How to End a Love Story

by Yulin Kuang

The type of sister who grows up alongside you and understands without explanations why your faulty brain can’t seem to process the subtly shifting dynamics of a social circle without a dramatic sense of tragic despair.

Helen tries to remind herself that her least favorite thing about herself is how much she cares about what other people think. And that they probably aren’t thinking about her anyway.

“You guys have fun with that,” he says. “I’m gonna sit this one out.” He swings his long legs onto a love seat and pulls out his Kindle.

This is what it would feel like to love Grant Shepard, she thinks, and it aches.

I love the parts of you I haven’t even met yet.”