"It would be a lie to say, I didn't." Spoke I, feeling a bit naughty.
"... Can't you leave me alone? I repaid what I owed, there is nothing connecting us together."
"There is friendship, you were my best friend then, and you are one now. How can I abandon a good friend of mine for no reason." In friendship, there are times when you fight, and there are times when you say hurtful things, or do things to your friends that are not worth speaking of. All in an effort to make his life and future better.
That's the kind of friend I was, even if hated it, I would not abandon my friend if I had the chance to. "Privacy, heard of it?"