Requested by anon
“Care to dance?” A half drunk guy came up to you and asked. You were surprised as to how he’d found you. Your friend had dragged you to the club but you had especially made sure to not be seen by anyone. Out of all the beautiful girls who were almost half naked, he came and chose you. You looked him up and down. He didn’t seem like a flirt or a play boy at all. He just seemed distressed.
“Aaaa, no thank you,” you mumbled and looked away.
“Oh come onnnn,” he grabbed your hand and began dragging you.
“Excuse me,” you pulled your hand away. “Get away from me.”
He was surprised by your sudden reaction. He looked into your eyes and you into his. He was getting teary eyed. He slipped his hand out of yours slowly and walked away. You felt bad for a split second but you repressed it and quickly left.
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You were jogging down the Central park. The weather was pleasant, not too cold neither too warm. The frequent breezes, were announcing the coming of the winter.
“Hey,…. Hey .. hold up,” someone from behind you, called repeatedly. You weren’t sure the person was calling you until he caught up with you. You stopped to look at him. A faint memory of the night at the club two weeks from then came back to you. It was that same guy who ‘d asked you to the dance.
“Oh it’s you again,” you said, rolling your eyes. He nodded and smiled nervously.
“I just wanted to say that I’m really sorry about the other day. I shouldn’t have just grabbed your hand like that. I have no..”
“Oh no you don’t have to apologize.”
“But..”
“No really, you don’t. You were half drunk so you obviously didn’t know what you were doing.” You said and looked away. His presence was making you nervous. Now that you were looking at him in day light; he was pretty good looking.
“That’s very nice of you to say that,” he said.
“I’m actually surprised as to how you even remember me,” you said.
He chuckled and scratched his head. “Aaah, well you did say I was only half drunk.”
You laughed nervously too and then both of you stood in awkward silence.
“So could I treat you to dinner some time?…aaa.. you know to make up for the …other day.”
You thought for a while but then decided to say yes. It wasn’t like you were going to lose anything.
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6 months later:
“Hey, where are you?” you asked Kai as soon as he picked up the phone.
“Ahhh.. I’m sorry. I’m running a little late.”
“How late?” you asked.
“Umm.. Can you catch a ride with somebody else?”
“What?” you snapped.
“Yeah it’ll take me 30 more minutes.”
“But it’s freezing out here.”
“I know. I’m really sorry. I got caught up with something.”
“ Fine.” You were mad. Really mad but you had no choice. You sighed angrily and hung up on him. Kai had been acting a little weird lately. There was definitely something bothering him. You asked him repeatedly but he always changed the topic.
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“______________ where are you?” you heard Kai call your name from the living room.
‘Great, I left the front door unlocked again’- you thought and sighed. Your eyes were burning due to fever.
“I’m in here,” you said meekly, then a fit of coughing took you.
“Hey,” Kai poked his head inside your room. “Oh my God, what happened to you?”
“Nothing,” you pouted and turned away.
“You haven’t been answering my calls for the past two day.”
“Maybe because I was sick.”
“And you didn’t care to tell me?”
“Umm, I didn’t want to disturb you since you get busy with stuff,” you quoted his words, with a slight hint of anger.
“_____________ah, I’m really sorry for the other day.” He came and sat beside you pulling you to turn around.
“What?” you mumbled.
“Look at me,” he whined.
You turned around to look at him.
“Want me to make you something?” he asked. You shook your head.
“I’ll make some soup.” He said getting up. You held his hand to stop him.
“It’s okay. You don’t have to.”
“No! I do. I’m responsible for this condition of yours.”
Kai went into the kitchen and soon came back with a bowl of soup. He fed it to you and then ran his finger through your hair till you fell asleep. He didn’t realize that he’d been looking at you for a long time until a tear fell from his eyes onto his hand. You were right. He had been upset for the past few weeks. Even though you and him had been in a relationship for over 5 months he had just recently felt something special for you. There was a secret he’d been hiding from you for a long time. He didn’t think it was important to tell you but now that he’d started falling in love with you, it had started to bother him. The fact that he started this relationship on the basis of lies was killing him on the inside. How could he ever tell you that he only went out with you because he wanted to ‘get over’ his last girlfriend? A little part him, hated himself for doing this to you. He always questioned himself, that would he ever be able to have enough courage to tell you the truth. He knew well, that you loved him. He could see it in your eyes so breaking your heart was out of question. Sometimes he felt as if he didn’t deserve you and leaving you would be better but then the selfish side of him, wanted you to be his forever.
Hours passed away and he still couldn’t come up with anything. Finally, his selfish side lost. He knew what he had to do and he was dreading every second that was nearing to the time you were going to wake up.
You opened your eyes to Kai still sitting besides you, and you holding on to his hand tightly.
“You’re still here?” you asked getting up.
“No no, don’t get up.” he said tucking you back into bed.
“Why didn’t you wake me up? It’s so late.”
“You looked so peaceful while sleeping; I didn’t want to disturb you.”
“Oh Pssh,” you nudged him. He smiled and gave you a peck on the cheek.
“Are you feeling better?”
“Much better,” you replied.
“That’s good,” he mumbled and moved back, looking away.
“Hey Kai.”
“Hmm,”
“Is there something bothering you? Please tell me.”
You heard him take a deep breath. “Actually there is something I want to say.”
Your face lit up. After asking this question more than fifteen times, he was finally ready to answer it.
“I want to break up with you.”
“What?” you jumped out of bed in surprise.
He stood up too. He was equally surprised because he had no idea he was going to say it so directly. He had no control over his thoughts or words at the moment.
“What do you mean?” you asked.
“I don’t know.”
“What do you mean you don’t know?”
“I’m ….gonna..leave!,” he said but you blocked his way.
“I deserve an explanation.”
He looked at you and shook his head. He was teary eyed just like 6 months ago when you first met him at the club.
“Please tell me,” you said holding on to his sleeve as tears flowed out of your eyes. He held you by your arms, firmly and shook you.
“__________, the only reason I went out with you was because I wanted to get over my last relationship. That night, when I was drunk at the club was because I broke up with my girlfriend. I was just using you. Do you get it? I was just using you to get over her.”
“What..!” you whispered. You felt a heavy glump in your throat. You started to get mad, as his words sank in. He was using you this whole time…
“I hate you,” you said and pushed him. He didn’t retaliate. “I hate you. I hate you. I hate you.” You repeated burying your face in your hands.
“I’m really sorry ________,” he mumbled.
“Just go Kai..” you said. Your head hurt. You were tired and all you wanted was to sleep. Kai stood there watching you for a while but even he knew he had to leave. There was no more damage he could do. You heard his movement. He was leaving and you were never going to see him again.
“Wait..,” you called.
He turned around and stood at the door.
“Did you ever for once loved me?” you asked hesitantly. There was no response. You looked up at him. He was looking right back at you.
“I did,” he mouthed the words. He didn’t have the courage to say anything else but he knew that if he didn’t he would regret it for the rest of his life. “When we went to the mountains together. That’s when I realized that I’d fallen for you. I just didn’t want this relationship to be built on basis of lies. I love you _______ and I would never want to hurt you but I feel as if you’d be better off without me. You deserve someone who is much better than me. Someone who will love you from the beginning till the end. Believe me if I could start over with this relationship I would because.. I..” he couldn’t say it anymore. You looked away. He stood at the doorway hoping you would stop him but you didn’t even move.
He left and you were now alone..
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6 months later:
You walked into the coffee shop and sat on the usual table. The guy behind the register looked at you and nodded, getting ready to make your usual order. This was sort of your daily ritual. Every evening you would go there after work to relax.
“Can I get you some coffee?” an unfamiliar voice said.
“I already ordered mine,” you replied without looking up.
“Well than can I sit with you?” he asked. You looked up, and Kai was standing right before your eyes, with a calm smile fixed on his face. You were surprised but you didn’t show it. He sat opposite you watching you move your head from side to side in nervousness.
“Hi, my name is Kai,” he offered you his hand. You looked at him in confusion but then suddenly you recalled what he’d told you 6 months ago. ‘Believe me if I could start over with this relationship, I would..’
“Hi my name is _________.” You said while shaking his hand. Both you and him smiled at each other quietly sipping your coffee.
Indeed, he had started it all over again..
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Kai is so adorable! [Have any of you seen the new haircut?] Yukk! Nevertheless I still <3 him :)

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