❛ostensible❜ ─── [kth]

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"honey, you're back? " with that my 'once beloved' boyfriend clasped me into his arms, colliding our bodies.

the sensation that i used to feel around him was no longer there. all i was feeling was numbness. his butterfly effect on me seemed to have ended.

his arms, which once used to be a safe place for me became a hollow place with darkness. i felt nothing in his embrace.

"i need rest, for now. later, i've to go out," i said blankly and moved out of the emotionless pitch. he looked taken back for a while but he shrugged it off.

"where will you go? " he asked with a pout, a pout to make me stop from going. the same pout that would get him anything from me, had now, lost its power.

"to an office meeting with my boss," i lied. feeding him up with lies was just making me more and more guilty but i couldn't help it.

"i'm going! " my voice spoke after a few hours of rest, declaring my departure. he looked at me sadly as his eyes glistened.

"did you really not remember what's today? " he raised a question with a lot of hopes twinkling in his eyes, wanting me to memorize about that day but it was of no use.

i began to compile all the memories of our past to remember it and finally, the realisation struck me that it was our third anniversary, which i no further kept in my mind.

"i'm sorry!" i apologised as the guilt took over me. he just let a heavy sigh out of his lips, which carried a lot of sentiments.

"it's okay! You have a lot of work to do. i understand. Here~" he understood and handed me a box wrapped with beautiful papers with a ribbon on the top, which i recognised as my anniversary gift.

i was so stunned when i unwrapped the box and saw a lovely and glamorous wristwatch inside it, giving rise to the sound of tick-tock and what he spoke next gave me goosebumps.