He chose my stepsister. I chose his rival
She brushed away his tears with trembling hands, her touch gentle and reassuring as she tried to calm him down.
“What’s wrong?” she whispered as she continued to wipe away his tears with her trembling fingers. “Why are you crying?”
Ryan’s tears flowed nonstop, a torrent of emotion unleashed by the fragments of his memories that began to stitch together. Scarlet, her own tears mingling with his, reached out to console him, her voice trembling with concern.
“What’s going on? Why are you crying so much?”
In the midst of his sobbing, Ryan’s eyes shifted towards Scarlet, realizing that she, too, was already shedding tears. A flicker of guilt took hold, compelling him to wipe away her tears with a