[ WP ] Write a story about a break up that jumps back and forth between the two members of the former couple and make the audience feel sorry for both characters .

When things are n't meant to be, there's only ever one thing to do -- to let go. But Natasha was never one to let social norms decide what she would do. And so she fell in love with the boy who lived half a world away even though her wits told her agaisnt it. 
 
 When things were meant to happen, they would fall right into place. Or so Christian told himself. He allowed himself to fall in love with a girl he had never ever met before, stayed up just to talk to her for nights on end -- because he believed he was meant to. 
 
 First, it was exhilarating. It gave him the thrill. It made her feel loved. This went on for eight months, nine at most. They trusted each other because neither ever gave the reason to do otherwise. He was happy. She was happy. 
 
 At some point it became exhausting. It was n't that they no longer had things to say to each other, or that he became tired of losing hours of sleep, or they stopped loving each other. This happened at nine months. They did n't cheat, by the dictionary definition of it. But they found that other people made them happier. Other people made them feel wanted. Other people made them feel appreciated. Things like this is n't ever easy to cover up. So slowly, he lost her trust and so she lost his. 
 
 And then came the inevitable. She'd had enough. She still loved him. He was n't going to put up with this. After all he had done, if she still chose to leave the relationship, he'd let her. This came on the thirteenth month. And they stopped talking to each other. And he found he could n't sleep even though his nights were n't filled with her anymore. And she found that at the end of the day, it was Christian that she wanted to talk to. 
 
 And so she said sorry. And he, of course, took her back -- because he loved her deeply and she did so too. This was on the fifteenth month. And they went back to what they were -- lovers, best friends. But it never was the same. It was the same exhaustion they felt except it was more intense this time because they realized that this was going nowhere. 
 
 It broke his heart because he saw her in his future. He had a low paying job but he tried to save every penny that he could so he could buy himself a ticket to her country. And reality caught up with him. And he knew he had to let go of her even though he had no idea how to. She looked more miserable every day. And at this point he felt he was dragging her down. 
 
 It broke her heart because she missed him. And it was stupid because he saw him almost everyday, and he never went a day without a word from him. But humans need human warmth. And she did n't have that. But she loved him. And she did n't think she'd ever be able to love another. And so it saddened her to see him, day after day after day. 
 
 So Christian told Natasha that it was over. And he had meant it this time because she deserved better than he would ever be able to give her. Even though he wanted to give her the world, he was n't capable of that. 
 
 He never really moved on, not really. He married a woman he met in his job. They had a child. His wife had died of cancer. And Christian's thoughts never left Natasha. And every day he would think of Natasha and wonder how she was. Some days when he's too weak, he checks up on her social media accounts. She seemed happy. 
 
 She made it a point to seem happy. But she never was after that point. Her parents had gotten divorced. She chose not to marry because no one ever amounted to the boy who lived on the other side of the world. But she was stubborn. She kept her friends around, went out as much as she can. She was never home. And she never felt home -- not since he left. She was about as happy as any broken-hearted girl could be. Sometimes, she would come across his posts on her dashboard. His child looked just like him. That was the one thing she could n't give him -- an intimacy she had deprived him because their proximity was almost non-existent. And maybe, she thought, that was why he left. 
 
 He loved her still. And she had never stopped. But they never talked again.
