Hypothetically

Hypothetical Short Story 1

You are best friends with this one person. They are the only person in this life you have ever trusted with your past and history and everything about you. They are your everything, or so you think. They have been your best friend for years. Inseparable. You trust them with everything and anything and they do the same for you. You love him, or so you think you do. It's like when they aren't there life is going through the motions but with him life has more vibrancy than any color. They are all you can think about day and night. You dream of forever with them. You couldn't imagine life without them. They are with you for years. Through all your panic attacks, depression episodes, excitements, memories, they know you better than you know yourself . They always know what to do or say to make you ok again. Weeks pass and you feel like they are starting to become distanced from you. They start meeting up with other people. Day by day weeks and months pass, they continue to grow even more distant, but you convince yourself your only overthinking it like you always do. Now it's gotten to the point you feel as like if you don't make an effort to see or talk to this person that y'all wouldn't talk at all. So you fall back, wait for him. He never turned to even so much as look at you. Completely dropped you and everything you thought you had. Every day you deal with the numbing pain. Day after day a mindless zombie just going through the motions. Doing everything to it's acceptable standers never higher nor lower. You see them one day with the person they left you for and it sparks a hatred. Jealousy. But you convince yourself he was never yours to begin with. You just keep going no matter how much it hurts to see them together. All you wish is that it was you. One day you were particularly upset at seeing them together and decided to talk to a so called trusted friend about it. You say it hurts but there is nothing you can do. This person won your former best friend fair and square. They clearly got tired and bored with you. But you decide you want to move on and drop it. Your friend says that this is the best way to do it. This is the only person you told about your feelings losing this person. Later your former best friend, the one you lost came up to you pissed off seemingly at you at you haven't the slightest clue why. They say simply "I hate you" and walk away. You have no idea what you did but those words cut through you like a knife. You collapse on the floor, your worst fears are true. He hates you now and he never even said why. Later that day you knew why. That trusted friend you had? Traitor, liar, backstabber of a so called trusted friend twisted every word you said and put it out for the works to see. And not a single word of it was true but every single person believed in every single word. So reader, you know what you did? You ran. You never wanted to show your face again. You felt so guilty for something you never even did. But you returned. You didn't want them to know how bad it hurt. But that very same day the person your former best friends new best friend came to you. "Hey you bitch!" They yelled at you. You did all you could think to do. Once again reader, you ran. But this time you didn't come back. Locking yourself in your room, never seeing no one. Barely eating. Crying all day every day to hysterics. Panic attacks became routine. Listening to the same song all day every day doing nothing but lying on your bed miserable not willing to move or even to take care of yourself in the simplest ways. Didn't change clothes or shower for days. Drove yourself to near death before you think and realize. Did you ever even love them?
But of course, this is just hypothetical.