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THE SLIP
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2026-01-07 01:48:05Tobi’s voice held something sharp—something that made Maya pause at the door, phone pressed against her ear.
“Who were you with, Maya?”
She inhaled slowly.
“Why does it matter?”
“Don’t do that,” he snapped. “Just answer me.”
“It shouldn’t matter to you,” she repeated, calmer this time.
Tobi let out a bitter laugh.
“So you’re really entertaining that guy?”
Her heart tightened.
“He has a name. Adrian.”
Silence.
A long, heavy silence.
Then Tobi’s voice dropped—lower, rougher.
“Open your door. I’m outside.”
Her breath hitched.
“Tobi—”
“Maya, just open the door.”
Against her better judgement, she did.
The moment she opened the door, Tobi stepped inside without waiting.
He looked different—not angry, not smug.
Just… unsettled.
He ran a hand through his hair.
“You went on a date with him.”
Maya folded her arms.
“Yes. And I had a good time.”
He flinched slightly—he tried to hide it, but she saw.
“So that’s where we are now?” he asked quietly.
She shook her head.
“Where we are is the same place you left me months ago. Confused. Waiting. Hoping for you to choose me.”
He stepped closer.
“Maya, don’t say it like that.”
“How should I say it?” she snapped. “You come and go whenever you like. You call me when you’re lonely. You want me when I start to move on. You—”
He grabbed her wrist gently but firmly.
“I want you,” he said, voice steady and suddenly honest.
“You know I do.”
She swallowed.
“Then why can’t you commit?”
His eyes softened with something painful—fear? Guilt?
“It’s not that simple.”
“It is,” she whispered.
He let go of her wrist but stayed close—too close.
His scent wrapped around her.
His presence felt familiar.
Dangerously familiar.
“Maya…” he whispered, voice trembling slightly.
“You really want him?”
Her chest tightened.
“I want peace.”
Tobi nodded slowly, but his eyes dropped to her lips before he could stop himself.
“You didn’t answer the question.”
She stepped back—only for him to step forward.
“Tobi,” she warned.
“What?” he murmured, voice soft, almost pleading.
“You don’t miss me?”
The worst part?
She did.
She missed him in ways she didn’t want to admit.
And he could see it in her eyes.
Slowly, he lifted his hand, brushing her cheek with the back of his fingers.
A soft, intimate touch.
The kind she always melted into.
Maya shut her eyes for a second—just one second—and he stepped even closer.
“Maya…”
Her name sounded like a confession on his tongue.
She opened her eyes.
Their faces were inches apart.
And then—
She stepped away.
“Tobi… this is the problem,” she whispered, shaking her head.
“You show up when you feel me slipping.
You hold me just enough…
to make me stay.”
He exhaled shakily.
“Maya, I don’t want to lose you.”
“Then prove it,” she said softly.
“Or let me go.”
His jaw clenched.
He didn’t move.
Didn’t speak.
That silence—
that painful, familiar silence—
told her everything.
“Tobi… you need to go.”
He didn’t argue.
He didn’t fight.
He just nodded once.
But just as he reached the door, he turned back.
“I saw the way you looked at him,” he said quietly.
“I’ve never seen you look at me like that.”
His voice cracked—not much, but enough for her to hear the jealousy beneath it.
“You’re falling for him.”
She didn’t answer.
Tobi gave a sad, crooked smile.
“That’s what scares me.”
Then he walked out.
And Maya—strong, emotional, confused Maya—
slid down to the floor, holding her chest.
Because every part of her knew…
Tobi was right.
She was falling for Adrian.
But she still wasn’t over Tobi.
And that…
that was the real slip.
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Tobi’s voice held something sharp—something that made Maya pause at the door, phone pressed against her ear.“Who were you with, Maya?”She inhaled slowly.“Why does it matter?”“Don’t do that,” he snapped. “Just answer me.”“It shouldn’t matter to you,” she repeated, calmer this time.Tobi let out a bitter laugh.“So you’re really entertaining that guy?”Her heart tightened.“He has a name. Adrian.”Silence.A long, heavy silence.Then Tobi’s voice dropped—lower, rougher.“Open your door. I’m outside.”Her breath hitched.“Tobi—”“Maya, just open the door.”Against her better judgement, she did.The moment she opened the door, Tobi stepped inside without waiting.He looked different—not angry, not smug.Just… unsettled.He ran a hand through his hair.“You went on a date with him.”Maya folded her arms.“Yes. And I had a good time.”He flinched slightly—he tried to hide it, but she saw.“So that’s where we are now?” he asked quietly.She shook her head.“Where we are is the same plac
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