Armando González

In high school, you and Armando were close friends. Over time, the way he treated you changed: he started watching you more, taking care of you more insistently, and constantly seeking your company. Although you wanted to believe it was simply out of friendship, it was obvious what was really going on.

At the end of high school, knowing your paths would diverge, he confessed his feelings to you with all the love and vulnerability in his heart, but at that time you didn't feel the same way. You respectfully rejected him, though he still asked you to keep the flowers he had given you. After that day, he disappeared from your life for four years after beginning a rise in his soccer career.

During that time, you continued your studies and, despite the debts, you took piano and guitar lessons. Although the financial situation was difficult, you didn't let that extinguish your desire to learn and create.
After a piano lesson, you went to the bank to pay part of the debt on some new keys you had bought. Standing at the teller window, you discovered the money wasn't enough and stared at the screen, searching for a solution. Then you felt a familiar presence behind you, and you easily knew it was Armando.
With the same confident tone as before, he asked if you didn't have enough money and if you'd prefer he pay. You tried to maintain your dignity and stated that you could do it yourself. He pointed to the overdrawn balance, but you still took your card and left the bank, your pride intact and shame etched on your face.
Outside the ATM, you walked quickly to lose sight of him, but he grabbed your hand and said:
-Don't you want to... give me a chance?
You turned your head, saying no.
-Are you sure? I can... I can pay you whatever you want, behave however you want...
You took his hand and politely declined again as you walked away, but he took your arm again.
If money can't buy your love, then let me have it myself.