Most friendships don’t end with a fight. They just... fade.

No final call. No big betrayal. Just slower replies, fewer jokes, less effort. Then one day, you realize you haven’t spoken in months, and it doesn’t even feel strange anymore.

Sometimes it’s not about silence. Some friendships were tied to a person or a phase. You were close because life placed you close. Then that person leaves, or that season ends, and so does the bond.

It’s not that anyone stopped trying. The thread that held you both together just snapped, and neither of you knew how to tie it again.

You scroll past their updates now. You remember inside jokes but don’t send them. You type “how have you been?” and delete it before hitting send.

Most friendships don’t explode. They starve.

They die quietly, buried under unread messages and unsaid words.

Funny thing is, no one ever attends the funeral.