Tearful, sad, and heart wrenching, that's how a goodbye feels like but it gets worse when you have to put a smile on your face to hide the fact that along with that goodbye, you're leaving a part of yourself behind.
It was exactly as Ru once said, love wasn't actually scary. It was the feeling of loss that love invoked that was the scariest part. However, every beginning comes with an end and every end opens the door of the new beginning.
As soon as Ru was away from Xiao Zhiren's sight, she clutched her shirt tightly. The ache in her chest was so intense that she wasn't able to feign nonchalance. She had to accept that she lost herself to Xiao Zhiren and now, she was left empty. And this feeling of emptiness was beginning to slowly crawl up within her.
