You sit at the table in your dinning room, with the dinner you had all cooked up gone cold. Your mind was going a mile a minute flashing back a few months prior when things were good between your boyfriend Erik and you. Waking up next to him bodies intertwined smiles always evident. happy. The two of you had always been a goofy couple laughing, roasting each other, vibing having a good time. Though the relationship was rocky when it started the place you were in right now wasn't. The both of you were far from perfect but everything in your world seemed perfect so why? Why were you sitting here alone feeling like everything in this relationship was crumbling. How'd you get here....
"Cyn?"
"Yes Yo I'm telling you, you gone love Cynthia we were real close when I was younger" Erik says unbuckling his seat belt as the two of you pull into the parking lot of the cafe you were meeting his childhood best friend in. You smile in response you were happy he wanted you to meet her, it had took a long time in your relationship for him to open up about anything relating to his past so it took you by surprise that he was so open with this.
The two of you sit at a table the usual goofy comments, hand holding that the two of you shared while you waited. "E!!!" You hear a voice call out you look towards the door at the women. She was about the same height as you, light skinned with hazel eyes her hair pulled back in a bun, she was pretty.
Her and Erik embrace as they continue to laugh with excitement they exchange there how are you's and you look good's while you just sit there. Wondering if you should interrupt and introduce yourself or just wait. You wait.
"Aye Cyn this is my girl Y/N" you wave at her before flashing a sincere smile "Hi It's nice to meet you" she forces a smile not saying anything back. She continues to hug and hold onto Erik as he starts telling stories. She stares at him in awe caressing his beard before her hand flies into his
"We share the same birthday and everything" Cyn laughs before laying her head on his chest and pulling him closer to her. You shift feeling rather uncomfortable with the interaction unfolding before you. They chat it up some more before you all go your separate ways.
"So how long did you say you've known Cynthia" you ask pulling the car door shut you feel Erik's gaze shift towards you scanning your face. "Don't do that Y/N c'mon" he throws his head back and you shrug "What? I'm just saying ya'll was a little friendly" Erik sucks his teeth "We should be I've known her for a long time, longer than I've known you as a matter of fact" you turn to look out the window "You know what I mean I'm just saying I felt a little uncomfortable it may not even be you it may have been more her"
"Or it's you" Erik cuts you off causing you to suck your teeth "You're overreacting" you pull your seat belt on "I'm not overreacting she was right on the line of inappropriate" you sigh "A woman knows when another woman wants her man" Erik rolls his eyes
"So what you wanna do about it I'm not changing my friends for this relationship" you shake your head conversation going in a direction you weren't anticipating "I'm not trying to change you, you know what forget it I'm trippin I guess" Erik stares at you for a moment before starting the car and driving off.
That was the start of it, over the next few weeks Erik's whole energy changed. You weren't waking up being held lovingly in your boyfriends arms you were waking up back to back or sometimes his side would be completely empty. He was distant slowly pulling away from you starting unnecessary fights and it was becoming tiresome.
"I'm not finna argue wit you Erik" you say sitting with your head in your hands "I'm tired of this for real you don't never own up to the problems you cause Y/N its always me right". Erik stands in front of you jaw clenched. You don't even remember how the fight started but Erik wouldn't let it go.
"Yes you are the problem" you say lifting your head massaging your temples. "Why? cause I won't change to be who you want". You groan out in frustration "I don't want you to change I want you to be the man I met, the man I fell in love with" you stand up "You're selfish ya know? I dunno know how we made it this far, who are you to try and make me better" you feel something snap inside you "First of all watch who you're talking to, you wanna talk about being in a relationship then be in the fucking relationship Erik" your blood felt like it was boiling he called you selfish like you didn't give every ounce of yourself to make this shit work.
"You don't spend anytime with me none! when you're here your in your fucking phone" you were yelling now all worked up because he wanted to fight "You don't value what you have cause you don't fucking know what you have. I'm not fighting for your attention or your time" you hear a buzzing sound you look towards the cause, his phone.
You pick it up seeing the picture of Cynthia flashing across the screen and you laugh "Right on fucking cue, she's why right? Why you've been acting like that, why you always in your phone?" Erik reaches over "Gimme my phone" you toss it at him "Any time we have together you wanna fight, you wanna get angry so you can leave and be with Cyn right?" Erik groans "Now I gotta be cheating, cause the problem can't be anything Y/N does" he walks and picks up his keys and you scoff "You leaving now, you going to go see Cyn?" he mumbles something under his breathe before opening the door and leaving your hands find your hair as you feel all your frustration pouring out through your tears.
You check your phone to see if you had a message from Erik yours wasn't even opened yet. You stand up from the table knocking everything on the floor then heading to your room. You fall back on the bed letting out a sigh when you feel your phone buzz. You lift it expecting it to be Erik apologizing for forgetting you but it wasn't it was your friends in your group chat.
They wanted you to go out with them but you didn't you wanted to make up with Erik. You felt your heart drop when you open the message and see the picture of Cyn kissing Erik. You drop your phone ignoring the calls coming through you didn't want to talk to them at the moment, you think about sending it to Erik before coming to the conclusion not to do that either.
You decide you would be gone and out of Erik's life before he had anytime to come up with any excuses or lies, if you were the only one fighting to keep this relationship it wouldn't work anyways. You loved Erik but he wasn't good for you it was time to get back to yourself, figure out how to move on and be without him. Erik gets your text not too long after Cynthia kisses him rushing home to apologize to a very pissed off you.
To tell you that you were right about everything and he was being stupidly naive, to let you know Cyn ain't what he wanted but when he got home you weren't there. He saw the meal you made for him all over the floor along with a few broken pictures but everything of yours was gone
