Chapter 2: The Fall

Two years later, I started seeing bigger changes in their behavior. They seemed like they got even closer, always getting touchy, flirting in a jokingly way... It felt a bit off, but I didn’t want to overthink it because I blindly trusted them, so I let it slide aside.

The time came and we started the 4th and last year of university at the Business and Management course. This year was pretty important. We had lots to study and it was pretty stressful, but we still had a beautiful year and we had good experiences together. We had to do quite a lot of group projects, which was good because we got to spend even more time together.

Well... that’s what I thought. I thought that it was something good that we got to spend so much time together, that we got the chance to create an even stronger bond between us... and that sort of happened, but not with all three of us.

Finally, the last project of the year was up. So, we had to start working on it. We had to work hard and come up with something big, something new and captivating. This was the hardest and most important project we had to work on, so we had to get to it earlier than we usually started on our normal projects, and we had to work twice as hard.

So I asked Naro and Isaro to meet up with me at Dreamland — it was the bar we always went to. My house was around 30 minutes away from the bar if I walked and around 10 minutes away if I drove. When I called them, I knew they were free because we talked the day before, saying that we should meet up so we could start talking about the project.

I was already around that area, so I called them and asked them to meet me there. Since I was already there, I got inside the bar, sat down, and bought myself a drink.

Minutes later, I saw them both together outside the bar... they were close. Too close... and then they kissed.

I felt my heart instantly tearing apart inside my chest as my face slowly went pale and a few tears left my eyes. With no exaggeration, I could’ve easily said that it was the most painful and excruciating moment I’d ever been through.

My heart was slowly breaking into thousands of small pieces as I watched them kiss. A few minutes later — that felt like hours — went by. Then they entered the bar hand in hand... A moment later they saw me.

Their faces were full of shock. They quickly hurried and came to me... They saw the look on my face and they started apologizing, they had a guilty and apologetic look on their faces. Both of them were right in front of me. I stood up and looked them dead in the eyes and said:

> “I was stupid enough to trust and love you both like you were my family…”

A few more tears fell on my cheeks as I continued:

> “I FUCKING HATE YOU GUYS. HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING TO ME?! HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE SO DAMN CARELESS?!”

I shouted at them as my face drowned in tears.

They were completely silent — speechless. They just looked at me while I was breaking down... they looked at me in a remorseful manner as I continued: