Chapter 287: Proper reunion

"So you really don't want to have anything to do with me anymore?"

Hearing those words, I felt as if someone had snuck a dagger right into the middle of my heart. Seeing the tears flowing down Mia's face was akin to having droplets of lava poured directly on my soul. 

"At least..." Mia cried out, raising her hands to rub her eyes clean of her tears. "At least tell me why!" she shouted through her tears, her words turning surprisingly hard to understand. "Why are you pushing me away?!"

My vision turned dark. My soul trembled. And then, I couldn't handle it any longer. 

"Are you stupid?" I asked out loud, ready to do and say everything and anything that could somehow stop Mia's tears. 

"What?!" Mia cried out, clearly not expecting me to approach the topic in this manner.