𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 🗝️˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ "do you guys wanna play kiss, marry or kill?" "𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨" 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮' 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲? 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆. "and what about truth or dare?" "𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳" 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗶 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗲 "i listened to this song, and it reminded me of you" 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝙝𝙚𝙧. "you kissed me." "𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘦" 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗲

I moved to the sink, pretending she wasn't there. My fingers rubbed the soap into a lather, the rhythm grounding me. Her gaze bore into my back, heavy and unyielding. "Um, Kartier, can we ta-" "Don't call me that," I cut her off, my voice low but sharp. The nickname sat between us like a shard of glass, a reminder of everything we weren't anymore. I focused on washing my hands, refusing to meet her eyes. Her voice softened. "Well... Karter, can we talk? Please?" I turned slowly, squinting at her. "Why now, Aubrey? After five years? You know how weird that is?" My words were harsher than I intended, but the wound was still raw, even if the scar had formed over it. Her expression faltered, the shine in her eyes turning glassy. She looked away, and I could see her swallow hard, her chest rising and falling with the weight of whatever she wanted to say. "I can explain what happened," she started, her voice fragile, almost lost. "I just... I need you to let me. I want to clear things up between us." I studied her, trying to find the truth beneath her pleading eyes. Sympathy tugged at the edges of my resolve, but I buried it deep. She had her chance, and what she did-it still burned. "Clear things up?" I let out a dry laugh, my tone hollow. "I don't care, Aubrey. I don't need your explanations or your apologies. I don't want you calling me, texting me, none of that. Just... stay away from me."

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ౨ৎ ‧₊ .ᐟ ↳ ❝ {𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐜𝐜} ☙✔︎ '𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. ' ... '𝐍𝐚𝐡, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥'

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ౨ৎ ‧₊ .ᐟ ↳ ❝ {𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐜𝐜} ☙✔︎

"𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗲, 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗶𝗻'𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲,"

"𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠"

𝐓𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝. Phaith devoted her life to her father's church, she was known for her dedication and unwavering faith, always following the teachings that had built her upbringing. However, as she entered her twenties, Phaith began to experience feelings that left her confused. Phaith wanted to explore these feelings, to understand herself better, but she worried deeply about the consequences. The thought of disappointing her father along with the church community that had been her foundation weighed heavily on her heart. Torn between her desire to embrace her true self and her commitment to her faith. Ultimately, she is searching for a way to align her heart with her belief. @-𝐊𝐀𝐘𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

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