Turning Left 《Riarkle Fanfiction》

One

"How did we manage to get here?"
"I guess it's as simple as me turning left."

It never failed to catch Riley by surprise when one of her boyfriends had decided to break up with her. Every time she would convince herself that nothing was wrong, that him being distant was just because he was busy but every time, she found that she was wrong.

She was broken up with so much, she knew the guys' routine like the back of her hand. It started with a nervous rub to the back of his neck and a sigh, Riley calls this the preparation phase. Then the guy transfers into a "Look, I don't want to hurt you but..." or something to that degree and then goes into this useless rant that justifies his actions.

Lastly, he rubs his hands together and puts on a please-forgive-me look, and breaks up with her.

They would always say it's because they didn't fit, she knew it was because they got bored with her. "Look, Riley, I don't want you to think I'm the bad guy here," Trent says.

They're both sitting in their physics classroom, working on homework when he says it. It takes her by surprise. She was so focused on homework that she missed the previous preparation actions.