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Oliver let Miles’s words sink in Let therow roots inside of him

Chance put his hand over Oliver’s and squeezed Miles leaned over and kissed his forehead Both of the support

Oliver’s pulse echoed with a loud thuht of the truth Miles had just spoken The truth he’d likely known but wouldn’t admit to himself

Miles was right Oliver kneas right Maybe part of him had already started to resent Matt, which hy he’d unleashed the other night and said all the things he did

And Matt…he was lost beyond what Oliver had known before this visit Until Matt faced those things, he would never be able to fully give himself to anyone He would never truly be happy

“Wow…that was some deep shit, Miles I seriously just had a come to Jesus moment,” Chance said and as much as Oliver didn’t feel it, as much as he felt like his whole universe had just altered, he couldn’t help but laugh

Like always, Chance said exactly what needed to be said to break the tension

The subject was dropped after that and they all knew it There was nothing else to say Oliver knehat he had to do

From there, Chance turned on one of their favorite episodes of Queer as Folk They watched it together, Oliver only half into it You knew shit was serious when his favorite show couldn’t help

Later that night, when he was alone in his house, he lay in bed, his sheets still shts were out, the glow of his phone the only thing illu the room

And he dialed

He wasn’t surprised when Matt didn’t answer He could hold a grudge like no one else, especially when he was hurt Oliver had hurt Matt much like Matt had hurt Oliver

The second the voicee, he spoke “Hey, Matty I just…” Oliver closed his eyes and let out a deep breath “I just called to tell you good-bye It’s about tiood-bye when it comes to our friendship, but you know that I’ll always be your friend, but that other shit? Loving you and wanting you and waiting for you…I have to let that go I have to ht I would have always tried to be your savior, your hero but the truth is, you have to be your own hero You’ll get there I know you will Take care of yourself” And then he hung up and whispered, “Take care of yourself, Matty,” before he rolled over and tried like hell to go to sleep

Good-bye

Oliver was finally telling hiood-bye