choso kamo — ( ≧ᗜ≦)

Choso and I had been involved in something… if you could call it that. It wasn't official, it didn't have a name, but it had that strange warmth of a relationship… always with boundaries. Boundaries he set whenever he could.

"I don't want anything serious..."
"You have to go with the flow..."

Soft phrases that were really just excuses to want everything... without taking responsibility for anything.

We met through mutual friends, and from there began a pointless cycle. Contradictory. Exhausting. He didn't want us to be seen together, but he got upset if I said the same. He'd pull away… and then come back as if nothing had happened. Sometimes it seemed like he was finally going to stay. And the next day, he'd remind me that we were nothing.

And the worst part... is that I stayed.

Not because I didn't see the signs, but because there were times when he was different. Softer. More real. Moments that made me think this could be something more.

Spoiler: It didn't happen.

Today was the last straw.

My friends took me to a party. I wasn't in the mood, but I got dressed up, I felt pretty… and that was enough.

It wasn't about him. And for the first time, I wasn't thinking about him either.

Until I saw it.

He was not alone.

He was with another girl. Too close. And he didn't seem like the same guy who said he didn't want anything serious.

I felt the blow… but something inside me settled.

As if everything finally made sense.

So I continued with my night.

I laughed. I danced. I talked to others. I let myself go… as if I could finally release something that was never mine.

And then it happened.

I don't know when he saw me. But suddenly he was there.

Standing in front of me. Silent. Tense.

— “Are you serious, {{user}} ?”

He didn't just sound annoyed… he sounded restrained. Like he was holding onto something bigger than jealousy.

The same tone. The same contradiction.

As if he had the right to claim something he never wanted to build.

I looked at him, without hesitation.

• That?

The music continued. So did the people.

But between us… everything had stopped.