Names have power.
"Theta! Theta Sigma!"
As you called mine, on that day, when the suns seemed higher in the sky than they had ever been, I swear I could see it surge through the air.
"Theta! Wait!"
You called be by the name that everyone knew, but I knew that in your heart you were calling me by a different one.
"Thete! Please!"
The name I thought you had forgotten.
"Theta…"
My true name.
"Theta Sigma."
I didn't look back. I couldn't.
"Theta Sigma!"
I wanted to leave you behind. I wanted to leave what you'd become. I wanted to forget. Even it just hurt you more.
"Don't, Thete."
It's not like I never came back.
"Theta! Take me with you!"
It's not like you ever stopped chasing me.
"Please, please, please, Theta Sigma."
It's not like I'll ever stop wondering, "what if I hadn't left?"
"Stop, Theta, I –"
Still, I'll never regret closing that door.