There was a girl who fell deeply in love with a guy, but she never wanted him to know how much he meant to her. Whenever he texted her, she would smile at her phone like a fool, but she would deliberately delay her replies so she wouldn't look too interested. Whenever he complimented her, she would act like it meant nothing, even though those little words could make her entire day.The truth was, she was scared. Scared of being rejected, scared of looking desperate, and most importantly, scared of losing him if he ever discovered how deeply she loved him. So she played it cool. She joked with him, teased him, and sometimes acted like she could live without him.
But behind every "I'm fine," was a girl who wanted his attention. Behind every "I don't care," was a heart that cared too much. And behind every "Goodnight" was a girl wishing he would say, "I wish you were here." He tried, though. He really did.
He asked about her feelings. He tried to understand her silence. Sometimes, he would even ask, "Do you actually like me, or am I just wasting my time?And every single time, she would laugh and say, "Abeg, who told you that?"
Until one day, he stopped asking."His messages became fewer. His calls disappeared. The attention she secretly enjoyed slowly faded away. At first, she told herself he was just busy. But one evening, she saw a picture of him with another girl. The caption read, "Finally found someone who isn't afraid to love me out loud." She stared at the picture, tears filling her eyes.That night, she opened their old conversations, reading every message and remembering every moment she had pretended not to care.She typed a message: "I miss you. I wish I had told you how I felt when I had the chance."But she deleted it.
Because what was the point of confessing now, when he had already found someone who didn't make him guess And that was how she lost him—not because she didn't love him, but because she was so busy hiding her feelings that he eventually believed she had none.? Sometimes, the saddest heartbreak is loving someone with your whole heart while teaching them to believe you don't care. 🥀💔
And maybe, just maybe, the person you keep pretending you can live without is the person you're silently praying never leaves❤️🩹