Halses sured at him with cold, distant eyes, lookingpletely fed op

Shapz, pressed fry lipste thin line. “You can get upset, throw a tantrum if you want, bed don’t over jake about breaking up. I will never break up with you

Why are you so damn stubborn? Don’t you understand what I’m saying? It’s over! Halsey

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Why? We were fine just yesterday! We were togetherst night. We even promised to get married as soon as we got back

As he spoke, Shaun reached out and held her shoulders. “I need a reason. Tell me why you’re ending things. Did something happen? You can tell me

Halsey cut him off. “Yes! Something did happen!”

“What?”

“We couldn’t find the Snowpeak Bloom. That means your face can’t be fixed.

Shaun froze. The air between them went dead silent. After a long pause, he finally asked, That’s why you’re breaking up with me?”

Halsey gave him a cold smile, the corners of her red lips curled in mockery “Deep down, you already know the answer So why bother asking? Don’t you think it’s pointless?”

“So just because we couldn’t find the Snowpeak Bloom and my face won’t heal, you want to leave me?” Shaun’s voice was tight “No I don’t believe that You told me you didn’t care what [looked like. You said

“That was all a lie!”

Shaun stiffened

Halsey reened-up and pulled the mask off his face

Shaun goby Bfted his hands to cover himself, but Halsey took out a mirror and held it up Take a good lok at your face! Do you think it looks good?”

Shaun hardly ever looked in mirrors. He couldn’t bear to see what he had be But now. forced to face it, he saw t his face, unrecognizable and ruined

Snow

Halsey’s voice was sharp “Look how awful you look! I really thought your Faci would get better once we got the Snowpeak Bloom (believed that. Now that we can’t get it dust don’s have the courage to live the rest of my bite looking at you like this Every morning,

ngoy eyes and sering your face it scares me

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“Sarugh. Those wing are you going to lie to yourself? You can’t even ept how you do, so Bvchy are you forcing me to ept

Cracks, began to spread through Shaun’s eyes like shattering ss. That pain wrapped around fum, closing in tight

He stared at her “Is that really how you feel?

Halsey’s hear wisted, as it a de had been driven straight through and was now turning deeper and deeper. The pain was suffocating

Still, she had to end this She had to drive him away.

Halsey looked him straight in the eyes “Yes. That’s how I really feel. Just leave! I can’t stand your face. It scares me. It makes me sick to my stomach!

The words hit like a hammer. Shaun stumbled back a step,pletely shattered

Halsey said coldly. “It’s over between us. Got it? Don’te looking for me again. i don’t ever

want to see you

She turned around and walked away

Shaun stood in the rain, watching as she walked farther and farther until she disappeared from

sight

Then, everything went ck

With a loud thud, he copsed in the middle of the downpour