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chapter 1
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2026-04-21 17:24:46
Ryo...... " First I would love to make a huge toast to the bride and groom, my Best friend". The words came out so clam and so cool just like I practiced, I don't know if my voice betrayed me or not but nobody cares, either ways all eyes were on me and I had nowhere to go. I raised my glass up to give a toast to the couple. I looked up catching up the warm glow of the Chandler above us, the hall was packed, white beautiful flowers lines , soft music playing behind me. Everything looks like it belongs to a wedding magazine. David stood at the middle of it all, looking handsome and confident with his white suit. And eve stood beside him looking flawless, resting her hands on his arms. The look perfect together. I forced myself to smile. I have known David for 15 years I said smiling. We met at high school actually David was my first friend in high school. I never In this life imagine I would one day stand here at his own wedding giving a speech. Soft laughter could be heard in the background. David stare at me with that familiar look, of trust and fondness, the look he had always given me, the look that make always me think the way I shouldn't . In those 15 years I have seen David angry side, and I can bet u that side ain't funny I said laughing, I have seen his stressed, and I have seen his kind, and loyal ways ready to give out the whole world to people who he loves. My fingers tighten around my glass cup. He cares for people, I added but sometimes annoying you know I said. David laughed shaking his head while someone clapped. The mood stayed light but no one knew what those words meant to me. "And then eve came along" I turned to her and she net my gaze and her eyes looks like a child who just found out the usefulness of legs. " Eve understand him" I said. "she sees him in a way that we don't". She makes him happy and that is what matters to us. The words were to polite at least I tried to convince myself so. " the found each other so quickly" I said. But sometimes when you know, you know I added. So here's a toast to David and eve, I finished, may your marriage last longer, may your life filled with happiness and joy, and understanding I raised my glass higher, forcing a smile in my face. The room erupts into applause, glass click and drums played. And David pull eve into a kiss and Carma's were all over there faces. I drank my drink in one shallow. When I stepped down from the stage my legs feels a little but shaky, I felt myself so I won't embarrass myself. when, I got my sit, David reach out to me and thank me. " thank you so much Ryo" " that meant a lot he said". Of course I replied. He had no idea that I have been hiding this feelings for a long time, hiding my secret from everyone, because I don't want to ruin our friendship. I never once imagine he look at me the way I look at him when ever he talks. So I did my role to play the perfect best friend to him, some one he could lean to when troubles comes knocking. Everything was going perfectly. Until eve came along. She came out of nowhere, a late night work dinner to a few conversation, and Kate night call. Then suddenly David is singing love song all over. " she just gets me " ryo I can't explain how, it just felt right he said. Three months later, he proposed to her, I congratulated them, because that's what Best friend does right?. I even helped him to pick up the wedding rings and stay beside him aggranging every preparation for the wedding. Nowhere I'm standing in the Middle of his wedding reception waiting watching him go for his future that I would never be part of. I sat down reach for another drink. Eve eyes caught my attention from far across the table and she gave me the sweetest smile. The one that would make people love her, trust her. She walked up to me and Said "hey great speech". "Thank you " I replied. You must know David that well she said. " I do " I said. She smiled too wildly, her smile was a forced smile, " I can tell' she said. There is something about the way she said it, that made my chest tighten, It doesn't feel like a praise it felt some how, I can't tell but it felt creepy. All through the night she was polite and attentive, at least on the surface. She asked so many questions, like how was my work In the hospital, and nooded seriously any time I spoke, she thank me for being for David through out this years, any body who sees her will think she was very greatful and kind. But I noticed what others didn't. Any time David turned away, something in her changes especially in her eyes, her eyes lackes warmth, what was replaced wasn't anger but colder than that. While, David was busy to talking with a relative, she came leaning closer to me, too close, with her cooky smile, she whispered something only I could here. " David talks about you a lot," she said. "Does he" I said. I felt my body sitffend. " yes he does" she replied, "you are very important to him" " I tried to be there for him." I said trying to keep my tune neutral. Her gazed longer more than usual, " that's obvious." Then her smile shifted to something ugly. You have been there for him for too long, longer than me. She tilted her head, " sometimes I wonder if he rely on you too much". My hands tighten "I and David grew up together." " I know David told me everything." That was a lie, actually David never tell her anything, and she knows that too. Her fingers touch my arms lightly, someone might think it was a friendly touch, but it wasn't. " it be must have so hard." She said. " hard?" I responded. She smiled wilder. " watching him build his life with someone else. The words hit harder than I expected. I felt my heart burned, Sharp and sudden, and I had to force myself to breathe normal. She still stayed play her role, smiling and acting cute and kind. I'm really happy for him I respond. " oh I'm sure you are" she replied lovely. " you always been there for him." There it was "Gratitude", wait no it sounds like a warning. Before I could say anything David turned to us, and eve, straighten. Placing her hand around his waist, pressing her lips to his lips, acting like she never said anything. Ryo was telling me about the hospital, she said. David smiled, his the best. Her fingers tighten around his first just for only my noticed. She leaned her head against David shoulders, eyes still on me, her smile clam and satisfied like she had said what she wanted saying. And she was right. I sat there nodding, smiling when expected, my hand clench under the table. Watching them acting lovey dovey makes me look smaller, and my crush reduce to a burden. The reception went blurry after that, David pulled eve into the dance fall, David spinning her, and both of them acting like nothing else matters. I stayed watching. At some point David came to me, " Comon man, come to the dance floor." "Maybe later." He nodded okay dude. He went back to eve, as soon as she waved at him. I watched them dance, I watched the way he looks at her, like she was his space, like she fitted into his world. I felt a string of pain in my chest. I slipped out quietly. I walked outside the street with knowing we're I was heading too just putting a distance between me and the wedding hall, I could no longer were the music or laughter. There was a club next to the wedding hall, I didn't hesitate, I just went in to night need a two or more than one drink. Inside it was dark, with a soft glow of red light that matches the soft music that was playing, it was perfect so I oder a drink or two. I lost count, as time passed away strangely, at some point my phone was rang but I was too drunk to pick up so Ignore it. "It looks like u attending a wrong celebration " a voice said, I was lost deep in my feelings that I don't know when someone sat beside me. I turned my head around to see the person, but my heart skipped. David? " you not suppose to be here" after concluding it was him. The thought of he coming to after me made my heart beat even more faster. He raised an eyebrow "I'm I not?". " you just got married" I said. " did I?" He studied clearly amused. " yes" I said frowning " to eve" His lips turned into a slow smile, I didn't notice how different his smile was, how much colder his lips turned into, unlike his usual ray of sunlight beam. "You have had a lot to drink" he said. " probably" I admitted and took another sip anyways. " you look so miserable " he continued. "Do I ?" I asked. " very". I laughed softly " good". " Why are u here?", he lean back watching me. " just need some air" I replied "That much sir?." He asked, I didn't reply. " you are avoiding something". He said. I looked at him really looked at him. Something felt off about him maybe it was just " marriage vibe." Or maybe it was the drink, my head was spinning and my heart was too broken to care. "You always notice something" I muttered. He smiled again, " Do i." "Yes" I said, "you always do." He didn't correct me. You shouldn't be here, you be with eve preparing for your honeymoon, I told him. " and what about you" he said. I don't matter, I said. For a brief moment his expression changed. "That is not true." He said, I left a smile. Come with me, he leaned closer, I could smell his cologne, it was a mixture of wood and drink or was it sex. I frowned " were." " Somewhere just the two of us." I hesitate, part of me thinks this was a mistake , and was this part that was tired and weak. I didn't know when I said okay. 
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