Bad Romance

Chapter 7-Who I really am?

"Wow, this place is so beautiful, Atid?" Pete said.

"I am so glad that you accepted my invitation. I knew you would like this restaurant" said Atid while taking Pete's hand.

After Pete called Atid, accepting his invitation to dinner, he went home and started to prepare. While he was taking a shower, tears began to flow down his face. What Vegas told him hurt him enormously. You shouldn't even tell your worst enemy that. Everyone deserves love. When he got out of the shower, he got ready for the meeting and left for the location. Although he loved Vegas and knew that he was making fun of Atid's heart, this was the only solution to get over him.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Atid was already there. He offered a large bouquet of red roses to Pete, who smiled. He hadn't received flowers in a while and it was a nice feeling to know that someone cared. They sat down at the table and started talking about everything. A waiter interrupted the discussion by asking them what they wanted to order. Pete ordered rice with yellow curry and pork, and Atid a seafood platter.

After the food was brought to them, they began to eat with gusto, especially Pete. He loved curry with rice, the specific food of the south, and since he was from those parts, it was understandable why. While they were eating and having a quiet and pleasant evening, a man entered the restaurant with a girl a little shorter than him. They sat down at a table not far from Pete and Atid's, and the man looked from time to time in the direction of the two.

"Hey, isn't that Pete?" asked the girl.

Pete heard his name and looked in the direction of the voice. The spoon with rice in his hand fell on the table. Vegas and Daw were next to their table. "What the hell is he doing here?" Pete wondered. It was enough that he had heard those things from him, couldn't he let him enjoy his date with Atid?

"H-Hey Daw, Vegas" Pete said in a low voice.

"Sister, what a surprise! I didn't know that you also have a reservation here" said Atid happily. He was with his sister, his friend and the one he was courting. Tonight was going to be good, Atid told himself.

"Vegas planned tonight. It was a surprise, I didn't know," explained Daw, and Pete's face fell.

"There was no way he would know about this restaurant unless he asked Atid" Pete said to himself. It was too much of a coincidence, and Pete didn't believe in that kind of thing.

"It seemed doubtful to me that Vegas would ask me about a restaurant where I would take my boyfriend, but now I understand why. Vegas tricks!" the young man teased him.

"Aha. He tricked Atid!" Pete concluded. He was already getting angry. He didn t wish to see him beside office, but it seems that he was after him.

Daw looked at her boyfriend and started giggling.

"Oh dear, it really wasn't necessary. But I thank you. I love you!"

"I love you too, Daw. A lot" said Vegas, looking into the girl's eyes.

Vegas was thirsty for revenge. Although last night he had some totally unpleasant pursuits, Vegas wanted to believe that Pete would tell him that they had sex, just to test his friend. If Pete did as Vegas thought he would, this situation would no longer exist, but unfortunately for both of them, they each acted as they thought was best and it seems that the whole situation was getting worse.

Vegas looked towards Pete and Atid's table and saw that Pete's eyes were full of tears ready to fall at any moment. Poor Pete. Since that day when he had kissed him in the bar, he hadn't had peace, but he hoped it would end soon. Now that he had slept with him, it made everything more complicated. Pete got up from his chair, said goodbye and started to run from the restaurant. He was running and crying. He hated himself for what he had done, he preferred to die. Pete kept running, wanting to get away from everything he had done 2 weeks ago, but he couldn't. His deeds remained in his soul. He arrived in a park on the edge of a lake. He looked at the image of the moon reflected on the surface of the water, and thousands of stars twinkled brightly. Such a beautiful image was all he needed to make his broken soul happy.