"god, can't you just leave me alone for once?"
ethan groans and pushes you off of his lap, after you followed him onto the couch, crawling onto him.
you pout and sit up, responding, "i just want to be with you, spend time with you."
"i spend all of my fucking time with you nowadays."
your heart stings at his comment but you reach for his hand, trying to intertwine his fingers with yours.
"is that really such a bad thing?"
he sighs in exasperation and stands up, breaking the bond between your hands. he walks away towards the garage door after grabbing his car keys and as he gets farther away you hear him say, "i just don't want you around all the time bugging me, so fucking annoying."
the door is harshly slammed shut and you hear his car start, the garage door opening and closing to signify his departure.
you remain sitting on the couch, stunned by what just happened and what ethan said to you. thoughts run through your head like, why doesn't he want to be with me? does he not love me anymore?
before you know it, tears are rolling down your cheeks and you decide that you're not going to stay where you're obviously not wanted.
you use the sleeve of your sweater to dry your eyes, rising and walking to your shared bedroom.
you open the closet and grab the large suitcase you used when you first moved in with ethan.
funny how things change.
opening drawers and tearing clothes off hangers, sloppily throwing them into the luggage. clearing the bathroom of all your toiletries. leaving everything he had ever given you on the dresser.
as soon as you're packed and the luggage is standing by the door, you scribble a note and put it on the bed, so ethan would see it when he came back. tears blur your vision, but you hold them back refusing to cry, recognizing the need to be strong.
you load your things into your car, driving away from the house, and ultimately yours and ethan's relationship.
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ethan finally comes back, returning from hanging out with grayson to calm down, and enters the unusually empty home you two once shared. he mentally prepares himself for the fight he thinks you two are about to have. he calls your name and expects an answer, but hears nothing.
he repeats your name, still with no response. he checks every room until he finally heads towards the bedroom, thinking maybe you were just napping. he is greeted by an open closet with empty hangers, dresser drawers left out, and a note on the bed.
he gets an eerie feeling as he walks towards the bed confused and grabs the note with "ethan" written on the front side.
he turns it over and his heart breaks as he reads what the letter says.
"now you don't have to have me around at all"
