I never knew it could be this hard, I had said goodbye what felt like a thousands times to people, places, not once did it hurt as much as this.

There were so many things I could say. There are so many different ways to say goodbye and yet the only words that I could form in this moment was-

“Okay.”

No ‘see you soon’.

No ‘I love you’.

No ‘please don’t go’.

Just, okay.

And it’s better than the deafening silence that Leon responds with. The glint in his blue eyes tells enough. This isn’t anywhere near as painful for him as it is me.