Chapter Text
'Cause I'm sick of losing soulmates
So where do we begin?
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"Rumi...", you whisper into the space between you three, your brows pinched together and it's frankly pretty hard to hold back your tears right now. You knew it was a risk - both dating and telling others - but would this really be the end of you, of the group you grew to love and swore to protect? It can't.
"We didn't mean it!"
"Zoey-"
"No, Mira! If being together means we're losing this - us - then I don't want it"
"Are you fucking serious?"
No, no you're not and now Mira has that look in her eyes, the one she gets whenever she has to talk to her mother on the phone. That glossed over gaze, like she has to push her thoughts and feelings away just to survive the next few minutes. God, you never want to make her feel like this.
"Mira..", you try again and tears well up in your eyes as you think about reaching out to her, raise your hand and still stop mid-air because you know you hurt her. Badly.
And you hurt Rumi, too. Can tell by how tense the air is around you, know because she's holding her breath right behind you.
"I love you", you whisper and for a moment you don't know who you're referring to right now. She must've noticed your wavering feelings because she looks over to Rumi who just keeps staring at your back, waiting. What for, she probably doesn't even know anymore herself .