You were going to call this off. This act, this game, this charade…whatever you want to call it, it has to stop. Not because it was too awkward or too embarrassing like you'd expected, but because it was driving a rift in between the both of you. As much as Dash needed a solution to her problem, she needed a friend more so. Someone she can trust and confide in…like she had been with you. Once that’s established you can work from there to tackle her problem from a different angle.