I Thought You Were My Forever
Ria
Same restaurant, same table, same everything. Even wore the dress you said made me look like "your dream."
Sid
Took me forever to find you in this crowd.
You really wore that?
Ria
You don’t like it? It’s the one you picked out for me online. Modest… like you said you liked?
Sid
*looking at her mockingly*
Sid
Yeah, I said that when we were 19. You're 23 now. Still dressing like some village girl?
Ria
Sid… I left home today. For you. My parents said they’d never accept our love. So I walked out.
Sid
Wait, what? You left home for me?
Ria
I thought… we could be together. Start fresh. Live our dream. You always said you’d take me away, right?
Sid
Ria, don’t be stupid. This? This is exactly why I can’t do this anymore.
Ria
*looking at him with disbelief*
Sid
You don’t belong in my world. You still act like love is a fairy tale. You're sweet, yeah… but too sweet. Too plain. Too much of everything I don’t need!
Her heart cracked. She stared, frozen.
Sid
*scrolling through the phone*
Ria
I gave you my everything… And you’re ending it like this?
Sid
*looking at her with disgust*
Sid
Don’t cry. It’s embarrassing. You should’ve known this wouldn’t last. Grow up, Ria.
She stood, her knees trembling.
Sid didn’t even look up.
Outside, the clouds wept before she did.
Rain soaked her thin shawl. Each drop stung like betrayal.
Ria
(I loved you. I left my whole world for you. And you broke mine.)
She staggered down the street, no umbrella, no strength left.
The streetlights blurred. So did everything else.
And then—
Darkness.
A sleek car screeched to a stop.
Joel
*getting down from the car*
Joel
Whoa, angel down. Did I just rescue a fallen goddess?
And just like that… her heartbreak collided with someone else's chaos.
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