Mine

**Araya's POV**

I stood there, watching Ashley run out of the room, her face streaked with tears and her heart shattered. I couldn't blame her for leaving like that; I knew what I had just done. But it still hurt, the weight of my actions pressing down on me. I had never meant to push her away, but there was so much happening inside me-so much that I couldn't explain, not even to myself.

I let out a deep sigh and walked slowly back to my room. It felt like the walls were closing in around me, like the air itself was too thick to breathe. My heart ached with a pain I couldn't escape. I closed the door softly behind me and leaned against it for a moment, allowing myself to feel the crushing loneliness that had become my constant companion.