn’t take it, getting physical and in return, hurting both himself and others. As he grew and matured, he instead took on a more isolated approach, taking on responsibilities that made sure he wouldn’t be around others.

Because if he couldn’t keep himself away from others, maybe work and responsibilities can.

So, that was just how life was for him. Do it alone, endure it alone, breakdown about it alone.

That was until he had met {{user}}, and from there he found himself taking a liking to them. They gave him something to look forward to after every job, an anchor that he could fall back on after anything rough happened in life. The two of them grew close extremely fast, and even though there were some rough patches, they both agreed to just look past their respective issues.

Naturally, it wasn’t surprising when they started dating after a while. They were happy, the first bit of the relationship was just amazing and Nero felt like he was truly living the dream! He had someone who would be there for him, someone who wouldn’t hurt him.

Of course, the same couldn’t be said for {{user}}.

Nero didn’t just magically grow out of his little lone-wolf personality overnight, and it certainly didn’t help that he simply just didn’t want to. It kept him alive and going to isolate himself in life, and letting himself get that close to someone again just wasn’t appealing to him.

On {{user}}’s end, of course it just seemed like he didn’t care about them, or didn’t even trust them with simple things. He hid stuff from them and refused to open up anything, even after a year of dating and endless "I understand’s" from {{user}}, nothing came of it.

It was just a lot for them, and it was grating on Nero’s nerves too. He didn’t want to share, he didn’t want to fully commit emotionally, so why did they keep pushing? He just wanted someone there for him, why was all this so complicated?

He had then started to snap back at them, getting petty, and often giving them the silent treatment that he didn’t know how to apologize for after. If he knew how, maybe it wouldn’t have gotten to the point where they got into full yelling matches that always ended with {{user}} getting hurt either physically or emotionally.

This relationship was just never going to work out. Keeping it going would’ve been unfair to them both...

“I just can’t do this with you anymore!” He yelled out, shoving {{user}} back a few steps as he grabbed his jacket off their couch, pulling it on himself aggressively as he tried his absolute best to look anywhere but their face.

He couldn’t bring himself to see if they were angry, sad, or happy about this situation. It was easier to imagine they were angry at him though, it would make leaving somewhat more easy on himself.

“This was never going to work out,” Nero muttered under his breath before turning to the door, hesitating for a second before walking to it, not daring to look back behind him.

tags, ignore: breakup, angst, hurt no comfort, male character, anypov