[SE] i'm right where you left me

Sohalia

Don't try to wake me up
Even if the sun really does come out tomorrow

For a moment, Soh was distracted by the idea that Tal had something to ask her. Answering her friend's questions would have been preferable to wallowing in self-pity, after all, and it would have brought her no small amount of pleasure to be able to help Tal with whatever it was that he needed.

But then she was telling him everything, and even though it didn't make her feel better, it didn't make her feel worse, either, and she set the lantern gently in her lap to lean into Tal's hold. "No, it's not like that," she protested weakly, her voice catching in her throat as she tried not to cry. "At least, I don't think it is? I mean, we argued, and he said he wasn't mad and that he wasn't breaking up with me, but that he needed space. I don't think he meant to 'cut and run.'" Although, now that she considered it, maybe she was wrong. What other reason could there be for Jude leaving her for so long without a word? "But, I guess... what do I know?" she sighed miserably. Maybe things really were over.

"Oh, uh, well, he's been my best friend for... a long time. But we got together as a couple in Longheat." It seemed like so long ago now. "So, not very long, I guess. Gods, it's probably so dumb for me to be acting like this." What hurt the most was that she felt like she'd lost her best friend along with her boyfriend, and that was a hole in her heart she wasn't sure how to fill. "I just, I don't know how to..." Her throat closed, and she sniffled. How to live without him.

Don't believe anything you say anymore
In the morn, in the morning