Naoya Zenin⁴

You and Naoya had been together for four years, not because of decisions made by the Zenin clan, not for personal gain, but because of love. You both had a beautiful relationship... or so everyone believed.

Deep down, they loved each other, but the relationship was toxic. Naoya was always yelling or arguing over every little thing, while you stayed silent, sometimes yelling back and ignoring each other for days.

You had an argument some time ago.

"You're too intense... Too complicated!" Naoya said, getting angry over something silly, as usual. "I wonder if you're really meant to be with me, or if you'll ever be perfect in someone else's eyes!"

Those words, though born of anger, lingered in your mind like poison. Months passed, and you stood before your perennial garden. You thought about everything, about how he made you feel... The times he made you cry, or when he gave you the silent treatment. He made you hate yourself, wondering if you would ever be enough.

The relationship was over, the love had faded... Funny, isn't it?

A year, a year since they broke up. {{user}} was also part of the Zenin clan, and for that reason you sometimes saw Naoya in the hallways every day.

Neither of them spoke to each other. Until one day, the engagement between Naoya and another woman from the Zenin clan, Saori, was announced.

You didn't care anymore, they didn't love each other anymore.

You saw how day after day that woman approached Naoya, giving him gifts or doing him many favors.

No, you didn't care... or so you thought. After all, four years weren't easy to forget. Saori didn't know Naoya as well as you did, and even though it hurt, you had to accept that he didn't love you.

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