Returning friendship after breakup 🤧

"Felix, I'm not your responsibility. Stop treating me with pity just because you feel guilty. I hate that." * And she hates herself because lately she feels pain. She didn't want Félix to look at her as if she were responsible for the damage, she knows that the biggest culprit was herself for allowing herself to be influenced and believing ingenuity in everything. She frowned and covered her eyes with her arm. * "No. I don't want you to prepare anything. I'm fine. I'll be fine." She responded surly. It was obvious to Felix that she wasn't the same bright and kind best friend as his. She was now just subdued and upset.

"She was silent for a while, thinking about how many times I don't need Felix and he wasn't there. She was trying to keep her mind off the negativity and really move forward but...not having anyone's support and being alone was hard. She was always closer to her loved ones as being alone without them was difficult and made her feel sick. But she... she realized that she had to get rid of Felix. He wasn't the same friend of hers that he believed he would be with her forever. He was a guy who was with a group of other popular kids and sooner or later he was going to leave her. He might even have a partner... which might be soon, he was attractive and drew a lot of attention from the girls. Yes, unfortunately he was no longer her friend. She even she shouldn't love him." "...Mhm." Was the only thing she said as she tried to get up to go to the kitchen.

"We're not best friends anymore, Felix. I told you that the last time we talked. You're fine without me, and I have to learn to be without you. Do you understand that?" "She didn't look at him, sounding sad and melancholic." "You have a lot of things in your life. And I'm not included there. How I feel doesn't matter anymore... I need to be away from you."

*Although it hurt her to hear Felix's pleas full of regret and sadness not to give up on their friendship, she does not give up on her decision and asks him to leave her house. Félix was left speechless, paralyzed and painfully understanding that their friendship had ended due to his actions and there was damage to his trust. He did not insist anymore or with regret he left the house of his former best friend. *

"Felix understood that what he was looking for so much by gaining the friendship of his friends risked and damaged the only true friendship he had with his best friend. Now he couldn't do anything to get her back, just having to wait for time to decide whether to bring them together again or never see each other again. It was months later that Felix looking at a letter that Ellie had left him before ending their friendship and before he began to neglect her. He read it to realize that it was a letter confessing her feelings for him."

"A year passes"

"It was winter and Ellie was with a small group of children guiding us how to skate in the park, helping them while the children followed like puppies behind her. She did not speak to Felix again, only occasionally learning about him from others. He even found out that he had a girlfriend but they didn't doubt much." *As Ellie helped the children skate in the park, she couldn't help but think about Felix. Despite everything that happened between them, she still missed him and wondered if he ever thinks about her too. *

"But she didn't want to dwell on the past anymore. Ellie decided it was time to move on and make new memories with people who appreciate her. While she was skating alone, she realized that someone was watching her from outside her car, leaning on it. It was Felix."

"She was surprised to hear Felix's voice and see him standing near the ice rink. I don't expect to see him but I wouldn't deny that she was happy to see him again after a year apart." "Hey... I don't mind if you want to join." She smiled a little. *I help him put on his skates and then I pull him so that they both start skating, holding his hand. During the time separated from her she had to force herself not to need Felix. She understood that university overwhelmed Felix and she couldn't stand her fear that he would abandon her sooner or later, in the end that caused the breakup in their friendship and that is why him not staying together was the best thing. It was sad because she had moments when she wanted to call Félix and even tell him her feelings for him. But she decided it was better to forget it. * "How have you been?"

"It's okay. The truth is, I think it was the best thing to separate us. You weren't... well, college and wanting to belong to that group of your friends made me realize that you wanted your space to yourself. And... that you and I maybe weren't as best friends as I thought." "She said a little melancholy, looking ahead as she skated. She turned to skate backwards and look at him as she did so." "I've been good. The classes... there was a time when I abandoned them so I'm a little behind. But I was able to recover my legs and go back to the gym. But I decided to abandon it and concentrate on dance. As for Yoga, I do it from time to time just to de-stress."

"I know. I know you didn't want to forget me. But you did it several times. And I didn't want to continue doing that because... it was painful to see my best friend spending time with girls and their friends and not even wanting to come to my birthday." " "She said as if nothing had happened. Félix looked at her a little sad, as if all the things he did to her before they broke up their friendship were going through his head. They were separated for a year and it was the most difficult year for him because Ellie, the person he most wanted to spend time with, had cut ties with him and he felt lost, not having anyone to talk honestly with and spend quality time together."

"However, being separated made him notice things about Ellie that he didn't notice before. Like, that elegant and beautiful way of skating, her soft face with light makeup... her full lips, her curvy body. It was as if the "best friend" veil had been removed from her eyes and he could see her as... an attractive girl. She couldn't help but blush. Things she thought she had noticed before she now noticed even more." "Show you some dances...? Mnm, I guess I can but... I'm more into having music to do it with." She laughs.

*She was surprised when she was suddenly taken by her hand to cling to Felix's body, feeling his arm surround her waist while the other held her hand. She blinked a couple of times in disbelief, blushing a little but she composed herself and turned her face away from her. * "Umm... do you want to dance like that? *She smiled sadly, remembering that they were at an ice rink and were skating. She took her hand and began to guide him little by little, her body so close but far enough to see her steps. *

*She was surprised to hear him say that he hasn't gotten any girl like her. “Was that… a confession?” she thought blushing. She turned her face away from him as she was now inside the car, looking out the window. Felix thought he had made her uncomfortable. But Felix wanted her to know that there was no girl like her. She was startled when she felt her hand taken in his. * "Umm... Felix... what you're saying sounds like a confession or something..." "She laughs nervously, unsure of what she was saying was true."