Don’t ghost your friends, bros. But if you do need to take an extended leave for any reason, do yourself a favor and let the other party know. Just be quick and simple about it. “I need to take a break. It was fun for awhile. Have a nice day” and just leave. I temporarily ghosted a friend once but eventually came back to him and I happened to come across some of the things he said in my absence and it fucking broke me. I don’t ever want to hurt someone like that again. He said it’s fine now and that he’s just happy to have me back but I still feel like horrible about it. Find a way to make it work. There HAS to be a way. Just don’t abandon your friends abruptly. Unless this friend you don’t like is an outright asshole, he deserves to know what happened to you. He may be difficult and annoying but he still wants you around. That’s a gift in and of itself. Just find a way to make it work. You know how to do it, so just do it