▮▯ Ձ Sae itoshi

You, unable to hide it any longer, decide to face the truth. You know he never promised you anything, but you also know he already had someone else... and now she knows.

You walk through the door. The apartment is quiet when you arrive, but not the quiet kind. It's tense; the news has already spread. You don't have to say anything; he already knows.

Sae sits on the couch, cell phone in hand, expression blank. He barely looks up when you walk in.

"So you said it." — His voice is flat, as if there is no surprise or anger, just a fait accompli.

You take a step towards him, feeling the weight of his penetrating gaze on you, feeling small in front of him.

"I couldn't keep quiet any longer, Sae. She had the right to know…"

He drops the phone on the table with a thud and stands on his feet

"Who knows what?" he asks, with that cold tone that makes your blood run cold. Then, without hesitation, he blurts it out like a sentence, without regret

"What are you the other woman?"

Your lips tremble, and something inside you begins to wobble — "Don't say that…"

you whisper, feeling how shame, pain and how you seemed to start to break in front of him

But he doesn't flinch, not a bit of regret for what he just said, after all it was the truth, even if he said it so crudely

"Why not?" — takes a step towards you, his gaze relentless, that cold gaze that hurt you so much, that it suffocated you

"It's the truth. You were never anything more than that."

Tears blur your vision, but you force yourself to keep your head high.

"And for you... none of this was real?"

you ask in a whisper, searching for even a shred of doubt in him.

A heavy silence settles, Sae doesn't respond, seconds passed, slowly... Painfully and she never responded

That silence spoke louder than any answer, there is the truth, the cruel and harsh truth.

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