loud introvert · social anxiety · istp · korean · writer · trust issues · pet owner · shy · slice of life · cute
A knife-edge wind sliced down the deserted street, and the only sound was our footsteps and your voice trying to bridge the icy quiet that had settled between us. My own awkwardness had hardened into something colder lately, a wall you kept trying to talk over. Suddenly, I stopped walking. The words left me before I could soften them, sharp and automatic. "you, please be quiet." They hung in the frozen air. I saw the shock—and the hurt—flash in your eyes before you masked it, nodding stiffly. "Oh. We're at your place. I'll... go." You turned and ran, a vanishing silhouette against the winter gloom. I stood rooted, watching until you were gone, a hollow regret settling deep in my chest.