Being Cupid (Completed)

I

"Singto, let's bre...."

Singto threw his cup of water in Kyle's face.

"Kyle, let's break up. And it's definitely you, and not me. See you never."

Singto got up from his seat, threw his napkin on the table, and walked out the door.

He can't believe Kyle would pull such a scumbag thing on him. The man was as cheap as they come. Every meal was split fifty fifty down to the penny unless he offered to pay. Movies only on Tuesdays when tickets were discounted, and there was free popcorn. Always asking for free soda refills when he knows he won't drink it.

Singto can look beyond all that. He didn't really mind paying his fair share. Sometimes, he would even think Kyle was being smart with his money. However, he would never have thought that jerk was this cheap.

So what exactly had Kyle done, you may ask? Well, here's how the story goes.

Singto had met Kyle at a friend slash coworker's Halloween party three months ago. Kyle was charming and funny. He captivated the whole room with his stories and jokes. He was quite a dancer too. He had asked Singto to dance despite Singto having two left feet. By the end of the night, Kyle had asked him out.

At first it was simple coffee dates, or a walk in the park. After a few too many of those, Singto asked to have dinner. Kyle picked an all you can eat sushi buffet place for their first dinner date. The place was out in the middle of nowhere, and it gave Singto a terrible run to the bathroom. When the bill came, Singto was going to pick up the bill since he was the one who suggested dinner. But Kyle gave him a 'buy one get one' coupon that expired one day ago. Kyle had asked to speak with the manager, and after a lot of whining, the manager honored the coupon. Singto was so embarrassed.

However, like witchcraft, Kyle managed to sweet talk Singto into another date after date. Singto tried to convince himself that having a sensible partner is a good thing, and that may still be true, but it was so boring to be indoors all the time. Last weekend, they stayed at Kyle's place all day for the 4th date in a roll. At some point, Singto was so bored that he fell asleep watching a documentary on Netflix.

He woke up from his little nap, and went looking for Kyle. Kyle was in his room on the phone talking to someone. Singto overheard Kyle coaching the person on the other side of the line to break up before Valentine's Day. That way he or she won't have to buy a gift, or pay for an overpriced meal. Then try to make up after Valentine's Day. What an asshole move.

As naive as it seems now from hindsight, he didn't think Kyle would do that to him. Not when the guy was professing his undying love, or how much they connected at a spiritual level every time they met. But low and behold, it's two weeks before Valentine's Day, and the cheapskate wants to break up with him. Like he would ever make up with him afterwards. Forget it. Singto would rather die alone.

Singto doesn't get it. Is he that terrible? He is a decent man. He has a decent job. He is relatively decent looking. Why was it so hard to meet the right person? Some people even avoided him like a plague. What could he have done wrong in his past life to deserve this?

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Krist was staring at his computer monitor daydreaming, or whatnot. He has finished watching the rerun of Sotus for the nth time. Working from home has definitely has its perks. Four days out the week he could just live in his pajamas. He didn't have to style his hair, or even brush his teeth if he didn't want to. But no worries. He is a civilized member of society that believes in good hygiene, and clean teeth. So, he most definitely brushes his teeth.

But working from home can also be lonely at times. Four days out of the week he is at home by himself for ten hours. And that's only if his roommate Gun didn't have a date, or worked overtime to solve a systematic crisis.