ALL THE STRINGS ATTACHED | COMPLETED

11.

——— 14 years ago ————

"Theo, let's pretend all this never happened. Alright?"

"What are you going on about? Don't say that to me!" He begged, pleaded as he held my arms in his hands, desperately trying to grab on.

"It's not gonna work out. Don't be blinded and lose sight of the problems we will face," I said through gritted teeth.

"Come on, Dan-" he held my hand, but I pushed them away.

"NO!" I yelled out as I walked towards the stairs, trying to head out of the apartment complex.

"Don't do this. Don't do this to me." He swung me around and was in front of me. Tears staining his beautifully features.

I almost gave in. Gave in to his begging and crying. It took all my willpower to convince myself that this was for the best.

"Let- me- GO!" I screamed out as I pushed against his chest.

Regret hit me when I realized that was happening next.

Everything went by in slow-no. Theo fell backwards as I heard him call out my name. I reached out, trying to grab hold of his hand but it was a second too late.

"THEO!"

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DANIEL.

"You're seriously an idiot! Pretending that all this didn't happen? The same line's not gonna work on me twice!" Theodore was a level short of screaming his lungs out at this point.

I stuffed my hands into my pockets and hung my head low, trying to ignore all the unwanted attention we were drawing while walking out of the place.

My pace quickened, trying to make a break for it but I knew I couldn't outrun him. We ended up just walking real quick down the riverfront.

How romantic.

"Daniel, stop walking and talk to me!"

Fuck, this guy is stubborn.

"DANIEL!"

I stopped in my tracks, took a deep breath and turned around. His was breathing heavily, since we walked quite the distance.

"Finally decided to stop?" he spat, clearly fuming.

"What do you want?"

"We need to talk, starting from you," he pointed his finger at me, still trying to catch his breath. "What the actual fuck is going through the coconut head of yours?"

"If you already know, then don't ask me. You won't see me anymore after today so all's good," I answered and turned around.

"Stop running you asshole!"

He grabbed my coat to pull me to a halt and stood in front of me. "Why did you me leave alone in the hospital room? Why were you not there when I woke up?"