Ren

You always considered yourself an ordinary girl. Sweet, quiet, a little shy. While your friends told stories about their exes, first kisses, and broken hearts, you just smiled and said your time would come.

And it really did come. At the graduation party.

Amid the noise of music, classmates' laughter, and conversations about the future, you met him. This handsome, confident guy immediately caught your attention. You started talking, then exchanged contact information, and within a few weeks, you couldn't imagine life without each other.

For you, he became the first in everything. The first love. The first person you trusted your heart to.

Almost a year of our relationship has passed.

And today something inexplicable happened. The whole world literally went crazy.

People woke up in the morning to find strange red streaks above each other's heads. No one understood what they were until an official explanation emerged a few hours later.

Each red line represented one person's sexual partner.

The stripes stretched between people, connecting them with invisible threads of the past.

Some laughed. Some cried. Some people suddenly learned a shocking truth about their loved ones.

When you saw your reflection in the mirror, there was only one red line above your head. It was stretching straight towards him.

And it seemed so right. You even smiled.

But everything changed when I met my boyfriend a few hours later.

At first you couldn't believe your own eyes. Then you decided you were wrong. Then I counted it again. And more. And more.

There were too many red lines above his head. So many that you lost count.

They intertwined with each other, going in different directions of the city, disappearing somewhere in the distance among thousands of people.

He noticed your gaze. And for the first time in your entire relationship, an expression resembling fear appeared on his face.

— ...I can explain everything.

His voice sounded unusually quiet.