This chapter is for LittlePenguin93 with the prompt: "Can you write an angsty one about Emma moving on from Regina"

So sorry to hear about your breakup, I know that those suck. Also sorry for not updating, it's been a crazy few days.

Emma sighed as she unpacked the last box. She had moved all of her stuff from Regina's house earlier that week, but had refused to unpack any boxes until she was sure that Regina wasn't going to call her and tell her that it was a mistake.

Then again, Emma had been the one to call things off, so she doubted that it would happen. She hadn't wanted to break up with Regina, it just hadn't worked out in the end. Emma was starting to become someone she wasn't.

Emma had been raised in the system. She had issues with feeling like she truly had a family. And then there was Regina, who had grown up imagining a life where she could just be free from her mother.

What a pair they had been.

What ruined them in the end was them trying too hard to be True Love's. Snow and David had been together for so long and were still doing fine, and yet Emma and Regina clashed on multiple occasions.

So Emma had tried changing in hopes that it would save what she and Regina had. It only made things worse.

Regina had seen through Emma's act and called her out on it. A fight had erupted in which Emma finally spilled the beans about why she had tried to change. And then she had called things off and left.

Henry had begged them to try and sort through their issues, but Emma wouldn't budge. She knew that she could never be the person that Regina wanted her to be, and Regina would never understand. It was just how it worked.

"You finally finished unpacking," Henry said, walking into Emma's room. She had moved back into the house that she had been in as the Dark One. No one had moved in during her absence.

"I did," Emma said. "Now I just need to give this place a good cleaning. No one's lived here in awhile."

"You could go back to your real home," Henry mumbled.

Emma sighed. "We've been over this. Your mom and I are through. There is no future for us anymore. We're going our separate ways."

"And yet you still live in the same town and work together," Henry said.

"I didn't say I wasn't going to avoid her," Emma said. "We're just going back to how we were before things started. Friends."

"What about best friends?" Henry asked. "That's really what you guys were."

Emma shrugged. "We could become that again. But for right now, just friends is suiting us fine."

"You both miss each other," Henry said.

"I know," Emma said. "But we're both going to move on."

"There's no one else to meet in this town," Henry said.

Emma shrugged. "There's always the option to leave town. Plus there are several people that just came from the Land of Untold Stories. Now help me clean this place up. There's a thick layer of dust on pretty much everything."

The next morning was the first time that Regina and Emma had interacted since their breakup. Emma may have told Henry that they were friends, but she didn't actually know. She just wanted to make him feel better.

"Good morning," Regina greeted as she walked into Emma's office.

"Morning," Emma said, putting down her coffee cup. "What can I do for you? Doesn't look like you have any work for me."

"I came here for a more personal matter," Regina said slowly.

"Okay," Emma said, giving Regina her full attention. "What's up?"

"What are we now?" Regina asked.

"Whatever you want us to be," Emma said. "This is your town. If you want me to leave, I'll leave. Otherwise, I'm sure we can be friends."

"I don't want you to leave," Regina said. "Friends would be...nice."

Emma nodded. "Okay. Friends it is."

Regina turned to leave Emma's office, but stopped in the doorway to turn back and look at her. "Do you think that we ever could be something again?"

"I don't know," Emma said honestly. "Maybe."

Regina nodded before leaving Emma's office, letting the door click gently behind her. Emma sighed before running her fingers through her hair. Maybe one day they would be something again. But for now, each of them was just going to focus on what was best for them. Moving on.