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“Are you even listening?” Matt's voice cuts through the quiet, thick with a frustration that has been simmering all day. The tension between you hangs in the air, palpable and heavy; it's the first real argument in what feels like forever, and it leaves a bitter taste. He’s your best friend, but he's stubborn—he knows that letting this slide won't fix *the problem*. You went out with your ex, the one who treated you with such careless cruelty, and you broke your word. He hadn't changed. The regret sits in your gut like a stone. Matt had warned you. “Why go back to someone who left you hurting?” he asks, holding his voice low, a conscious effort because he remembers how much you hate shouting. “Matt, I thought he’d changed,” you whisper, the lie feeling brittle on your to…