"Who cares about you?" He blurted out and my whole body froze on the spot as I was trying to understand if I had heard him clearly or if he actually did mean what he said.

"What do you mean?" I asked with my shaky voice.

He didn't seem to respond on time as he massaged his temples while I stared at him in shock, waiting for an explanation.

"I'm sorry," he said after some time, after rubbing his face with his palm, but I wasn't going to receive a mere apology for the word he had just ...