The Confusing Thing About Relationships

25

'It's been days already and she still hasn't sent me any kind of message so in other words..... I really fucked up.'

Shadow exhaled the smoke from his lungs while staring at his phone.

A few of his comrades couldn't help but notice the strange behavior coming from him. "Isn't that his third pack of cigarettes today?"

"Yeah, this mission must be really stressing him out."

"I don't know man, I've never seen him really stressed out while I was on a mission, what do you think Dexter?"

"Hm?" Dexter looked over at them curiously as he was eating his instant ramen. He was a bit confused but what they meant as he hadn't really been listening to them.

"Yeah man, you're the one closest to him out of all of us."

Dexter then shifted his eyes to Shadow and realized what they meant, he slurped up his ramen before talking. "Well, Shadow is pretty hard to read sometimes but honestly, it's better to leave him alone guys," Dexter suggested but he looked back at Shadow and was curious about him as well.

Once everyone was doing their own assignments, Dexter went outside and stood by Shadow. "Hey, man."

"Hey, what's up, need help with anything?"

"Nah nothing like that, but uh... you okay?"

"Yeah? Why?"

"Uh, no reason, but we just noticed how much time you've been staring at your phone and you're smoking more than usual, you sure you're alright?"

Shadow looked at his friend and let out more smoke from his lungs. "I'm having a complicated issue back home with a.... Friend."

"Oh? Is it Rouge? Is that why her husband was chasing you?"

"Uh, no, that was for another reason." He said as he shifted his eyes away. "It's with a different friend, I sorta made her mad before I left and now she isn't talking to me at all and it's bothering me."

"Huh, I've never seen you so upset about a friend because, a female friend at that, is she special to you?"

"Yes," Shadow answered fast and without hesitation that it even surprised Shadow himself.

"Oh my~ Maybe this lady friend, could be something more." Dexter teased.

Shadow rolled his eyes as he was used to being teased like this. "You're starting to sound like Rouge."

"Sorry sorry, just a tease, but really, it sounds like you actually might like this chick."

"Yeah... in a way I do... but."

"But?"

".... Not in a romantic way... I don't know how to explain it.... It's just different.... She's my friend but we're not close like Rouge and I but..."

"Say no more, it already sounds complicated enough." Dexter chuckled. "So, have you apologized to her?"

"Of course, I said that I was sorry even though it wasn't even my fault."

"Heh, it's always going to be your fault, girls are just weird like that, anyways, how did you apologize?"

"I just told you, I said I was sorry."

Dexter let out a sigh. "Alright you said that you were sorry but did you show it?"

Shadow gave him a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"Like doing small favors for her? Or maybe giving her a small gift, or maybe getting on your knees and begging for forgiveness which is the most effective way." He joked.