I locked myself in the bathroom and calmed myself down.
What is happening? Why? Why now?
All sorts of questions are running through my mind. When suddenly I hear a knock, waking me up from my train of thoughts.
I slowly open it, it's Charli.
"What's wrong?"
I open the door entirely and jump into her arms and bawl my eyes out.
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We went back inside the bathroom and I told Charli everything.
"Guessing from your face, you knew huh?"
"Yeah." She answered slowly.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I thought it would only be fair if he told you. And I didn't wanna ruin our friendship."
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Time skip to the morning after
Everyone was in the kitchen, including Anthony.
"Hey." He greets me. "Don't, please." I said avoiding eye contact with him and went straight to where Kio was sitting, next to Mads.
"Morning," Kio says as I sit down next to him, "Want some?" He says gesturing to the bowl of cereal in front of him.
"Nah, I'm good."
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The day went on with me ignoring Anthony and sticking next to Kio the entire time. I wanted to spend more time with him because I'll be leaving in the day after tomorrow but also because I know that Anthony won't say a word about last night with Kio around.
"What's wrong? You're being extra clingy today." Kio says as I cuddle up into his arms in one of the couches in the living room.
"You don't like it?" I pout at him resulting to him stealing a kiss from me.
"Nope, I love it." He wraps his arms around me tighter.
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Midnight
I was about to tuck into bed when my phone dinged.
It was Anthony.
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panthony 🐜
Please talk to me.
I'm sorry for telling you this now especially with Kio around.
Please let's talk.
Meet me in the kitchen in five
Promise I won't do anything stupid.
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I stayed still in bed for a couple of minutes, thinking whether I should go or not.
I mean, I'll be going back tomorrow and I really don't want to waste years of friendship over something that happened in the past, right?
After going back and forth, through all the pros and cons, I finally decided to go downstairs.
