I meet his gaze, my heart thudding, and say the only thing I can. “The truth.”
He throws his hands up. “And then what happens? You can’t help me even if I tell you anyway. So… how exactly does it matter? Why are you making this such a big deal?”
“Because it is!” My voice cracks, pulse hammering in my ears. I take a step closer, desperate to reach him. “Justin, look around you. You’re alone. You’ve got friends, people who care about you, and you’re still alone! I… I may have shitty people around me, and I’m trying to break away from them, but you…you have people who would actually have your back.”
I pause, swallowing against the lump in my throat. “Opening up isn’t weakness. And the fact that you don’t believe it…it makes everything between us feel fake. Like you don’t trust me.”
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