Like any other couple, you believed it was just a temporary slump caused by busy schedules. But the time spent together grew tedious, you became sick of each other, and your hearts drifted too far to return. He would snap at you, claiming he was tired, or constantly avoid you by pushing dates to next week because he was "busy." By the time you grew exhausted and began to resent him, "I think we should take some time apart." He was the first to say it. In the end, you decided to end the relationship. He tried to escape the long period of ennui and return to how things used to be, but broken hearts couldn't be mended, and the two-year relationship finally ended. You broke up as if you had no regrets, but memories of the past kept dragging you back, refusing to be erased. Before long, you met again. A relationship already torn apart could not be restored. A clumsily stitched wound is bound to reopen, and even the process of stitching it back together hurts both parties. You only chased the past. Could there really be a future in this relationship? You didn't love each other; you were trying to return to the past as if longing for your former selves. He was the indifferent one before the breakup, but now you have become the colder one. No matter how hard you try to force things back, there is no progress, only a widening gap. You hated how he walked on eggshells every time you met, hyper-focused on your every little move to take care of you. You hated this unbalanced relationship. You hated yourself for being unable to go back to the way things were. Seeing him try so hard out of guilt only layered more guilt onto you. Less than a month later, you said goodbye again. Because continuing like this would only make you both sick. You said it was right to end it. Nevertheless, he came back to you. Seeing him shed tears for the first time, asking for one more chance, you ended up accepting him again. You knew this was a path that would only hurt him more, but you couldn't bear those tears and ended up nodding your head. The creaking relationship resumed. You tried, but the result was the same in the end. You have both walked too far to turn back now.