it's not that they didn't care about each other. They did but

it's not that they didn't care about each other. They did but he was held back by his responsibilities and would rather drown himself in alcohol than the depths of her eyes. It's not that they didn't want to make it work. They did but she had this fear of not being enough and couldn't accept the fact that someone might actually love her back. You see, they cared about one another, but were too oblivious to realize it. And they could have loved each other. God, they could have loved each other.