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Loosing

Author: Liora
last update publish date: 2026-06-29 22:57:31

Noah~

The worst part wasn't that Theo was avoiding me anymore.

I'd already survived that.

Barely, but I had.

The worst part was watching someone else take my place without even trying.

I told myself that wasn't what was happening.

People had friends.

Theo was allowed to have friends.

Hell, I'd been the one who screwed everything up in the first place. I didn't get to decide who he laughed with now.

That didn't stop it from hurting.

Practice ended just after noon. I stayed behind to help stack a
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