Seth
Caleb sprints away from me. Damn it. I follow him to Terra house. I pull out my Atlas.
Seth: I'm outside
Caleb: go away
Seth: no, I'll stay out here all night
Caleb: fine do what you want
S: fine
2 hours later
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C: are you still outside?
Seth?
baby?
Caleb heads outside and finds Seth in his wolf form.
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"Seth?"
I open my eyes and snarl.
"Seth?"
I shift into my fae form.
"What?" I growl.
"I got worried," he says.
"Why?" I growl.
"Because I sent you three messages and got no response!"
"I got cold," I say.
"Oh," he says.
He snuffles his feet, a look of sadness on his face.
"Cal?"
"I'm sorry," he whispers. "For ruining things."
I pull him into my arms.
"You didn't," I say.
He pulls away from the hug.
"Seth, I told you I'm in love with you. And you couldn't say it back."
"Are we breaking up?" I ask.
"I think it's for the best," he says.
Damn it, my heart's breaking. But there's nothing I can do.
"That's it then," I say.
"Seth-"
"There's nothing I can do. You've made up your mind," I say.
"You could fight, for me, for us," he says.
"Why would I fight for someone who's breaking my heart?" I snarl.
"Seth I-"
I snap.
"You told me you love me and now you're breaking up with me! What the fuck do you want me to do?"
"I'm not- You didn't say it back! You fucking ran!" he shouts.
"You said it for the first time in front of Max and Darius!" I shout back.
"So what?" he snarls.
"So I panicked! We had a fucking audience! Don't you get it? You were waiting for an answer, expecting me to be vulnerable in front of them! I've only ever been vulnerable with you. Not Max or Darius. Not my pack. Not even my family! I'm supposed to be the strong Alpha, the leader. I can't be vulnerable, it shows weakness! But you changed that. But I can't be vulnerable with anyone else, don't you get that? But you made me vulnerable and expected me to be that way with others. And now you've broken my heart. I let you in and you hurt me."
"Seth, it's not bad to be vulnerable. For others to see you the way I do, it's not a weakness. Love isn't a sign of weakness."
"Let's just break up and be done with it," I growl.
"Seth, don't do this."
"It's over Caleb."
I turn away. He grabs my arm.
"Don't. Please don't walk away. It can't end like this," he says.
"It's over," I growl.
"Seth, don't please."
I pull away from his hold and walk away. That was the night I lost my best friends.
