Bughead Oneshots // Compilation

"I loved Archie, but that was a long time ago."

Song: "Dollhouse" by Melanie Martinez

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|| B. COOPER ||

It was a mistake.

"Just stay here, okay? I'll be back just in time for dinner."Archie said, leaning down to place a kiss on my forehead. The second his chapped lips pressed against my forehead, I burst into tears, hiding under the covers. "Don't even try leaving, you know what happens when I get angry."He spoke with a smile, acting like a complete psycopath.

My relationship with Archie has been like this for the past three months we've been together. He has been the only guy I entertained, and that turned out to be the biggest regret of my life.

I've had so many guys after me, asking me out, courting me, but then I was so blind in love with Archie. It's like he clouded my judgment, and ever since we started middle school he's been my boyfriend.

Where did I go wrong? I've been a faithful and good girlfriend to him for the past four years of my life, there's no reason for him to act the way he does towards me now.

As Archie walked out of the room, memories of that dreaded night started to flash in my head. Archie and I were at Pop's, sitting in our usual booth. Though Archie's been a good boyfriend to me, I wanted to end our relationship. It was a toxic relationship—he may benefit from it, maybe even gathered happiness from it, but I didn't.

Not anymore.

I could remember telling Archie that I've lost the romantic kind of love I used to feel towards him, and that there just weren't any more sparks to keep our relationship going. Obviously Archie was upset, but for the first half of the night he pretended like he wasn't. He offered to walk me home, and I wish I didn't accept his offer.

He grabbed me and pinned me to the wall of an alleyway and threatened to kill me if I would break up with him.

I could never forget that night—I saw a completely different side of Archie, one I never thought I'd see from him in my entire life. Of course he'd only act that way when we're alone, especially when we're not in public places. He has a reputation to keep, and I do as well.

The eyes can be decieving.

Everyone thinks that Archie and I are this power couple, the highschool sweethearts of Riverdale High. We're already expected to be crowned king and queen of prom and homecoming, heck, they're even expecting that we'd have a huge wedding right after we graduate college and get our diplomas!

But they don't know what going on inside, what show is playing behind the curtains.

As soon as I heard Archie's car pull out of the garage, i reached for my phone, tears blurring my vision, and dialed jughead's number. i memorized it by heart—archie always checks my contacts, and i couldn't risk him knowing anything about jughead and i.

Jughead was Archie's best friend, ever since they were kids, even before they met me. He's always been there for me, most especially after I attempted to break up with Archie. I've been dating him behind Archie's back for three months now, and so far, neither of them has complete knowledge about what is going on.

Archie doesn't know I'm dating Jughead, and Jughead's fine with that. We both think that it's not yet a good time to tell Archie this, because friendships will be broken if we do, and that's going a be tough for us.