Perfect Pair | Kenneth San Jose

Hello?

Unedited.

Let's go.

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"We can't be friends anymore."

That sentence still haunts me even if it was said a week ago. Our friendship felt like years than just days. I told him everything and now I can't even say hi.

A tear slid down my cheek and I quickly wiped it off as I continued writing my essay. I looked up at my computer screen and saw my reflection. How could a girl carry this much flaws?

Am I that stupid?

Am I not a good friend?

Am I not good enough?

Sean took a matter of hours for me to open up completely to him and it took only less than 30 seconds to lose him. Within a couple hours he already knew half of my life. There was just something about him. He was like a safe that could never be unlocked. It would forever be safe in him.

And now I lost him.

"Naomi?"

I jumped at the sound of his voice and quickly wiped my tears.

"Naomi." Gabe stepped closer to me. "I've never seen you like this." He pulled me into a tight hug where I sobbed heavily on his shoulder.

"Naomi, how can Sean make you feel this bad?" He rubbed my back.

"It's not just Sean." I pulled away from him.

"It's me." I cried.

"I'm so stupid!" I cried even more.

"No you're not." He cupped my face with his hands.

"Yes I am!" I pushed his hands off my face and stood up.

"Just leave me alone! You'll never understand!" I started to push him out of my room.

"Naomi please! Stop!" Gabe tries and grab hold of my hands but it was no use.

I had already pushed him out my door and slammed it on his face. I slid down my door and cried into my knees.

Insecurities are my weakness and they were breaking me down harshly. I was caving in to this abyss and I couldn't stop myself.

I just kept falling deeper.

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Gabe's POV:

"This is your fault!" I pushed Sean down as soon as he opened the door.

I rushed over to his house as quickly as possible as Naomi slammed the door on my face for the 7th day in a row. I've never seen her like this and I can't handle seeing her like this anymore.

"What are you talking about?" Sean rushed back to his feet.

"Naomi! She's been crying non stop for the past week!" I yelled at him as my voice cracked somewhere in between.

"She's never been like this before!" I added as I cleared my throat. "It's as if you guys were in a relationship and you broke her heart!"

His facial expression changed at the sound of "relationship" and my blood rushed all over me.

Did they..

"Sean were you guys dating?!" I asked him angrily as I grabbed his shirt collar with both hands.

"What?" His eyes filled with fear. "No! We were just friends!"

"Sean?!" Our eyes flew to his sister at the right of us.

"Let him go!" She pushed me off of him.

I ignored her presence and continued interrogating him from a distance.

"Then why is she like this?!" I asked myself more than I asked him.

Then I felt my knees go weak. I bent down to the floor and put my hands to my face. I took a couple breaths before I looked back up at him.

"She hasn't been eating as much." I managed to calm myself down.

"I always hear her crying whenever I pass by her room." Tears started to form in my eyes.

"She's not doing good in her classes anymore."

"She thinks it's all her fault and that she's so stupid." Tears started to fall as I said the last part.

"I've never heard her say that about herself before."

"And this is all my fault. I'm the one who took the videos and pictures of you guys." Guilt rushed over me.

Sean bent over and kneeled down in front of me.

"Look," he put his hand on my shoulder. "it's no ones fault." He sighed.

"I just can't be friends with her anymore." He stood up quickly.

My blood rushed through me once more.

"Why?! Give me a valuable reason!" I demanded as I bolted up.

"I can't!" He yelled at me.

"Sean you mean so much to her! I don't even know how that happened!" I told him.

"I don't know either, okay?!" He started to walk away.

"Sean do you like her?!" I finally asked him.

"As a friend." He replied as he continued to walk away.

"Do you like her more than that?!"

"No!" He yelled now at the end of the hall.

"Then why--"

"Because Bailey thinks I like Nae-nae okay?!" He turned back around. "I mean, 'Naomi'." He corrected himself.

"And so what?!" I asked him ignoring his correction.

"I like Bailey okay?!" He admitted which caught me off guard.

"There I said it!" He came back towards me.

"Even Nae-- Naomi knows that!" He grew angry at himself.

"Bailey thinks I like her and that we'd look cute together when truthfully we were just unexpected best friends!" He started explaining angrily.

"My heart shattered at her words. Three years!" He held his fingers up. "I liked Bailey for three years and she thinks I could replace her for a girl I just met less than two weeks ago!" His eyes started getting glossy.

"That's why I can't be friends with your sister, Gabe." He opened the front door. "I'm sorry, but I think you should leave now."

I didn't know how to feel anymore. I was angry, depressed, and guilty all together. I stepped out and the door immediately shut behind me.

I needed to get Naomi back to her old self. I then thought of something. I can't even believe I'm actually thinking of this idea in my head. It could help her get back up or bring her down even more, but I have no other choice.

I took my phone from my pocket and dialled a number. It took a few rings before the person on the other side picked up.

"Hello? Ken?"

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Hey guys, sorry if I've been updating slow lately. These past weeks have been really rough for me emotionally so that's why even my stories are also getting jacked up.
I'm sorry, I swear I'll do my best to come back stronger. I love you guys so much.

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Always,
Almay.