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Bite-sized Love Buffet: Favorite Day Pick Winners

Winners of Bite-sized Love Buffet contest in Favorite Day Pick category.

Day 2 (Song-based Story): Treat You Better by sinfully-sarcastic

Moisture welled in Evan's beautiful dark eyes. His gaze fell on her picture, Zara's picture. Evan's heart ached as he saw Zara fading from his life. Zara had made her decision.

His mind was occupied with so many emotions. Pain, jealousy, resentment, and anger. His body took rejection as physical pain. He hated Kyle because he took his Zara away. He hated Kyle because he was a quintessential bad boy with a chiseled jaw and a muscular frame. He knew that the good girl always falls for the bad boy.

Evan knew that Zara deserved someone faithful like him instead of a playboy.

His phone buzzed, breaking his enormous thoughts. Ignoring the call, Evan plopped down on the bed. The phone's continued buzzing was ear-bursting for Evan. It felt as if someone was adding salt to his injury. Slamming the phone on the wall, he stifled a curse under his breath.

Moments later there was a loud knocking on his door. Getting up, he opened the door and found the love of his life. Her face had lost the radiance that it usually occupied. Her amber eyes lost the shine they possessed. Evan was ready to throw a punch at Kyle when he realized that he had lost the right to do so.

Zara looked at Evan and repented the unfortunate decision. She regretted choosing the bad boy over the sweetheart, she grew up with. She opened her mouth to speak but Evan cut her short.

"Zara, I won't lie to you. Kyle isn't right for you and you deserve someone who could treat you better. Every girl deserves a gentleman who can treat her with care and compassion. Someone... Someone like me because I know I can treat you better," Evan said, causing Zara to gape at him.

Evan's words were brutally honest and it made Zara fill with ultimate guilt. Evan went ahead and shut the door on Zara's face, to avoid showing himself as a lovesick fool.

The dam in Zara's eyes burst and she slumped against the door. Evan imitated her action.

"Forgive me, Evan. I have been so stupid to fall for Kyle's charm and choose him over you. I have been an idiot to not understand your affection for me. A fool who wasn't able to understand the difference between true love and first love." The words escaped Zara's mouth.

Evan exhaled a sigh of relief. A paranoid silence prevailed. On witnessing Evan's silence, Zara's heart dropped.

Standing up, Zara said, "I-I need to go."

Evan was quick to react to this. He opened the door and pulled Zara by the arm. Placing his forehead on hers, Evan said, "I forgave you the second you came here. I love you, Zara."

Wiping Zara's unshed tears, Evan kissed her passionately. Zara swiftly reacted to Evan's gesture and said, "I love you too, Evan."

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Day 3 (Poem): In my version by MelancholyDays

When we were talking
I leaned in as much as I could,
Without shifting closer.
But all I wanted to do,
Was melt into you.

I pointed my finger at your folded hands
And asked about that spot on your knuckles
instead,
When I really, really
wanted to hold your hand.

You asked to measure our hands,
Mine and yours touching,
Your fingers longer than mine,
palms wider, warmer.

In my version,
I intertwined our fingers.

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Day 5 (Story-bytes): Bon Appétit by ChocoSK