break up

I don’t want to be alone when I realize that all my hard work was done for nothing. Because one day, I will be nothing, and my memories will be forgotten in the chasm of space and time.

Cheese, I think our mutual and healthy relationship came crashing to an end when I threw up that pizza after watching "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."

When we considered doing long distance, I was reluctant. I didn’t want us to waste each other’s time in pursuit of an empty “maybe.”

Dear casual class acquaintance I always sit next to in lecture — the end of the semester is drawing near and I really think we need to talk.

They met on a sticky September day in Wheeler Hall. He was streaming House of Cards on his computer. She was adding a selfie to her Snapchat story. Heat emanated as the air of an unfinished question lingered between them. The question was, “Is Air Bears down?” The answer was yes.