Well, recently over the past month or two months, I had been hanging out with an old friend from school. We sort of lost touch once he did online school and since the bad break-up I had went through, I really needed a friend to hang out with. He and I started talking again after the first time in a while, and we instantly acted like we just talked yesterday. Like nothing changed. Anyways, since we last talked, he got his own apartment with a friend who moved from another state to room with him. Let's call him Tris. Well, the past few times my old friend (we'll call him DK, has taken me to his apartment, I just... hung out with DK. I never really talked much or wanted to talk to Tris until maybe the 18th of July. My friend DK is trying to quit some bad habits and despite all the advice Tris and I have given him, and keeps slipping back into these habits. And Tris has to keep coming to DK's rescue. Every time. Tris had been planning on moving back to his home state around November, but because things aren't getting any better, he's leaving at the end of August. But, since the 18th, Tris and I have become very close, and on the 25th, I stayed at DK and his apartment for at least 7 hours celebrating his birthday with him. I'm not sure why I was so devastated by it when Tris first told me he was going back a lot sooner. I started bawling my eyes out as I was cleaning the kitchen. I was so upset. I'm still pretty upset and I don't want to think too much about it, or I will start crying. I felt an instant connection to Tris even when I barely saw him or even started talking to him on Discord. I will miss him so much. I don't want him to have any bad memories of my home state, so I will be doing my best to make as many good ones, ones good enough to outweigh the bad ones he has. I don't want him to leave, but I understand why and I also respect his decision in doing so. I just want him to be happy and I know he won't be happy as long as he continues to stay here... ;w; Lots on my mind </3