Chapter 6

I saw Emma's eyes instantly turn red.

"I'm, I'm sorry, is it because I'm here, interrupting your chat? Then I'll leave first..."

Lucas frowned and stopped her, "What are you leaving for? Sophia wasn't talking about you."

Emma's eyes reddened even more, and a few tears fell.

Lucas seemed to realize his tone was a bit harsh and softened his voice, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you."

He turned to look at me, "Sophia, you—"

"I do find it quite boring, and I've had enough," I interrupted him. "If we can't say what we want to say when we're with friends, what's the point of being friends?"

Lucas looked somewhat shocked.

Emma was still looking at me with teary eyes.

The atmosphere became very tense for a moment. Even Gabriel, the ice mountain, tried to save this awkward situation, "Um..."

I stood up first, picking up my tray, "I'm leaving first."

There was no point in staying any longer, and Lucas and Gabriel wouldn't necessarily take my side.

There was no intense argument, but we began to fall into a cold war.

Gabriel, who was in the same class as me, always seemed like he wanted to say something but was stopped by me every time.

I'm not an unreasonable person, I just want them to see clearly that our friendship is now distorted and unhealthy.

If we have to keep our mouths shut when chatting with friends, then what's the point of being friends?

I can only endure.

Even when speaking, I have to lower my volume for Emma, who is easily frightened, and I can't talk about topics Emma isn't familiar with, otherwise, she'll become sensitive and overthink.

I can no longer laugh and joke around freely with Lucas, and Gabriel won't stand aside laughing and calling us crazy anymore.

Now they speak softly to Emma, having long forgotten how we used to interact so freely.