I wanted to. I really did.

[And it all fell apart before she could even properly explain herself; it set him off and the fury slapped her in the face leaving her with only shock and hurt.]

He must have taken it differently, or rather, it made him see me differently. I'm not the person he believed me to be. I didn't even realize he was seeing someone else.

[She covers her eyes with her hands again. They feel like they're burning with psychic energy (she had been exerting herself for a bit after all).]

I'm not... Someone to idealize. Not when I'm already flawed from the beginning. It's the worst.