It's Not The Same Without Salt

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"Well isn't this interesting!" Trophy walks over to me and waves a photo of me and Paper kissing in front of my eyes. I try to grab it from his hands but he pulls it away.
"Not so fast Oj! I won't show this picture to Salt on one condition...  You kick her out of the pool area. I can't get my tan on when she's hogging the chairs all day! It's like she thinks she owns them! Remove her and this picture is in the trash. Also, move Cheesy out of my room. He's suuuuuuper annoying and I'd like the extra space."
Well, I'm not sure what to do. On one hand, I should just tell Salt I'm not interested and break up, but on the other hand, I don't know how she's going to take it and I don't want to deal with her emotions when I don't even know my own. I glance at Paper and he's red in the face, most likely extremely embarrassed.
"I'm sorry Oj, I screwed everything up! I'm a horrible friend!"
"Hey hey don't worry Paper! It's not like it's the end of the world!" I give him a shoulder pat and try to comfort him as I think for a bit. I wonder if I could trick Trophy into giving me that photo somehow... Maybe appeal to his more emotional side.. if he even has one.. well, here goes nothing.
"I was gonna break up with Salt anyways!" I say in the most convincing tone I can muster.
"You're breaking up with Salt?" Paper and Trophy say at the same time surprised.
"Well looks like it's my lucky day!" Trophy exclaims happily, finally at peace because he doesn't have to listen to Salt anymore. Paper is also grinning, probably happy that I seemingly took his advice and listened to my feelings.
"Well, since you're breaking up anyways, I'll shove this photo in Salt's ugly face and-
"Wait! Can I just... Say it to her privately? I'd... rather her hear it from me." I convey thorough body language that I somewhat care for Salt, and Trophy looks at me for a second trying to figure out what to do. I start to sweat, just hoping that he'll fall for it and give me the photo, and after a few seconds of uncomfortable prolonged eye contact, he places it in my hands, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms.
"Fine, but if Salt isn't out of the pool by tomorrow, I'm telling her myself!"
"Deal" I say to him. We shake hands and I start to walk away.
"Wait, but what about the Cheesy situation-
"Sorry, I can't hear you!"
"OJ GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW AND-
I slam the door shut and walk into the hotel grinning, picture in hand.
As much as I don't want to be with her I can't just.... Break up with her on the spot! I need time.
I hang my head low and start to make my way over to the shredder in the lounge area. We didn't have a shredder until Pickle begged me for it and I obliged (mostly because Knife was giving me a deadly stare from the corner of the room) and it hasn't been used since he shredded all of his memories with Taco.
I look at the photo and chuckle to myself. This isn't a bad photo, we actually look kind of nice in this. Good composition, perfect angles and lighting... Man.. Trophy has some skill when it comes to photography even when he doesn't intend to.
I kind of feel bad for doing this to such a lovely picture, but I can't let Salt know about any of this. I'll just tell her to refrain from tanning in the pool area, I know she'll listen to anything I say willingly and the problem will be solved.
I arrive at the lounge area, get to the shredder and plug it in. The light on the top flashes green and as I'm about to shred the photo, I receive a soft tap on the shoulder by none other than Paper, out of breath from trying to catch up to me.
He looks like he's disappointed in me.
"Oj, I know you're gonna shred that thing, I'm not sure why but can I at least keep it? It's... special to me." He stands awkwardly as I turn around to face him. He's giving me a very assertive look but he's fidgeting with his hands, obviously nervous. I can't give him this photo, I  really can't, but I'm sure that me and Paper can come to a compromise somehow.
"Don't worry Paper, there will always be a next time." I say to him and show a bright smile. I surely thought he would leave me alone after that, but he still seems to want the photo. I guess I'll have to distract him somehow.
"Look, it's a bird!"
"..."
"ITS A PLANE! AND ITS HEADING RIGHT INTO THE BUILDING OH NO TURN YOUR HEAD PAPER HURRY!"
"I'm not falling for that Oj."
He stands his ground and I irritatedly groan.
"Can I pleeeeeaaaaaase just shred this in peace? I don't need you to guilt me into keeping this thing" I tell him bluntly.
"Guilt you? GUILT YOU???? Oj, technically that picture doesn't even belong to you!"
"Well sure it does! It has my face on it!"
I dangle the photo in front of his face and point to my face smashing against Papers face.
"Well, if it's technically yours, it's also technically MINE too! So I have some say in what you do to it!"
He snatches half of the photo into his hands and pulls on it.
"Well I can't let Salt see this!"
I pull back harder.
"Who cares if Salt sees! You're breaking up with her anyways!"
He says and tugs it so hard it rips clean in half. He obviously didn't mean to do it because right after he immediately looks at the ripped photo like that was his heart that got ripped in half.

"You're doing what?" A disappointed voice utters from the hallway.
"YOUR DOING WHAT?!?!!" One excited voice calls out afterwards.

I've messed up.