Manipulation (skephalo)

Chapter 13

A few hours later, around 11pm, I still layed on my bed.

Why am I like this?
Why do I need to suffer like this?

My cheeks were tear-stained and my pillow was soaked from my salty teardrops.

Then I fell asleep.

^_^

I woke up in the morning and checked the time.
11:38am

I unlocked the phone, opened twitter and tweeted out something, what I wanted for a few days now, but now that I'm more depressed, I should post this tweet.

Skeppy
@Skeppy

Hey guys!
I just wanted to let you know that I'm taking a break from youtube, including every social media account connected to my channel.
It's pretty hard to explain and I have privacy too, so long story short, I'm dealing with some problems in my personal life, what I will most likely fix until I'll be active again.
Thank you so much for the support, I appreciate every single one of you guys <3

I hesitated a few minutes, then I clicked on the 'post' button.

I have no idea how I'll get myself out of this mess I created, I just want to be alone right now.

A few minutes later, I heard my phone buzzing.
I unlocked it.
It was a twitter notification.
"BadBoyHalo replied to your tweet"
I quickly tapped on the notification

BadBoyHalo
@SaintsOfGames

I'm so sorry to hear that D:
I'll be here for you if you need anything though <3

I smiled at the cute comment, then turned off my phone.
I countinued to stare at the 'very' fascinating white ceiling.

I feel so empty.
I feel so numb.

I spent the whole day locked myself in my room.
I don't want to talk to anyone.

^_^

I spent the next few days locked inside my room.
I didn't even eat, what led to lose a couple of pounds.

I heard that Cassandra and Darryl went on dates this week too, but I heard Darryl crying in her room every night, after their dates.

It broke my heart to hear my crush crying because of his 'lover'.

But Cassandra clearly never loved him though.
She always dragged Darryl into shopping for her.
She never appreciated Darryl and never paid attention to him.
She got used to getting everything she wanted.
She clearly used Darryl because of money and statistics.

That hurts, because I could treat him so much better and I would love him forever.

There are only 2 more days until I need to move out.
I only packed the stuff I brought myself when I moved, because most likely, I'll stay in a motel.

I was lying on my bed as usual, when I heard a knock on the door.
It has been almost a week since I talked to anyone.
The last person I talked to was Darryl.

I slowly unlocked and opened the door.
I saw Darryl in front of the door, he had tear stained cheeks and his eyes were red and puffy.

"Oh my goodness Darryl, what happened?" I asked, worried

"C-can I c-come in?" He shyly asked, while sobbing silently

I signaled to him to come and sit on my bed.

He came in and sat down on the bed.

I shut the door behind him and sat down next to him on the bed.

I hugged him and didn't let go, until he stopped crying.

Then I pulled away and wiped the teardrops off of his cheeks.

"What happened Darryl?"

"I-I...
So many things happened but I realized two things"

"What are those?"

"So first, I realized that Cassandra was just using me and never loved me"

"I'm so sorry Darryl to hear that" I wore a sad expression

"Don't be, because the second thing that I realized that I never loved her romantically.
I just wanted to hide my feelings.
I have a crush on someone, but I didn't want to admit it at first, not even to myself."

I looked away because my thoughts were racing and I just couldn't look at Darryl

"It's a boy by the way" He added

Teardrops formed in my eyes as I felt nothing but jealousy.

My crush loves another man and It hurts my feelings.

"Za-" he said but I cut him off

"At least tell me something about him to give me a hint"

"Za-"

"Please Darryl, I just want to know who it is"

"ZAK!" Darryl shouted

I looked at him immediately and shut my mouth

"Zak, you're my crush"

"WHAT?" I asked, still not believing what I just heard

"I'm so sorry, I know you don't love me b-" He said, but I cut him off.

With a kiss.

I leaned in and and pushed my mouth to Darryl's and wrapped my arms around his neck.

When I pulled away, he put my hands back around his neck, he wrapped his arms around my waist and we started kissing again.

Then we both jumped as we heard the door opening and Cassandra walking inside.

She caught us.

She gasped as she saw us and we immediately pulled away from one another.

Cassandra ran downstairs and we thought she just got sad.

We stared at each other for a few more seconds with Darryl and I whispered to him

"I love you too" I whispered

He just smiled in response.

Then I signaled to Darryl that we should go downstairs and see how Cassandra's doing.

We both quietly walked down the stairs, to the living room, but she wasn't there.

"I'll check the kitchen, you check the bathroom" I said to Darryl.

He nodded and headed towards the bathroom.

I quietly approached the kitchen.

I was quiet, because she must be sad because of her lover. Maybe she's acting like the devil itself sometimes,  but love caused me a lot of pain in my life and I know how it feels, so I should show empathy for her.

I thought as I got into the kitchen.
Nobody was there.
I turned around to go back to the living room, when all of sudden I felt a tight grip on my neck.

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